The Hired Gun by Bob MacKenzie is a novella focused on a young group of five friends in Alberta, Canada back in the late 1950s. The kids - Bobby, Sam, Alex, Linda and Dickie - are just shy of their teen years and are on...

“I’m sorry to bother you, but aren’t you London Carstairs?” These are not unusual words to London. Her fame as a young, world-renowned model presents challenges everywhere she goes. In an attempt to present herself in the downplayed image she desires, London acquiesces to many...

Every once in a while, I enjoy a good mystery. It is not my favorite genre, but I appreciate a good one. Why Blame the Stars? by Michael Segedy is a good one. I like the way he intertwines mystery and romance. I like that...

Rosie’s Umbrella written by Denny Taylor is a story of an unspeakable family secret. Rosie Llewelyn and her classmates are given an assignment to research their personal history, concentrating on the origin of their family name. But, what if you don’t have a past? In...

Shortly after the death of his paternal grandparents, Alex Priar’s world is thrown totally upside down when his parents disappear and strangers burst into his home in time to save his life in An Empire of Dreams by Lewis J. Jones. With tremendous destruction happening...

The Magnum Opus by Christopher and Christine Kezelos is a magical tale which follows on from a short film they made entitled The Maker. I found, however, that it is not necessary to watch the film as the book contains the narrative of the film...

The Needle’s Eye by Deanna Nese is a slim book, a story with a lot of symbolism, one that explores the idea of destiny and friendship, a tale laced with wonderful insights and wisdom. It is a story with powerful spiritual dimensions. It wasn’t until...

Magic Bound by GK DeRosa is the first book in The Hybrid Trilogy and a spin-off of Wilder: The Guardian series. Aria Negrescu has finally gotten her life in order: she's living with her best friend, Ricky, she has a job, and everything seems ordinary....

Ryan Galloway’s debut novel, Biome, takes the reader to a Mars Colony in its infancy stages. Lizzy is one of two hundred cadets on the Colony. The cadet’s primary duty is to tend to the plants growing in the various biome domes while Mars is...

The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Threads of Fate is the third entry in The Scholar and the Sphinx series by A.R. Cook, a great fantasy read for young adult readers. This is a story that combines very interesting elements into a powerful plot —...