"How Angels Die" tells of Claire McCleash of Irish descent who lives with her mother, Estelle, father Sean and sister Monique in France during World War II. Claire hates bicycling along the French beachline where she and her friends once played for now it is...

Author Julia Anderson tells her family's story in "Through Christina's Eyes". Her grandfather Walter's mother, Christina Nilsson, was born in Hagnarp, Sweden, in 1866 and left her economically struggling for a life in America in 1887. It is through Christina's telling that most of this...

It is the Civil War year of 1863 in Ellenton, Georgia, and Mary Lou Bryant is engaged to childhood sweetheart Tristan Lawrence, now a West Point graduate and off fighting the war with the 50th Georgia. Mary Lou has had her own share of tragedy,...

Everyone has a story – even a violent killer Weresnake.Trystan is a young boy living with his mother and brother in the swamps of early 20th century America. Trying to make a better life for themselves the Weresnake family move to work in a hotel...

This is a very interesting sea story of a frigate named Constitution. It is a very nice tale full of seamen’s talk and terms. I like the terminology and the way it is used in the story. I would say that this book is a...

As “Book of Pawns” begins, Sir Guy of Gisborne is accompanying Lady Ysabel back to her home in Moncrieff after her mother’s death. This would be a long and adventurous journey throwing Gisborne and Ysabel closely together, forcing a difficult, unwanted relationship between the two...

Life is never exciting enough for fourteen-year-old Bobby Irukurehc. Part of Bobby’s problem is that his life is already mapped out for him: prep school, Harvard, and then joining the family law firm. Bobby wants something more, something of his own choice. The family is...

Katharine Russell’s “Deed So” is an amazing fictional story about young Haddie as she tells about her life growing up in Maryland in the 1960’s. Haddie is just at the coming of age stage, and like most people her age, she wants to leave her...

These are dark times. The Romans are leaving the island of Briton, and the Saxons are taking their place, invading the land of the tribes. A false king sits on the throne, demanding allegiance. And all of that seems very far away to Cal and...

"Of Tapestry, Time and Tears" is the story of a news reporter and war correspondent Edwina Kleberg that will hold the reader's attention through every page as Edwina's life unfolds. Edwina's father, Joseph, loses both parents in devastating storms in Texas decades after the Civil...