The Girl on the Fifth Floor by W. Lawrence Johnston is an adventurous novel that follows the life of young Sydney. Her fate was already decided before she was even born; she was contracted to her grandfather like a piece of property. In exchange, he...

The Water Tower Club by BK Mayo is a story filled with drama, suspense, and mystery. It has been a decade since Darryl Coombs left his hometown of Grotin, Kansas, just after graduation from high school, escaping his painful past. When his sister, Libby, is...

The Inheritance is Book 7 in The Guernsey Novels by Anne Allen, a compelling narrative steeped in mystery and featuring a historical personage that immediately catches the interest of the reader. The novel is set in 1862 and 2012. When her husband dies suddenly in...

I have just finished reading The Opium Lord’s Daughter by Robert Wang, which tells the story of the family of Lord Lee Shao Lin, his daughter Su-Mei and his number one son Lee da Ping during the time of the Opium Wars between Britain and...

The Naked Truth is a work of light women’s fiction, romance, and drama penned by author Maggie Aldrich. Written for adults due to its inclusion of some steamy sexual moments, this interesting tale subverts the romance genre by presenting our central heroine as a happy...

The Work of Art: A Regency Romance by Mimi Matthews is a historical novel set in the early 19th century. Miss Phyllida Satterthwaite grew up on an estate in rural Devonshire with her grandfather. However, since his death she has been forced from a home...

The Flavorist is a work of unique mystery and adventure fiction, written for adults by author Kevin Urban. Many disparate plot strands find their way together in this spiraling narrative of intrigue, which begins with a chocolate convention taking place in Belgium. When Adolf Van...

The Secrets: A Mirror Estate Suspense Novelette is a suspense story written by S.L. Fon. Dylan’s life seemed to have gotten even more complicated now that his mom had died. He had come back home after college to take care of her and had been...

The Brief Haunting of Raspberry Hill by Jaime Marsman is a Crabapple Yarns Mystery story. Natalie Wolcott had always believed that her Grandma Rose died when she was two – until she gets a letter telling her that she is to inherit a third of...

Adam is a struggling art dealer in Chicago. His most recent show promises to bring him some luck and fame, but the artist, Vasily Sorokin, is murdered outside the gallery. To make matters worse, Vasily’s uncle is part of the Russian mob. Adam’s brother, Wes,...