"Umbrosus: The Void", by James Herring, opens with our hero lying on a stone table in a cave. He remembers tying one on the night before but not much else. A skeleton of a man, Solus, begins to question him about how he came to...

The Green House With White Trim: Cheyenne Wheeler had a plan. She would sell the old farmhouse and property, go to college to get a degree in journalism, and buy the little green house with white trim. Keith Brennan ran out of gas and he found...

Kathy Miller has done a wonderful job creating "Chippy Chipmunk". Her photography is top notch with realistic cute photos of Chippy and his other friends...Ms. Bunny,Mr. Squirrel, the Blue bird and Cardinal families, Ms. Box Turtle and all the other wonderful animals in her spacious...

Janet Hoult, Professor Emerita at California State and writer of this little rhyming tome, might be in her seventies but I have to say that she is sharp as a tack and her poetry is right on real. "Body Parts" takes a whimsical look at all...

Have you ever seen a penny lying on the ground and you just walk right past it? After all it is just a lowly penny. What good is it? Then you see another and another. If you had been picking them up you would soon...

"God Made Me Pick Up Underwear" is the inspirational story of Orlando U. Javien, Jr. I have read many books written by men concerning their faith. When I read this one I knew it was written from the heart. It takes a courageous man to...

What flavor ice cream are you? Steff Deschenes compares human personalities to ice cream flavors. According to Deschenes, everyone falls into one of three categories: chocolate, vanilla or other flavors. She believes chocolates and vanillas should never fix. The exotic flavored people are handy when...

"Shall Never See So Much" is the story of siblings a world apart. The siblings were estranged. Their lives were very different, as was their political philosophies. The setting is 1968. The US was at war in Vietnam. The times were turbulent. First Lieutenant Tom...

Megan Lawrence cannot escape her troubled past. She was only 15 when she accused Sam Marshall a friend of her brother of something that never took place. Sam was run out of town by her father. He has returned for the funeral of his best...

God called Moses to rescue his people. Moses was a simple man. He didn’t like to speak in public. “Would probably have preferred to sit on a scorpion rather than go and tell the powerful Pharaoh to let God’s people go.” So God sent Moses`...

The setting is post 9/11. Bio-terrorists have unleashed multiple viruses including anthrax, small pox, and a virus so evil that we can only begin to imagine the implications. RAPAIDS (a cross between the Parvovirus and AIDS virus) began by destroying livestock, causing a famine throughout...

The story begins with a glance back in time to Ezekiel as he stands before the people terrified, but filled with the Spirit of God. He realizes the people are listening. Our next scene is the late 1960s, Russia. Ten year old Anatoly Telnikov watches...

This is the final book in the Tonto Yoder Trilogy. In The Final Journey, Josheph (Tonto) Yoder is a farmer and successful business man with children of his own. He is still involved with the wagon train but is no longer the wagon master. When...

Eric worked construction. He invested wisely and his investments grew. When times were tough men were laid off, most had financial, drug and alcohol problems. They were angry, blamed and resented Eric for their problems because he was financially healthy. They began to plot his...

Currently the economy is not encouraging for small business owners. We have to make every dollar count. Wendy Kenny’s book How to Build Buzz for Your Biz: Tap Into the Power of Social Media, Publicity, and Relationship Marketing to Grow Your Business will be an...

The introduction to this book reminds us that the first few years of a child’s life are spent playing and discovering. We can make that play intellectually stimulating. An intellectually stimulating environment is “child focused, and physically and verbally engaging, as well as, emotionally supportive.”...

Rosalie’s parents were very controlling. They wanted to protect her from all bad things. She was only allowed to be with proper people and to have only the right education. They sought respect and honor for their children. The setting is the early 1900s in...

This is yet another new-to-me author and am glad that I gave her a chance by reading her debut novel, Fatal February. She is definitely a talented author with the ability to draw her readers in from the first page. It takes a wonderfully skilled...

Richard Harding and Georgianna Rowland had been friends since childhood. He was there for her when her father died. He taught her how to ride, drive, and dance. Richard was ready for more than friendship. He wants Georgianna for his wife. When he finally got...

Cecile wandered the forest, not knowing who she was or where she came from. A tiny spider sent Cecile to a castle. A horrible spider tried to catch her in a web, but Cecile ran bravely onward. She came upon a sweet lady named Emma...