The Whiskey Creek Water Company by Jan Walker is set in 1932. The name Whisky Creek Water Company attracts stranger Farley Price to the place. The local Indians gave the name 'Spirit Water' to the natural spring in the forest. The Scandinavian settlers gave the...

In Shadows Gray, a beautiful novel by Melyssa Williams, Sonnet Gray and her family are lost, time travelers drifting through time with no control when or where they end up. Born in the eighteenth century (with her father born in the twelfth and her deceased...

Freedom’s Long March by Paul F. Murray is a great read, full of adventure and high fantasy. Paul presents a good tale, one that will keep you interested all the way to the last page. I found the tale a good story that is worth...

River Braids by Marcy Luikart is an intricately woven tale which spans a one-hundred-year time frame and several generations. Initially, the setting is 2004 when Sonny has returned to his home town to tend to his dying father. When meeting his friends at the local...

When Kate Seaver’s father dies in unclear but violent circumstances in 1860s America, she vows to avenge him and bring to justice the man whom she blames for robbing him of his business, his home, and his pride. This takes her on a journey of...

Edward Eaton gives readers a new take on an old story in Hector and Achilles, a verse drama of the great battle of heroes in the Trojan war. The dramatic dialogue is written in a series of the standard 5-7-5 haiku, lending power and...

Pride always comes before a fall and when you couple that pride with hate and revenge you’ll see that there’s more evil in the world than anyone would care to admit. Evil is lurking in Sundowner County and most definitely it’s lurking in Hyde’s Corner....

There’s not much that can ruin more lives and create more mayhem than hate and hate is exactly what’s brewing in Hyde’s Corner. Not only are the Hydes the owners of nearly everything in the little town but they’re also the arch enemies of the...

Island of the White Rose by R. Ira Harris is a period piece set in Cuba during the 1950s and the revolution. Father Pedro Villanueva is the conflicted hero of this novel, a lack-luster priest that enjoys his family’s well-to-do lifestyle more than he enjoys...

Orphan’s Heart by Lori Crane is the life story of Ellen Rodgers. It is 1862 and Ellen is seven years old. Her mother has just died, leaving her, along with her brothers and sisters, to live with Aunt Mary. Ellen shares her feelings with us,...