Essence by A.L Waddington is a YA paranormal romance unlike any other that I’ve read, and is a great start to a unique series with an interesting premise. When seventeen-year-old Jocelyn meets her new neighbor, Jackson, he’s an instant hit with her friends and family,...

Stories for Feelings For Children: The Illustrated Edition is a children’s short story collection written by Hilary Hawkes. Each story discusses a situation or problem where a child may experience feelings that they are not comfortable with or that make them feel unhappy, isolated or...

In a highly interesting and well done book in the category of cultural nonfiction, Why Do We Quote? The Near and Far of Others' Words and Voices by author Ruth Finnegan is a worthwhile read. Pulling from anthropology, cultural history, folklore, cultural studies, socio-linguistics, literary...

Beautifully Undone (The Beaumont Brothers Book 3) by Susan Griscom is a stand-alone book that is a part of a series. It does not end with a cliffhanger and can be read separately. This book follows Asher Beaumont, a damaged character who has just been...

Quotation is not something to which most people give much thought, but it is amazingly pervasive across many aspects of our lives. Why Do We Quote? The Culture and History of Quotation by Ruth Finnegan is a marvelously in depth look at what quotation is,...

The Reviled is a young adult fantasy novel by Cynthia A. Morgan and the first book of the Dark Fey series. There are worlds of light and darkness coexisting alongside one another in this lavish fantasy world, and the story initially focuses on the world...

On June 24, 1981, two Bosnian teenagers, Mirjana, then 16, and Ivanka, 15, were walking near their nondescript village of Medjugorje in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina, when Ivanka told her friend she could see an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mirjana told...

Permutation Archives: The Harvested by Kindra Sowder is the story of Mila, whose blood holds a power that is desired by the good as well as the not so good parties of this story. Unfortunately, the bad guys got their hands on Mila first. After...

Emerge: The Awakening is a young adult story by Melissa A. Craven that is a paranormal and a romance all rolled into one. Allie is used to people acting aloof around her. She knows she is different, but she doesn’t understand why until she meets...

Ayesha Dean: The Istanbul Intrigue is written by Melati Lum. Eighteen-year-old Ayesha Dean and her friends, Sara and Jess, are on their way to Istanbul for a ten-day holiday. Before boarding the plane, Ayesha expects to be singled out as a Muslim for a random...

Godson: The Avenging Mafioso by Antonino Rosario Scalabrino is a mafia thriller set against the backdrop of modern New York, a tale that depicts the very nature of the Italian mafia; intrigue, stabbings-in-the-back, and revenge. A mafia lord is killed in the streets of New...

Ancient Guardians: The Reckoning starts at the end of a rescue mission with Levi awakening, having lost all memory of the last nine years of his life. Believe it or not, Levi did a great deal of growing during those years and is a completely...

Los Soñadores (The Dreamers) by G. Stephen Renfrey is a young adult paranormal fiction novel. It may be categorized as a young adult novel, but it will easily appeal to an audience with a mix of young adults and older adults who enjoy paranormal fiction....

Sarah, Furry-Purple & Friends: The Moon Adventure by Pennie Mae Cartawick is a children's story about a little girl named Sarah who loves the fact that she is able to dream of what she thinks about before she drifts off to sleep. The majority of...

Operation Space Cats: The Rescue Mission is a children’s book written by Lesa McKee and illustrated by Heather E. Culler. Ten-year-old Darla’s parents mysteriously disappear whilst on a mission in outer space, visiting the planet Candar. When news of their disappearance is brought to the...

Holy War: The Battle For Souls opens with a glimpse of the experience of dying. Damian, son of JC and Maria, grandson of God, has been murdered by his twin, Samantha, the Antichrist. He is welcomed into heaven by God who intends to wage a...

Summer At Sea is a romance novel written by Beth Labonte. Afraid to break her mother’s heart, Summer Eve Hartwell still lives at home with her parents. At 26 years of age, Summer is determined to get married, enabling her to leave home and escape...

I don’t believe in race the way the term is used in popular culture. There is only the human species. Race, as we know it, is a cultural construct we use because man is primarily a visual creature. We have created this construct and now...

Combining Star Wars type action with TV sitcom humor can’t be easy. But, somehow Paul Regnier does it and he makes it look easy. The Iron Gauntlet is the second installment in his very original series called Space Drifters. The genre of both books is...

Called: The Making & Unmaking of a Nun by Marge Rogers Barrett is a memoir that explores one woman’s journey of faith, of love, and service. We are introduced to the protagonist at a very early age in her life, as a pupil in a...