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...

Fourth of July is a short work by Robert E. Kearns which follows the story of an Irishman named Myles. Married and the father of an infant, he struggles to provide for his family during the Great Famine. Although he’s luckier than many and works...

How do you tell a story of love, lust, and finding yourself in as few words as possible and in a way with which your readers, if they are honest with themselves, can identify? You write it honestly from the gut, as Emmalyn Danvers has...

Ashes by Sharon Gloger Friedman tells the story of a young Jewish girl named Miriam who lives in Czarist Russia with her parents and older brother Eli. During this time in Russia, there was a lot of hostility towards the Jews for many reasons. One...

Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby is a work of fiction and interpersonal drama by first-time novelist Julie Thorndyke. Set in an initially tranquil retirement village in Australia, we first meet the titular character in her neat little life with her cat, Missy, and her flowers and her...

When Kit Kat is adopted by the middle-aged, childless Anna, what Kit Kat wants most, apart from love, is an identity...her own, including her sad past as the abandoned, unwanted Elektra, daughter of a Greek prostitute. But while Anna looks after all Kit Kat’s physical...

The Curator of Broken Things Trilogy: Full Trilogy by Corine Gantz is an engrossing read, to say the least. The tale of a family that explores themes of betrayal, family secrets, complex relationships, and a lot of digging into hidden truths, a story that spans...

Bittersweet Tapestry is a work of historical fiction set in Europe in the eighteenth century and was penned by author Kevin O’Connell. The novel continues The Derrynane Saga after the exciting events of Beyond Derrynane and Two Journeys Home, wherein we met a cast of...

Boy in the Hole by Akiva Hersh is a disturbing story that explores parenting, family dynamics, and the effects of conflicting values in the life of a young boy, Jacob. Right from the beginning, the reader is introduced to a weird, somewhat disturbing sexually abusive...

If you’re not a fan of historical fiction but really enjoy reading about two people falling in love under difficult, even extraordinary circumstances, then don’t think twice about selecting Auschwitz Syndrome by Ellie Midwood as your next book. This is one of the most amazing...