In Petawawa by G. A. Scibetta, the Bucci family lives in Agrigento before immigrating to Canada in search of better fortunes. In Agrigento, things are hard, but Mr. Salvatore tries his best to provide for his family. Things become worse when his primary employers leave...

Controlled Conversations by Karol Lagodzki is set in Poland during the Soviet era. Despite living in fear, many people are part of a resistance movement known as Solidarity. After high school, Emilia doesn't go to university but starts working at a telephone station with Frania....

How far is too far when you are fighting against corruption? Seth W James considers this question in A Desperate Measure. Cain and Francesca defeated the heinous cabal created by billionaire Deitrich Stinnes. They joined the newly formed European Seawall Foundation so Francesca could start...

In Husbands: Love and Lies in La-La Land, author Mo Fanning has written a fast-moving adventure, with a bit of mystery and romance. The main character Kyle MacDonald has an innate tenancy to believe the good in people and trust what they tell him. Kyle...

Uranium Mine and Other Stories by Jed Linde is an engaging drama about a man called Charles, whose decisions lead him on a memorable path through life. The book has eight parts, or stories, divided by years, each covering a different period in Charles's...

Everything that happens in Justin Kurian’s The Canticle of Ibiza does so in an ever-present miasma of the mystical. Set, as the title suggests, on the enchanting isle of Ibiza in the late 1980s, this fascinating novel focuses on John, a recently divorced and recently...

Leaning on Air by Cheryl Grey Bostrom is an emotional journey of love, acceptance, and letting go. The story follows the tumultuous life of Burnaby and Celia. Friends in their teen years, Celia and Burnaby met years later as successful professionals but lacking in their...

“Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.” And Road To Eden by Tim Twombly is one heck of an adventure. Dewey “Doc” Ruggles is under indictment, and his quirky wife hates him, having run off with a charlatan of a guru that's full of crap. For Doc, life...

Sarita Shantay is a government agent tasked with a unique assignment. She must get a secretive scientist to relinquish his hold on a new technology that will change the future of humanity. Scientists have christened this new technology, The Scotty, because it can transform matter...

In Rem’s Chance by Dave J. Andrae, Rem has a tough time with his lover, Dita, who becomes his ex-fiancee. He meets an old friend, Gene, when an unfortunate event brings them together after many years of not speaking to each other. It is the...