Mickey Haller finds himself on the other side of the aisle in this suspenseful mystery of not just who-done-it but more of how Mickey is going to nail him! Asked to be the lead prosecutor on a trial that has already taken place once, Mickey...

"Better Off Without Him" by Dee Ernst is modern romantic comedy at its best. Heroine Mona Berman is a very successful author whose forte is the historical romance novel. Throughout the book she slips into the author mode to translate a scene that is actually...

This is a really creative and cool book for children and all those who like books like “The Little Lame Prince.” It is divided into small chapters and written especially for kids under twelve. It relates a whimsical type of tale that will enthrall young...

The Krephiloff Tree is in trouble, but none of the Flidderbugs seem to realize just how much. Kriffle, a young Flidderbug, is convinced that all the trouble stems from the tribe of bugs, the Quadrigons, living on the other side of the tree, and all...

What if you were shown how to lift the thin barrier that separates our world from a secret and magical civilization that exists alongside ours, but this knowledge endangers not only yourself, but everyone you love? It is Addy’s seventeenth birthday, and the mundane and...

In "Dark Lake" by Louise Gaylord we find Allie, an attorney and certified PI, back in the Adirondacks and this time a murder hits close to home, in fact too close. When she arrives at the retreat where her family goes every year she encounters...

This is a fantasy tale of good versus evil through the eyes of a young teenage girl, Mellie. Running from her sisters’ taunts, she finds herself caught up in the world of the F.A.I.R.I.E.S, where she will learn the world of spiritual warfare against the...

"Over My Head" is a clean, innocent story of a high school girl experimenting with love. Sang's father is trying to raise his daughter in the strict fashion his culture demands, but Sang reacts in typical teenage fashion: she rebels. When she becomes infatuated with...

"Sector C" by Phoenix Sullivan begins with a few sick animals but soon extends to the local population. The symptoms were flu-like but the prognosis was death. Mike Shafer, CDC Demographic Statistician, noticed an increase in deaths in the Great Plains. He traveled to...

"Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledgewood is James Patteson at his best. Jeanine/Nina was a twenty one year old college student on spring break when she met Peter, a police officer. The handsome man appeared to be her rescuer. Upset and...

"Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich is one of my favorite authors. She is known for her romance novels and famous for Stephanie Plum novels. For those not familiar with the Stephanie Plum Series: they are a mixture of mystery, romance and humor. In "Explosive Eighteen",...

Fawn is not human; she is a Shapeling and has earned her rank of Master Shapeling. The thirteen co-princes send Fawn on a mission to help Zoe, a seven year old motherless girl. Zoe hears voices that frighten her. She screams and misbehaves. Her father...

If you like your poetry halfway between reality and the twilight zone of lethargic sleep, this is the book for you. In "A Song Beneath Silence", auth Apryl Skies takes the reader through lyrical moments in which love is always complicated and beauty is held...

The cover of "Make Mine a Bad Boy" is enough to draw in most readers of romance novels. Author Katie Lane provides a steamy, sexy bad boy in the form of Colt, an outspoken and muscular biker boy who has a nasty reputation in the...

Short, sweet, and to the point, “Aloe Vera Handbook” by Max B. Skousen provides a very short booklet (31 pages) of information about the history and uses of Aloe. The introductory story about a guest at a party burning his fingers when he accidentally ignited...

Because Vitamin D has been getting so much attention lately and I have met more and more women who are taking Vitamin D supplements, I chose this book in order to learn more on the subject. Moreover, last year I was diagnosed with melanoma and...

I’ve had the privilege of reading one of David McDonald’s earlier books, “There are No Unwounded Soldiers,” and because it was so emotionally charged, I wanted to read another one of his collections of poetry. McDonald is a hero in my view. In “I Never...

"Call Me When You Land" by Michael Schiavone is one of those books that you will read and won’t put down till you are finished or one that you will not be able to finish. It is the story of a single mother raising a...

Harry Bosch is nearing retirement. He has 36 more months before he will have to leave. He and his partner are given a cold case to work on. While they are getting information on that one another case is dropped in their laps, one which...

April W. Gardner's debut novel "Wounded Spirits" is a historical fiction novel that will transport you to the early 1800's and tug at your heart strings. So aptly named, this novel is about people who really do have wounded spirits as a result of hardships,...