Dennis O’Donnell’s 40 for 40 is less a memoir than a bucket list, a“wish list” that, for years, was subconscious. He reached each memorable milestone and learned from his experiences. As a youngster, he was subjected to peer pressure. In his twenties, he became aware...

Sixteen-year-old Cos McDhai has an average life for an Irish boy growing up in Iowa, but a beautiful girl in a green Pinto changes everything. The summer will remain etched in his mind as the girl, Kathy, pushes his boundaries and makes him fall...

Set in 1867 in Bantry Bay, Ireland, Out of Ireland by Marian O'Shea Wernicke follows sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Donovan, who, due to her family's financial hardships after her father's passing, is reluctantly married to a 40-year-old widower named John Sullivan. The prospect of an arranged marriage...

A Gigantic Leap: First Contact by David Brown is a wide-ranging work that incorporates science fiction, social issues, and suspense. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. In this thought-provoking and moving tale about interplanetary cooperation and the search for peace, we...

In Guidance to Death, Daniel V Meier Jr opens his story with a horrific plane crash. The wreckage is so severe the authorities cannot tell what caused the crash. Was it a pilot error, a mechanical fault, or sabotage? Aviation crash expert Frank Adams is...

Tomorrow We Will Know: A Novel of Imperial Constantinople 1453 by Sandra Worth is set in the last days of the Byzantine Empire, specifically during the siege of Constantinople in the early 1450s. The story follows Emperor Constantine XI and his struggles to keep the...

Blackberry Road by Jodi Lea Stewart is historical fiction at its finest. Biddy Woodson comes from a large sharecropper family and has had to learn life the hard way, with no small amount of cussing along the way. One afternoon, a neighbor is found dead,...

Slipshod is a murder mystery by David M. Cameron. Peter McAdam was nicknamed Slipshod at school for his lack of enthusiasm and determination. Rupert Maddox interviews Peter to join his private investigation business, and after a few months, Peter becomes a partner. Rosemary, the daughter...

Tree of Lives, written by Elizabeth Garden and with artwork by Barbara Brose, is a work of women's fiction in a hybrid historical-contemporary setting that follows the account of one woman's journey to self-empowerment in the face of immense adversity. Through the detailed life of...

Llama Locomotion by Dr. Deborah Sharp Molchan is a story about how physical exercise can help you focus and learn better. This book suggests that exercise is directly linked to better brain function and that by moving around you allow oxygen to enter the brain,...

Black Witch Moth: A Man's Spiritual Journey to Find His Destiny is a work in the interpersonal drama, spiritual and sociocultural issues subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience owing to some scenes of a sexual nature and the use of...

Relic Rupture, by EDD Jordan, is about people in a tight-knit community affected by a mysterious bench in life-altering ways. I won’t give away what happens, but I think it’s safe to say time travel is involved, albeit not in any way I’ve ever seen...

Edmond Raines may have left the life of a protector behind but a recent tragedy gravitates him back to familiar surroundings as he prepares himself for the inevitable reckoning that must come. With the help of his trusted teacher, he tracks down the people that...

Chronicles of MatiLou and PerryAnn by Martha Passel is about two young women who face tragedies, tough decisions, and many questions about their future, as well as what happened in the past. The book is written in four parts and covers 30 years. PerryAnn’s parents...

Broken Pencils by J.R. Rice is the story of a Black high school teenager diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The story starts with him preparing to go to his prom in San Francisco. Many elements resulted in the catastrophe of this night. His prom is on...

The world of technology evolves by the day. It is so rapid that there is a new technological tool being introduced to the world with life-changing capabilities each day. For adults, this is an accepted routine which to more extent than is obvious has become...

Soaring Through Adversity by Renee J. Breazeale is a memoir of the author’s personal experience in finding peace through the most challenging season in her life. Being told that you have a brain tumor is terrifying as is, let alone a tumor the size of...

All That Glisters by Topper Jones is a mystery that would appeal to young adults and adults who enjoy fast-paced mystery stories and don’t mind a bit of graphic violence. Forensic consultant Thaddeus Hanlon is left suspicious when his best friend dies after becoming involved...

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...

In Native Blood by Leonard Krishtalka, a biological anthropologist investigating indigenous genetics is killed and the blame lands on the chancellor's Athabascan Native son, an archaeology student engaged in protesting early American genomic probes. Harry Przewalski, a private eye, is sucked into an intricate network of field flaws...