“I don’t think about what I should be doing because I don’t know what I want to do or what’s keeping me from doing it.” Last Call at Smokey Row, a captivating novel by Pat Camalliere, beautifully portrays a slice of life from a recently...

The Hag Stone by W. J. Small, set in late medieval England, reveals societal forces that frighteningly still shape women’s lives in subtle, systemic, and sometimes deeply personal ways. Cecily Heaton has just received news of her husband Ellis’s death on the battlefield of Calais....

Goodbye, Sweetberry Park by Josh Green revolves around Archibald Wesley Johnson (nicknamed God), a multiracial Atlanta journalist who acquires a neglected house from his deceased, racist white grandfather. God procures his charming nickname courtesy of his long white hair, lengthy beard, and larger-than-life personality. Restoring...

Dance With Me by Livia J. Elliot is a captivating story that follows Lyra, a delicate porcelain ballerina, magically awakened by an elven boy. She dances for him and his mother but feels unappreciated. She is desperate for approval and a chance to dance. This...

Beetlebum by Christian Basso beautifully explores the complex relationship between Liam, a young law student from New York, and his late father, Francis. While Liam busily attempts to structure his life, he is also searching for a higher meaning behind his existence. Quite unexpectedly, he...

Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard I. Levine is a beautifully emotional and yet bittersweet romance that will have readers weeping. Mitchell Brody and Jessica Ramirez had fallen deeply for each other as early as fourth grade when Mitchell had stood up to...

Now Entering Alaska Time by Ken Waldman is a richly textured novel that captures the rugged beauty, emotional complexity, and raw humanity of life in Alaska. The story follows Zan, a musician and teacher, and Melinda, as they navigate themes of love, loss, identity, and...

Parisian Flaire is the concluding volume of Celeste Johnson’s Alternate Realms Trilogy, where the refined world of literary editing collides with the dark labyrinth of cyber espionage. We’re with former editor Adelaide as she is pulled into the enigmatic depths of vWorld, which is a...

M A Noordermeer's 58% Too Far is a dazzling sci-fi exploration of post-human evolution and the cost of unchecked progress. We’re with anthropologist Zadie Thornton, whose thesis on humanity’s future with AI is thrown into crisis until she awakens on Mushēški, a planet inhabited by...

Leonie’s Leap: A Liberation Journey by Marzia Pasini is a self-help book with a real difference. A fifteen-year-old orphan acrobat runs away from his cruel, oppressive orphanage, where his skills as an acrobat are exploited as a means to generate revenue for the orphanage and...