I’m going to pay The Jasper Creed by William Jarvis one of the highest compliments I can for this type of novel. Throughout the book the voice and tone sounded exactly like the late great Pat Conroy. So if you are a Pat Conroy fan,...

Touching All Bases: Going Home is an interrelated collection of baseball stories written by George Ruszat. Augie Rausch fell in love with baseball from the moment when his dad first started having catch sessions with him when he was a little kid. Augie was a...

A man who has lost everything — his job, his wife and daughter — gets the one chance to redeem himself, to save a person’s life. In The Chosen Ones by Lisa Luciano, Brody gets fired from his job as a reporter and his wife...

Inspiring and poignantly written, Replay by Mandy Lawrence is a romance that explores what it takes to make a relationship succeed against the odds. When rookie receiver for the Carolina Panthers, Derek Holder, marries Abby, it seems like a fairy tale to her. But things...

When I picked up The Call: A Baseball Novel by Laurie Boris, the last thing I expected was to meet a female protagonist, and I must say that she is so well developed and the story so original and deeply moving that I couldn’t put...

A compelling opening in the Lucas Bowman Trilogy, Bumping at Speed by Peter P. Sellers is a crime thriller with powerful characters and a sensational plot. Lucas Bowman enjoys his life and the things he does — playing polo, writing for a newspaper, and doing...

You are as great as your last feat. This is what Michael “Tootie” Mayberry learned as he transitioned into becoming a superstar football player. In Virginia Beach, Tootie was special because of how he romanced and embraced the game. When he was accepted at the...

Leaving Everest by Megan Westfield takes readers to one of the most famous mountains on the planet (Mount Everest, if the title doesn't already give it away!). The story of Emily's seventh summit climb is more than just a mountain story, though. The 20-year-old young...

Flying Upright is a short novella from Susan Jean Ricci that brings us the story of two young children, Monique and Dom, who are captivated by the idea of representing their country one day at the Winter Olympics in the sport of pairs figure skating....

It's a Man's, Man's World, But... by Slava Kozakov is a novel that will appeal to sport fans and readers who love stories that involve personal struggle, are character-driven and well-narrated. Kyle Murphy is a kickboxer who is poised for his first professional fight...