In After the Sucker Punch by Lorraine Devon Wilke, thrust into the drama of a father’s death, each sibling’s foibles in a moderately dysfunctional family are exacerbated. Topping the negative family dynamic, Tessa discovers that her father, who has kept a journal throughout his...

After an ugly divorce, middle-aged nurse, Phoebe, and her sixteen-year-old daughter are forced to move back to her hometown, Camden, and also back into her childhood home with her mother and grandmother. She is able to secure a job taking care of a bedridden old...

Shoes on the Stairs by Jan Steele is the story of a mother struggling to face what she’s lost. Claire Blackwell is dead, taken too early after an accident but she can’t seem to find the white light and move on. Instead, she’s left watching...

Searching for Grace by Jackie Jordan is the story of a woman who struggles to find a place to belong. Neema Washington had no place to call her own, even though she tried hard. An accomplished woman with a fantastic career and equally stunning looks,...

Almond City Ashes by Connie Chappell is a cozy mystery novel. It is book five in a series but works as a standalone. Historian Wrenn Grayson lives in the small town of Havens, Ohio. She was invited to the Foundling Estate and was asked to...

If you’re a grandmother, a mother, or a daughter, and do not find a bit of yourself in the novel From Where I Stand by Caroline Goldberg Igra, I would be very surprised. I recognized myself in all those roles, and while I didn’t always...

Living the city life was Kentucky native Marcos's dream. Why not? There was nothing more beautiful than a bird’s-eye view of the Rockefeller Center at Christmas. The bustle of New York City streets, the intoxicating promise of financial success, the won-and-done atmosphere of completion. It...

In Sadie: Pendleton Promises Book 1 by Shanna Hatfield, the author has taken ordinary people with ordinary lives and written a story around them that is intriguing, romantic, and easy to relate to. The main characters are Harley John Hobbs and Sadie Thorsen as...

Fragments That Fit by Aria Glazki is an emotional read that will have you crying one moment and cheering for Shoshana the next. One job ended in a disaster, leaving Shoshana Glass and her impressive degree on the shelf. When she finally gets a job...

Alone on a Cliff is a work of fiction in the emotional drama subgenre and it serves as the third installment in the Chronicles of MatiLou and PerryAnn. This novella-length work is intended for the adult reading audience and was penned by author Martha Passel....