Donk the donkey wants some answers. He doesn’t understand why the farmer of Donkey Farm calls all the donkeys stubborn: “Move, you stubborn donkeys! Why, oh why are you so stubborn?” Donk asks everyone and they all give him the same answer, “It’s just the...

Germany is desperate and apprehensive in 1945. Russian soldiers patrol and women scavenge in the rubble. So begins The Letter by Barry Cole. We wonder why Hannah and her children are given shelter by an older couple, Otto and his wife. The scene then focuses...

Beautiful young people are often the stuff of young adult fiction, and that typical girl meets boy trope doesn’t seem to grow old. Perhaps it all depends on the author’s creativity and imagination in executing the plot. In Time to Wake by K. Thomas, Senlis,...

Happy Within by Marisa J. Taylor is a fantastic little book that will help all children learn to appreciate themselves. Marisa makes this book even more unique by having the text in both English and Spanish. As a bi-lingual book, Happy Within / Feliz por...

Have you ever been blamed for something you insist was not your fault? That’s what happens to Declan in the book The Go-KartAstrophe (Kids’ Court Book 2) by Caron Pescatore when his friend Greg blames him for crashing his go-kart. Declan insists that something was...

Arion Rising by Jackie Anders is action-packed, exciting, and engaging. Tea Lane knows how to take care of herself. She's gained plenty of experience by having to survive foster home after foster home. Now living on the streets, she won't let this stop her from...

When We’re Thirty by Casey Dembowski is a story about the intricate yet unique love story of Hannah Abbott and her college best friend, Will Thorne, who made a marriage pact on graduation night. This love story transcends typical romantic chick-lit; it is still a...

Gauchos, God, and Great Expectations by Alexys V Wolf is an inspiring and impactful autobiography about going from broken to wholeness by means of faith. This is the story of one Christian woman's life experiences that may mirror your own. Most of us have experienced...

Sophia Meadows had just gone through a divorce after years of marriage. As a high-flying computer programmer, she took solace in her job. Aneella came along, a friend whom Sophia hadn’t seen in ten years. She convinced Sophia to spend time at her Inverness home...

Beyond by Ruth C. Mitchell is a contemporary romance novel with paranormal undertones. Renowned fantasy fiction author Laura Haskell lives in the haunted Crescent Hotel - a place she inherited from her deceased grandmother - with her faithful German shepherd, Cloud. Struggling with alcohol and...

The Cooking Olympics: The World’s Best Kept Secret is a fascinating non-fiction book by Dean Jeffrey Kropp. Everyone is familiar with the Olympic Games and can name their favorite athletes, but did you know that food has its own Olympics? Matthaeus Carl Banzer (1867–1945) is...

Do you like coffee? I’m sure the adults around you depend on it every day, usually to get the day started. Do you know where coffee originates? It looks dark brown when people drink it, but it actually comes from a red bean. It’s the...

Dare Not Tell by Elaine Schroller is a beautifully written and psychologically engaging historical novel that follows a couple as they deal with trauma from war. It has been two decades since Joe Parker, an Australian war hero, left the trenches of war, and while...

The Cookie Caper by Caron Pescatore takes sibling rivalry to its legal limits. Carmen Diaz accuses her brother Robbie Diaz of eating the cookies she baked to raise money for the pet center. Robbie is well-known for his sweet tooth, but he claims he is...

Sloane is a sweet young girl who has issues when it comes to food. Like many children, she is picky when it comes to what food she will eat. In Sloane's case, she will only eat food that begins with the letter B, which makes...

Harry was a sleek, beautiful horse. He loved playing with his horse friends in Horseville. Hank was his best friend, but Harry was worried that Hank was not being honest. You see, Hank “loved horsing around” (no pun intended). So much so, that sometimes Hank...

Staying Healthy Living Longer: 7 Powerful Principles for a Healthier You! by Mary Dicaro, PT, is a much-needed book on staying fit. As the author has completed multiple certifications at several institutes and worked as a therapist, her advice should not be taken lightly. Rather...

Did you know there’s dog sledding in northern Japan? And there’s even a small town in Japan that hosts its own bullfight? So much to see and do across a nation that’s really no bigger than California. But to truly experience the uniqueness of Japan,...

Lights Out is the first book in the Lights Out trilogy by Joey Paul, an outstanding futuristic science fiction work with a well-imagined setting. The book is set in a dystopian period after the devastation of war. This time, the new society establishes the rule...

The Flying Cutterbucks by Kathleen M. Rodgers is a women-centric drama novel that follows three women whose fates irrevocably changed after a traumatic event in their lives. It's 2016. Trudy watches with horror as the man admitting to groping women without their consent on record...