Sutra of the Pearl: A Journey to India; a Path to Forgiveness by Lee Kaiser is a contemporary fiction novel that follows its female protagonist, Julie Paglia, to India in the hope of finding ancient texts. Julie's goal is pretty straightforward except for one minor...

Someone’s Kid by Patti Carpenter opens with Jesse in the throes of an overdose. The description is as real as it gets. Patti knows what she is talking about. I would be surprised if the first few pages do not grab you. From the opening...

Saltwater and Driftwood by Anna J. Walner is a historical fiction drama that follows a young girl and her family's ordeal during one of the worst natural disasters on US soil, The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. While rummaging through her grandmother Clara's stuff after...

A mother who religiously sticks to her stringent personal morning routine. A jogger running away from herself. Three fresh graduates meet an untimely fate. A girl has an accident after taking a dare to impress her crush. These are some of the fascinating scenarios in...

We meet a seventy-eight-year-old woman named Edna O’Hare in Shadows by Peter J. Manos. Her husband, James Hashimoto, died almost a year ago. He was born in Hiroshima and was only two years old when the bomb went off. Edna has nightmares about nuclear war,...

Sleeping with Cancer is a contemporary slice-of-life drama novel by Phillip Riley. Emily's life turns upside down when she witnesses her former boyfriend and a Chinese man dying in a shootout at her apartment, leaving 1.2 million dollars in a duffle bag. Trying to ignore...

In Stupid Love (The Salt City Diaries) by Danielle Dexter, a young woman writes about her dating experiences, leading to a path of growth and self-discovery. Excited at the idea of a new beginning, Rachel Parker moves back to her hometown in Syracuse. Though her...

Malachi was black and had albinism. Double tragedy! Fortunately, he had a good life, a loving family, and kind neighbors. Everything came to a halt when Bennett Dickson and his dad moved into the community. The white racist would taunt Malachi’s family at every opportunity...

Scambait by Ryan R. Campbell is a well-written novel about one man’s preoccupation with scambaiting. Eric Amundsen is all about the mission, as he made a promise to Grandma Amundsen to keep what happened to her from happening to others. It’s ironic that his grandma...

Saving Lonesome Carsten is a slice-of-life drama novel by Emily Stalder Johnson. After recently moving with her family to her new home, junior high schooler Kacey Harlow finds a kindred spirit when she meets Carsten Hayes, a shy kid who instantly opens up to Kacey....