Girls, Crimes & the Ruling Body: A Novel by Barry R. Ziman is an engaging story with interesting and well-developed characters. Ryan McNeil works in Albany for Assemblyman Somatos, a powerful politician. He has plans of getting married to the love of his life, but...

Searching for Sarah by Phillip Vega is a novel for readers who enjoy well-crafted and emotionally moving stories with LGBTQ themes. Still grieving over the death of Nina, his sister, Tom Ruiz sets out to fulfill her dying wish; a journey to unravel the mystery...

A family attorney's life becomes complicated when she gets caught up in a legal fight against the head of a large corporation in the captivating sleuth mystery, Malice in Miami (A Jamie Quinn Mystery) by Barbara Venkataraman. Jamie Quinn is happily giving up her family...

Three Shocking Stories: Scoundrel, Shameless, Sins & Secrets by Noreen J. Byrne features three stories that are beautifully written. In Scoundrel, Susan is an eighteen-year-old girl with an angelic face, a girl who has lived a very sheltered life in her upper-class home in Chelsea....

The Golden Hourglass, volume one of Tales of Cubonia by Ben Mariner, is a fantastical story that starts with a man scaling the massive Ka’li’Na Rock on his way to the Temple of Ma’on’Al. To get to the top, a traveler pilgrim had to be...

Surreal and hypnotic, Randall DeVallace's Memoir of a Doomsday Prophet takes the reader through the journey of a man named Edwin Block as he searches for his purpose in life. After failing his final exam, Edwin Block ponders his future when an eccentric man named...

Black Poodle Over Seven Hills by Victoria Bastedo is set in the Queen Anne area of Seattle, Washington. It is a fun novel that is part mystery, part romance, and part suspense. It certainly did not take long for me to get completely caught up...

When I think of the plot, characters, and even the writing style of Nothing Personal by Larry Temple, the word “creepy” springs to mind. That’s not a negative comment. Let me explain: In all the psychological thrillers I’ve read, never have I come across a...

Dead Tree Tales by Rush Leaming is about a lot more than a dead tree. It’s a mystery. It’s a crime story. It’s a thriller. It’s a powerful comment on today’s society and politics. But as a lover of nature, I loved how Leaming paid...

Belladonna’s Kiss by Sylvia Prince is a historical novel that follows the life of Serena and her adventures with the Belladonna. Hidden within a section of the convent was the Belladonna, a group of elite female assassins, whom Serena called family. Headed by Bertha, their...