It is early 1861 and Zeke Hampton is returning from the Mexican Civil War, where he has been fighting on the side of the rebels, back to his home in San Francisco, only to find his country on the verge of its own civil war....

In Larissa Self’s science fiction novel, An Inheritance of Hope, we are introduced to the inspiring story of a family that finds God in the direst of situations. A deadly virus is already claiming millions of lives, starting in China, and the best scientific minds...

Bella the Umbrella: The Chronicles of the Clothes Mind Series Book Two by Lia Brent is the delightful story of Bella the Umbrella who lives in a house down the street. She has shiny rainbow stripes and, like any other umbrella, likes the wet chill....

Twisted Deception: Love Can Be Dangerous by Isabella is a tale of romance that begins with a deceptively simple premise for a romance that suddenly develops complexities as the story gets involved with murder. Handled with great tonal balance, it’s a story that shimmers with...

A well-to-do Berlin family experiences the devastating effects of WWII in the thrilling historical novel, The German Half-Bloods (The Half-Blood Series Book 1) by Jana Petken. It is September 1939 in Germany. Hitler has risen to power, and the Third Reich is spreading terror throughout...

Edward Berman is sent to investigate the scene of a horrific murder in Central Park. He discovers a beautiful cane among the homeless victim’s possessions and then the man’s decapitated head whispers to Eddie that he’s been summoned. That is how Eddie is drawn into...

A Magical World Becomes the Night is a colorful children’s picture book, written in rhyme and illustrated by Lori Chown. During the day, we see many different animals, but some animals only come out when it is night time. The landscape comes alive with fireflies,...

Larin was raised in a temple by his priest uncle, Akul, a former warrior who singlehandedly keeps the largest gang in the Wormpile District away from the four blocks surrounding the temple, making this the safest part of the poorest and most dangerous section of...

Karina by E.B. Mann is a brilliantly written novel that begins with Karina Morgan - after dropping off her younger brother Max at his school - being driven to Vista Verde Middle School along with her socially acceptable womb mate, Jonah. Karina, on the other...

Life for seventeen-year-old Abby Renshaw has not been easy. Her father died when she was young, her mom moved her from Florida to New Jersey away from her Granma, and she started having vivid dreams and visions. Of course she was treated by a psychiatrist...

Moonlight City Drive by Brian Paone is the story of Smith, a private eye who might not be any better than the people he is trying to investigate for his clients, but he has a conscience at least. There is darkness inside him that he...

Yours Truly, 2095 by Brian Paone is a time travel fiction story that any time travel romance junkie would be proud of. I enjoyed every single aspect of the novel, from the main characters to the story line to the way the narrative was written....

When I read the blurb of Welcome to Parkview by Brian Paone, I thought this would be just another horror novel based on It by Stephen King, but, boy, was I surprised! At first, I also thought that this was a collection of short stories...

Dreams Are Unfinished Thoughts by Brian Paone is a memoir of the author’s life that depicts his journey and friendship with the lead singer of God Lives Underwater, David Reilly. Our story begins when Brian attends a God Lives Underwater concert and meets David by...

With no limits on genres that the collection of short stories showcases, A Matter of Words by Brian Paone, Randy Blazak, Chuck Mosley, Kim Loraine, Leah Lederman, Douglas Esper, Travis West, Michelle Bailey, Richard Salgado, Stephanie Rogish and Jacob Prytherch explores different writing styles and...

A Journey of Words by Brian Paone, JM Ames, et al. invites the reader to explore another world of the unexplained and obscure in this second volume of short stories by a collection of talented authors. Discover if karma exists when a man’s family is...

A Haunting of Words by Brian Paone, DW Vogel, et al. is a diverse collection of short stories that will make you think about everyday events in a new light. Each story is thought provoking and has a dark side, with an ending you would...

Confessions of a Tween Superheroine: The Dunk'N Divaz Series, PlayBook 1 is a superhero fantasy novel for children and preteens written by J.M. Guy. How does a 12-year-old diva with her own jammin’ a capella group get to perform before Diaman Brungdee, the genius promoter...

Awakening of the Summer by Yorker Keith is a literary fiction story with fine elements of romance. Featuring an interesting cast of characters, the story introduces readers to a love triangle explored from very unique angles. James is an economist at a Wall Street firm,...

It Was What It Was: My Memoir by Diane Haley Toney is a memoir of growing up in the idyllic post-war era of the American South during the 1950s. It Was What It Was begins without much of a preamble and jumps into the beginning...