Black Volta is an intense and interesting work of literary fiction penned by author Pete KJ. As the title suggests, much of the novel centers around the Black Volta River in Ghana, Africa, with events speared across three decades as lives from the past come...

It's a jolly afternoon. Omer, Zara, and Tara – three siblings running without a care in the village fields and playing hide and seek. Suddenly, the game becomes too real. Omer and Zara can’t find Tara. They shout her name, they run here and there,...

Before We Died takes place in the early 1900s and focuses on two Irish-American brothers, Jack and Baxter. Growing up in a poor environment, they decide to try their luck with the rubber business in the Brazilian rainforest. They embark on this journey in hopes...

Backyard Volcano And Other Mysteries of the Heart is a quirky and unique short story collection penned by author Kathryn Lane. Both emotive and mysterious in their portrayal, the stories also have a more social purpose as they explore the area where Texas meets Mexico...

Life changes dramatically for fifteen-year-old Ella Kühn in August of 1961 in Leah Moyes' book Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare. Berlin is divided by a wall that East Germany is building to keep its residents in. Unfortunately, Ella and her dying father get stuck while she sends...

In Baked In Seattle by Shaw Sander, Annalee, a woman raised in the Sunshine culture, moves to Seattle, Washington where she works for FedEx. Over the years, Annalee has had many lovers as well as an ex-husband with whom she has two children but never...

Besa Po by Hana Noka takes us readers back in time to the age of the Roman Empire. But, this book follows the life of Queen Teuta of fabled Illyria and recounts the love she has for King Agron. However, she is a warrior in...

Blood Ties by Marjorie Tursak recounts the story of John Kohler, the owner of a woodworking shop in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, close to an Ojibwa reservation. With no family of his own, he maintains a rather tenuous connection with his older sister’s family, particularly with...

Bright Moon Ridge: A Search in China by Linus Treefoot is a beautiful romance mixed with adventure, a tale of interracial love with an international setting in Santa Cruz, California and China. In 1978, Bartooth was beaten and left for death by thugs in China....

Blood of Toma by Lauren Lee Merewether is a historical event/era fiction book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy stories about ancient Mexico during the time of the Aztecs and who do not mind violence. High...