Fallen From Grace by J.R. Lindermuth is just what the doctor ordered for a hot, summer afternoon accompanied by a cold glass of iced tea. Set in the late 19th century, Sheriff Sylvester Tilghman rarely has to exert himself in small town Arahpot, Pensylvania,...

Tales From The Clinic : Workers Write! is a book of short stories written by people who work at a medical clinic. Several topics are covered including infertility, romance between a nurse and patient, colleagues who do not know the definition of team work, and...

Gary Turcotte is a prolific writer. I have read several of his books. His plots are always unique. They are character driven. I was quickly drawn into his latest book, Hurricane Jane. Our narrator, Andy was Bruce’s younger brother. Bruce was born with MS and he’s...

Nick O’Reilly was a lawyer at a prominent law firm, Williams Gardner & Schmidt, where he had an excellent reputation and future. When the firm decided to take on a few pro-bono cases to better its reputation, Nick was assigned a domestic violence case. Nick...

George-Ann has lived under her father’s control all of her seventeen years. She is not allowed to socialize with friends. She was forced to live a life of perfect or at least what her father considered perfection. She had no identity other than the one...

The setting is 1939,  in small Ukrainian village in the Pinsk.  While this book is considered historical fiction, it is based on the experiences of the author.  This novel was hidden from an English-speaking world for 50 years.  The author’s daughter recently translated the novel...

The setting is the early Vietnam era. Adie found an old journal and immersed herself in the story of Tempe, a slave. The young women’s lives are similar. Tempe is grieving for her children. Her master has decided to sell them. The journal provides Adie...

At age fifteen she ran away from home and ended up in a homeless shelter. At age nineteen she left the shelter never expecting to return. Twenty years later, she is known as the bead lady. At the shelter, each volunteer has a shtick, something...

June was born in the 1950’s in Scotland to Catholic parents, Cathy and Jimmy McDonald. It was traditional to name a child after a saint. Cathy broke tradition and insisted on the name” June” for her last child. June was an unusual child. From an...