It is the 13th century, and a match between Sir Amaury Barlais and Sir Toringuel sees Amaury defeated. This failure sparks even more hatred from Amaury and this time he swears his revenge. Barlais and his two supportive friends, Cheneché and Bethsan, leave and later...

American River: Tributaries is a work of historical fiction by author Mallory M. O’Connor, and the first book in the American River Trilogy. The story has its roots in the middle of the nineteenth century at Mockingbird Valley Ranch near the town of Auburn in...

Torment: A Novella by H.D. Hunter pulls you in from the first page. The story starts when a boy is waiting to see his older sister for the first time in a while. From the first scene, it’s clear how much he admires and looks...

In The Poe Consequence by Keith Steinbaum, 35-year-old Warren Palmer received an ominous reading from a psychic in an unknown street of New Orleans. Back in Los Angeles, he and his son, Seth, find themselves at the wrong place and the wrong time when they...

In Pretender by Steve Piacente, after ten years Dan Patragno’s journalist career seems to be over and his marriage is hanging on by a thread after his infidelities. He accepts the fact that his job at a launderette and a hostile marriage is his life...

Brandenburg: A Story of Berlin by James Cloud takes us on a journey through the Germany of the early twentieth century, through the eyes of some ordinary and not so ordinary Berliners. Beginning with the declaration of WWI by Kaiser Wilhelm, we travel through the...

It takes a really good writer to keep this reviewer interested in a 400-plus page novel. The fact that Borrowed Memories by J.R. Torbic is a psychological thriller helps. But sometimes those have such shallow characterization that as much as they keep you flipping pages...

Mind Games by Stevie Turner is a contemporary fiction story about a troubled marriage between Frances Andrews and her husband, Martin. Martin struggles with an uncontrollable and invasive pornography addiction, one which Frances can no longer work to overcome. With a foot out the door...

Aces: A Novel of Pilots in WWII is an historical fiction novel written by Michael January. Eighteen-year-old Lacy Dunbrough was thrilled at the spectacle that was the National Air Races. It was 1935, and the Cleveland Aerodrome was the site of the competition featuring the...

When Gemma Ziegler's Ruby Rose: Coming Home begins, we meet Ruby Rose Russo traveling to her childhood home in rural Cornishville, Kentucky, a move necessitated by the loss of her husband and their wealth in the stock market crash. Returning home isn't exactly a pleasant...