In Men of the Cross, author Charlene Newcomb opens the Battle Scars series with a resounding, epic novel of love and war. This historical romance novel, set primarily during the Third Crusade led by King Richard the Lionhearted of England in the 12th century, is...

My Keyboard Was Hi-Jacked! by Mammy Oaklee is a delightful story that children will enjoy reading. Mammy is a writer and she wakes up one morning, goes to her keyboard and finds a gargantuan spider crawling on her keyboard. Mammy did not know how to...

Melancholy Manor: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr piqued my curiosity immediately. It is not often that I find a murder mystery intertwined with a ghost story, but Ms. DeFarr provided both, and with an antagonist I will not soon forget. Hera Hunter is a...

In Ripple Effect by Kathleen King, Jenna, a college student at Michigan State, wanders aimlessly in the mounds of thick snow and sub-zero, bone-chilling temperatures. She's tired, scared and sleepy. Minutes later, she's dead. Her college friends Lexi, Abbie and Kim, did not have to...

Grak is a small-minded, self-centered nomad living in a tribe before pre-recorded history. And as the title of the book - Things Grak Hates - says, he hates things. Lots and lots of things. When things don't go his way, he blames everyone but himself....

Grief is a very powerful emotion. It can take over your entire life and turn it upside down in the blink of an eye. In Creative Grieving by Elizabeth Berrien, you will learn more about the process of grief from someone who has been there....

When was the last time you set out to accomplish a goal? Chances are you’ve probably set a number of different goals for yourself. It may be losing five pounds or saving money or anything at all. The important thing, however, is getting started on...

A Very Married Christmas (Southern Born Christmas Book 3) by Erika Marks is the perfect Christmas book of the season. Marley is in the process of getting a divorce from Beck. She still loves him, but things didn’t work out when she became a popular...

I loved the opening lines of Blood Moon Over Africa by Paul Zunckel that said, "nothing is safe when the moon is full." That sums up this story's premise very well. Piet van Zyl, safari owner, finds himself drawn into a world of witchcraft, and...

Turning 15 has never been a more stressful experience. Brigid, a 15-year-old, has just found out that she's the most recent in an ancient Celtic tribe. Instead of being a princess, or a famous artist, Brigid is the direct inheritor of magical powers of her...

For a young woman life in Afghanistan is not easy. But for a young girl who has grown up without her father, a girl who is part foreigner herself and with stronger ideals than most girls of her era, life is different entirely. Growing into...

Ethical Empowerment: Virtue Beyond the Paradigms by Arthur D. Schwartz is a rich cacophony of philosophy examined through the eyes of real-world social context. Divided into two easy to read parts, Schwartz defines the principles of ethics and morality to promote greater wisdom, empowerment and...

In Captured Lies: Book One of The Caspian Wine Series written by Maggie Thom, Bailey was successful in her adult life. This was a far cry from her pitiful childhood, which mostly consisted of constantly moving from house to house, town to town. All her...

I really liked the concept of Susurrus Episode Two (A Necessary Journey) by Rory Tillitson. What isn't to love about the idea of a computer controlled boat? Throw in the fact that there is a beautiful, mysterious woman who needs to get out of town...

A Memory Worth Dying For by Joanie Bruce is the best book I have read in ... well, forever (and I do a lot of reading). Marti is living in Tennessee but her heart is still in Texas with her ex-husband Daniel. Three years earlier:...

There are so many tales and novels out there about meta-humans. I have read or watched most of them. The best of these tales are awesome, but since I read so many such tales I often find myself disappointed. Yet, I keep buying them as...

In Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson, Robyn Dunbarre is about to start her sophomore year at college and is on her way to get an awesome business degree that will help her buy the Green Tea Leaf Café. Her life was on a steady roll...

Insanity By Increments: Stories is a collection of literary short stories written by Alaric Cabiling. The nine stories that comprise this collection seem to share a theme of dislocation and/or alienation; many of their heroes are cold, disaffected or out of step with the world....

Beth Green’s A Rose for Jonathan is an enlightening story revealing the power of prayer and scriptural declaration. Standing guard on a hill above the city are three angels ... a sword pierces the ground, the earth shakes, yet no one notices except for one...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...