David Chadwick transports the turmoil of the US Civil War to Liverpool, England, in his historical novel, Liberty Bazaar. An escaped slave, Trinity Giddings, finds safety and friendship among the affluent of Liverpool. However, even across the ocean, far from the bondage of the...

Love and loss, redemption, doing what’s right, just deserts, and finding what you need when you least expect it are some of the themes of the 14 short stories in Coffee Breaks by Carol White. Everyday characters have everyday problems and concerns and White provides...

On the surface, Forever Grace is about Sean and Grace and whether or not their different lifestyles can mesh to create something great. But Linda Poitevin has created a story with layers and depth. Sean is an injured cop who retreated to his cabin in...

Chihuahuas Like Cheese by Mrs Janice Wills Kingsbury is the story of Bogie, the Chihuahua who comes from a shelter in North Carolina as a stray. He is not the typical Chihuahua and tries to act like the big dogs. Bogie is a friendly dog...

Unbelieve 2096 by L.W. Brook is a great post-Armageddon novel for young people that takes place in (surprise!) 2096. It is a very believable future where survival is everything and everyone must make the grade or be hunted and killed or exiled. The protagonist, Oliver,...

In Ridge by Stephanie Hurt, meet an ex-soldier who is struggling through life with PTSD, until the day he meets 'the One' and his world turns upside down. Ridge is the oldest Cauthen boy. He grew up in a big, happy family. Ridge is kind...

Boats, Barns and Bungalows is an excellent collection of water colour paintings by T.F. Hempel. They are vivid, beautiful, exquisitely rendered with a lot of eye for detail. Amazingly, Hempel is a natural artist, mostly painting scenes from his home town in Iowa, and has...

Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead by Christian Picciolini chronicles the author’s experiences growing up in Blue Island, a working class neighborhood in Chicago during the 1980s-1990s. Christian’s life as the son of first generation Italian immigrants is difficult, and he often finds himself...

It is hard to remember that Leaving Montana by Thomas Whaley is a work of fiction. The family problems and secrets that Whaley writes about are very common, but very rarely are they spoken about. Whaley writes about Benjamin Sean Quinn’s life and how he...

Switch It On (Switch Stories Book 1) by J.H. Craig is an erotic and sizzling love story between Madeleine and Jason. Madeleine, a sexual dominant at Basement, a night club, becomes submissive at night when she is with Jason. Her clients at the Basement pay...

Holy Moly! That's the first thing I thought after I finished reading Illuminarium: Book One of the Soliloquy's Labyrinth series, the newest offering by author Truth Devour. This book is highly unique and inventive, and will lead its readers on quite an adventure. Follow the...

Think of The Maltese Falcon in the milieu of 21st century Silicon Valley, and you’ll end up with something like Bad Karma (A Jack McCoul Caper) by Dwight Holing. Jack McCoul, the main character in Holing’s series of mysteries, is a former high-end burglar and...

Be Your Own Brand of Sexy by Susan L. Edelman, MD. is about the next sexual revolution. The first sexual revolution promised women more choices, enabled them in expressing themselves better and blew an air of liberation, but cultural limitations today still hinder women’s choices....

Facing starvation and extinction, without communication or resupply from Earth for the last 15 years, Stephen’s Point colony decides to restore the ancient starship Chimera, a living ship that has been dormant for the past 200 years. The young members of the colony are required...

Re-Wired by Greg Dragon tells the story of Brad Barkley, a student busy with creating his new android, Tricia. His only break is a few exchanges with his college mate, Mika, with whom he is unsuccessful in making a romantic connection. Tricia, in the meantime,...

A graduation trip to New Orleans for Bailey and Zoe turns into a disaster for heroine Bailey in this novel. After a long night of partying, Bailey becomes suspicious about the staff at her hotel when no one answers the telephone for room service. Suffering...

33 Degrees is a chilling young adult thriller by Vincent Robert Annunziato set in the midst of a new ice age. The United States of America is a frozen wasteland where survival rests on a knife edge, and to make matters worse, a North vs...

America’s Got Talent Winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr: From Washing Cars to Hollywood Star by Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. and Rick Robinson is a story about the 2011 AGT winner’s humble beginnings, success and his new life as a singer. I followed AGT almost devotedly...

In Solar Storm: Raegan and RJ in Space by Richard Collins, young heroes Raegan, RJ, and friends save the world from a deadly solar flare by using their brains, courage and no small amount of real astrophysics (further details withheld to avoid spoilers). One of...

First to Mars: Raegan and RJ in Space by Richard Collins is the 14th in a series of award-winning graphic novels for young readers. In this fascinating and extraordinarily detailed adventure, Raegan and RJ, two young explorers in the Christian Space Program, take off with...