It is now almost fifty years since the drawn-out and bloody war in Viet Nam came to an inglorious end in 1975. It was a war that many want to forget. The effects are still evident in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by...

Adapted from the screenplay The Third Man in the Ring, which in turn was inspired by the award-winning memoir My Life with the Third Man in the Ring by Barbara Stolfi, Requiem for a Referee relates the story of Teddy Martin, a famous boxing referee...

Tholocco’s Wake: Book One of the Legacy Series by W.W. Van Overbeke is the first in what is obviously planned to be a series that moves back and forth from the current day, 1968 to the late 1930s and 40s. It follows the love, romance,...

The Bus Driver's Mother by Beverly Pridgen is the touching story of a mother's relationship with a special needs child. After getting pregnant during her second year in college, Ella starts a family with her college sweetheart, giving birth to six children over the years....

Paint is a work of fiction in the LGBTQ+, social issues, and interpersonal drama subgenres, and was penned by author Colin Brooks. Written for the mature teen and adult reading audiences, the work contains the use of explicit language throughout and some scenes of a...

In an unfortunate life-altering tragedy, Kellie finds comfort and strength in responding officer Deputy Lance Malloy. Following in his father’s footsteps, Lance is the paragon of what an officer should be; professional, passionate, and committed. He and his fellow officers are more than family, and...

What do you do when your soulmate walks out on you to live a new life without you? That’s what Kimberly must find out for herself in Ten Thousand I Love Yous by Lisa Slabach. This is the story of one woman’s journey of finding...

My initial encounter with award-winning author SL Beaumont was in Death Count, the first of her new thriller series featuring forensic accountant, Kat Munro. In that novel, which I highly recommend, the fickle finger of fate was a key player in several deadly events. Well,...

A book that gives you characters you care about, worry about, and celebrate with is one that knows how to pull its readers in. The Gulch Jumpers by Catherine Pomeroy is such a book. Our heroine, Ellie, is a competent lawyer who throws herself into...

I found New Beginnings to be a charming novel that combines romance and drama. Deborah King draws her readers in with Sophie Tucker's dynamic personality, who appears to have everything going for her. Her family's legacy is a ranch that caters to PTSD clients. When...