The Black Swan Event by Mikael Carlson is a speculative dystopian novel set in the year 2088 following a new world order where corporations have replaced the role of a democratically elected government. The public at large is composed of factions of the corporate hierarchy...

The Emma Effect is a romance drama novel by Gordon Bocher. Raised by his great-grandmother after his parents' death, Mitch Lavin grows up to be the perfect student, getting a scholarship to Windmark College at the age of seventeen. Despite playing as a central midfielder...

Addiction is a terrible beast that was all-consuming during Georgette’s childhood. Dianne C. Braley’s The Silence in the Sound features Georgette’s point of view of growing up in a home with an alcoholic father, sharing her memories of Martha’s Vineyard. Later estranged from her family...

The wheels of time continue to turn for Estella and her family in The Road From Money: The Journey Continues (Part 3) the latest part in the series by Sylvester Boyd Jr. in which Estella recounts dealing with the latter years of segregation, the civil...

The Waiting Room by Joan S. Peck is an inspiring story that explores the qualities of enduring friendship. The story unravels in 1983, inside a waiting room in a doctor’s office. Allison, Bella, and Marianne, in striped, oversized wraparound gowns, are nervously waiting for the...

A chilling tale of corporate greed and disregard, These Barren Hills is a must-read. Good jobs, a resurrected contemporary town, and quick money from the sale of their land all tempt people to move in. The majority are unknowingly heading toward calamity. As pertinent as...

The Dogs of War by Alvin Yusin is a work of historical fiction that centers around the political ambitions of an American family during the World War II era. Elizabeth, an ambitious matriarch, schemes from the birth of her son Andrew to position him on...

The Other Side of the Ocean by Beverley Bell is a gripping story of a young boy’s frightening life journey from war-torn Sierra Leone. Saah is the only son of a local elder and enjoys a happy childhood in Freetown with his parents and sisters....

In the masterful historical tale, This Hallowed Ground by Donna E. Lane, readers are taken on an unforgettable journey as Aiden MacAlister, the son of Scots-Irish parents, is swept away in a war that shattered the country. He quickly finds himself lost and adrift as...

Jensy Willett, the protagonist of The Touch of Her Voice by Sara Scott, is haunted by a memory from her past. Her seemingly unrequited love for her high school basketball coach had already ruined two relationships because she simply could not keep her mouth shut....