Life in seventh-century Northumbria was a challenge. Boys were brought up to take over their father’s trade and then expected to carry on the family business. But, when the king demands all men and boys respond to his call to arms and fight a war...

If John Hancock is a superhero with super alcoholism, Juniper Appleblossom is a superhero with super drug addiction. She is what you’ll get in Chrysalis, the first book in The Perfect Order Series by Drew Kientz. Drug peddlers are often junkies themselves, and self-appointed rock...

Careless Love by Steve Zettler depicts a son’s investigation into discovering more about his biological father. His mother, Grace, revealed that his father was actually someone from her vacation in Hawaii. Determined to discover who his father was and what had happened to him, he...

Byron: A Play in Three Acts by Nigel Patten is really a novel dressed up as a play. The long speeches, particularly by George Gordon, Lord Byron, British Romantic poet (1788-1824), would be almost impossible to follow by a theater audience, though they make for...

Libertas by Danuta Pfeiffer is the first book in the epic Pocketful of Seeds trilogy. It follows the journey of Fredericka, a young mixed-race uneducated slave raised on a plantation in antebellum South Carolina, and Horace, an emancipated well-educated young black man raised from childhood...

Divine Return by Jeff Walton tells the story of two friends: Dan Lucas, a former employee of US Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and Professor Ben Chernick, who died of a heart attack but came back to life after a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Ben describes...

In the historical romance novel Greetings from Asbury Park: A World War II Love Story by Luigina Vecchione, a young Italian woman and an American soldier fall in love during his brief assignment in war-ravaged Italy. Even though Mariella is just a teenager, the war...

Twitch: The Foundling's Quest by Ralph Smith is a Dickensian tale that exceeds expectations. Malcolm’s story is the life of a poor boy who manages to beat the odds and rise from poverty, but the journey he faces on his way to success has been...

I Met Her Before by Chandra Moyer is a novel inspired by true events. Marcia had beautiful kids, a promising career, and a doting husband. The couple adopted two kids, Jenna and Drew, who made their lives complete. When Jenna showed signs of trauma from...

The Lip Reader by Michael Thal tells the powerful story of Zhila Shirazi, the eldest of four children born to Solomon and Sara Shirazi, Jews who live in Tehran with their extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Solomon owns a small pharmacy while Sara...