A Tempest Soul by Oliver Phipps is a coming-of-age story that explores Gina Falcone’s growth curve, the challenges she has to face, and the vicissitudes of her life. But it is mostly the story of her crucible of pain and how she allows it to...

Always Hope by Heidi Renee Mason is a real, emotional and tantalizing story. Hope believed that when she left home at age 18 to marry Jonathan, she would be rid of her estranged relationship with her mother, the broken dreams, pain and promises, and the...

A Tangled Web is a novella written by M.L. Sparrow. Teenage girl, Hayashi Taiyo, has been best friends with twin boys, Ryuu and Kairi, for most of her life. Although physically identical, the boys’ personalities couldn’t be more different. Kairi is completely no-nonsense, spending almost...

Agrippa’s Wake by Ralph Jackman is an entertaining read about prominent people and events in the history of Rome. Writing in the first person is often very tricky, yet Mr. Jackman does an amazing job of drawing his readers in with his prose. He brings...

Amelia (A Somnium Chronicles Short Story) by M. Blake Adams is a short story that gives you a peek into a single night in a young man's life. Gabriel is part owner of a used bookstore. Zachariah is his friend and his co-owner in the...

Alta Vista (Sage Country Book Two) by Dan Arnold is a fascinating story about the Old West, just as it was turning into the New West at the end of the nineteenth century and the dawn of the twentieth. The titular character, Sheriff John Sage,...

Ashes at Grumble Bluff by Karen Bessey Pease is exciting reading for all ages, but particularly for the adolescent through young adult crowd. The novel keeps readers continually turning the pages to see what happens next to the main characters, Katherine Anne Kirby and Greta...

Auburn by Valerie Thomas is a beautiful story about a young high school student named Ashley Nimzovitch who wants to be a band singer. Ashley does more than just dream about it — she works steadily toward her goal with her band mates/friends, Charlie and...

Heroism, courage and romance; just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of Autumn in the City of Angels by Kirby Howell. Autumn has to face that everyone around her is falling victim to an apocalyptic plague, leaving less than...

A Beholden Heart by M.L. Steinbrunn is a fresh and captivating YA story that gives credence to the old adage, “all is not as it seems.” About to head into her senior year in what’s been a somewhat sheltered life for reasons that aren’t...