Blood Passage by Malcolm Pierce taught me a lesson: don't judge a book by its cover. Let me clarify that. I have never been drawn to fiction based on military experience, soldiers, murder and mayhem on the high seas. But Blood Passage gripped me in...

Jaycee Wilder thrives on the 'Big Story' and when she successfully weasels her way into the middle of breaking news, she is at the height of her game. Best known as the news anchor at her LA news station, investigative reporting is the adrenaline that...

The Chosen Knights is the second book in the Angel Knights series written by Mary Ting. In fourteenth century France, a member of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, rushes to the church when he sees the flames. Hoping to rescue Father Simon from the...

Daydreaming: A Baseball Story is a children's sports picture book written and illustrated by R.W. Thompson. The narrator of the story is a primary school principal who happens to notice two boys walking over to the athletic fields from the window of the staff room....

It's beach time and everyone's happy. But there are some things that you should know about the beach before you go. The beach is not just for you. It's for everyone to enjoy and it's for the creatures that live beside and in the sea....

The Gingerbread Collection: Short Stories by Victor A. Davis immediately reveals the efforts of a master craftsman hard at work creating what appears to be an effortlessly produced, highly polished, perfectly edited, exquisitely written, fine tuned set of finished tales. Upon opening the book to...

Sophie and Scottie's Adventures of the Monarch Mystery: The Adventures of Sophie and Scottie - Volume 1 by Cindy C Murray is a fascinating story that revolves around the adventures of Sophie and Scottie. The 10,000 acre Shear Heaven Ranch is an ideal place for...

Silent Voices by Debbie Nau Redmond takes readers into the world of mental illness. Debbie is a teenager, full of life and hope of what high school will bring. She is the youngest child of a very large family. The Nau family is devoted, caring,...

MAR Rising by Craig Brusseau kicks off with several scenes from humankind’s history. Starting with the evolution of life on planet Earth, to the years 1588 and 1867, Brusseau introduces the antagonist without identification. These vignettes are short stories in their own right and, to...

The Sugar Ticket by Susan Jean Ricci is the story of twice divorced Cindy and Jay, in their fifties, their marriage and all the fun, dramas and traumas of their new lives together. A bit like middle aged adolescents in their approach to life, but...

The Last Season is an historical novel written by Robert Joseph. Lady Mary Ashmore's fancy has been set on Lord Andrew Buckford, the eldest son and heir of Lord Simon Buckford, for as long as she can remember. She's not at all pleased to hear...

Goo and Spot are standing underneath an orange tree, when down tumbles an orange. Goo is thrilled and starts peeling the orange. Spot begs for a share and Goo decides to divide his orange equally. But then others want their share and soon the orange...

My daughter and I loved I Will Never Leave You by Susana Pena. When Bianca’s mother is a few minutes late in picking her up from school, she starts to imagine scenarios as to why. Her active imagination has her on the verge of tears...

The Transcendental Meditation Technique and The Journey of Enlightenment by Ann Purcell is an excellent guide to inner peace through meditation, and it is presented to us through the author's own experiences and the teachings of many people throughout history. It is filled with quotes...

The Conversion Prophecy by Michael Solomon is a brilliantly wrought thriller that masterfully handles very relevant themes, especially terrorism in its sleek and unpredictable form. The author writes about terrorism and power control, but he does so from a perspective that is unique and new,...

The Secret Diary of Mrs. John Quincy Adams: Wife of the Sixth President of the United States by Beatrice Cayzer takes us into the life of our sixth president, John Quincy Adams, who married the lovely English born Louisa Johnson after a two-year-long engagement. During...

Tilly’s Top Secret Trapdoor by Maureen Bartone is a children’s story. Tilly is not the happiest child in the world and, whenever she can, she hides away from the world under her bed. Here, she can imagine that she is the most popular child in...

It’s not unusual for me to cry at the end of a movie. But it’s totally unlike me to cry at the end of a book. How did Glenn Starkey move me so much with his historical fiction novel, Black Sun? Was it the series...

The National Debt Crisis: America's Armageddon by Morris V. Franco is a book on the National Debt crisis and a wake up call to every person to notice what is happening around us. Given that America is considered to be a super power country, many...

Tales from P.A.W.S. is a book of short stories written by Debbie Manber Kupfer. Alistair is an aged, yet youthful-looking werewolf who has taken new werewolf, Josh, under his wing. One night, he tells Josh of his cruel, homicidal father who had killed Alistair’s mother...