One of the things Bethany Lopez always achieves in her novels is creating real characters that are easy to love and root for and Indelible is no different. Indelible is the story of Sam, a young college student and a single parent. Unlike the typical...

When a story begins with large circus animals spread across a Midwestern highway as Tiger Hunting does, you know that author Tracy Million Simmons has one heck of a tale in store for the reader. Jeni is on her way back home to Kansas from...

After the Hunt is a debut poetry collection by Devin McGuire. The subjects are diverse: relationships, dealing with loss and personal musings on just about everything in the world today. McGuire’s reflections on his home and love of nature are also penned – whoever loves...

Stick's Masterpiece by Spencer Hanson is about a cute girl, Stick, who tries to paint small things but ends up creating absolutely beautiful pictures. The underlying message is also a sort of motivation for children to try out new things. Apart from the colors and...

The Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, written by Lorraine Carey, began in 1884 on Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction in Arizona. The Apache savagely murdered the Peralta family and burned their cabin. Juha, aka ‘Eagle Eye, saw a vision of a red coyote leading...

Small World Global Protection Agency Bulls and Burglars Issue 002 by Mark Miller is another adventure and mystery themed book. It describes how two elementary school kids, Josh and Madison, discover a network of talented school children from all countries called Small World Global Protection...

The Hex Hunt (Vol.1) by Michelle Lowe is an adventure story of Rain, a farm girl and Sage, the magical fox. Sage is sent by the sorceress when a spell goes wrong. The adventure takes readers to an island, a town of caves where Rain...

Pen or Discipline by Dominique Wilkins is the story about a mother raising two daughters very strictly and how both of them grow up to have totally different characters. Dorothy and Danielle, both raised by the same mother, bring up their sons in a contrasting...

Drinking the Poison and Waiting on Your Neighbor to Die by Dominique Wilkins is about how attitudes can change lives. Savannah hates everything about Kaleena. She tries to make Kaleena's life miserable with her scheming ways and hatred. But Kaleena's attitude of not being bothered...

Kea, The Third Way by Alki Nea is an adventure story about Kea and Leo who are childhood friends. They find their lives on a fast track after Kea changes. Gone are the sleepy lives they led in the suburbs. They see themselves in a...

Jessica and Emily are moving to a new house in London, and Jessica is not terribly thrilled with the prospect, in Melanie Dore's Young Adult and Preteen Historical Novel, The Elephant Tree. The two sisters are surprised and thrilled when they finally arrive at the...

Isabella's Special Wish is a children's story written by Deborah Belica and illustrated by Elizabeth Karsch. Isabella goes on a journey to have a wished granted by the king. Each page in the book describes her journey and her wish in a series of humorous...

In Artificial Gods, Jasmine notices a faint glow and sees a UFO hovering over her backyard, the lawn tapering into a vast field of wild wheat, before it is gone in mere seconds in a bright light. When her eyes adjust, Jasmine could not find...

Night of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler is Book One of the Chupacabra Series. I have long been fascinated by the legendary Chupacabra, or “goat-sucker”, and have had my own impression of what it looks like. Hebler has created a new (to me) “monster” that...

The Fire's Dawn In Winter's Break by Michael Weber is a book that takes us to a world that has been in darkness for years, but the fires of determination are still burning and just waiting to be released. Winter is over and as the...

The first in a new sci-fi series by Daelynn Quinn, Fall of Venus is a futuristic interplanetary yarn set on a planet with problems (not to mention plants and animals) very much like our own. Over-consumption and human apathy have left the planet in dire...

In Sabien’s Quest: The Light, Zatella, daughter of Father Ryos, and her infant son Kriz-tien, barely escaped from being captured by a Kaynai soldier, General Kolim, when she succeeded in seeking sanctuary at the Temple of the Creator. Unfortunately, Zatella’s survival is not meant to...

Passengers in a yellow taxi can be a trip. Bobby Bazoo, in The Lighter Side Of Yellow, explores the dark and silly world of nighttime cab driving. The book has 27 chapters with short, pithy titles which highlight his experiences. He plays the radio as...

Season of Doom is a collection of dark and macabre tales, poems and poetry by author, William P. Robertson. There are stories for everyone in this arrangement: tales from ancient Rome, Viking sagas, American Indian lore, Civil War battles, and stories of everyday life, each...

Convergence of Time by Layne Walker is one of those books that makes you think: 'Oh no, I'm already close to the end... I don't want it to end!" I liked the book so much that I had to check out what else the author...