About The Gaia Wars: DEADLY SECRETS have been buried in the Cascade mountain wilderness for centuries. Hidden. Out of sight and out of mind. Until today… Warren Wilkes, age 13, doesn’t like what a greedy housing developer has done to his peaceful mountain community, so he vandalizes the developer’s property, flees into the wild, and [...]

HOW A NASA SCIENTIST’S THEORY INSPIRED A PARANORMAL THRILLER The Gaia Wars is fiction, but it was inspired—at least in part—by The Gaia Hypothesis. This hypothesis, proposed by NASA scientist James Lovelock, states that the Earth—the entire Earth—is a living thing. A vast, “super-organism.” I read an article about Lovelock’s theory a few years back [...]

I was fortunate enough to win a copy of TIES TO THE BLOOD MOON recently and although it’s not my typical read of choice I am glad I was able to read it. Robin has a way with plot and making you wonder just what will be happening next; a perfect example is how she [...]

A very different way of telling a story in novel format, Lee literally tells us who S. is through the characters in [xxx] dreams. What’s different about this novel is that, like our dreams and nightmares, it doesn’t always make complete sense nor does it give enough details in relation to the characters. I did [...]

A book that came to my attention as a result of being on the Giller Prize shortlist and having a newfound interest for reading short stories, I also found myself close to this book as the author is from my home province and his father, Alistair MacLeod, is a legend of a Canadian author. When [...]

Always wanting to support Canadian authors and needing to support local authors from Moncton or New Brunswick, when I saw this book by Carmel Higgins I actually mistook her for another Canadian author I know with the same first name. But am I ever glad I made that mistake. I’m always questioning everything, religion especially, [...]

Wow! A definite must read for anyone who has suffered or know anyone who has suffered, especially with a complicated childhood. And, truthfully, who hasn’t gone through a rough patch while they were a teenager? Speak takes us on a journey of a typical teenager as she deals with her first day of high school [...]

Visiting my local book store I searched for Erica Spindler novels as I’m a devoted fan and reader. Cause for Alarm was calling out my name and it didn’t take me long to read it once I got it home. Published in 2005 I’m still not sure how this novel, and author, stayed hidden from [...]

The very first publication of the first of Schuh’s Back Tracker Series sets the pace for an amazing story for loss, love and trouble. I immediately fell in love with Katrina, a young girl who is dealing with her alcoholic mother and loving, doting father. When her admired and respecting grandmother passes, then her grandfather [...]

Simply put – Away from Everywhere took me away from everything and back again. After hearing Chad Pelley himself read the first few pages of his book at the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick WordsSpring I was gripped and disappointed that his book had already sold out at the event. I added it immediately to [...]