City of Schemes by Bill Garwin is an engaging story with strong, relevant themes and well-developed characters. Megan Garrity is a mother and a woman who follows rules meticulously. When she receives an email with an offer that includes a house, employment, and possible programs...

Dave Wyatt cheated on his wife, Tricia, with a younger woman just as she turned fifty. He was contrite, but the damage was done. She felt inadequate and turned to a Facebook married friend, Joe, for love. Joe and Tricia planned to meet in Vegas,...

In Monsoon in the Making by Clive Radford, in the spring of 2009, Glyn Sumner and his new crewmates had been onboard the Poseiden for six weeks and were all looking forward to experiencing new cultures and adventures. As the Poseiden pulls into Tunis, they...

War Serenade by Jill Wallace is a touching love story between an Italian prisoner of war and a young woman in South Africa during World War II. Despite his low birth, Pietro was a famous opera singer in Italy before being conscripted into the Italian...

In the wonderfully conceived and magnificently presented Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How 'America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman' Helped Win Our Independence, Dorothea Jensen presents her theme in visuals and verse, alternating them page by page as she traces Gilbert’s (Lafayette’s) dedicated involvement in America’s Revolutionary War. The visuals...

Perfect for teen readers who enjoy the science fiction worlds of alternate realities, The Given is the first book in the Interland series by Gary Clark. Soon after her eighteenth birthday, Jay’s mind-reading powers quickly develop. What should have been an amazing discovery turns into...

Nervous Mary is a historical fiction novel by Laura Atwood Duran based on the experiences of the author's mother-in-law during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. In the year 1936, sixteen-year-old Maria Munoz-Morales' life turns upside down when Spain erupts into a civil...

The Legend of the Stinky Sock is a short story by Laura Riley for young children. The story starts with Conner, a young boy who plays for the Little League baseball team called the Rockets. Conner was very upset by the poor performance of his...

Vestiges is the first book in Peggy Ann Shumway’s Faith, Freedom, and Posterity Series. A mysterious past will come back to haunt anthropology professor Oneida Graham when she is summoned to her dying grandmother’s estate in Hopewell. In her moribund state, Althea Graham makes her...

The Secret Eye is military history made into historical fiction by Brad Hanson’s introduction of running dialog. The book follows four main tracks, from the pre-war development of radar to World War II in the Pacific, the American life of Charlie Brand, and the Japanese...

Procreation by Deanna Salser is a spellbinding science fiction novel with a vivid setting in the future: a story with an irresistible appeal to fans of well-crafted dystopian settings. Procreation is a crime if the government does not approve of it, so when Mary...

The almost forgotten war in South East Asia, which ended some fifty years ago, deeply affected the lives of many of those who were involved. The participants included youngsters from America sent to fight a cunning and ruthless enemy for an increasingly unpopular cause. Stephen...

God Came to my Garage Sale, by renowned Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro, is an intriguing work of fiction that delves deep into the nature and existence of God from an atheist's point of view, using a garage sale as the focal point and setting. Spiritual...

Dream Job by Janet Garber is about a solitary, zany, quick-witted woman who recently celebrated her birthday, one year shy of forty, and is hanging on by a thread. The metro is Melie’s mode of transport to and from her job at the Medical Center...

Bernado’s Circus is a work of fiction in the drama and historical fiction subgenres. It is best suited to the mature reading audience owing to graphic scenes of sex and violence, as well as dark themes such as abuse and murder, and was penned by...

Push Me Off The Cliff is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, family saga, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Marina Osipova. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and contains references to suicide and acute experiences...

Will Computers Revolt? Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence by Charles Simon is a thought-provoking book that not only engages information and digital technology buffs but anyone that cares about the future of humanity. While this book recognizes the astonishing advancement in AI (Artificial...

In Winnie - Daughter of Azania by Ade Ajibulu, Winnie has a deep connection to Azania, an impoverished community just outside Pretoria. Just like Nelson, her late, well-respected father, Azania and the people who reside there are entrenched deep in her soul. Azania is plagued...

In today's age, many of our problems have advanced beyond the prevalent system of thinking. Do You QuantumThink? aims to enlighten readers about how the mind works and how an individual's consciousness acts to generate their world and their unique experience of life. The book...

The Fall by Michael S. Vassel follows a couple, Paul and Lorie, as they leave their home in Ohio, Cleveland in search of a normal world with normal people after a devastating pandemic that has had dire repercussions on humanity and other mammals. A sickness...