It has been nine very long and miserable months for Tess whose five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. Brady was the man responsible and he is sitting in jail for the crime. Tess can only find a strange sense of peace when...

An ancient manuscript has survived the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. A manuscript is kept hidden by the family of a renowned Egyptologist, Babu, who is the seventh generation to guard the survivors of the Library. The year is AD 1850 and an English...

Layla is mortified when she messes up her ABC’s at school. All the children make fun of her, tease her and laugh at her. Even though she started her day on a positive note, doing yoga with her parents and building her inner strength, she...

In Last Temptation, Sloane Virago challenges us with character evaluation. Each character is a troubling mixture of good and bad. With one exception they are twenty-somethings making their separate ways through finding careers and love. Each inspires and disappoints. Jacob, at first the seeming protagonist,...

Molto Grande by Dick Franklin, as the name suggests, is a very big adventure into a life far removed from our perception by the passage of time; twin journeys of two young Italian brothers, originating from a small village called Little Ariccia in the year...

At the tender age of twenty-two, Rani Sada Kaur became a widow when her husband, Sardar Gurbaksh Singh, fell in battle. She had one daughter, Mehtab Kaur, and no son to succeed her husband. Her father-in-law, Jai Singh, needed an heir to preserve the integrity...

Seven Words You Never Want to Hear: How to Be Sure You Won't by Denise Wilson is a Christian theology non-fiction self-help guide with a focus on widespread misunderstandings pertaining to salvation. Over the course of twenty-one interconnected chapters, Wilson uses a combination of scripture,...

Izzy is the Sheriff’s corgi. She loves her owner and her town, but she’s a little jealous of the sheriff’s mustang horses that get all the attention. It’s always the mustangs who catch the bandits and help keep the town safe. So, the sheriff takes...

A Biblical Approach to Overcoming Addictions by Michael R. Dixon is a Bible study to help those who suffer from addiction. Dixon knows first hand about alcohol and drug abuse and writes these chapters out of love and concern for others fighting the same issues...

At Ease: How to Successfully Transition from the Uniform to Veteran Life by Matt Jurek is an engaging memoir that takes readers on an interesting journey of the author's life from the end of his Air Force career to the point he has achieved now,...

A Private Heaven by Dave Eagleston is based on the true story of two brothers, Dave and Marv Eagleston, and how their volatile and abusive childhood affected them as adults. Reserved and sensitive Marv would shoulder the majority of the physical and verbal abuse from...

Sleep With One Eye Open, a breathtaking thriller by Lisa Alfano, chronicles Arianna Worthington’s life. As Senator Leland Worthington’s daughter, Arianna gets the best of everything, including a high-class education at Perpetual Mercy School, an elite boarding school reserved for girls like her. The only...

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” -- Ernest Hemingway. Die Liste: Revenge on the Black Sun is an intriguing novel by Tom Gauthier. WW11 has ended, but Amos Mead, a former Marine and OSS agent, constantly...

Leadership Core (Leadership Multipliers) by Dick Daniels addresses the issues often faced by leaders in their organizations and shares his thoughts about culture as the context in which he terms the Leadership Core. The author also looks into the often missing link between learning and...

Stormy Weather by Ranaildo H. Timms is a short memoir of the author’s time in the Marine Corps. In the preface, the author claims not to be a writer but to know how to tell a story. We learn something about his high school days...

The Bookseller: And Other Stories by Peter Briscoe is a series of stories written in elegant, literary style. The first three pieces are very short with the ambiguity of Wallace Stevens’ poems. They seem unfinished, thus, the question: what do they mean? The featured piece...

Paula Welch's action novel A River of Fortune is set in Friars Meadow, a small town in the county of Devon. Maggie Malloy, 27, loses her job at the Provincial Financial Solutions company when it closes its branch in the town. On a regular hike...

Beth Praed is a delightful writer and So You Have a Disease gives encouragement, insight, inspiration, and hope. She has MS. Notice I said, she has MS. MS does not have her. There is a big difference between having a disease and a disease having...

“That’s Cosmo whatta bird!” exclaims Cosmo, a funny, witty, adorable African Grey Parrot. Along with Betty Jean Craige, Cosmo’s human companion, our hearts also quadruple in size. Ruminations on a Parrot Named Cosmo is a compilation of essays based on Craige’s publications in a Sunday...

Dance Adventures: True Stories About Dancing Abroad by Megan Taylor Morrison is a unique collection of essays opening a doorway into the wonderful world of dance. If you're the curious type and like to learn new things, you'll love this book about dance. I must...