Like all little children, Monkey Bandit has a lot to learn. It’s all part of growing up. One of the more sensitive issues (at least it’s sensitive to adults), is the issue of potty training. Monkey Bandit uses the garden in the backyard as his...

Different From the Other Kids: Natural Alternatives Edition by Angela Tsounis, with a conclusion by Dr. Jonathan Prousky, ND, MSc, MA, is dedicated to all the children who have felt they are different from others, and all the parents who are going through grief, confusion,...

In When Will You Be Home by Gaelen Vandenbergh, when Paige Scott moved back to Philadelphia, she thought that by moving back home, she was giving herself a chance for a new start away from all the drama in her life. But how will she...

Chasing Nathan by Jeanette Hubbard is an exciting mystery novel involving kidnapping, bikers, mayhem and murder. Claudie O'Brien is going camping for the weekend. After several failed marriages over the years, she enjoys her time spent alone. When Nathan pulls into the campground in his...

Viper is the Prequel to the Sentinel Trilogy by Jamie Foley, a young adult fantasy laced with action and featuring solid characters. The author introduces readers to characters with extraordinary gifts — Jet is a soldier and Sorvashti is a great target for kidnapping; both...

Sacred Treasures is book three in the Circle of Nine Series by Valerie Biel, a story that brims with Celtic lore and mythology. Brigit Quinn is a young woman undergoing training to become part of the circle of nine, a select group that is entrusted...

Cinderella: Not Quite the Fairy Tale is a novella written by May Sage. The Kingdom of Alenia, which is one of the many kingdoms of Gaia, has a slight problem. Although they have a ruler in King Daniel, the king has no heir. In order...

Love's Fierce Embrace by Julia Rush revolves around the romance of Stephen Alexander Warfield, whom London society calls ‘an immutable bachelor,’ and Melina Pouliot, a young beauty who is dumped at his place when his injured horse leaves him stranded on the isle of Dunnburgh...

Roman Rescue by Michelle Gilliam is an exciting, suspenseful thriller novel set in Italy. Fear has always been a major part of Maggie's life and to combat it she runs, literally and figuratively. Maggie broke up with her boyfriend and has flown to Rome to...

Solstice: Book 3 of The Star-Crossed Saga by Braxton Cosby takes us on a journey that we will not forget any time soon. The story of Sydney and William continues, but this time things are different. Their love is just as strong and so is...

Fly on the Wall: Detective Annie Avants Crime Fiction Book 5 by Renee Benzaim is a murder mystery. Interstate I5 runs from Canada down to the Mexican border, through Kern County, and law enforcement agencies are struggling to fight the rise in drug trafficking. Kern...

Cause of Death is book 1 of the Detective Annie Avants Crime Thriller series by Renee Benzaim. Kern County has become a hotbed of kidnap and torture, with all the victims being young Hispanic females. The torture is the same – black widow spiders. Detective...

Coyote’s Song by Renee Benzaim connects two women from the past and the present through a Miwok legend. In 1989, five-year-old Evangeline disappeared from her front yard. Ten years later in 1999, Hannah Kelly is searching for a subject for her new novel. She investigates...

Franklin is a ferret with special needs. Justin is a little boy with special needs. Both Franklin and Justin have seeing problems and are handicapped; Justin is only mobile in his wheelchair. Both Franklin and Justin are very sad because they fear they have been...

In Death Callers, the first in a new young adult paranormal romance series by Raven Hudgins, Aislin Gray can't wait for her eighteenth birthday to arrive. She is a banshee and part of a long line of wailing women. Once she turns eighteen, she will...

John Sebrook is a 16-year-old who learns quickly that life is not always fair in 450 East by David Robert VerValin. After the death of his parents, John has to leave his Southern California home to live in Indiana with grandparents he barely knows. Not...

I do not play the guitar. I do have a lot of friends who do. Now I know which book to give them or suggest pertaining to the maintenance of their instruments. I had no idea of the care it takes to maintain a guitar....

Erase and Rewind by Annemarie Musawale is an interesting science-fiction anecdote about a young girl's lives and her alternatives. Rosemary and Russel are twins. Their mother, Celestine, had been a jazz singer when she married their father. Bored with family life and regretting her decision...

First Noelle: A Second-Chance Christmas Romance (Christmas Holiday Extravaganza) by Delia Latham is a well written and gripping Christmas romance filled with surprises. Noelle Joy still suffers the effects of a broken promise and a broken heart. Ten years earlier she was left waiting in...

The best post-apocalyptic fiction, like Decline by Jared Kane, emits a surreal vividness requiring for its success a master poet’s depth, a fearless explorer’s heart, not to mention - non-incidentally - a wordsmith’s ferocious writing skills. Mr. Kane exquisitely exhibits all three requirements in this...