Life can be very difficult, sometimes challenging not only one’s concept of what’s fair, but also one’s faith. Victoria grew up with her aunt in Chicago. Hoping for a better life than slaving as a seamstress, Victoria takes up teaching in a small town. Little...

Walking Among Giants: A Painter in Paradise by Michael S Meusch is a powerful novel with a captivating setting, laced with historical references and personages. It could be read as a love story or a novel that explores the workings of the mind of an...

Birthrights is Book One of the Revisions to the Truth Series by J. Kyle McNeal and, as the title of the series suggests, the topic of truth plays an important role. The story is told from a variety of perspectives - you get to know...

Eden: A Novel is a family saga. It is a story that spans the years from 1915 until the present day. Eden is about a family that, like so many real life families, is dysfunctional, loving, and faces many ups, downs , happy times,...

Ending Fatigue: When Waking Up is Hard to Do by Mary C. Blowers is a helpful book for all those who are dealing with fatigue and exhaustion, causing debilitating effects in their lives. The many obvious reasons of tiredness like lack of proper sleep, illness,...

The Shape of the Atmosphere, the excellent book written by a promising debut author, Jessica Dainty, is a story that I found very difficult to put down once I started reading it. Follow the story of young Gertie MacLarsen, a teenager who has felt ugly...

The Other La Bohème by Yorker Keith is aptly labeled literary fiction, an interesting story that explores the life and career of the Dolci Quattro. After their breathtaking performance of Puccini’s well-known opera, La Bohème, during their graduation, four friends form a band called the...

A Passionate Play by Jessica Lauryn is the first edition in the Rabourn Theater series, which focuses on Alicia Coleman and Nick Lancaster. A man with a gun attacks Alicia. Nick fights him but he runs away. Fearing for her safety, Nick takes the unconscious...

Google Stacy Bryant or Coach Stacy, author of Her Story 11, and you won’t find a personal website for her. But you will find her beautiful, strong face in photos and videos on her two Facebook pages, “Coach Stacy” and “Stiletto Bosses.” You can also...

Tales of Titans, Vol. 2: From the Renaissance to the Electro/Atomic Age is a nonfiction collection of biographical essays written by Rich DiSilvio. In this second volume, DiSilvio starts with a survey of the Renaissance, beginning with the Medicis and concluding with a look at...

God Quit by Anthony Cabrera is a unique story that first caught my attention because of the title. And I asked myself the question as I downloaded the book: What happens when God quits. I wasn’t disappointed when I started reading. In a story set...

I had the great privilege to review Theodore Jerome Cohen’s Book 2 of The Road Less Taken, and I mentioned there the primary descriptive word for his great skill at short story writing: Gripping. Actually, I may have said: Utterly Gripping. Having the honor then...

The Sun King: From Retired Engineer to King of Solar Power by David Toth is a contemporary novel that explores how far passion can lead the human soul. “When Harry Lennox retires in May, his friends and neighbors on Mawa Lake say he will lose...

Dawn is a very enthusiastic freshman. She is also a very talented singer. So when she attaches herself to second year Rose, a songwriter in secret, she opens up a part of Rose’s talent that even she didn’t know existed. And, with Rose’s friends, they...

Hayden and Briar meet in a most unlikely place to find love – a hospice center. Hayden Crewe is the pianist, singer and composer in the popular Australian rock band, Jackaroo. He receives a phone call that his mother, from whom he is estranged and...

A Legacy of One is a political fiction novel written by Kevin G. Chapman. The twentieth anniversary of Columbia’s class of ‘93 was attended by a number of illustrious alumnae, but none, Jonathan Prescott III figured, had reached quite the prominence he had. It was...

“‘We must protect the chalice and the sacred writings!’ cried Niamh of the Golden Hair. The sound of her commanding voice reduced the sound of the wailing wind to a frustrated whisper.” These are words we read at the opening of this enthralling tale of...

Seth Swirsky's 21 Ways to a Happier Depression: A Creative Guide to Getting Unstuck from Anxiety, Setbacks, and Stress is an uplifting guide to all those readers who experience anxiety and depression and want to know how to pick themselves up. The book gives good...

Judge by the Cover: High School, Drama & Deadly Vices is the first book in the Hafu Sans Halo series by Melissa Abigail, a story that transports the reader into the complex worlds and relationships between high school characters. Haruna Mitsukai has great dreams, an...

Cultural Calamity: Culture Driven Risk Management Disasters and How to Avoid Them by Joseph W. Mayo is a nonfiction business book that offers strategies for managing disasters. The author indicates a surprising link between organizational culture and disasters. Combining current industry case studies with real-life...