In Anna E. Collins' novel These Numbered Days, Annie has to face the possibility that she made a mistake eight years ago. She left her son Connor and daughter Grace with her ex-husband Joel and disappeared from their lives. Annie's friend Kara told her that...

The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde is a literary thriller. Tommy was just 5 when his little brother disappeared, leaving him to deal with his violent alcoholic parents. Tommy only believes one thing – it’s his fault. As he struggles through life, he...

What if you had an all-knowing advanced AI that brings out the worst aspects of your character and helps you bury your darkest secrets? The Hotchkiss by Pierre Lawrence may be the answer to that question. This sci-fi satire opens with Charles Crenshaw celebrating his...

Americans in France. Not so unusual, or is it? Tour of Duty by William H. Coles is set in 1960s Europe in the Cold War era during a nuclear attack threat. Physician Miles Ballard is serving in the Air Force at US Air Station, Châteauroux,...

The Guitar Player and Other Songs of Exiles is an anthology of fourteen short stories by Jo Ann Kiser. Their common theme is that of reflecting on memories of rural (in this case, eastern Kentucky) childhoods from the standpoint of adults who left home, moved...

The Winds of Midnight: The Tragic Story of the Pattenburg Massacre by G. Gordon Long is a fictional story incorporating historical accounts of a violent riot fueled by racial tension which occurred in 1872 in the small village of Pattenburg, New Jersey. It resulted in...

The New Mrs. Brooks: A Margaret Brooks Novel by A.J. Davis is a story with an unusual premise: Margie is not only grieving over her lost husband, but she also needs to escape from her overprotective children, from California to somewhere, anywhere, else. It’s not...

The setting of the novel Ticket by Charles Logan is the Las Vegas Strip and it revolves around the lives of a drifter, a stripper, an affluent widow, and a petty drug dealer. Narrated through these different and alternating points of view, Logan ushers his...

The Light in the Labyrinth: The Last Days of Anne Boleyn by Wendy J. Dunn starts with Kate, who is unhappy with her life and angry because her brother, Henry is at Court. She has to stay with her mother and stepfather and her two...

Lorraine Haas writes about the struggles Margaret “Maggie” Rose Locke faces during World War II in her novel The Scent Of Gardenias: A Strong Woman Overcoming Circumstances Novel. Maggie wants to leave behind her childhood home and oppressive father. One afternoon, Maggie’s younger brother James...