Stepping Into the Fire: A Journal about Growing-up in Appalachian Ohio by Steven P. Keller is an incisive book that explores the author’s memoirs and experiences of Ohio. The story features some of the favorite people in the life of the narrator and presents their...

Hidden Mysteries by Sandra Olson is the eighth book in the James Ford mystery series. A former police officer and now private investigator, James Ford moves into a newly purchased and refurbished house in the country with his family. On an expedition to the accompanying...

Pebbles in a Stream by Nadia Grosser Nagarajan is a motley collection of twenty-two short stories. Starring diverse characters from different nationalities or cultures, each story narrates a unique tale. Somewhere, an elderly woman will go to extreme lengths to procure a serene final resting...

Seeds in the Desert Wind: A Novel by TP Graf is the powerful conclusion in the life and times of Jaime Cruz trilogy. Though it was a little sad to know it's the last book in the series, I was still eager to see what's...

Mediterranean Sunset by Yvette Canoura takes us on a journey into the Muslim world of a Middle-Eastern country. Fatima was born in Washington D.C. and had spent her entire life there, growing up in the relaxed, wealthy, comfortable, and privileged American culture. Her father was...

Love, Amour, Amore by Kaya Quinsey is a collection of three love stories with different themes. Story one: Valentine was on a trip to Venice where she met charming Lorenzo. They lost contact and met again ten years later. Will they rekindle their flame or...

The Weeping God and the Book of Hope is part three in the Rising Wind series by Diane Olsen. This book is actually a prequel to the first two books, so it's not necessary to have read those first. The two lead characters, Sage Dalton...

Confessions of an Addict in Asia by Chad Vegas follows the protagonist's story as he traverses the world of online marketing and loses himself in Asia. Chad was glad he transitioned from bartending to online marketing. Peru no longer had anything for him, and he...

In All Things Small by Norman B. Schwartz, we first meet protagonist Nathan Epstein in 1961, with a guidebook of Rome in his hand as he settles at a cheap table in a cheap restaurant in the Eternal City. Trying to read the menu after...

Dancing In The White Sand is a work of fiction in the adventure, historical fiction, and cultural issues sub-genres, and was penned by author Cynthia L. Matlock. The work is intended for the young adult and adult reading audience and contains some upsetting circumstances but...