Love and grief, good and bad, wealth and poverty. The true yin and yang of life is at the heart of Fated and Fateless, the newest novel by Alice Poon. Spanning four decades in colonial Hong Kong, Fated and Fateless follows characters Wendy Kwan and...

The Crossings by Barry Kienzle is a delightful coming of age story that follows young George “Georgie” Martin as he hops on a freight train from his home near Cincinnati, Ohio, determined to experience the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. Georgie, once an innocent...

I loved, loved, loved Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s new book, Up the Hill to Home. This debut novel is so beautifully and lovingly written that if I didn’t know that it was based on the author’s ancestors, I would have assumed as such. Up the Hill...

Chris Winterton’s Folk takes place in the Australian town of Fareham during the early 20th century. In the respectable part of town, the mayor and his supporters are pushing for “temperance,” or alcohol prohibition. In the not-so-respectable area, there is a rising tide of crime...

Zephyr the West Wind by R.J. Tolson is the first book in the young adult fantasy series, Chaos Chronicles. Zephyr has the gift of understanding other people’s emotions, but he never managed to understand its use while growing up alone, isolated and hated by the...

Awesome in its scope and detail, Prince of Conjurers by Laurie L. Bolanos is a fantastic paranormal love story. Julie is a young woman who has been left by a husband she adored for her best friend. Gathering herself after this heartbreak, she devotes her...

Bear Claws: The Iron Horse Chronicles, Book Two is a historical coming of age novel written by Robert Lee Murphy. Will Braddock is a member of his uncle’s survey inspection team which is charting the westward expansion of the transcontinental railroad. Fourteen-year-old Will’s been working...

“It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.” – General Robert E. Lee CSA. Movin’ On is a historical fiction by Peter D. Fleming. Lieutenant Robert Simms, separated from his Missouri Confederate troop while fighting, finds refuge...

Whispers From The East is a dramatic and realistic novel by Amie Ali. This culture clash novel begins in August of 1947, at the time when the partition between India and Pakistan is established, and millions of Muslims find themselves on the wrong side of...

Hammock Bound by Barbara D. Gaylor is a historical debut like none other. It's the best of 'opposites attract' when a socialite falls in love with a farmer. Their ensuing plight, and struggle just to remain together and in love, is timeless, dynamic, and a...