Category: Book Reviews

Laura awakens at the bottom of a staircase, not knowing how she got there. There is no one to call for help, and she is snowed-in. Laura, while exploring the house for answers, comes across a small room underneath the basement. She steps inside-- and ends up in another place. For years, the fantasy genre … Continue reading The Land Beyond the Portal by J.S. Bailey

When faced with the impossible, will you believe? Many of us have been faced with the impossible. We wonder if we can get through it. We wonder why God sometimes allows things to go the way that we do not want them to. When this happens, we need to only believe. We need to believe … Continue reading The Reason by William Sirls

Next month is November. And for hundreds of thousands of people, November means National Novel Writing Month, known as NaNoWriMo. What is NaNoWriMo? It is when people all around the world sit their butts down in a chair and attempt to write a 50,000-word novel in thirty days. Sound challenging? It is. Luckily, Kevin Kaiser, … Continue reading @WriMo: A 30-Day Survival Guide for Writers by Kevin Kaiser

Adam Austin is a bail bondsman who hasn't talked to his brother in years. Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local football team. Both of them are haunted by the murder of their sister years ago. Now the small town of Chambers, Ohio is shaken again when a teenage girl is brutally murdered. … Continue reading The Prophet by Micahel Koryta

Something bad is about to happen in Pico Mundo. Odd Thomas, a mere 20 year-old short-order cook with the ability to see the spirits of the dead, is the only one who can stop it. Odd Thomas is a favorite among the large following Dean Koontz has gathered over the year, and it is quite … Continue reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

All over the world, brutal attacks by animals are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence ahead becomes terrifyingly clear. Zoo is my first James Patterson book that I have … Continue reading Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

In the Patrick Bowers Files novels, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has stopped some of the most vicious serial killers ever imagined. Now, in the latest installment, author Steven James takes readers back to Bower’s terrifying beginning. Six novels. That is how many the Patrick Bowers Files now contains with the release of Opening Moves—a … Continue reading Opening Moves by Steven James

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, there are two young … Continue reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

When Beth's world falls apart, can she ever be whole again? House of Mercy follows twenty-two year-old, Beth Borzoi through the trials of a lawsuit, a death, and a divided family. When the existence of the Blazing B—the Borzoi ranch that has been around for generations—is in danger, Beth decides to go on a journey … Continue reading House of Mercy by Erin Healy