It's 1480 and Lady Arianna Murray Lucette has found herself married under false pretences to French nobleman Claud Lucette. He was already married but his family wanted Arianna's family's money. Claud already had two small sons, Aledar and Michel, and sadly, it is only Arianna...

State of Ecstasy is a captivating opening in the LaCasse Series by Ju Ephraime, a sizzling romance that will keep the emotions of readers fired up, with the intensity lasting throughout the entire read. Twenty-six-year-old Daphne has just discovered that Michael, the man she has...

In Scott Clements’s "Gasparilla’s Treasure" Trip Montgomery’s great grandfather, Pappy, encourages Trip to “Get the trunk! Promise me! You need to find that trunk...” But before Pappy can explain the importance of the trunk, he suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. The...

In "Oxford Messed Up", Andrea Kaufman has presented the reader with a fascinating and realistic glimpse into the mind of a woman with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. As with many such diagnosed individuals, Rhodes Scholar Gloria Zimmerman is a very intelligent individual whose daily life is highly...

During World War ll Charles Day was a Canadian volunteer who was sent to Ireland and then to other countries in the United Kingdom, also countries in Europe and North Africa. His ship was hit not too far from Ireland and 75 per cent of...

"At the Robot Zoo" is a very unique children's book that narrates from the perspective of a childlike robot. The characters in this book are beautifully illustrated and emotions are injected into these robotic animals. The story is presented in rhymes with humor sprinkled throughout...

"Stirbugs & Screws" is a cleverly woven novel that gives us a peek into life as a guard in a high risk Psychiatric Centre and on an Indian Reservation. The story unfolds from two angles. On the one hand we see a young boy leaving...

"Saltwater Taffy" by Eric Delabarre is one of the best children's books I've read in years! The story about the antics and the growth of five friends in the Pacific Northwest involves a search for the long-lost treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte. Pieces of a...

Besides being a genius with words, author James Patterson has chosen a great co-author in Chris Tebetts and a superb illustrator in Laura Park for the sequel to his book about Rafe trying to survive middle school. Rafe is now about to begin the seventh...

"The Farewell Season" is a very remarkable story that deals with grief and loss. It relates a heart-warming tale of coping with death and being alive that will touch not only young adults, but also many adults. Death is never easy for those who stay...

Beth Becker is retired from her decrypting work for the CIA and lives with her husband, James, a former military intelligence operative, in Red Wing, Minnesota. Then she is called back by those in power in Washington, D.C., to head over to Egypt to "see"...

"Ethereal Revelations" is a true story that will open your eyes to another edge of the Paranormal. Here we find a very pregnant Lizelle who discovers her partner and father of her child in a lewd sex act in their own home. Immediately after this...

Our story begins with action and suspense. Nate Cartwright receives a mysterious phone call from Peter, his brother. Peter thought he was being followed and that it had something to do with his project. The project was connected to Apollo 18 whose commander was their...

"Reckless Perfection" is the story of four very different girls who are all facing the struggles of being teenagers. Juliana the good girl is trying to get over her ex-boyfriend whilst maintaining her high grades so that her parents will be proud. Mercedez is struggling...

"No More Brothers" is such a colorful tale rich with Old World Italian culture. It is almost a murder she wrote- Italian style! This witty tale which takes place in the late 1800s will take you back to a small fictional town on the north...

Who knew Britain has had a super-secret department devoted to the supernatural since . . . I don’t know, before the Vikings? Daniel O’Malley’s novel "The Rook" sketches a history of the Chequy, a venerable organization that has assisted the government through the centuries. We...

In "Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Clash of the Class Clowns" Kirk Scroggs has child muppet Danvers Blickensderfer in competition with a new boy in the school named Phips Terlington who turns out to be the class clown, totally undermining Danvers' goal of capturing that...

"Trust No One" by Mike Thompson is the sequel to "Blood Betrayal" in which the reader first met Wolf Magnussen and his dysfunctional family. Wolf's brother is not in prison. Wolf has lost everything and is pretty much in seclusion until his old friend Sheriff...

As an owner of two young dogs, along with being a parent to two young boys, I am always looking for new and exciting children's books, mostly those with animals in them. When I read the description of K Anne Russell's "Buddy's Tail", I was...

This book is about the infamous KKK, or Ku Klux Klan and it is very informative. I learned more about the organization than I ever knew. The "Curse" which the title of the book refers to is the curse of racism that is handed down...