Life is not a bed of roses for Davey; her mom is an alcoholic who has no problem using her for a punching bag. All she wants is to make it through her senior year and get out of this place; too bad she has...

Young and beautiful, Kalista was not your typical teenager; she drank of the souls of others, but of course she couldn't tell anyone about this. Adopted at the age of seven when her parents died, she has always felt a little different, but when she...

It might surprise Pokemon Go fanatics to learn that the man who created the original Pokemon game, Mr. Satoshi Tajiri, has confirmed that he has Asperger's Syndrome, one of the types of autism. In fact, it most likely would surprise many people to realize that...

I love romance, but I cannot say that I am a big fan of paranormal literature. However, since romance was the primary theme of this novel, I gave it a chance and I am glad I did! The Nearer The Dawn by J.P. Barry follows...

Adam Taylor, the protagonist of The Taming of Adam: Part 3: The Dark Hour by Jason Hubbard, decides that he needs to do everything in his magical power to bring back a person that has been unfairly murdered. But the powers he is tapping into...

Jackie Sullivan and only child, twenty-one-year-old daughter Rebecca, set out on a three-week venture to beautiful Ireland; husband Rob will join them when he is able to take a break from his company in Sedona, Arizona. Jackie and Becca take a week-long, cross-country tour with...

Dad On Wheels is a children's social issues picture book written by Leslie A. Johnson and illustrated by Dasguptarts. The author was in a car accident when he was sixteen years old and was paralyzed from the neck down. In this story of a dad...

(Extra) Ordinary: Inspirational Stories of Everyday People by Keith Maginn is an assortment of inspirational stories symbolizing heroic efforts. The author has collected several stories of real-life situations in which the individuals exhibited extraordinary efforts. This is one of those books that stays with you...

The Cat and the Fiddle by Cathy Farr is a cute tale of a little boy who travels in the between. Seven-year-old Max is having trouble sleeping so Dad suggests "moon dreaming." Dad tells him it is what he used to do when he couldn't...

Nexus of Fates by Bill Parker is an action-packed sci-fi/fantasy tale that is well imagined and masterfully executed, a brilliant addition to The Five Moons saga. Dallas Blake buys a ship that wasn’t meant to be sold, and now he discovers a mission that could...

Eat to Beat Disease: Foods Medicinal Qualities by Catherine J Frompovich takes readers on a journey of discovery and gives them a wealth of wisdom about how they can transform their health by changing their food choices and daily diet. Most of us unwittingly eat...

P.K. Tyler's The Jakkattu Vector offers as creative a premise as you'll find in science fiction: an alien race, the Mezna, has come to save humanity from its reckless disregard for Earth's ecosystem. Now, natural-born humans are confined to reservations on what little habitable land...

We first meet Laurel Beacham in the dead of night, engaged in recovering an Old Master from a private gallery housed in a castle turret. Surprised by the owner of the house, she quickly cuts the painting from its frame and escapes by attaching a...

Night of the Storm continues the exciting Eura Chronicles by K.N. Lee. The Storm and Flame can finally meet each other face to face. But their adventures together are only just beginning. Now that the barriers are down, chaos is striking every corner of the...

Maggie Child, the protagonist in Voodoo Child, Book One: Zombie Uprising by William Burke, is special. And she becomes even more so after she is shot down during a mission over Iraq. She wakes up and finds that she is being held by an organization...

The Nettle Tree is an anthology of Western-inspired short stories edited by Kenneth Weene and Clayton Clifford Bye. The authors were presented with a challenge: create an original and different Western-themed story in 3,000 words of less. Thirteen writers' efforts are showcased in this volume,...

The Rosegiver by Sandy Benitez is a beautifully written mix of supernatural, mystery, and romance for young adult readers, but adult readers will still get a lot of entertainment by reading it. Set against the English rural landscape in the late 1800s, a young girl...

Malice on the Mekong by Nancy Swing is one of those books that combines different genres – thriller, mystery, suspense – to offer great entertainment to readers and fans with diverse reading tastes. Set against a very captivating colonial setting of Vientiane, Laos, in the...

Field Work by Sarah Estes is a collection of forty-seven poems, divided into four sections, ranging from topics of survival, grief, remembrance, and discovery. The poems are short, but packed full of thoughtful imagery that demands a second, and third, reading. As an English teacher...

Shattered Time is Book 3 in the Sons of Meir series by Jacqueline T. Johnson, a captivating story of war, deceit, and the unwavering friendship of two brave men that would decide the fate of the future of a nation. Erich and Nash share a...