The plot in Born for Leaving by Jude Munro is pretty straightforward: Oliver is a bartender who is broke and who also has huge debts to pay. He is looking for any means to get some extra money and is willing to put the spare...

Beyond Bourbon Street is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction and interpersonal drama sub-genres and was penned by author Nikesha Elise Williams. Written for adult audiences due to some mature scenes and complex emotional content, this engrossing personal drama takes us through the...

Bottomless Cups by Joel Bresler is a poignant story of friendship. The main story is seen through the eyes of Teddy and Ray. The boys meet when they are 10 years old and the friendship endures for over 50 years, through good times and bad....

Novels based on childhood abuse have a special place in my heart, particularly if the victims manage to eventually put their pasts behind them and use their experience to help others. Jessica Aiken-Hall, the author of Boundaries, is one such survivor. I remember reading and...

Boulder County: Crime, Love, and Cannabis, West of the 100th Meridian by Marc Krulewitch is a modern-day “good ‘ole boys vs the Government" conspiracy novel that strikes at the heart of Colorado’s freeing up of cannabis use. Buddy Fisher can trace his roots in Boulder...

In Blood Creek: The Mingo Chronicles by Kimberly Collins, Ellie Chafin has never been a woman who wanted to settle down and live a normal life that consisted of taking care of her husband and having children. Despite being married to an older, kind man...

Begetters of Children: The Story of Our Stories by Michael Pedretti is book three of a twelve-part series. This book chronicles a family as they embark on new lives in a valley called San Bernardo which offers them protection from war, plagues, and other threats....

Bright Yellow Souls is a collection of heart-warming accounts in which Luca Favaro recounts his experiences while working as a nurse and taking care of elderly patients. Growing up, Favaro had an estranged relationship with his father. As an escape route from what his parents...

Billy by Shirley Dawson tells the story of 7-year-old Billy throughout the Second World War. Billy thinks nothing of air raids, they are just a part of his life, until a bomb drops on his school. Scared, he is torn from his family and sent...

Black Volta is an intense and interesting work of literary fiction penned by author Pete KJ. As the title suggests, much of the novel centers around the Black Volta River in Ghana, Africa, with events speared across three decades as lives from the past come...