In Pacific Reaper: Detective Emilia Cruz Book 5 by Carmen Amato, the dead body of a gang member is discovered inside a tent in the remote Coyuca Lagoon reserve. It’s a ritualistic murder, a sacrifice to Santa Muerte, Mexico’s forbidden saint of death. The case...

If you decide to read All the Ways You Can Face the Sky by Farlo Ben Truman -- and you should -- prepare yourself for a very different journey into literary fiction. Truman’s approach might initially confuse you: it will take a while to figure...

Hope UnShackled (Redemption Series Volume 2) by Elaine Violette is a historical fiction novel set in the period of the 1850s in America. This was the time when American slavery was an entrenched “institution” in the South and the Fugitive Slave Act had been passed...

O.Z. Diggs the seventh, descendant of Oz the Great and Terrible Wizard, like all male heirs in his family, was cursed by the wicked witch of the West. Or so the story, which had been passed down through many generations, is told. He was the...

Nudists, swingers, and cross-dressers are respectable citizens in a post-world war English community in the absorbing fiction novel, The Villagers by A.J. Griffiths-Jones. Olive and her family are happy and excited to take possession of the lovely semi-detached chocolate box cottage they have just purchased....

The Seasiders by A.J. Griffiths-Jones is a tale of mystery. Grace and Dick are happy. They have the beautiful Sandybank Guesthouse overlooking the beach. Visitors come to the guesthouse every year, taking in the beautiful surroundings and the fabulous home cooking, but it is not...

Louise is a geologist, and she is the only living person on Mars. The other colonists are dead, struck down by a strange virus. After two months of Louise maintaining the station by herself, a rocket arrives, carrying six men in cryogenic tanks. She has...

There is something mysterious about the invitation itself, both in the way it appears on paper and the strangeness of its content. It is a singular opportunity to embark on a journey to face her fears and have her most precious wish granted, and she’s...

Hiding in Theaters and Other Stories by Frederick Harrison is a collection of short stories. Each story is a perception of the world as the author sees it and what is dominating at the time, be it a person or an event. The stories are...

The Cold Light of Dawn by Anna Belfrage is set in the period following the crushing of the rebellion led by Henry of Lancaster in 1329, and a semblance of peace seems to settle on the land. But the young king, Edward III, doesn’t find...

Zeus Tames His Temper: Taki & Toula Time Travelers - Book 3 by Elena Paige is part of a series of early readers for children from 4 to 9 years old. It is a delightful educational children’s story, but also a very entertaining adventure set...

Charley Meets His Neighbors: Charley, Steven, & Stella, Book 2 is a children’s animal picture book written by Jeff Magnuson and illustrated by Bettina Brasko. Charley likes Mapleton, the town where he and his rescue cats, Stella and Steven, live. The neighbors are all pretty...

When I picked up The Call: A Baseball Novel by Laurie Boris, the last thing I expected was to meet a female protagonist, and I must say that she is so well developed and the story so original and deeply moving that I couldn’t put...

Marketers, Tear Down These Walls! Liberating the Postmodern Consumer by Michael Solomon is a compelling book on marketing, and it is a revolutionary book that explores the psychology of the consumer in today’s changing times. Until now, marketing experts have strongly relied on the principle...

The Collapsing Kingdom: The Land Without Color, Book 3 is a fantasy/adventure novel for children and preteens written by Benjamin Ellefson and illustrated by Kevin Cannon. Something awful was happening in Brandon’s home town, and it seemed that there was no one in charge who...

The Amazon Legacy by Zenay Ben-Yochanan is a thrilling journey into the world of Greek gods, Amazons, kings and queens. Following a wager between the Greek god Zeus and his wife, Hera, a human woman is granted immortality and becomes Queen of all Amazon tribes....

Our planet is constantly at risk of bombardment from outer space. In Chaco by Peggy A. Wheeler, that scenario horrifyingly comes to life when a massive solar flare sends out electro-magnetic pulses that render all technology on earth useless. Anything that relies on computer technology...

June V. Bourgo is a master at multi-layering a plot. In Chasing Georgia, an unknown stalker enters her complex life, which sends everything into a tailspin. Georgia Charles was already dealing with the sudden death of her ex-husband and having to cope with his judgmental...

With Missing Thread, June V. Bourgo brings her trilogy about Georgia Charles Dixon to a neat close and expertly snips any loose threads left hanging in the first two novels. While Missing Thread is classified as suspense, this time the real tension is centered on...

Realms by K.T. Kimbrough takes an exciting, unconventional look at a world where angels and demons war beside us. Seth Ivory had an epiphany, an awakening of the soul. It changed the way the rock star sees the world, and has crept into his music....