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...

The year 2013 was one fraught with some mourning for fans of spy/espionage thrillers, with the loss of Vince Flynn in June and of Tom Clancy in October. While these great storytellers will continue to be missed long into the future, thriller fans will be...

Sleeping Crimes, A Connie Anderson/Alan Bowering Mystery, is written by Joyce Slobogian. Connie Anderson is the co-owner of a mystery-themed bookstore in Brandon, a small Canadian town where she attended university ten years before that. For the last two years, she's been happily involved with...

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;...

Daniel is just a kitchen hand. Though working in the kitchen is looked upon by many of the other citizens of Rosemar as a "poor man's job," Daniel is just happy to have someplace warm and comfortable to spend the cold winter months. However, at...

Search for the Guru: Prequel to: Adventures of a Western Mystic (Volume 1) covers the author's early life. In the preface, author Peter Mt. Shasta explains the title Guru: “A teacher who leads one from ignorance to wisdom, from darkness to light. The Guru is...

The Astrologer’s Daughter by Elyse Douglas is a sure winner. The story is a romance that is shared by two generations, mother and daughter, father and adopted son. Joanna Halloran loves her isolated beach home in New York. She loves to walk the sandy shore...

In The Everyday Atheist, author Ronald F. Murphy shares his frank skepticism regarding religion, discussing taboo subjects without being biased. Is there a God? Murphy's straightforward and clear prose – with a brush of poetic finesse – puts this lingering, largely forbidden question right...

Whispers Through Time by Barry Homan is an uplifting story about spirituality. This is the story of Jill Palmer, a mother of two teenage boys, divorced and working as medical transcriber and hostess. She lived an ordinary life, and the last thing she was looking...

Warning Shot is the third book in the Nick Seven series by Tim Smith. Nick Seven threw in his CIA badge years ago, but once again, he is pulled back in the game after a surprise visit from the wife of a former colleague. Gadge...

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...

The Thirteenth Child by David Dean is a gripping horror story that will leave you alternately with a bad taste in your mouth or wanting more. It’s the story of children who go missing on dark nights and an alcoholic ex-professor who witnesses the snatchings...

The 3rd Option by Ben Sharpton opens with Allan Chappel arriving at Inc. Ubator for a job interview with a long-time friend. All he knows about the company is that it is a medical think-tank that is doing cutting-edge research that promises to change the...

Anxiety Mapping for Kids: 50 Keys to Managing Anxiety in Children by Kim Keenan and Denise Urycki is an excellent book for parents who see anxiety problems in their children. The pressures of current society cause a lot of anxiety in children. This book works...

Karen Harper fans will love her latest mystery/romance novel entitled Upon a Winter's Night. Lydia Brand is an Amish woman who has always known about her adoption following the untimely deaths of her biological parents. But now, as a woman, Lydia longs to know her...

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...

The Spark by John Kenny is set in the aftermath of a fire which claimed the life of one firefighter and left another, Donny, in critical condition. Slightly over a year later, Donny returns to work, doing the same thing as before, putting out fires...

Rogue, by P.A. Minyard, is a fascinating blend of historical fiction and fantasy. Daniel joined the Union army in order to make a difference and to protect his land and his family from the threats of the Confederacy, but in a fatal clash on the...

Dell Brand’s A Voice to be Heard is set in 19th century England and Australia. First it follows the story of Florence, a servant girl in Standford Hall, who, despite her humble beginnings, develops a love for reading and learning. Seduced by Thomas Luxford, son...