No Way Back Today by Eric Shoars is a tale of a midlife crisis. Eric is fast heading for 50 and he still has things he needs to do, things he should have done years before. Not willing to give up on his dreams a...

Frances Maureen Richardson’s novel Not All of Me is Dust tells the inspiring story of three siblings, Stephen, Kathleen, and Clare Engle. Although their lives were not happy after their mother’s untimely death, none of them gave up. Stephen became a Jesuit and then decided...

I so enjoyed Don Trowden’s Normal Family, the first book in this trilogy, that I didn’t think twice before grabbing No One Ran to the Altar. The 10-year-old narrator of that first book, Henry, had me laughing and crying throughout the entire story. I was...

Noonday Flower is a work of clean romantic and dramatic fiction penned by author Carla C. Ohse. In this novel filled with local history, issues of race-based discrimination and the trials of life and love, we find ourselves at home in the all-black resort village...

Nina is a gifted artist who creates canvas images that astound people. Her work has had a significant effect on people and her unique gift for creating images of couples in different love positions has garnered a lot of respect for her as it has...

The first and most important thing to say about Ellie Midwood, and by extension her intensely appealing historical novel No Woman’s Land: A Holocaust Novel, is that this author’s fine writing skills are superbly well honed. Any seasoned reader will immediately recognize a master at...

In Nia and the Dealer by Dominic Carrillo, when Nia and her mom, who live in Bulgaria, come to spend a couple of weeks with Nia’s grandmother, she is open to learning about life in America. What she discovers along the way is how different...

Nobody Knows Where Frank Hutchison Is Buried by Richard Siciliano is an interesting, character-driven story with strong social themes. Meet Frank Hutchison, aka Peter Sanchez, a sophisticated character with powerful dreams. Frank knows nothing about his father or his ancestors from his father’s side. But...

Never Retreat is a dramatic work of women’s fiction from author Bonnie McCune. The story centers on Raye Soto, a feisty Latino woman in her thirties. Despite an early failed relationship that left her with a now-teenage son, Raye has succeeded in the business world...

Neurosis by Anthony Carinhas is a riveting story about the great love affair between Christian Wall, a lawyer, and Gregory Collins, a high school student. They first meet while shopping and Gregory, being the more assertive one, asks for Christian’s number. A love story is...