There are a lot of things you can say about Black and White by Ben Burgess Jr. A lot of good things actually. But the thing that kept popping into my mind as I read it is that this novel is so timely. The Obama...

With life there are all types of experiences, lessons and challenges that shape us. It is the beginning of life from the womb to our formative years, up to the age of five, that help to create who we will be. If something drastic, brutal,...

Bliss by B.A. Talarico is a thrilling ride into the drug world where anything and everything can happen. The story follows two men from opposite sides of life. These polar opposites started a dangerous journey with their ambition and determination. JJ always had a thirst...

Jennifer Paige’s novel Boss unravels with the story of Miah, a young black American woman who lives in a seedy project with her mother, and they survive largely on welfare. She gets pregnant by Mello, a small time street thug, and seems destined to become...

Sam Smith, fresh out of the military, moves to San Francisco in hopes of knowing what to do with his life. He works as a manager in Sharkey’s Wharf and spends his nights in bars listening to some great jazz music. Hannah Green works with...

In "Back to Blood", Tom Wolfe tells a complex tale of modern Miami with all of its racial, social, and cultural conflicts. The story focuses on the lives of two young Cubans struggling to rise above the constraints of their circumstances. They start out as...

“Bloodline” by Shannon K Brown is the story of Luna Lanchester, a woman who lives her life carrying around a lot of demons. Literally. Luna is an independent young woman who has seen what abuse was done to her mother. She has also got an...

“Bad News for a Ghost” by Jim Guigli is touted as being a "Bart Lasiter Mystery", implying there are or will be more 'Bart Lasiter Mysteries'. Bart Lasiter is a barely-scraping-by private investigator, formerly associated with the Berkeley Police Department, currently working out of a...

"Beloved Weapon" by Jonathon Price starts out with a bang and continues to involve the reader with Nia's quest to find out who she is and why she has super powers. Unfortunately the super powers don’t keep Nia from making mistakes in whom to trust...