Growing up in the country pre-World War II was difficult for Helen. With few of the amenities the young people in town enjoyed – like running water – Helen was constantly self-conscious and a target for teasing because she wasn’t as clean as the others...

Have you ever tried counting sheep to help you fall asleep? Some people think it works. But there are other ways to count yourself to sleep. How about just counting from one ginormous candy explosion to ten brave squirrels? And then try it backward. Sound...

Gregory Diehl breaks new ground with The Heroic and Exceptional Minority. He explores the concept of heroism with all its positive attributes and links it to the search for something beyond mediocrity. There are intelligent and talented people in the world, but they are a...

I found New Beginnings to be a charming novel that combines romance and drama. Deborah King draws her readers in with Sophie Tucker's dynamic personality, who appears to have everything going for her. Her family's legacy is a ranch that caters to PTSD clients. When...

Journey into the Shadow and the Sunshine by Annabel Harz is a collection of emotion-steeped poetry and artistic creations formed by the artist herself. The assemblage is psychologically imprinted with Harz’s own soul and mind. Reading through the pages is as though you are seeing...

Haunter Grey: Discordance is a work of fiction penned by author Ross C. Miller in the science fiction, action, and adventure genres, and is the fourth novel in the Haunter Grey series. This installment of the epic space saga follows Castor Efrata-Landeez, the Commander of...

The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Dreamed She Could Fly is a work of fiction in the fantasy and adventures subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience and was penned by author Tom Hoffman. Written as the third novel in the...

Almond City Ashes by Connie Chappell is a cozy mystery novel. It is book five in a series but works as a standalone. Historian Wrenn Grayson lives in the small town of Havens, Ohio. She was invited to the Foundling Estate and was asked to...

Be An Overcomer…Even If You Have To Do It Several Times is a work of non-fiction in the inspirational and memoir subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Jill Dorman. The book chronicles the author's life after she...

Saudade Summer by Donald D. Senese is a memoir of the author’s life as he reminisces about his past and how it shaped his present. For some people, one event or incident is enough to change them forever. It is his coming-of-age story where Donny...

Before by J. Kilburn is a coming-of-age satire that pieces together the lives of a tribe of kids, and is part of the author's Heaven's Door series. There are many moving pieces in this novel and various point of view characters. The narrative weaves between...

Evil has lurked among us since the beginning of time, but very few actually witness its gruesome and gutwrenching display of cruelty. In his career as a detective, Robert Davidson (aka Robbo) saw more monstrosity than most of us. In his memoir, The Evil I...

Into the Twilight is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel by Michael Segedy. The book opens with Ike, a superintelligent advanced AI who relates the story of Jacob Ladder and Emma Fine, two twenty-two-year-olds who wake up after two hundred years of suspended life. Jacob and Emma...

Looks Are Deceiving: A Will Christian Mystery by Bill VanPatten is a brilliant mystery novel about hate crimes. A forty-nine-year-old Latino gay man, Will Christian, discovers a dead body during a routine bike ride in late June. Will recently moved to Mañana to start a...

Do you know who lives in the woods? Are there squirrels? Or raccoons? Opossums or bears? There are all kinds of animals, amphibians, and insects that make the woods their home. Would you be able to recognize them if you saw them in the woods?...

It is incredibly rare when a long-lost manuscript, once written by one of the world's most notorious storytellers, is unceremoniously forgotten...and then found. Powers of Darkness by Bram Stoker as adapted to Swedish by the mysterious “ A—e” is one of these rare jewels. When...

Moth City by Kenneth James Allen is a speculative fiction novel that centers around a dystopian future where the laws that govern families are sweeping in both scale and enforcement. Once considered a unifying piece of legislation and roundly embraced by most, once implemented, the...

Escalation is penned by author Ross C. Miller in the science fiction, adventure, and suspense genres, and is the fifth book in the Haunter Grey series. In this newest adventure in the series, Admiral Castor Efrata-Landeez collaborates with the Regian Council to expand their influence...

If you're looking for a fun-filled activity book for your child to help put Jesus's teachings to everyday use, look no further, for Cathy D. Dudley's Faith, Family, & Fun does just that and more. With a primary focus on Jesus, Dudley provides helpful lessons...

In Margot Johnson’s Let it Melt, two greatly disappointed people have dealt with love’s failure in radically opposing ways. Jack, once an overweight child who was bullied by his classmates, became a joker. After the failure of his marriage, he made other radical changes. Taking...