Lyrical, exciting, and utterly engrossing, The Streets Ain't Going Nowhere by Jamal Shakur is a character-driven story that explores the psychology and world of crime. The plot follows two compelling characters, Malik and Cos, who set out to run the drug business in the streets...

Picnic lunches, or even lunches at home, are a challenge in creativity, especially when children are involved. All those picky eaters with ever-changing mood swings and culinary likes and dislikes make meal planning, at any time of the day, a chance for failure. But, there’s...

Negan the Stardust by KC Land is about the adventures of Negan Stardust who is a star. Her parents are stars, her teachers are stars, and her friends are stars. Things change one day when Negan’s star breaks apart and everyone is thrown into darkness....

Glamorous by Denise Bossarte is a Grace Bishop novel. Young girls are being targeted by a serial killer and the only person who can stop him is Grace and her supernatural powers. Grace used to be a police officer, but a car accident brought her...

Hyperearth by Marco Marek is a good read, beautifully written for young adult readers. The story starts with great dialogues and the reader is immediately introduced to the key characters. We find them in a castle, a hidden castle in the city of Lubena. But...

Survivalist to Thrivalist: One Woman's Journey by Deborah Kinisky is part two of a trilogy that is a memoir about Deborah’s life and how she found purpose and meaning in her life to be able to thrive in the world in spite of difficult beginnings...

I thoroughly enjoyed Courage by Lauren H Salisbury. It’s a science fiction re-imagining of the story of Moses from the Bible. Instead of Israelites suffering as slaves at the hands of the Egyptians, Courage gives us the human race enslaved by a more powerful alien...

Snowman Paul Returns to the Winter Olympics, written by Yossi Lapid and illustrated by Joanna Pasek, is an educational children’s book which is part of an acclaimed series. It is a beautiful story of friendship and love of others, but also of what you do....

The Election by Landon Wallace is the story of State Senator Blake Buchanan and his long-shot run for the governorship of Texas against Grace Striker, the state’s sexy, conservative attorney general whose ambition may be the only thing more striking than her 20-point lead in...

Hello Again, from the Land Of Morning Calm: A Cara Youngblood Moon Novel (Book 2) by R.L. Lee is a powerful novel about coping with the caprices of life, relationship issues, and parenting, a book with an international cultural setting between South Korea and Northern...

In Pacific Reaper: Detective Emilia Cruz Book 5 by Carmen Amato, the dead body of a gang member is discovered inside a tent in the remote Coyuca Lagoon reserve. It’s a ritualistic murder, a sacrifice to Santa Muerte, Mexico’s forbidden saint of death. The case...

If you decide to read All the Ways You Can Face the Sky by Farlo Ben Truman -- and you should -- prepare yourself for a very different journey into literary fiction. Truman’s approach might initially confuse you: it will take a while to figure...

Hope UnShackled (Redemption Series Volume 2) by Elaine Violette is a historical fiction novel set in the period of the 1850s in America. This was the time when American slavery was an entrenched “institution” in the South and the Fugitive Slave Act had been passed...

O.Z. Diggs the seventh, descendant of Oz the Great and Terrible Wizard, like all male heirs in his family, was cursed by the wicked witch of the West. Or so the story, which had been passed down through many generations, is told. He was the...

It is a different kind of nation. America’s streets are rocked by riots arising from the bitter divide between the Redzees and Bluezees in From Us by Randall Jarmon. No one seems to care much about the law. It is all about which side you...

Nudists, swingers, and cross-dressers are respectable citizens in a post-world war English community in the absorbing fiction novel, The Villagers by A.J. Griffiths-Jones. Olive and her family are happy and excited to take possession of the lovely semi-detached chocolate box cottage they have just purchased....

The Seasiders by A.J. Griffiths-Jones is a tale of mystery. Grace and Dick are happy. They have the beautiful Sandybank Guesthouse overlooking the beach. Visitors come to the guesthouse every year, taking in the beautiful surroundings and the fabulous home cooking, but it is not...

Louise is a geologist, and she is the only living person on Mars. The other colonists are dead, struck down by a strange virus. After two months of Louise maintaining the station by herself, a rocket arrives, carrying six men in cryogenic tanks. She has...

Coiled by H.L. Burke is a stunning fairy tale inspired by the myth of Eros and Psyche. Laidra is used to hiding in the shadows as her sister Ellea shines in the spotlight. Laidra is destined to become more hideous with every person she heals...

Smith by Sam B Miller II is a thrilling paranormal fiction tale in which a young man finds a ring and soon his whole life changes. This is the story of an 18-year-old named Jake, who finds a gorgeous and innocent looking ring, and decides...