It’s a scary thing to think about: after all the months of preparation and planning for your newborn baby, to have everything go out the window when that baby says it’s coming fast and you end up delivering somewhere unexpected. En Route Baby is a...

As a college project, Abby Thomas volunteered to spend her summer tutoring an eleven-year-old troubled girl, Merrideth. The summer didn’t begin as easily as Abby expected. Merrideth’s parents were divorced, her mother, Pat, was always busy with work and rarely had time for her daughter....

Voluptua: A Novel by Jason Martin is a story set against the backdrop of Amazonian shamanism. Ellen gives up her university career to explore the world of shamanism. She meets a Peruvian stranger, Hugo, who is also into shamanism. He changes the series of events...

Domingo's Angel by Jenny Twist is about Angela, a frail and pale girl who is so tall and thin that villagers in the remote Spanish village where she lives think she is a fairy or a ghost. The story is set in that village and...

In Reckless Abandon, the third book in the Shadow Soldiers series by Kallie Lane, Billie Bradshaw, a feisty cowgirl in Alberta, Canada, is nearly killed by a mysterious sniper. When her dad hires Reece 'Rocket' Morgan, a capable military man and old teenage flame, to...

Fear the Reaper by Joe Mynhardt is a delicious blend of short stories with one common thread running through them: they all include a close encounter with the old man himself, the Grim Reaper. Each author in this set was asked to produce a new,...

Plateau - Beyond the Trees, Beyond 2012 by Tina Frisco is a book with spiritual undertones. The protagonist is a 15-year-old tribal girl, W'Hyani. She is born as the keeper of the Crystal Heart which is the key to the Great Mosaic of Life. This...

Memes of Loss and Devotion by Darren White is an anthology of thrilling futuristic stories that reveals our strengths and failings, as well as challenges that we human beings have to face. Darren White’s deft writing style is perhaps one of the best I have...

Karl met Leda when Karl’s group, a group studying tropical diseases, contracted with the company Leda was working for to provide personnel for the study they will conduct. After three years of working together, a fight broke out in the area where they were working....

Mark's Strength by Sky Elizabeth Wieland is the second in a series. If you've not read the first book, Sarah's Gift, you might be a bit lost for a while. This book takes off when Sarah has been injured and is basically in shock. She...

Bringing back retro dance music from the 1930s was perhaps a greater challenge than Frank had intended to take on at first in Second Wind, by Ray Hobbs. TV and film composer Frank Morrison decides to bring a grey-haired set of master musicians back into...

As Riding The Hurricane opens, we find Cassie at a crossroads in her life. Her daughter is on the brink of adulthood and therefore less reliant on her, while Cassie is then left to contend with a drunken, abusive husband. We meet up with Cassie...

Tortured and near death, Zyra Zanr is held hostage by a group of rival bounty hunters aboard their ship, Lilith. Zyra escapes, but her captors are determined to recapture her. Revenge is on Zyra’s agenda, as she intends to teach her former captors a lesson....

Sir Nathan and the Clammy Calamity (Somewhat Silly Stories) (Volume 3) by Mark Simon Smith is a fantasy/adventure story with lots of excitement. A whale, Kale, comes to Mariskatania and tries to flood the place. He is upset because their litter is going into the...

Hank Rangar, former cyber warrior, has revolutionized cardiac surgeries, and is able to save millions of lives and medical expenses with his lab Made By Man. Unfortunately, his technology is stolen and his gravely ill sister desperately needs this crucial lifesaving procedure. Hank has to...

If I Never Went Home tells the story of two Trinidadian women, Bea and Tina, and the separate yet inextricably linked lives they lead in two separate places. Told mostly through flashbacks switching between Tina and Bea, we learn just how tumultuous their lives were...

Ancient Enemy by Mark Lukens is an exquisite tale. Stella, a specialist in Anasazi culture, had been recruited to join the team on what some thought may have been the greatest archaeological discovery of all time. What they found instead was evil incarnate. Dating back...

The Korean Word For Butterfly by James Zerndt takes places in Korea during the soccer World Cup in 2002 and is about a few characters whose stories sooner or later intertwine. There is Billie who came to Korea with her boyfriend to teach English at...

Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales by Russell Mebane is a collection of short stories which introduces readers to a deep, dark, gut wrenching state of emotions. Themes include morality, sexual behavior, interracial concepts, relationships, religion, futuristic technology, and superior beings. This book is not...

In The Serpent's Ring, H.B. Bolton introduces us to the Relics of Mysticus series, a mythical and fantastic adventure for young adults. Readers meet Evan and Clare Jones, your typical American kids. Like many kids, they get dragged around by their parents to do boring...