The Clovis Dig by Teri Fink is a story about an archeological excavation in Washington state, in an orchard owned by Claire Courtney, a young single woman. She is struggling to survive financially with only the help of a Mexican employee, Carlos Barboza, and her...

The Realist by Jack Hemphill is a historical fiction novel about a young biracial man yearning to be an artist during the Great Depression. Leon Hawkins grew up in an orphanage with the comfort of a slightly older sister, Edith. From the time he could...

Wolf Code: A Sheltering Wilderness by Chandler Brett is a gripping work of multi-layered science fiction. The plot involves a journey of the hunter versus the hunted, and the lives of wolves and woods. The novel opens with rich descriptions of the setting, which sets...

Flash Fiction Stories on Life and Death by Theodore Jerome Cohen is an anthology of brilliantly composed short and longish pieces for a contest. Each story is inspired by a captioned photograph. The author compares them to M&Ms or peanuts in that the reader won’t...

Lions of Virtue: The Warrior and the Child is a story told in poetic verse in the inspirational, motivational, and emotional writing subgenres, and was penned by author Aviilokín K'shi. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and follows a fictional journey...

A Sultan's Folly: Two Mystical Artefacts From the Sub-Continent, A Web of Intrigue, And an Intense Friendship by Phillip Dowsett is an adventure full of mystery, intrigue, and danger. If you like enigmas wrapped in riddles, then keep reading this review, because the author delivers....

Remembering Hope by Parastoo Rezai is the story of a woman trying to keep her family intact while facing overwhelming odds. Bahar is an Iranian woman brought up in a conservative culture. After her childhood friend Shirin introduces Bahar to her cousin, Omid, Bahar finds...

After fighting in World War I and suffering significant war wounds, American soldier Oscar decides to remain in France to search for his mysterious Impressionist artist father. His mother, who died while he was at war, never revealed much, but Oscar is following what few...

Marian L. Thorpe's Empire's Legacy: The Complete Trilogy is a fantasy epic set in a unique and highly imaginative world, drawing on the history, cultures, and languages of Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, and the Roman Empire. The three novels in Empire's Legacy are...

Rich in characterization and plot elements, Daughter of the Yellow Dragon is the first compelling entry in A Mongolian Saga by Starr Z. Davies, a historical novel that recreates the world of the Mongol Empire, explores a complicated conflict, and delivers entertainment that leaves readers...