When I reflect on the style of the young adult novel Any Joe by Maura Lin, I envision a delicious dinner being prepared in a slow cooker. Why? Because special foods need time for all the rich flavors to fully blend and be enjoyed. So...

Shayne Wright declines a marriage proposal and returns to Texas, where she was raised. She stays the night at the old farmhouse during her visit as a final farewell after attending a funeral she did not intend to attend. There she meets Ethan, a former...

Maggie is a very determined woman, but the war has taken its toll on her. After the death of her husband in World War II, she decided to start a new life with her young daughter Bobbie. They set out on the journey from South...

When Carlton Randall went to pick up his wife from the airport at the beginning of Amara Acquired (The Ojeda Chronicles Book 1) by Michel Prince, he did not expect his life to change dramatically. However, his wife's plane and three others, among them a...

A Song Was Playing: I Never Heard It Like That by Golden November is an interactive novel that is part of The Milestoneville Book Series. There are many who have not been introduced to the prolific author November's storytelling style, wherein the scenes are wholly...

Astrid Virtanen visited Martha in Clayton as part of her journey to see the world before making one final decision. She was Martha’s cousin, a housekeeper to the Fiskares who owned a hotel on the island. The firstborn Fiskare, Kennet, fell in love with Astrid...

A Panther Crosses Over by Sam Foster is a historical novel that unfolds after the French Indian War, which provided Great Britain with territorial gains in North America that resulted in colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. The story is narrated from the...

Adolescent love is always a dream, and Wynter Ashington felt Gage de Reyne would be the one to spend her life with. A Cold Wynter’s Knight by Kathryn Le Veque is a medieval romance story. Gage grew up as a respected knight, but when his...

A King’s Radiance by L.R. Schultz follows the tale of three siblings who must each overcome their own struggles and strife in a battle for power in Zapour. Isha is taken prisoner and paraded around for having purple eyes, which are known to be the...

Ancient Architect: A Fictional Order Out of Chaos by K.S. Temple pays tribute to omens and the desire to decode their mystery in relation to reality. Emmanuel East Jr. is having frequent hallucinations about a serpent. He tries to find answers on his own and...