In Give Me Chocolate by Annie Hansen, author Kelly Clark’s life is in pieces. She leaves California and returns to her hometown of Geneva, Illinois. Here she hopes to rebuild her life after a bad divorce from an abusive, homicidal husband. With limited income, she...

Jacob Miller is a young man, but older by his own standards. He feels he is a huge disappointment to all since losing his small printing business, and subsequently being chased by the IRS for failure to pay taxes. It seems like Jacob has become...

Following the story of a nineteen-year-old boy and his journey in search of the two brothers who abused and killed his cousin, The Demon Who Peddled Longing, set in post-war Vietnam, is a remarkable novel that offers readers a unique literary experience. Nam’s individuality is...

The Lost Twin by D.W. Harper is the sequel to Love, Greed and Lie$. I have not read the first book yet in this series, but if it is as good as The Lost Twin, then it is a must-read! This book is filled with...

Someone Else First by Joel T. Elliott is a social drama revolving around one family’s history over the span of several generations. It starts with Douglas McFarlane, a man from a mid-western family in Wisconsin, who is contemplating suicide. Though his thoughts of suicide were...

In The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth: A Story of Love, author Gerry Pirani offers readers a glimpse into the lives of disturbed mental health and gay and abusive relationships. John is a privileged Englishman with a dark childhood history which infiltrates and pervades...

Welcome Freshman is a down-to-earth, heart-warming story of Jenna, who is heading off to college away from her home town of Birmingham, Alabama. She’s known nothing up to this point about heartache, deception, or any of the challenges in life that one can be faced...

Family Secrets: Secrets and Second Chances Book 1 by Donna M. Zadunajsky opens with Alexis Finley contemplating how unfair life is. Ten months ago, Jay, her husband and love of her life, committed suicide. Since then, Colton, Alexis' seventeen-year-old son, has become more distant and...

L.L. Sanders writes an intense psychological drama in Passing the Torch. “Good girls will do anything for their fathers,” is embedded into Mesa Kingston’s soul. After her mother abandons them, Mesa and her father would visit the family’s cottage to escape the city life and...

Killarney Traynor's debut novel Summer Shadows is a wonderful mystery story about three orphaned children and their Aunt Julia. After the children's parents are tragically killed in a car accident, Julia take custody of the children. She has no ongoing financial means to support the...