Mia has the tragic, although self-inflicted, story of a woman who thinks that the guy she loves will leave his wife for her. Like most dirty mistresses, she is left high and dry when the man chooses his wife over his mistress, and Mia is...

Scotophobia - Fear of the Dark: In These Caves, Darkness Is Not All There Is to Fear is a suspenseful thriller written by Alan Donaldson. Jess Tennant suffers from scotophobia, fear of darkness, something she's had since a traumatic stay with her aunt. Despite this...

In Healer’s Touch, Llew, a young pickpocket, possesses the ability to heal herself from any injury including a gruesome one such as healing oneself back to life after dying by hanging. However, her healing ability demands a price every time Llew uses it, which will...

Word Up! - How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs (And Everything You Build from Them) by Marcia Riefer Johnston is about writing, the nuances and techniques of writing well, and how to improve your writing skills. The book tells you how to make your...

Understanding what separates one individual from another, one concept from another, one realm or planet or star from another, or even that space which separates a question from an answer, is all brought into question and analyzed in poetic fashion by Anna Elkins in her...

War, The Lash Series: Book Three by Tara Fox Hall is a complex, emotional, historical fiction novel, introducing readers to World War II, combat strategies, and the emotional realities of war. Readers may often struggle to read historical novels because of a "boring" tone or...

Maggie makes assumptions based on a glimpse of an interaction and changes the course of her life as well as her views on love and relationships. She abruptly leaves her first love, Thomas, behind and for the most part, gives up on love altogether. That...

Dismal Key is an action and adventure tale set in Southwestern Florida written by Mitch Doxsee. McKlusky is a sixteen-year-old who grew up on Marco Island until his mother remarried and relocated the family to New Jersey. Every summer, McKlusky returns to Florida and crews...

Many people use the phrase ‘getting lost in an image’ but what if it really happened? In The Photo Traveler by Arthur J. Gonzalez, that is exactly the position Gavin finds himself in when he finally locates his biological grandparents. Living with adoptive parents after...

In The Devil's Playground, book one of Cynthia Sens's Sapphire Staff Series, we meet Mel Taylor. Mel is your average, middle-aged man living in the 21st century and working as a genealogist. But with Mel, what you get on the surface isn't all that is...

The importance of language is not overrated and that point is very well communicated in Auntie Maim, Revenge of the Homophones by David Tish. When Sheldon Beasley sends in a letter for a part in the play Auntie Mame, he misspells the word without even...

Alex and the Rabbit: A story designed to teach children simple techniques that help them stay calm and centered in times of stress. (Personal Development Series) (Volume 3) by Monica Dumont is one book of four in the author's self-help children's book series. The author...

Mousekabitz by Meaghan Fisher and illustrated by Tina Dunnier is an endearing pictorial storybook, which introduces young readers to the concept of perseverance. The book also helps a child develop problem solving skills, as well as a vibrant imagination. Children are often attracted to and...

Giuseppe's Famous Pizza Pies by Meaghan Fisher is about pizza chef, Giuseppe who lives in Rome. Tourists flock from far and wide to taste his delicious pizzas. He would also entertain them with his antics as they waited in line to get their pizzas. But...

This is my third book by Mian Moshin Zia. I knew I was in for another great read. Young Mike Zander has been accepted into the School of Scholars, a most prestigious graduate school. He and his family are elated. Not long after Mike arrives...

In The Christmas Cave by David R. Beshears, Jack and Amanda are your typical kids on a trip, packed into a car with Mom, Dad, and each other, with boredom and fighting threatening at every curve of the road. They are supposed to be visiting...

After a brief conversation with her mother, Rose’s entire life begins to unravel. What she thought was just missing money morphed into the end of her marriage and a new chapter in her life. Looking around her soon-to-be-former home, Rose realizes just how blind she...

Brothers, Bullies and Bad Guys by N.D. Richman is an adventure story of two brothers who set out to find their parents who have been kidnapped. Christopher and Michael unite together in this quest. They embark on this mission and end up finding out that...

In The Mountain of Long Eyes: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Thomas Hamilton takes us to amazing places from the other side of the galaxy to our own backyard. There are stories of shamans battling terrorists in a decidedly Native American influenced story;...

Etched by Britt Nunes opens with the phrase “Shhh, you’re safe now.” This phrase recurs throughout the book as a sort of mantra for a young child that we first meet as she is lost in the swamp while being chased by unknown people....