Cheryl Aguiar loves animals of all kinds, domestic and wild. As a child, she marvelled at the wildlife around her and did all she could to rescue orphaned and injured creatures. She even saved a tree frog when the lawnmower accidentally ran it over, severing...

Ghosts and Shadows by H. Max Hiller is a mystery about the arrogance of cultivating lambs for the slaughter, as well as the consequences of what happens when one lamb goes astray. Cooter “Cadillac” Hooter is called in to investigate a string of mysterious fires...

Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters by Christa Avampato is a gripping story about a young girl’s search for answers and clarity regarding her mother’s mysterious death. While the NYPD has given up on the case and thinks that Nora, the renowned anthropologist, simply...

How Are You Feeling, Momma? (You Don't Need To Say, "I'm Fine."): Authentic & Encouraging Psalm Reflections on the Many Emotions of Motherhood by Shelby Spear and Lisa Leshaw is an engaging book that speaks about the challenges of motherhood. The parenting journey is not...

Little Twinkle loved shining every night even though she was just an itsy bitsy star. Thousands of friends and family members of different sizes and shapes would join her to glow in the night sky. Her friends, Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon, were bigger and...

As Above, So Below: A Hermann Horst Mystery is a work of fiction in the mystery, suspense, and historical fiction subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Ingram Hargrave. The plot follows the titular Hermann Horst, a...

B: The Tale of the Halloween Cat by D.L. Luke is an exciting story of Bernard (with the moniker B), who is invited by the Willow Witch on the day before Halloween to participate in the Black Cat Contest. There are eight other contestants and...

'Night Corridor' by Joan Hall Hovey is one of those books that will have you looking behind you as you read. The main plot of the story deals with a woman who is set free after nine years into the real world. Caroline Hill, who...

Three Rules is the story of Hope Wellman who suffered abuse at the hands of her stepfather’s brother Lucas. At the story opens, Hope is attending the funeral of her abuser and she slowly unravels the story of how she came to be a Wellman...

Blue and Green Should Never be Seen! Or So Mother Says by Colette Kebell is a story of growing up. Griselda Griswald, or GiGi as she is better known, works hard at helping people to look and feel better in her job as a personal...

Kelegeen by Eileen O’Finlan is a wonderful story, a tale of a people and a place in trying times. It is Ireland in 1846 and while engaged couple Meg O’Connor and Rory Quinn are happily preparing for their wedding, while they join other villagers in...

When I reflect on Moss by Joe Pace, three words come to mind immediately: deep, unique, and extraordinary. All three adjectives apply to Pace’s characters, plot, themes, and style...in fact, everything about this novel. Quite honestly, I cannot get this exquisite literary novel out of...

All Daniel Robinson ever wanted was a normal loving family. To escape an abusive father and mentally ill mother, he leaves home at sixteen to seek refuge with a pastor. But a man he believed would protect him — a man he should have been...

The Blue Garou is a police procedural mystery written by H. Max Hiller. Cooter Holland is a police officer assigned to the Louisiana State Highway Patrol, but on an informal loan arrangement with the New Orleans Police Department. While he was born and raised in...

Sophie Mathieson has a mundane life that she despises. Her job at Heller Co. or, as she calls it, Hellco, sucks the life out of her. Her husband is inattentive and spends most of his time running a restaurant and putting Sophie down. Her...

Cassiopeia, aka Pia, and her friend Samsara had just graduated from the University of New York when they decide to go on vacation to Vieques Island. While on the island, Pia experiences strange events that she can’t explain. Apart from having the same dreams as...

This is a heartfelt, well-written story to teach children how to perceive other children with disabilities. It has a good pace, a strong theme, and beautiful black and white drawings on its pages. The protagonist is real and likable, and makes you care for his...

Birdbrain by Virginia Arthur is a sweeping semi-autobiographical chronicle (the author states in the foreword that many of the book’s events actually happened) of the life of a birder biologist/conservationist whose journey takes her to some of America’s most biologically diverse and unspoiled places. Protagonist...

Freeways to Flip Flops: A Family’s Year of Gutsy Living on A Tropical Island written by author Sonia Marsh is the true tale of her family’s adventure. Duke Marsh was a very successful lawyer in Orange County, CA. He, his wife Sonia, and their three...

Wildwood is historical romantic fiction written by Katharine Kincaid. Emma Whitefield was stunned to hear that her father has left her destitute and willed his entire estate to her brother Oliver. She's thrilled when an elderly servant brings her a box that had been entrusted...