Great Women of African Descent: An Artistic Expression of the Icons by Pascaliah Omiya and Odhiambo Siangla is definitely a literary and visual feast. The subject of this book is a collection of carefully selected notable African women that have made important contributions to the...

Goodbye to Italia by Marisa Parker is an enchanting story that takes the reader on a journey back in time and into the lives of her parents. The cover of this biography is beautiful and hints at the rich history inside the pages. I loved...

I was pleasantly surprised by Abbey's Search for Sanctuary by Eris Field. I had a feeling that I wouldn't like it. I don't know why. Maybe the couple on the cover just looked too perfect. It irritates me when characters in novels are too good...

Two Shades of Vice: Based on the True Story of an Interracial Couple's Life Together in Crime by Dewey Reynolds is a true crime story that explores powerful cultural and political issues in a great historical setting. In a story set against the tumultuous backdrop...

The Flying Glass by E.M. Cooper is the first book of the Fanglewick School of Magic series. After Marnie Speck is left with her new foster family in Downfell, northern England, she immediately bonds with fellow orphan, Seb, who takes her under his wing. When...

What happens when we die? Find out in The Heavenly Oak by Philip Bauer. The story finds several individuals—from varying times and spaces—all at the end of their physical lives on earth. Each of them—a televangelist, superstar performer, Confederate soldier, explorer, and more—find themselves under...

Just Like the Bronte Sisters by Laurel Osterkamp follows two sisters, Jo Beth and Skylar. The first part of the book is told in dual POV between the sisters, and readers begin to understand the dynamics between the pair. After Olympic medalist skier Jo Beth...

Letters to the Pianist is a historical fiction novel written by S.D. Mayes. The East End of London was not a happy place for a child, or indeed any living creature, in 1941. Fourteen-year-old Ruth and her little sister and brother were among the few...

Meet gorgeous Ruth as she is called in the story Gorgeous Ruth by Albert Chang. Ruth chips her tooth while sitting by the sea. She smiles daintily and her tea cup, which is porcelain, cracks. She spills some tea, but is unfazed. Ruth takes a...

The Boat House by Jana D. Barrett takes us inside the world of the very wealthy, the very powerful, and the sometimes mentally unstable. Genevieve Vandermere–Anderson is eighteen, but for the last six years she has lived with the horrible guilt that it was her...

Making Room For You: A Practical Guide to Organizing Your Home by Meghan Hill is a useful guide to readers who are looking for tips to organize their homes. Following the techniques shared in the book will help everyone clear the clutter and get organized...

The Country Girl Empress tells of the early days of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria, called Sisi within the family. We follow her story from birth to the day she married Franz Joseph, son of Archduchess Sophie of Austria and her feeble-minded...

Reflections of a Hospice Chaplain: Life Lessons from the Death Journeys of Young and Old is a deeply thought-provoking and emotion-stirring collection of stories by author and speaker Tom McQueen, M.Div. Most of the stories are about older hospice patients or their family members to...

Nuclear Blues by Bradley K. Martin is a tightly written and pulsating political thriller with a captivating setting in North Korea, riddled with espionage, shady activities, and a world where nothing is as it seems. Meet Heck Davis, a journalist who has embraced a new...

The past is the last thing on Rose's mind when she sets out to welcome the new Castellan to their castle. But it only takes a single look at the man who has come to be the new master of the castle before the past...

A Tale of the Builder by Jonathan Hatendi is an interesting story that follows the life of Mawara, who started off in a very unusual manner and grew up to be a respectable rural builder, a man who went to school at an older age....

Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold by Andrew Rowen is a phenomenal historical novel that transports the reader back to the 15th century and brings them into contact with some of the historical personalities that have shaped history. The story is centered on the epic journeys of...

White Wine and Medical Marijuana, by Julia Cirignano, is a bittersweet compilation of poems that describe the pain of being in love. Each poem is like a brutal wake-up call to anyone who has ever been in love. From being forgotten to watching a womanizer...

This book is one of the best things I have read in a while in coming-of-age literature. It isn’t just great, it is sweet like honey, absorbing, and it is a tale with very real and unusual characters. In The Unusual Suspects by Dominic Carrillo,...

Hot & Bothered in Cancun by Beverly J. Ray is a breezy read that combines travel, adventure, and one woman’s search for herself into a hilarious ride. Meet Bria, a woman who has known nothing beyond her native city, but who quickly gets seduced by...