Loxy and his sister Lana live on a far away planet. They and their parents, along with four other families, were sent there to determine if the planet could support life and, if so, to build a colony. Loxy and Lana, as well as the...

Cecile and The Future of Dragons: Mystic Heroine Adventures by Marilyn Churchill is a fascinating tale filled with fantasy and adventure that will take readers on an enchanting journey of whimsy, wizards, new lands, a world of dragons and much more. Sixteen-year-old Princess Cecile is...

In What The Heart Knows, we first meet Bill when he is persuaded to invite Emily to visit him. Of course this is an insane request because Bill hasn’t seen Emily in years and has been secretly in love with her for quite some time....

Peril in the Park (A Jamie Quinn Mystery) by Barbara Venkataraman is the third in the Jamie Quinn Mystery series. In this novel, Jamie Quinn, a lawyer who gets involved in unlikely murder mysteries, is once again the somewhat unwilling participant in two mysteries. A...

In Love on the Lido Deck, Barbara Oliverio tells the story of Kiera, of how she quit a high-powered systems analyst career and turned to event planning instead. As her business begins to take off, she learns that her mother, recently widowed, has a new...

Mouse by the Tail is a terrific fantasy by Kae Jeen Wong. Tavi Fable is a student at the Piscare Academy for Mice. He and the other mice are puzzled about the large gathering of owls they see, as well as the mysterious disappearances of...

Oriana Oakleigh and the Dragon Danes by W.R. Cooper is the second book of the series and Oriana is back. Alas, her home, beloved Oakleigh Manor, is just not right. However, she will not stop her quest to save the faerie world before it is...

North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan is true to its title, meandering through a year in a small community after city gal Fiona buys a ramshackle cottage on the remote side of the ferry -- just to prove that she can survive island...

Where the Monsters Are by Gerald Dean Rice features Gerry, an executive in a company, who has some mental health issues. He is on medication for the condition, although the events in the story seem to suggest that it is not working. Gerry meets a...

I love classic vampires (stay away sparklies!). And I love Japan even more. Yet when I read the description of Sword of the Undead by Steven Fujita, I was quite skeptical. A combination of the classic Bram Stoker Dracula story and Japanese history? Boy, I...

In Emma and the Cutting Horse, Martha Deeringer has woven a delightful tale around the adventures of Emma, a fourteen-year-old girl who, with her parents, lives on a cattle ranch in Texas. Raising cattle has its moments, but for most small ranchers it does little...

Anna is the world's only known superhero and greatly loved by the people. However, she finds herself losing interest in her day job, so she plans a trip to Mars. Along the way, she meets several other women, all who have their own stories to...

For the Love of Ellen is an entertaining novelette about three friends in their seventies. Blanche, Nellie and Ellen lived in the town of Cameron. They were extremely close and always looked forward to sharing each other’s company. Ellen advertised for a landscaper to...

Written in the Stars by Jayme Ardente-Silliman starts off with 13-year-old Sophie Watters, who is beyond thrilled to go to The Spinners concert, go backstage, and meet the lead singer, Geoff Mann, her long-time crush. Not only did she meet him, but she also got...

Our Friend Precious, The Bobcat by Judith Ann Smith Wilson is a true story that follows the lives of Judy and Gene after they move their family to a small town near San Diego. Their new house gave them all the space they needed to...

Akin to the Truth: A Memoir of Adoption and Identity by Paige L. Adams Strickland is a memoir and a coming of age book, covering the first part of the author’s life from childhood to adulthood. As she had known from an early age that...

Amy and the Little White Butterfly is a children’s picture book by Alysia Mercer. It tells the story of Amy, an independent little girl who initially has a very normal life. Tragedy strikes when Amy’s mother becomes sick, goes into hospital and then goes ‘to...

Legend of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler is the third story in Hebler’s excellent Chupacabra series, and it is a truly exceptional story. Once again we meet Suzanne and Jessie, who have managed to move forward with their lives in the wake of all they...

Chesca and the Spirit of Grace is written by Lara O’Brien. Chesca is happy living on the farm with her Ma and Da and beloved farm animals who can talk. She has a special relationship with them, especially her pet mouse. When her mother is...

To Bind the Nation’s Wounds by James Huber is the second stirring episode of Huber’s trilogy, in which the USA’s economic and political failures prompt a coalition of southwestern states to secede from the Union. Extremely plausible, To Bind the Nation’s Wounds sounds a clarion...