I thoroughly enjoyed this British story although it brought many deep issues to the surface. In Holding On, Mel Morton writes about the village of Heatherton, with a woman named Beth who is holding on to a secret. I wanted to know what happened next...

Leading a Christian life while finding romantic love can have many trials and tribulations. This Christian romance novella by Shalone Anderson describes a fulfilling destiny in Finally! My Love Has Come. Israel or "Izzy" is a movie mogul and a gospel playwright. He would have...

A tropical paradise becomes a fatal nightmare in The Collector by Eva Devane. The year is 2023 and psychological self-absorption and state-sanctioned drug use are commonplace. There is a new Ecstasy drug Super X which heightens personal experience. The government has made the air cleaner...

A sad and beautiful coming-of-age story of a child and her country, NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel, We Need New Names, takes us to Zimbabwe during the Mugabe era. Here, 10-year-old Darling copes with extreme poverty, hunger, and near-homelessness in her ironically-named shantytown, Paradise. We join the...

Toni Wyatt Morrow’s book, Return to Rocky Gap, portrays one family’s hardships and triumphs during the Great Depression. Amelia Monroe’s personal story is one of joys and accomplishments in the backwoods of Arkansas, against seemingly impossible odds. In her later years, she experiences Alzheimer’s disease....

Across the River by Elaine Russell, is powerful reading. It is the harrowing tale of a family’s escape from the horrors of the Vietnam war. At the time, Nou is a child. It is her family's story. Freedom is when the Americans leave the country....

Tom Gillespie's Painting by Numbers is an intricate and elaborate illusion masterfully created to wrap around an ultimately classic plot. Dr. Boyce is a lecturer in Earth Sciences at Glasgow University who becomes obsessed with studying a lesser known baroque painting at the local museum....

This Could Have Been Our Song follows Lucia Mpobo-Riddel's life as she pursues her dream in music. She came from a family of dancers and was expected to continue the family tradition. On her birthday, she meets and falls for another musician whose family expected...

In Strays by Thomas A. Marks, Matt is thinking back on where it all began. His goal in life was to find a cure for cancer and to win the Noble Prize. However, he lost the funding for his cancer research due to dogmatic clashes....

Jay Antani’s “The Leaving of Things” is the story of Vikram, an eighteen-year-old Indian-born and American-raised high school senior, who is determined to make a bold move for his future. A rebellious Indian-American teenager, Vikram starts his compelling journey of culture shock, loneliness and self-discovery...