Ostensibly an alternative history book, 602 Brigade: If Honda Betrayed Japan by Musashi Miyamoto, which offers a fictional answer to the question: Could a manufacturing company such as Honda inadvertently betray Japan, and if so, would a consequence be war? is, in the most complimentary...

After ten years of suffering through the memories of the troll attack that destroyed his village and left everyone but him dead, Athson discovers that there may be more to his fits and nightmares than he and his friend Gweld, the elf, realize. P.H. Solomon...

Rebels from Olympus (The Rebels Duet) by Sandy Milczarek is a fantasy story. Justus Appleyard is about to have his world turned upside down. His long-absent father is not the person Justus thought he was, and neither is his mother. Justus himself is not entirely...

Slanted by Diane Paley is a unique novel that manages to tell a coming of age story of both a teenager and a forty-something aunt. Slanted follows the life of teenager Sam as she maneuvers the insanity that characterizes every girl's early teen years to...

The Forum Files: The Stories Behind The Richmond Forum by Ray McAllister is a colorful, illustrative story of how The Richmond Forum (Richmond, Virginia) came to be one of the most prestigious and highly attended speaker's forums worldwide. Just in glancing at the table of...

Domestic violence is a deadly demon at whose hands many women suffer in silence. The abuse can be physical, emotional, or a combination of both, and it generally takes away the victim's power and control over their lives or any hope of ever finding happiness....

In the Mind of Revenge (The Shamed) (Volume 1) by Liv Hadden is easy to read and difficult to review. The easiness rests in the captivating psychology behind the persona of the protagonist, and in the riveting chain of events into which the protagonist, simply...

A Rose Blooms Among the Thorns is a Christian fiction novel written by Cissy Hunt. After a strange, yet familiar telephone call, LaRae quickly packs up her life and moves yet again. A victim of domestic violence, LaRae has been on the run from her...

Spirit Woman by Debra Shiveley Welch is a magnificent combination of fiction and reality. Nickie, tormented by her troubled childhood, shuts herself down to her surroundings. She does not share the details of her past with anyone. Her low self-esteem forces her to believe that...

I really liked Swinging Bridge: An Anthology by Debra Shiveley Welch. In this memoir, Welch shares both good and bad memories about her life. She also includes some of her poetry and photos throughout the book. From the very beginning, Welch captured my attention with her...

The Raging Torrent (Star Sapphire and the Land of Gems, Book 2) by Anthony Pardoe is an imaginative fantasy story. Trapped in the Land of Gems with a little pebble friend Jasper, ten-year-old Star must avoid being captured (again) by the pitchblendes and get to...

In a novel of truly epic standards, The Crystal Crux: Betrayal, Volume One by author Allen M. Werner is a story that readers will not soon forget. Follow the story of Pero de Alava, a man dealing with paranoia and hallucinations to such a degree...

The Vitamin Solution by doctors and co-authors Arielle Levitan and Romy Block is fantastic! How can yet another book on vitamins be “fantastic”? Aren’t there hundreds of books on that subject, and with all the information now readily available on the net, why would The...

Communication Skills for Community College Students by Linda O'Connor, Thomas Cheesebro, and Francisco Rios is a useful guide that caters to the needs of students enrolled in technical and career-oriented college programs. This book will enable readers to develop their communication skills to ensure their...

Rooster Tale is a short story for preteens by Linda Lee Greene. Freda Fowl, second generation of chickens on the Gaffin farm, narrates. She reminisces about stories told to her by Grandmother Hen who lived during the Great Depression 1937-1938. One of these was about...

What do biblical prophecies, bio-engineered human genomes, and the coalition of Muslim leadership have in common? Victor Watts’ Armageddon Dawning: The Rise of Kharon gives an answer to this multi-faceted, foreboding question. Austin Murphy returns to the CIA after being fired two years prior. The...

Blind Spots by Patrick M. Garry really starts in earnest when the report of multiple murders is broadcast. The scale of the atrocity is huge in the local community. A mother and her three children are dead. Rumours abound as to who the perpetrator could...

The Graham Quartet and the Mysterious Strangers by Rebekah A. Morris is written in a form of omniscient voice. It opens with a brother and sister, Matt and Selena, creeping cautiously towards a cabin owned by their father, deep in the woods of northern Minnesota....

The Gay Teen's Guide to Defeating a Siren is book one of the Seeker series by Cody F. Wagner, and an interesting mix of fantasy, boarding school drama, and gay coming of age story. Blaze Trales, who gets to hear plenty of jokes about his...

Tobe and The River Is by Micah Sanger is an insightful and thoughtful story with a profound spiritual message. After finding a strange book that tells of extraordinary things, Tobe sets off on an adventure to find The Great Fish, The River Is, and the...