The Baron of Eastcastle is the second novel in the Quinn Hawk Series by Jim Pugmire. Quinn is a confused teen with a lot of problems. He is illiterate, feels like an outcast in his family, and now his friend Rhiannon disappears after helping him...

Jim Pugmire continues to enthrall me with The King of Dalatia, which is the third medieval novel in the Quinn Hawk Series. I recommend reading the previous books first to fully appreciate this one. Quinn is no longer an insecure illiterate teen, and is now...

An Absent Mind by Eric Rill is a moving story about a man diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Saul was in his early seventies when this terrible illness struck. It was obvious that throughout his life he had been a larger than life kind of character and...

Rock Star is the second book in the Dream Weaver series by the talented Su Williams. While I hadn't read the first book, it was easy enough to grasp the ideas once I read into the first few chapters. The writing style was unique and...

Two Magisters pass through the town of Fallow and, soon after, everything Emelyn has known is changed. In The Thirteenth Tower by Sara C. Snider, unusual events force Emelyn to leave town after she is attacked by creatures that were only known to people as...

The Rise of Agnil is Book 1 in the Agnil’s World series, written by Susan Navas. Aggie, who is also called Agnil, is excited because her father is finally allowing her to go fishing alone. She falls into the water and is dragged away by...

Agnil and the Wizard’s Orb is a delightful book in the Agnil’s Worlds series by Susan Navas. Agnil, who is also called Aggie, feels unhappy because she misses Estil, her elf mother, and kids make fun of her pointy ears. She decides to practice using...

The Mind's Eye is a young adult historical, coming of age novel written by K.C. Finn. It's set during WWII. Fifteen-year-old Kit Cavendish and her younger brother, Leighton, are on their way to Wales when we first meet them. They're part of a massive evacuation...

Vampyric paranormal romance is delivered in verse in Elfineness by T.K. Varenko. This epic poem of over 300 pages recounts the life of Luella, an elfin maiden transformed into a vampyress during her struggle to find her one true love. Gods and monsters from various...

House of Cards by Dr. Theodore Jerome Cohen is the second of Cohen’s novels featuring NYPD Detective Louis Martelli. When a prominent philanthropist and CEO of a major Wall Street Investment firm is gunned down in Times Square, Martelli is assigned to the case. For...

Lilith by Theodore Jerome Cohen is one of this author’s fascinating Detective-Investigator Louis Martelli suspenseful murder mysteries. Martelli, NYPD‘s answer to Sherlock Holmes, is seldom inconvenienced by his prosthetic leg, courtesy of a tour of duty in Iraq. In fact, he learns that it is...

Childhood is a precious time and Midnight is the keeper of the innocence and peace of children in Midnight and the Man Who Had No Tears by Tiffany Golden. A beautiful, gentle story about a young boy, Askari Red, who is being ‘forced’ into manhood...

Little Kicker is not a very happy donkey because he has to get his donkey shots, and he is scared. Tony the Pony chimes in and starts telling Little Kicker all about shots. That did not help very much, because Little Kicker did not want...

The Way Back by Jeffrey Turner is a powerful novel of love, deception, and mistakes. Jack Elliot is a college professor, teaching a creative writing class. He is also a published author, husband to Claire, and father to Nathan. The day starts ordinarily enough -...

Carol is not your average woman. In fact, she’s not a true woman at all, she’s a clone. But that’s only one of her problems at this point. The other problem is that people seem to be after her for no reason she can think...

Some time has passed since Carol not only learned who she really is and everything about herself, but also who her true friends and enemies are. People are not who they seem in this futuristic world and it’s up to Carol, Gen, Mionne, Vanguard and...

Atticus Finch said it is the nature of the law that every man will get at least one case that will affect him personally. For lawyer Max Gildea, that case is Sophie Suriano. Sophie’s husband died when the Chinese freighter, Nereus, hit the Suriano yacht...

Love Shadows by Catherine Lanigan is the latest in the Shores of Indian Lake series and it is a real heart-warmer. We meet Sarah who is stinging from the untimely death of her mother. Sarah had a high-powered job in the city but had returned...

When Rainstorm opens, Jessy Kalender is looking out over a gorgeous Wyoming morning, contemplating breaking off her five-year-relationship and returning to Deer Creek. Her Uncle Frank’s letter gives her the perfect reason to return home: the Diamond-K Ranch. The only problem with returning is that...

Dany Madrid and her father, Dante, move to a ranch in Montana after her mother, Ellen, died. Dany is free spirited and stubborn, and prefers to wear cowboy clothing instead of dresses, much to the disapproval of some townsfolk. Dany becomes involved with a cowboy...