Emily's Heart by Natalie Wright is the third and final book in the Akasha Chronicles. In this paranormal young-adult novel, Emily Adams is the daughter of Brighid, a Celtic goddess of light, and must battle Ciardha, her dark counterpart, to keep him from taking over...

When a comet was found to be headed straight for a collision with the planet Kriel, two spacecraft were created to save selected people who would propagate the race wherever they landed. One of the spacecraft landed on Rukana and the other on planet Earth....

Scepter by Scott L. Collins is the story of Daniel and his younger brother Aidan. King Argyle's soldiers are on the move, taking parents and older children into slavery and forcing them to work in the mines. Having come of the proper age, Daniel knows...

I was pleasantly surprised to see Scepter: The Emerald of Phaunos by Scott Collins turn up on Reader’s Favorite list of available books. It hasn’t been that long ago since I read and reviewed the first episode of Scepter. This is a great YA story...

Ella Minnow Peed by John D. Avera is about a little fish named Ella. She is dreading her first day of school. She is convinced that she is going to have a horrible day and the other fish will laugh at and make fun of...

Upon Your Honor by Marie Lavender starts with a little girl, Chloe, being comforted by her father after the death of her mother. Chloe is told that her mother fell, but she soon learns that her mother took her own life. Chloe grows into a...

Gary D. Conrad is a brilliant storyteller and Oklahoma Is Where I Live is his masterpiece. Conrad shares heartwarming stories of what it was like for him growing up and being an adult in Oklahoma. Whether it’s the story of his first crush and how...

Numerous pathways collide and different cultures become blended into one odd reality in The Lhasa Trilogy. Gary D. Conrad has drawn several cultures together into one destiny in these three books. Book one chronicles the roots of Matthew Walter Johnston from life on a Davidson,...

Beyond Omega's Sunrise by Eleni Papanou is an intriguing novel about what will happen when things go wrong with the sun. In this book we see an increase in the output of the sun, which leaves half the universe destroyed. The other half of the...

My Letter to Fear: Essays on Life, Love and the Search for Prince Charming is a nonfiction book in which Patricia Steffy compares the goals and expectations of women she interviewed, as well as her own, with reality. She looks at the different expectations she...

Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance is author Conrad Taylor’s captivating memoir of his life journey from a humble beginning in Guyana to the elite West Point institute, back to Guyana and eventually settling down in the U.S. for good. Conrad Taylor is the...

The Shadow Of Leticia by Jean Paul Ernst Brutus is a collection of romantic poems written by the poet for his late wife. The poet has captured their years of marriage through his words. Every poem is filled with a lot of emotions and readers...

The book, Playmates: Book 1, Wilde Twins by Jess C. Scott, is the story of Tania and Trevor who grow up in a dysfunctional family. The twins develop a closeness that becomes deeper and deeper as their family life sinks into disarray and madness. In...

Putting out fires, literally, wasn’t exactly what Grace Harkins had in mind for her first summer after retiring from teaching school, but that is exactly what happens in Fresh Start Summer by Beverly Nault. Her friend, Maggie Elmsley, informed her before movie production hit town...

In Memoriam: 27, Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” This is a semi-appropriate statement describing The Best Is Yet To Come by Tara R. Alemany. I used the word semi-appropriate because...

Cold Prairie by Renna Olsen is set in the era of the cowboy. The story follows the DuMonde family and their obsession with a certain book. This book, however, is evil and inside its pages lives a demon that has been trapped for centuries. The...

We All Live Together by Terri Kelley speaks to children about the families of today compared to olden days when grandparents, aunts and uncles came in once in a while to take care of the grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In this story, the author speaks...

I Can Dress Myself! by Terri Kelley is a delightful story on the growing up stages of children and the kind of joy it gives to them and their parents. In this story, we see a young girl who decides to dress herself. She chooses...

Happy Father's Day, Mom! by Terri Kelley is an endearing story of a single mother rising to the challenge and doing everything that a father does at home. The book speaks about the struggles and joys of being a single parent and how they make...

What’s That in Your Ear?, written by Terri Kelley and illustrated by Milena Radeva, is a book that teaches a wonderful lesson to people of all ages. Each day we come into contact with people; some of these people may look like us, some may...