In Naked Girl by Janna Brooke Wallack, Sienna “CeeCee” Jones and Siddharta “Siddhi” Jones live a life of complete insecurity. They are under the care, a term used quite loosely, of their dad, Jackson, who is their primary guardian since their mother is no longer...

Ninth Life is a supernatural mystery adventure by Jane Teresa Anderson. Cat is in her ninth life, eager to graduate into a spirit mentor, but first, she must protect and help the humans of the Serene Lotus Center for Health and Wellbeing. Cat diligently follows...

In Not Yours to Keep by Zelly Ruskin, Billie, dealing with fertility issues, manages her work at an adoption agency. Her husband Tyler has practical worries over finances, but, despite their issues, they affirm their desire for a child. Then there's Anne, a woman haunted...

No Goin' Home by Valerie Allen is a short story that explores divorce and the impact it has on families. Why do people get divorced, and who is to blame? On the day that Clayton Oakley goes to pick up his two sons, he has...

In Tashia Hart’s Native Love Jams, her heroine Winnow has decided to leave her fiancé, Chris. It is a mismatch as he is jealous and destructive, unable to appreciate the natural, deliberately unglamorous Winnow, or to accept her choices. When Winnow learns of his fling...

New Beginnings: Greengrove Series by Helen C Kelly is a romance involving two people who had previously been hurt by love. Jane had been engaged to her high school sweetheart, only to have her heart broken by her fiancé Peter. David, a divorcé who was...

I know from personal experience how difficult it is, even in a short story, to create a fictional character based on real-life events and make readers fully relate to that protagonist’s emotions and decisions in a twisty murder mystery. But that is what D.F. Kennedy,...

Set in the late 19th century in Washington Territory, Laura Langdon’s Nobody’s Bride follows the love story of Joseph Abernathy and Nellie Bishop. While Joseph was initially married to Nellie’s cousin, Abigail, that tumultuous marriage only lasted half a year. Nellie, on the other hand,...

No Ordinary Hate (A Gamble on Love Mom Com Series Book 1) by Whitney Dineen and Melanie Summers is the start of a new series. On the surface, Harper has the perfect Hollywood life with an adoring handsome husband, the famous Brett Kennedy. Except that...

Not Having It All is a romance that borders on women’s fiction, drama, and comedy. Jennie Ensor paints a picture of diverse characters suffering from paranoia in different ways and the effects it has on each of them. Bea Hudson is left alone with their...