I picked Love: A Story by Bill Smoot because in the description it is likened to the works of Milan Kundera. If anyone has ever read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, then they will adore this story. Michael, a prep school teacher, met his wife,...

The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey is a cultural work of art. It follows Luna and Lucien with different backgrounds and family ties, but who come together out of fate. Lucien finds Luna’s moleskin journal in a coffee shop. His interest is...

The Aloha Spirit by Linda A. Ulleseit begins in 1922, with a heartbreaking opening line stating that seven-year-old Dolores is deemed useless by her father. He never said it to her directly, but this is what has been running through his mind. This is because...

Ever do things back to front? I do…and did…when I read book 3 of Lucinda E. Clarke’s psychological thrillers before I read book 2: A Year in the Life of Andrea Coe. But here’s the good news: each book in Clarke’s series is so well...

A Canoer of Shorelines is a work of fiction in the supernatural drama genre. It is suitable for all ages and was penned by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak. The story follows Julie and Rachel, whose lives revolve around Meadowbrook Acres, a place where they have found...

In Rewrite the Stars by Christina Consolino, Sadie and Theo are on the verge of divorce. They are separated but have continued to live in the same house for the sake of the kids and due to Theo’s PTSD. Even though Theo initiated the divorce,...

The Healing by Lynda Faye Schmidt is about a woman who sets out on a quest after enduring more than two decades of an abusive relationship. This is a novel about healing and personal empowerment, and this bears repeating: it’s about healing and personal empowerment....

Deirdre Flynn is a wise, feisty, and kindly 70-year-old. When she accompanies her adopted niece, fear-filled Leah, and Leah’s wild and wilful 17-year-old step-daughter, Belinda, to the sunny beaches of France, none of them expects to find dead dogs on their doorstep, massacred chickens, and...

The preface to The Book of Agnes by Michael Pedretti reminds us that we are all descended from the same gene pool and may be related to every other living person on the planet. This book divided into Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. Air is...

Twilight Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome (The Theodosian Women Book One) by Faith L. Justice is a truly fascinating combination of recorded history and artistic literary license. It is the middle of the fifth century CE and the Western Roman Empire is teetering on...