The Balkan Escape by Suad Jakupovic follows Dino Tutic, whose short family visit to Bosnia leaves him with no means back to North Carolina when power, transport, and law enforcement fail across the region. As villages arm themselves and militia groups roam freely, Dino relies...

In The Sound of Breaking Ice by Lee Richie, there was a siege at Lily Field Elementary. Special Agent Raymond Waring of the Federal Bureau of Investigation went back in alone in an attempt to save some of the hostages. The second time Ray came...

Murder in Deacon’s Corner is the sixth book in the Take it to the Limit series by Linda Opdyke, a nail-biting murder mystery that keeps you guessing. Ethan and Mickey Jenks are private investigators in Nashville. When they discover a body in an abandoned building,...

Michael G. Barash’s The Price of Perfection is a riveting and immersive philosophical and speculative science fiction story set in a futuristic, dystopian Earth. Groundtown is the smog-polluted lowest stratum of California City, where Erika Verne lives. She protects her newborn baby, Veronica, from the...

The Hidden Cipher by Rich Petrelli introduces The Templars Legacy Trilogy. This is a book that fans of Dan Brown will adore. The premise is compelling: a Templar codex, dating back centuries, contains secrets buried in the vaults in the Vatican that can change history...

When Cyrus Darian saves Brent's life, he has no idea how his actions will affect his own life. Brent unexpectedly dies, and Cyrus is left to inform Brent's commune members of his passing. Cyrus receives a lukewarm welcome at Reckoning Grove, and some residents are...

The Lie by Jude Berman is a gripping thriller with compelling characters in very tight and compromising situations. Jedd is a top cybersecurity expert who wakes up in an unknown underground place, kidnapped and left without food or water. He struggles to remember how it...

The Sirens of Sayhurn by Keith Pyeatt follows different characters whose lives connect through a strange song that crosses between Earth and a hidden world called Sayhurn. Clayton, a humble maintenance man trying to rebuild his life, moves into a house with a bizarre tune...

After returning to her hometown, Marisol Espinal struggles to put the ghosts of her past to rest. The Espinal family has always been one step away from being ostracized because of the longstanding rumors of magic and mysticism surrounding them. Dealing with the grief following...

The Other Lotus Girl by Daniel A. Riddle is about an Asian girl who was trafficked to pay off her parents’ debt. Vân and her sister were promised jobs at a nail salon, but instead were forced into sexual exploitation. For nearly two years, Vân...