"Rise of the Notorious" by Katie Jennings is a sequel to "When Empires Fall". "Rise of the Notorious" is also a wonderful book that reads perfectly on its own merit. It is the story of the Vasser family, their exclusive hotel chain and the perils...

In Tales of the Gemstone Elves, Volume One: Beryl's Journey by Patricia Elizabeth Bennett, there once was a time when elves and humans lived peacefully together and worked side by side. Our story follows the gemstone elves, more specifically Beryl and Jasper as they travel...

Big Beard The Pirate by Harald Davidson is about the adventures of twins Francesca Spaghetti and Poppy Noodle. One day both the girls, along with their cat, Lulu, reach the woods and The Magic Meadow where they meet fairy Flora. The story also revolves around...

Every family has some skeletons that must remain buried from the world; however, there are a few secrets that are hidden even from family members -- and rightly so. Life in a Box by JoDee Neathery revolves around two families, the Browns and the Smiths,...

Brandon is a classic bad boy who just happens to be the illegitimate son of a royal family. Girls, parties, and drinking are his favorite pastimes. When Brandon and his best friends decide to take on an ambitious business project, he is reunited with one...

Howl of the Ice by Christian Raymond is set in Hillson Falls, Michigan. On his way home from school, fourteen-year-old Falc must cross the frozen Blackbird Lake where he is later found hypothermic and frostbitten. Sheriff Chappell explained to Falc’s parents, Alista and Bodhi, that...

A.D. Trosper promises readers grand new adventures with her short story A New Beginning. The land of Galdrilene is a dangerous, yet magical land, but Emallya has simpler dreams for her life. She longs to have the domestic joys her mother has achieved: a husband...

Kasandra and her sister Maria had moved from Brazil to Hartford, Connecticut and they have settled well into the new place and their new school, MaryEllen Bay Middle School. Kasandra and her friends, John, Shakira, and Darling, have been recruited to Animal Guard, a secret...

Choo! Choo! Choo! The Train at the Zoo, written by Kathleen Welton and with beautiful illustrations by Tamara Joubert, invites young readers on a whimsical journey on a train ride through the zoo, seeing the different animals. The lions roar, the gorillas swing from the...

A little girl tries convincing her sleepy lion friend to get out and enjoy life with her in the charming children's picture book Gelli Belle and The Lazy Lion (Gelli Belle Series: Book Two) by Vernae Bezear. Gelli Belle awakens, ready for an adventure, and...

ALAM Beginnings is a work of fiction penned by author Akil O. Smith in the science fiction, adventure, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains some moderate violence and strong language. Readers are introduced to a harrowing...

Hidden Treasures in Secret Places: Words of Wisdom for Everyday Life by Velma Hagar Ristaino is a gift of faith and wisdom, a tool that leads us to treasures available to us, no matter our status in life, background, or calling. In this book, the...

I found New Beginnings to be a charming novel that combines romance and drama. Deborah King draws her readers in with Sophie Tucker's dynamic personality, who appears to have everything going for her. Her family's legacy is a ranch that caters to PTSD clients. When...

To Begin Again by Jen Knox is a collection of short stories and essays. Due to the length of short stories and essays are very difficult to develop the meat of the plot or situations. However, Knox had no problem with the task. The common factor...

The pursuit of a personal desire can lead oneself into a journey like no other. In Shadow’s Fire: A Chance Beginning, by exquisite author Christopher Patterson, this is just the case! From giving up everything to pursue a life of promise, potential and purpose to...

Into the Woods is a novel of suspense set in the late 16th century, written by Josh Soule. John, Thomas, and Henry had grown up in Carn and, were now adults and still the best of friends. They were each different. John’s artistic inclinations had...

C. Gary Johnston pens an insightful dramatic tale in New Leaves in Winter. It is the holiday season; the weather has turned cold and somewhat precarious for travel. However, the frigid and threatening atmosphere of Starlinger’s Advertising far surpasses the wintry elements outside. Daniel Pierce...

Thrown Again into the Frazzle Machine by Margaret Dubay Mikus is a collection of poems reflecting a rough and unhappy patch in the author’s life, a period jolted by surgeries, with the collection intended to act as a life-boat in the journey through rough seas....

Running from the Mirror by Howard Shulman is a memoir about Shulman’s life. When Shulman was just a newborn baby, he contracted a staph infection that ate his face off. His parents did not want to deal with a child that had so many health...

Shedding the Wife by Madison Meadows takes readers into the author's personal life where she speaks about the split with her husband and how she was consumed by anger and hatred toward her husband and the woman he left her for. Her story is about...