Books are printed works of fiction or nonfiction meant to teach or entertain. No matter what is going on in my life, it is a pleasure to pick one up and get lost in its pages. 1) Face it: there are way too many sensitive people in this world that will get mad at you…
How far would you go to achieve immortality? The story begins in modern-day Cameroon, Africa, then travels back to the Kingdom of Kesmet in 1720 BC then on to modern day Los Angeles, California. I really wondered how the author was going to weave all three places together in a way that made sense, but…
A parent’s worst nightmare is to lose a child. It is even worse when the child is murdered. The parents are left wondering if there is something more they could have done, anything they could have done to save their child’s life. This story is set around the abduction and murder of Billy’s son and…
Exclusive ended in a cliffhanger, and Privacy picks up right where it left off. Many of life’s problems are addressed in the book: dishonesty, sex trafficking, murder, transgender issues. Tisha Ariel Nikkole’s soap opera life is never boring. She doesn’t have a yellow brick road to follow, so she has to do what she believes…
Most everyone has heard of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and its headless horseman that terrorizes a village. You have probably also heard about the movie and television series, both of which are loosely based on the classic by Washington Irving. First is a review of the book, favorite sentences, and new words learned. After…
Monkshood, the queen of poisons, is known by many names: wolfsbane, aconite, leopard’s bane, women’s bane, devil’s helmet, blue rocket, and friar’s cap. Her beauty is astounding, but her flowers of white, cream, yellow, blue, or purple are deadly. The Plant and its Poison Each part of this gorgeous flower, especially the leaves and roots,…
A beast lives inside of Jaz Barker. Can she learn to control it before someone innocent is hurt? Jaz has a horrible nightmare and wakes up in a puddle of blood. It appears she has had a miscarriage, but she wasn’t pregnant. She is also severely anemic. To treat it, she must keep going back…
Times were hard for everyone during the 1930’s depression. For Negroes, the fact that most did not respect them as people made it even harder for many of them. What they said was seldom believed, and most thought them useless. Then Jonah, an unassuming, exceptionally polite Negro who seems to know just what is going…
