Hard Times by John Hansen tells the story of Phil and Martha Caldwell as they seek a better life for themselves. In a story set in the 1930s, Phil persuades his reluctant wife to move from Lincoln, Nebraska to a 320-acre homestead in the wilds...

Cockloft: Scenes from a Gay Marriage by Kyle Thomas Smith is a clever glimpse into the author’s life. The story centers on Smith’s experiences living in New York with his husband, Julius. Through the use of vignettes and short tales, the author makes the ordinary...

In Aaliyah P. Explores Saint Joe! The Little Adventures of Aaliyah P (Volume 7) by Lucinda Weeks, Aaliyah takes readers to Missouri where they visit the historic town of Saint Joseph. She goes to the Robidoux Row museum and is fascinated looking at the artifacts...

A Hope Restored by Emily Stalder Johnson is Book 3 in the series about Dublin. Dublin is the young man who escaped from his abusive father, due to the actions of a neighbor, Andy, who became the father Dublin needed. When Andy dies, Dublin sells...

Colonel Trent Winters was the wealthy owner of a twelve-hundred-acre sugar cane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the 1850s. He and his wife Collette lived in a beautiful, large plantation home. This successful operation was fueled by dozens and dozens of...

A Whisper can Rip your Guts out by Elliott Zaff is a realistic novel based on the author's life and his interactions with a brilliant 74-year-old professor. Canadian-born Elliott does not have a happy childhood and he comes to California as a young man...

Take the Late Train by Jack Messenger is a novel based on the life of Stephen Ketley, a professor whose marriage begins to fray at the seams on his tenth wedding anniversary. Problems with his wife's infidelity is only one of a number of issues...

There are mystery/detective thrillers that move straight and sure and true, and there is nothing wrong with that. But there are others more mysterious than thrilling, more psychological than active, and more nuanced than generic. One Night Only by G.P. Ritchie is a wonderful example...

Orchestrating Murder is a police procedural mystery novel written by Heather Osborne. Someone had been sexually abusing and killing young girls, and Palo Alto Detective Gregory Shaw had hoped they finally might get some answers when they found little Corrine Evans still alive. The little...

Fendley the turtle loves going to the grocery store with Daddy, and so does his little brother, Danny, but what’s going to happen on that trip? Both the little boys want to have fun and help Daddy get everything that they need, and with Momma’s...

The little girl in the story Who Are You by Shanti Prem is free spirited and does not want to be tamed. She says she came into this world clear minded and free, and no one has any right to clip her wings. She wants...

Just Stop: 10 Things Everyone Should Stop Saying is written by Heather Nelson. Have you ever been faced with a situation which is so tragic that you are not sure what to say? Do you feel you have to fill the awkward silence and just...

Orbs of Azure is the second book in the Necroseam Chronicles by Ellie Raine. I read the first book in the series and I got hooked. This is that epic fantasy genre that draws you in with magic, mysteries, and epic resolutions to seemingly unsolvable...

I have been following The NecroSeam Chronicles since the beginning. It is no secret that I love this epic fantasy series. Ellie Raine never disappoints me with her unique characters and complex plots. This third offering in the series is as good as the first...

The Potty Fairy by Mary Pap is a story which encourages young children to start using the potty by introducing the charatcer of a potty fairy to entice them and make it fun. Similar to the modus operandi of the tooth fairy, the child gets...

Halloween Ride: A Gregory Green Adventure by Elaine Kaye, as the title suggests, has Halloween as its backdrop. Gregory Green and Sammy, his teddy bear, hope to get a lot of candy that Halloween night. Gregory is dressed as a pirate and Sammy is wearing...

The Prodigy: A Gifted Boy, His Family and Religion by Joseph Riden portrays a young boy in the second grade who is wise beyond his years, intellectually gifted. Jordy firmly believes in kindness and attempts to adhere to it but is the victim of some...

If the incisiveness of short stories is as fascinating for you as it is for me, then you cannot resist Joseph Riden's The Marlin. This concise but very meaningful tale is not long, but it is remarkable both for its message and for the richness...

The African Piper of Harlem: A Tale of Bullies and Deception is a novella based on the classic Robert Browning story, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, written by Zeena Nackerdien. Ola was a sixteen-year-old whose coming of age came under the most trying of circumstances....

Ratlined is the first book in the Inspector O’Leary Series by Shane McCartney, a gripping crime novel with historical underpinnings and a setting in the period following the fall of Germany. We are introduced to a clandestine network of criminals from the fallen Nazis, running...