Steve The Zombie is a post-apocalyptic dystopian horror novel by Stephen Wayne. The book opens with a man waking up in a city surrounded by a horde of flesh-eating zombies. To his horror, the man remembers that he used to be a detective named Steve,...

Shadow Beneath the City is the first book in The Secrets of Shadow series by Joel Hopkinson. Amara is a young vampire with a dilemma in that she wants to kill all vampires for murdering her parents. Amara's constant companion, Shadow, is her only link...

Blame It On the Moon by Lou Pugliese transports us to a haunted 19th-century house in Northern Virginia, Arlington. We meet Richard Eugene Craft, the sole resident of the house. Richard’s great-granduncle and later his brother had owned the house. When Richard's brother died, Richard...

Cherry Blossom Blues by Virlana Kardash is a captivating tale that expertly blends romance, mystery, and legal suspense elements. Set against the politically charged backdrop of Washington, D.C., the novel introduces us to Susanna Bailey, a strong yet vulnerable court reporter. What begins as a...

The Legend of Valentine by Sheldon Collins follows Valentine Romanus, a Roman soldier in 3rd-century Rome, who saves an empress during a raid. Pining over a prior love, Valentine sleeps with a married noblewoman with connections to power players like General Claudius. He also forms...

Memoir of a Misfit Chef: A Rise from the Ashes by Paul Alvero chronicles the author's journey from a self-proclaimed "misfit" in a small Minnesota town to a chef working in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Las Vegas. The narrative begins with his childhood marked by...

Big Lies by Stephen Wayne is a conspiracy thriller set in the near future. Astronomer Thomas Jeffries discovers that a huge asteroid is on a collision course with Earth right before it disappears into the sun’s blind spot. His discovery grabs the attention of the...

The Lighthouse of Fools by Stephen Wayne begins with the collapse of Bradford-Wellington, which pushes Thomas Harker into relocating his family to desert land, where he starts the construction of a lighthouse. While the family starts anew, Thomas’s vision draws a small circle of unexpected...

In I Will Walk With You, Julie Thomas Tullos shares a deeply personal story that feels like sitting down for a long talk with a close friend. The book follows the life of Susan and David Lee, starting all the way back with their blind...

“This was the pattern—hope, creation, corruption, destruction. Always the same ending.” Painful failure and seven frightful creatures torment an aged Creator in The Lord's Canvas by Stephen Wayne. The story unfolds in an endless void, where nothing exists save a canvas of creation waiting to...

Aleksander Szeser’s Dissonance follows Kira Hunt, a thirty-six-year-old Los Angeles physical therapist whose home life with philosophy-professor husband Max revolves around their three-year-old daughter, Rebecca. At a child’s birthday party, Rebecca hands Kira a message from a stranger who somehow knows where to find her....

Ignor and Ignora Ramus live in McGill, a town close to Mount Shamus. The two mischief makers were always up to something: shaving the cat, tripped Willy Wong, and threw rocks at Giant John’s hogs. The people in town gathered together to discuss how to...

What a fun read! Those were the words that came to mind when I finished reading Famous Penultimate Words by Roberta Pearce. The book starts with the protagonist, Adelyn “Adie” Wilding, being surprisingly shot and dying. Thankfully for her, and for me as the reader,...

The Diary of Hakim Jones by Joseph Khalid Massenburg revolves around the trials and tribulations of Hakim Jones and his life, which will motivate and inspire readers to hold on to their faith and family values and keep trying in life, no matter what difficulties...

Let Go of Your Heart is a contemporary fiction novel written by Dawn Felton. Cassie Williams is quite pleased with her move from Bronx, New York to Tampa, Florida. Her transfer to the bank's Tampa location was accompanied by both a promotion and an increase...

Effie Kammenou writes with confidence in her debut novel Evanthia's Gift: The Gift Saga Book 1, where we follow the story of a Greek-American family through the life of Anastacia Fotopoulos. In a story spanning three generations, we get a glimpse of life in Greece...

My Shenandoah Love: Hanna Jones, Volume 1 by Jonathan Kuiper recounts eight years of Hanna’s life in a series of flashbacks that have a gripping sense of immediacy. The first shows Hanna at fifteen, troubled to the point of mental abuse, by Diane, her promiscuous...

For readers who are into Westerns, G.P. Hutchinson’s Strong Convictions will come along as a great and entertaining treat, a compelling opening to the Emmett Strong Westerns series, featuring well-imagined characters and an equally great plot. Set against the backdrop of an emerging Texas in...

Leslie Miller’s The Ivory Needle is an allegorical tale for the young and the old. “Africa is a spiritual place, a profound and magical place.” Chessie’s parents’ divorce had rocked everyone’s world. Mom was not herself, sadness filled the household. When Gram’s invitation to visit...

Serial K Returns by Brian Gallagher is a thriller that features a serial killer, an intense crime investigation, and the FBI working tirelessly to keep pace with a killer who works with a purpose. Craig Breedlove had once been a victim of abuse by a...