Birthday Surprise is a sweet story that deals with an issue that many children go through: adding a sibling to the family dynamic. Terri Kelley hits another home run with this one, creating a lovely story about a girl, her birthday, and a little surprise....

Fox and Rabbit's Garden: A Tale of Rabbit-Less Stew written by Laurel Heger and illustrated by Monette Pangan is for young children, but could be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Although the characters are fictitious, the references to gardening and cooking are realistic. The...

When Kate Seaver’s father dies in unclear but violent circumstances in 1860s America, she vows to avenge him and bring to justice the man whom she blames for robbing him of his business, his home, and his pride. This takes her on a journey of...

The reality is that we have placed doctors in the impossible position of playing God with our lives. Even the best realize there is no way they can live up to these expectations. In Yearning for Normal, author Susan Ellison Busch is forced to confront...

The Benefactor by Floyd Simeon Root is about Davy, who is taken up by Emerald Silverstone. Emerald Silverstone is a wealthy and dynamic person who has specific plans for Davy. Davy is trying to adjust to his new life and he realizes that being wealthy...

The Eagle Cries by Larry Lindstrom is the third book in the We The People trilogy. In this story, agents Louis Elliott and Lynn Martin had been shot and left for dead. As the book opens, each of the agents is being told that the...

Victor Bradshaw is Dead by Ryan Davis is a thriller mystery. A serial killer named Serenity Slayer strikes the town of Oakville, Massachusetts. His targets are already decided: a lawyer, a police detective, and a bartender. They are all from different walks of life and...

Zeus: We are Gods! (The Olympian New World Series: Book 1) by December Dawne is a book that revolves around Greek mythology. The Olympian gods are forced to leave Earth and find a new place to stay. They make Orbe their home. They are unsure...

Darkness Saga: Filii Noctis by Benjamin Richard Long is a tale that digs deep into Nordic symbolism and brings you the supernatural story of Ragnarok. It follows the cycle of events from life, to sustenance, to death, and teaches us (as all good stories...

Mantequero by Jenny Twist is a short story built upon an old Spanish superstition. Also known as Sacamantecas, Mantequero featured in a story parents told their children, to keep them from wandering too far from home. Not at all unlike probably every culture that has...

As if trying to get through senior year isn't hard enough, discovering there is a completely hidden side to your life doesn't make it any easier. In Haunting Echoes by S.L. D'Addario, Alec is the new boy in school who comes with a complicated past...

Art Is Always an Impression of What an Artist Sees: Poetry by Martin Willitts Jr is a collection of story-telling poems which introduce readers to the Impressionist era of Ekphrastic poetry that started with Edouard Manet. The author shares with readers descriptive and enticing stories...

Shekinah by Kelly Sebastina is the story of a teen's deep desire for an older man who, though her mother calls him Uncle Chris, is not actually her uncle. As Angie fantasizes about him, she continually struggles with a voice that is working inside of...

Readers looking for a thrilling fantasy adventure need look no further than D. Maria Trimble’s Amane of Teravinea. Amane has always been fascinated by the songs and stories of old that depicted the quests of dragon riders of the past. Hearing of their adventures makes...

Waiting for Santa by Greta King is a delightful story that captures the magic of Christmas Eve. The story is about a little girl who wonders what gift Santa will bring for her this Christmas. She wonders how Santa manages to reach all the corners...

What's Lost in the Dark by V.R. Avent is an erotic romance story about two people so completely in love but their pasts always keep getting in the way. Abigail and Zach had just started dating, but they were completely in love; they did not...

Cancer has plagued the minds and lives of many people in the world. Most, however, have not the slightest clue on how to relay information or help the younger generations understand the topic. Movember with My Doggy by Angela Bucklaschuk is a book created by...

Imagine being thrown into a highly advanced technological world similar to those portrayed on the big screen, where humanistic robots with highly developed transportation methods such as spacecrafts were not just things you see in the movies or read about in fiction, but were the...

A collection of 33 original short stories and 22 poems, David Podlipny’s A Basement: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems (Alphabet) is enjoyable yet partly a conundrum to me. The short stories are presented at the start of this collection, and I had to...

Misaligned by Rodney L. Carlson includes two alien species, expert computer hackers, CIA, Illuminati, double crossing “friends”, the construction of pyramids in both Egypt and Central America, and a host of very original technological secrets. As it happens, the much-touted “end of the world” allegedly...