Cinders by V.M. Sawh is a short story included in the series Good Tales for Bad Dreams. Rella works in a house of ill-repute for the villainous “Stepmother.” All of the girls there were rescued off the street and are held in the house, subjected...

There are several luxuries that we enjoy in the world from fruits, vegetables, electricity, and gas to clothing, but have you ever wondered what goes into making these luxuries available? We take these things for granted while there are those who risk their lives and...

Welcome to London, William Shakespeare is a fictionalized chronicle of history's most celebrated author and playwright's “lost years” by D. Lawrence-Young. Set against the turbulent Catholic-Protestant bloodbath of Elizabethan England, we start in the Henley Street home of Shakespeare's parents, John and Mary. I was...

The Contessa’s Vendetta by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer is a sordid tale of revenge. After the much beloved Contessa Carlotta Mancini marries who she suspects to be her true love, Dario, they begin a quaint life together at her villa. She bears a child and her...

Carolina, the Contessina DeSimone, has a very demanding and overbearing father. Of noble birth, Carolina is expected to marry well. Carolina, however, wishes to follow her heart. She does so first to a childhood friend, Carlos, and then, disowned by her abusive father, to the...

The Confessions of Gonzalo Guerrero is a brilliant book. Being taken into the mind of Gonzalo Guerrero and being able to understand what dilemmas he faced and what motivated him made for a very interesting narrative. The story begins with the young Gonzalo in Spain,...

Voices Beckon by Linda Lee Graham is a very good fictional book mixed with real life history, starting in 1783 and spanning the next seven years. The story begins as the Industry is leaving Bristol to set sail to America. While there are many...

Passing through Perfect: The Wyattsville Series, Book 3 is a historical fiction novel written by Betty Lee Crosby. It's the story of Benjamin Church, a young African American who grew up and lived in Grinder's Corner, Alabama, in the 1940s and 1950s. He served in...

Poet Emperor, The Last of the Moghuls: Bahadur Shah Zafar, by Farzana Moon, is a compelling story of the final days of the last Moghul ruler of India. Founded by a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Genghis Khan on his mother's side,...

Judith Shakespeare has always been a fanciful child. Creating plays and stories from the time she was a child, she has always been able to capture the excitement of her family. But, as she grows older, the reality of life is not so kind to...