Nine Strange and Curious Tales of Criminals, Fools, and the Macabre, written by Jeremy Beck, is a unique compilation of short stories. Although it is classified as fiction, several stories are based on real-life incidents in Kentucky. Most likely, these are the stories based on...

A Robert Levin Reader is an eclectic mix of entertainment by jazz writer Robert Levin. Part essay, part short fiction stories, and part commentary, this volume will make you an instant fan. Levin uses irreverent humor, but I found his work to also be poignant...

After the Calendar by Meg Heaven is a very much tongue-in-cheek look at what is clearly seen by women as a serious problem. For the past nine years, three respectable, middle-aged women have taken on the annual role of fundraisers for their local community hospice,...

Love Behind Enemy Lines by Jeanette Anderson is a tale of forbidden romance between Palestinian Jannah al-Jarbouni and Israeli Efron Oved. From the moment their eyes met, both Efron and Jannah had felt an irresistible attraction toward each other. Their union, albeit risky, was full...

A Lightness in My Soul: Inspired by a True Story is a historical fiction novel written by Annette Oppenlander. The author’s story is taken from an account her friend heard while waiting in an automotive mechanic’s shop in Germany. An older man was waiting there...

Fire & Ice is a new adult contemporary romance novel written by Megan W. Roma. Skye was furious at her now ex-boyfriend, Darrell, and she fumed bitterly as she rode in the passenger seat of her friend, Sage’s BMW, as they followed the tow truck...

The FBI is called in when a young boy disappears from his New York City high-rise apartment, and readers of The Boy Who Cried Christmas by Dennis Bailey are off on an adventure that might be described as “It’s a Wonderful Life” meets “Polar Express”...

In One Last Dance: A Willow Valley Historical Romance by Linda Weaver Clarke, Felicity Brooks is an art teacher (and a watercolor artist) in an all-girl school in New York, a job and life she dearly loved, but after the death of her beloved father,...

The Road to Ladysmith: The Last Imperial War by Nigel Seed is the second installment in the gripping Michael McGuire Trilogy. After his life-threatening escapade in Sudan and recovering from his wounds, Captain McGuire sails south as the government is having trouble with the Boer...

Torment in the Wind is a work of fiction in the suspense, mystery, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Judy Bruce. Presented as the seventh and final novel in the Wind series, we once again find ourselves with protagonist Megan Docket, otherwise...