H: Infidels of Oil is the latest offering from Ray Palla. And if you enjoy thrillers where the murderous band of antagonists gets their comeuppance from a gaggle of good ‘ole boy roughnecks, then Mr. Palla has a rollicking novel just for you. In a...

Brutally Funny: A Dark Collection of Dysfunctional Family Stories by Lynda West is a clever, witty, and at times bittersweet anthology of short stories focused on her highly dysfunctional family. The Lloyd family was, to all outward appearances, the quintessential middle-class family, but just below...

"Jenny’s Way" is a path that leads to shoreline cottages near a lake in a New England mill town in the 20th century. The story is told by John E. Walker Black - named so by his drunkard father - as he recalls events in...

Crystal City is one of the world’s wonders and a neutral meeting place for the rulers of different realms powered by the Crystal, the center of all civilizations. Now the Crystal and the city are under attack by some unknown force. Rowan, the former captain...

In Tallow by MJ Howson, Marc cannot wait to show friends Tom and Julie his new condo on Cape Cod and, hopefully, rebuild his rocky relationship with girlfriend Chris. As they arrive at Cape Cod for Christmas, they discover that a blizzard is forecast later...

Token Tales and Fragments: Recalling a Time of Heroes and Sages is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by Billy Ironcrane. The book is a collection of stories based on the...

Returning to Center: A Collection of Stories, Vignettes, and Thoughts is a work of fiction in the anthology, martial arts, and spirituality subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Billy Ironcrane. In this collection of intricately...

Disenchanted (A Lay of Ruinous Reign: Book One) by Brianna Sugalski is a fantasy adventure filled with romance and intrigue. Princess Lilac has a peculiar curse. She can communicate with the magic folk in her kingdom. Her parents have kept her locked in their castle,...

Thunder: An Elephant’s Journey by Erik Daniel Shein and L.M. Reker is an adorable story that revolves around a young pygmy forest elephant, Thunder, who is on a mission to find his mother, Serenity, after escaping from poachers. Thunder, along with Penelope the Parrot, escapes...

Vandella: Resilience by M. Ch. Landa is a gripping novel about a German teenager named Emma Mädel, also known as Peach. Peach is from a staunch German family and dreams of participating in the Olympics, for the Fatherland. The family is attending a wedding at...

In Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson, Robyn Dunbarre is about to start her sophomore year at college and is on her way to get an awesome business degree that will help her buy the Green Tea Leaf Café. Her life was on a steady roll...

I loved Faeborne by Jenna Elisabeth Johnson. It is full of magic, romance, and mystery. Attention to detail is one of the key elements that can take a book from the so-so ranks and send it up the charts to bestseller. The attention to the...

Drummer's Call: Revenge of a Lone Wolf by Nigel Seed is an engrossing terrorist thriller with memorable characters and intense action. There has never been a time when the American military felt so helpless in the face of an attack. A very intelligent and cunning...

Punjab: War Against the Sikhs by Nigel Seed takes us back to 1843 when India was ruled by a loose configuration of British residents and British sovereignty was maintained principally by the private, yet government-sanctioned army of the all-powerful East India Company. When two young...

Space Cop Zack, Protector of the Galaxy: A Kids' Book about Using Your Imagination is written by Don Winn and illustrated by Allred. Space Cop Zack and his robot sidekick Garg skyrocket through the stars, chasing the terrible Dr. Dogbreath. On this chase, they travel...

What a thrill ride Blood and Royalty: Dragoneer Saga Book Six turned out to be! I must confess that I was already a fan of this series, so when the opportunity came to review this, the final installment of the Dragoneer Series by M.R. Mathias,...

Coyote’s Song by Renee Benzaim connects two women from the past and the present through a Miwok legend. In 1989, five-year-old Evangeline disappeared from her front yard. Ten years later in 1999, Hannah Kelly is searching for a subject for her new novel. She investigates...

Being King Arthur’s queen was not the life Guinevere would have chosen, but what choice was she given. And, once she accepted her lot as the king’s wife, she was forever the target of mischief and jealous rivalry. But Guinevere had been trained as a...

In Victory's Arrow by Cole Regitz and Sarah Regitz, as a child, Victory begins to develop her archery skills under the tutelage of her kind-hearted father, Mr. Whittington, a charitable soul who endeavors to assist neighboring villages. Victory picks up on her father's selfless, giving...

True love. Unbridled passion. Rose wrote award winning songs about these things, wrote with confidence and humor. But to experience anything close to it was an alien concept to her. And she liked it that way. In her world, self-control was essential. To allow emotion...