"Desert Intrigue: The Adventures of John and Julia Evans" by Linda Weaver Clarke portrays a great summer on the beach relaxing in a chaise lounge book. The characters are very easy to be liked and the plot keeps you reading to the end. Julia’s brother...

"Man in the Blue Moon" by Michael Morris is a book for all seasons and for all types of readers. Written by a Southern author, it tells the tale of Ella Wallace, a Florida woman with three sons whose husband drank, gambled, did cocaine and...

It is those years just before the American Civil War and James Buchanan is President. Twenty-eight year old Fletcher Stedman is returning to his family's estate in Crisfield, Virginia, and he is going home angry and looking for justice as ten years before he was...

Bo (Beauregard) Kelso is an old man, a wealthy Texas rancher who has outlived his beloved wife, Mary Beth, by three years. Seventy-three years have passed since Bo's intolerant, hateful father Leroy nearly hanged his black ranch hand, Calvin Mercer, for attempting to steal what...

Alex Clermont wrote "Eating Kimchi and Nodding Politely." Kimchi is a Korean dish of fermented vegetables and seasonings that he didn't care for. Alex is in South Korea teaching English to the Korean Children and later branches out to teaching adults. He deals with isolation...

In "The Ring, The Bomb, and the Word," a trio of agents from the RU, Religious Unit, part of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force of Homeland security, are stretched almost to the breaking point stopping attack after attack. But, are these seemingly unrelated small terror attacks...

"The Hawken Eye" is a delightful book that reads almost like a Harry Potter book, though the tale has nothing to do with the famous wizard. The character of Kimora, one of the threesome that are the main characters in this tale, is very much...

“Love the Wounded” continues the story of Jake, Leigh, Mike Tim and Dylan whom we met in the first two books of this series. It seems all four of these young adults are still struggling with difficulties that life has brought their way. Tim is...

Take a walk into an enchanted forest in "Red Knit Cap Girl" written by Naoko Stoop. This is a tale about a little girl in a red knit cap and her playmate, white bunny, who explore the forest and wonder about everything. She includes a...

Max Sawyer meets the young girl who steals his heart, his best friend’s sister. The kiss would never be forgotten, and he knows her by the letters she wrote. Max restores old historical buildings making them into resorts, and he has just purchased an old...

Sue Ellen and her uncle Gene were fishing when they found the body of their friend, Mary Lynn, with a sewing machine weighing her down. No one really cared that the girl was dead; they all seemed to think it was a bother. Sue Ellen...

"The Father’s Love" is an emotionally charged and inspiring short novel written by Dave Moore. This story is inspired by true events and real people. Dave Moore’s son, David, is a freshman in college who is facing difficult times when he suddenly leaves a note...

It is a dangerous world when you are turning sixteen and being stalked by collectors. Charlotte C. Carrion is one such youth. This tough young woman does her best to avoid being caught but soon is ensnared and sent to Redwine Hill Asylum to join...

After the brutal murder of her family, 17 year old Maryah moves to Sedona to live with her god parents who hide a secret - they are perpetually reincarnated souls with supernatural gifts who have chosen to live all of their lives together. Maryah is...

Charles Clarke arrives in Bombay, India, in 1946 and then proceeds by train via Calcutta to the Dooars where he will work as a tea planter. Charles has been rejected by his longtime sweetheart, Sarah, and he feels that life in India will be a...

"TeenCoder: Windows Programming by Homeschool Programming, Inc." is a text book for teens to learn computer programming at home. It is designed for them to learn by themselves, at their own pace. That is great because most parents would be at a loss about how...

Sherman P. Bastarache has an inordinate interest in language. His interest began when he was in the eighth grade. His teacher was discussing evolution and a student commented that words cannot evolve. Suddenly, it occurred to Bastarache that if you add a 't' to 'here'...

This is a review of the audio version of "Darkness Bound: Chimney Rock" by Stella Cameron. Stella Cameron’s new series "Chimney Rock" is off to a fantastic start with the first book, "Darkness Bound". The setting is Washington State, Whidbey Island’s Chimney Rock. The small...

It is 1995 and South Carolina Senator Buck Ravenel smiles, knowing that his gift of special snakeskin cowboy boots to his friend Judge Dupree Jones was a good thank you for political favors. Ravenel, Jones, Ravenel's longtime friend Vince Stone and all their associates and...

"Gray Rainbow Journey" by K.B. Schaller has something for nearly every reader. There is adventure, cultural experience, indecision in moving toward adulthood and soul-searching personal questions which move the characters to self-fulfillment. Dina Youngblood is a young Native American adult looking for a personal sense...