Rocketship Made of Stars: Naming Constellations by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a cute book for grade school age kids. My 9 and 10 year old enjoyed it. Shirl is a little girl on Earth who reaches out to the vast reaches of the Universe by sending out a radio […]
The Secrets of Arkaim by B.E. Padgett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is book 2 in the Reeds of West Hills series. This is a great middle grade series, and I have been really enjoying the creativity, suspense, and world building that is going into it. This series is about 11 –year-old […]
As Though You Were Mine by J. Marie Rundquist My rating: 5 of 5 stars Julie is happy with her life. She is single, has no kids, and no real wish to change anything. However, life has other plans for Julie, when she unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her twin niece and nephew after her […]
Reticent Hawke: A Billionaire Reverse Age Gap Best Friend’s Older Sister Forbidden Romance by Gwyn McNamee My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is book 2 in the series, but can definitely be read as a standalone, though I don’t think you will want to. Jude had a rough childhood until he was found […]
Ten Little Starfish: A Counting Book by Kim Ann My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a great book for young kids just learning how to read and count. The story itself is easy but engaging. I would recommend this book for kids in lower elementary or below. Rather they can read on their […]
Shadowed Obsession: An Action-Packed Romantic Suspense Thriller by Mavery Ellscott My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is the first book in the Shadow Defense Security series, and it definitely did not disappoint. I truly cannot wait to see what comes next from this series and this author. Mavery Ellscott weaves a tale of […]
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a creative take on a classic story. Most people know the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, in which Goldilocks tries out all of the bears things until she finds which one works best for her. In […]
Sliding into Home: A Secret Baby Sports Romance by Lauren Fraser My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is book 3 of this series, but absolutely can be read as a standalone, but I’ve enjoyed all 3 of them and would definitely recommend them. Six years ago, Saskia and Jeff had a one night […]
Smooth Hoperator by Sylvie Stewart My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is book 2 in the Love on Tap series, and is a great addition. While it does overlap with the end of book one a bit, it can absolutely be read as a standalone, but I don’t think you will want to […]
The Book of Hours by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a sequel to a previous book by this author, but it can be read as a standalone. I have not read the first book, but did not feel like I was missing much in the way of context. This […]
Grand Slam by Bree Kraemer My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is book 3 of this series, and can be read as a standalone, though I don’t know why you’d want to! Heath Bailey is a professional baseball player who first meets Grace Dyer while helping his friend and business manager, Zara, with a […]
Sacrifice Bunt by Bree Kraemer My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is book 2 in this series, and while it can be read as a standalone, I doubt you will want to! Years ago, Zara Dewan met Noah Ashe in a memorable way, by being completely naked in the apartment while waiting for his […]
Fetching Dreams by Mary Evanson Bleckwehl My rating: 5 of 5 stars Neyah is a young girl living in Africa, which means that she misses school a lot due to having to walk many miles a day to fetch water for her family to use for food, bathing, washing, crops and livestock. When her school […]
Walk Off by Bree Kraemer My rating: 5 of 5 stars When she was 18, Celia Mullen fell in love with Kyle Dulanay, and just as he was being called up to play major league baseball, Celia found out she was pregnant. To protect his ability to live his dream, Celia broke off their relationship, […]
Falling Again by Libby Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Natalie and Anthony Snyder have been married for 10 years, but have recently started to struggle in a way that they never have before. Natalie and her best friend, Ginny, have recently started their event planning business. Anthony is now on his second term […]
Acting Counsel by Morgana Bevan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Nathan and Catrina met one night in a bar, had one incredible night together, and thought that would be the end of it…until they meet again, in Catrina’s office at her law firm. Nathan is working on a deal to purchase a movie studio, […]
The Guardian of Whispers by B.E. Padgett My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jonathan and Franklin Reed are twin boys living in Florida with their family, which consists of their parents, Aunt Gladys, older brother Eugene, younger brother Peter, and younger sister Clara. The bossy life is pretty typical, until just after they turn 10. […]
Stay For Me by Tam DeRudder Jackson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ten years ago, Garrett and Olivia were in love, but parted ways because they were both focused on their careers and their paths took them in different directions. Garrett was the manager of a band, Balefire, and decided to focus on making […]
Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Our Future World-Changers by K.J. Kaschula My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a great collection of short stories for kids. My girls (ages 9 and 10) liked many of these stories, and I cried reading some of them. Each short story takes on a situation in which […]
Unexpected Entanglement by C.R. Alam My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another excellent addition to this series, that can be read as a stand alone, but I doubt that you will want to once you get started. When Rowan and her brother Kieran lose their father and learn of a half-sister all at […]
NonVerbal by Molly Zenk My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was an amazing read from start to finish. I couldn’t put it down, and had to know if things would get better for Emerson. Emerson Rayne is a middle school girl who is Autistic and mostly non-verbal. She can speak sometimes, usually short […]
A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you are in the mood for a mystery/suspense/who-done-it/edge of your seat, keep you guessing book, you have found the perfect one. I started this book, and finished it within two days…around a 40 hour a week job, and homelife. I did […]
The Innovator by Nadia Han My rating: 5 of 5 stars Natalie Chapelle is more than she appears. Natalie is working for the city of Providence, trying to learn information about a building that her father left to her when he passed away, though she is not sure why he would have done so. What […]
Magic-Borne by C.L. Schneider My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ian Troy is determined to save not only his own people, but the people of all the realms from the evil that is his own father. Jem Reth is determined to bend all of the people in all of the realms to his will, no […]
His Forever Muse by C.R. Alam My rating: 5 of 5 stars First, let me say, while Calliope, or Callie as she’s most often called, is one of the strongest heroines I’ve read about, there are multiple conversations in this book that may be triggering for some people, as Callie has had the unfortunate experience […]
Falling for You by Libby Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars CeCe and Evan work well together in the kitchen of the diner that they both work at. Evan is young, energetic, and finally living his life the way he wants to, after getting out from underneath the family that always thinks they know […]
Ale’s Fair in Love and War by Sylvie Stewart My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hollis Hayes has just opened her own dog grooming business next door to the Blue Bigfoot bar, own and run by Cash. The two initially get along like oil and water…or worse. A prank war, started over a dumpster, eventually […]
A Stranger in Disguise: An Italian Murder Mystery by P. J. Mann My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is written in English, but is set in Italy, and some of the grammar makes me think the author is more familiar with a different language. This in NO way makes the book unreadable, just […]
What I Wish I’d Known: For Writers: 100 Authors Reveal What They Wish They’d Told Their Younger Selves by H. D. Thomson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book takes the advice from 100 different published authors, and shares with those it is meant to help…people who wish to be writers. As someone who […]
Ruthless Hawke by Gwyn McNamee My rating: 5 of 5 stars With plenty of steamy scenes and twists and turns to keep you pulled in, this book is one of the best I’ve read so far this year. Giacomina Marconi is awakened and rushed out of the only home she and her daughter, Viviana know […]
