The Chronicles of Heloise and Grimple by Sean Gibson is a clever and quirky adventure. It centers on Heloise, a sarcastic, clever half-elf, who makes a living as a bard and adventurer. And her partner, Grimple, a hill giant under an inconvenient enchantment, which gets...

Joshua Buller's Broken Soul is the first installment in The Scholar's Legacy Book series. This young adult fantasy revolves around the fascinating adventures of Micasa, a young slave girl freed by a mysterious mute slave who doesn't have a name he can call his own....

Till Death and Beyond is the first book in the Witch World Series by Lyn C. Johanson, a fantasy with forces poised against each other to determine the destiny of the world. Now readers watch as the most powerful witch to ever walk the earth...

Hamilton Troll meets Barney Bee by Kathleen J. Shields is the third book in the Hamilton Troll series. This one is the delightful story of Hamilton Troll who meets Barney Bee one spring day when he goes for a stroll. Barney loves the spring season...

If you ever turned the last page of a book and find yourself pining for more, then you have firsthand experience of what I felt after turning the last page of Jelly Bryce: The Legend Begins. The consolation is that it’s just the beginning of...

Hanu, the protagonist of Wake of Deception by Sasha DeVore, has been living in a clinic for people with mental conditions for a few years. There seems to be no improvement in his condition, and no wonder, too, because he's stopped taking his pills! One...

Ciaran is determined to simply survive his trials and tribulations in the Underworld, believing it a just trade for saving the lives of his new nephews. But he knows nothing of the horror that awaits him or just what he may be capable of as...

Mari Selby's collection, Lightning Strikes Twice, shouts from its pages in a clear and strong voice. The black ink speaks of her trials, that could easily be looked upon by the mind's eye instead as blood red font. Her cancer scarred and lightning struck body...

Cryptic is book two in a compelling series by Erik Dean: Garbageman. It is a gripping story that features humans, supernatural heroes, demons, werewolves, and vampires. Well, when some readers hear about werewolves and vampires, they immediately think about the clichés associated with this genre,...

A Truly Successful Life: Ten Principles for a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Douglas Tanner consists of musings from the trenches of life, and presents a redefinition of success as something more than material abundance or professional accomplishments. The author shares it as ten...

Dynasty of Deceit by Sarah Stuart is a sizzling romance with well-sculpted characters, intense passion, and fast-paced action. It’s the last book in the Royal Command trilogy, a story that will appeal to readers who want their romance punctuated with sex, incest and intrigue, but...

White Lake is a contemporary women's fiction novel written by Susan Amond Todd. Cynthia Lewis's life had been poised on the brink of new and exciting changes. Some were undoubtedly bittersweet, such as driving her son, Christopher, to his new dorm and knowing he was...

Bright Moon Ridge by Linus Treefoot is the story of a young nineteen-year-old boy named Johnny Bartooth. He lives with his aunt and he never knew about his parents. His life takes a dramatic turn when he is visited by an old hippy named Heron....

Tender is the first volume of The Trelawneys of Williamsburg Time Travel Romance and it does not disappoint. Rachel Sheppard is a modern young woman with no recollection of her childhood. Rachel, along with her best friend, Camisha, understands that the man who adopted her...

Red Widow by Nathan Wilson is Book One in the Vivian Xu series, a good murder and mystery story, every bit as entertaining as it is engaging. Life has never been easy for Vivian. She’s been used by the crime-riddled world of the Czech Republic....

Arsenic for the Soul by Nathan Wilson is a dark story that twists until a surprising conclusion. Vivian Xu and her friend, Camilla Vesely, have experienced a lot of darkness and psychopaths. In this follow-up to Red Widow, Vivian has re-invented her life after her...

It's interesting to select a book and find that you're getting what you expected and a bit more. It was the genre that drew me to What He Didn't See by Jacqueline Simon Gunn. As this book is classified as romance/suspense, I was curious about...

On Sunday the 8th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1560, 28-year-old Amy Dudley was found dead at the foot of a staircase at Cumnor Place, a country manor house in Oxfordshire, near the college town of Oxford, England. Since her childless...

The Model T in Me by Sarah Newberg is a short autobiographical memoir and tribute from a daughter to her father. The Model T in Me revolves around and specifically focuses on Sarah’s experiences growing up with her dad and his passion for cars, and...

Astonishingly, Myriad of Perceptions is Brenda-Lee Ranta’s first published book. Surprising because the quality of the work would lead one to believe it is the product of a much more experienced poet. The book contains fifty-four poetic gems, each a little work of art in...