A Twist of Lemon: 100 Curious Stories in Exactly 100 Words by Arlene Duane Hemingway is a cleverly written collection of complete tales. Too many to list here, each story has its own merit, ranging from comedic to tragic. This happened to be my first...

Where Is My Happy Ending? A Journey of No Regrets by Karen Harmon is the poignant and heartbreaking story of living in a family plagued by mental illness and how she leaves home at the age of seventeen and goes to Vancouver to embrace a...

Wow...Sulu Sea...what a fabulous read! Better yet, what a fabulous writer Marshall Riggan is. But then, I shouldn’t be surprised given that Riggan has penned scripts for over 200 TV films and won an Emmy for an ABC documentary. Those skills, coupled with his extensive...

Atomic Kiss by Brendan S Bigney is a collection of entertaining and insightful free-verse poems. The poem “The People that We Meet” opens the collection. It examines the many people one meets in a lifetime and encourages appreciating those among them who turn out to...

Cleo Can Tie A Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story is an educational picture book for children written by Sybrina Durant and illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam. Cleo loves bows! All of her shoes have bows, and she always has a bow in her hair. If...

InstaGrateful: Finding Your Bliss in a Social Media World by Sheri Fink is a non-fiction self-help/inspirational guide that acts as a self-applied soothing balm to invigorate and strengthen the soul. Fink offers a roadmap for putting out positive, authentic content that reflects the positive, authentic...

Digger liked digging in the dirt around the base of a large tree in the Schmidt family's backyard. It was his love for dirt and digging that made his parents name him Digger. He would dig around the tree more than once and Mr. Schmidt...

A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache by Jenni. L Walsh is a historical novel firmly rooted in reality and the persona of the mysterious Eleanor Dumont or Madame Moustache as she later became known. The story traces one Simone Jules, the daughter of...

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: A Memoir of One Citizen Activist by Lois Nicolai is a call to action to everyone who cares about our planet and the damage we are doing, especially as it relates to nuclear power and nuclear weapon proliferation. Lois Nicolai was...

In Depths and Venom by C.R. Defuoco, self-made millionaire businessman Perry Roniami has never placed any importance on good morals or the well-being of others. For Perry, the only thing that matters is that he is respected and admired by everyone. As Perry recovers from...

Love Behind Enemy Lines by Jeanette Anderson is a tale of forbidden romance between Palestinian Jannah al-Jarbouni and Israeli Efron Oved. From the moment their eyes met, both Efron and Jannah had felt an irresistible attraction toward each other. Their union, albeit risky, was full...

A woman boxer? Nowadays, it may not be something to be surprised about, but in the eighteenth century? Gasp! How unladylike. In A Lady’s Revenge by Edie Cay, Lady Lydia Somerset is just that, though only a select few know why. Even fewer understand the...

Finding George Washington by Bill Zarchy is a time travel tale. It’s 1778 and the weather is freezing. New snow falls constantly, making life difficult for the soldiers at the Valley Forge encampment. General George Washington leaves the encampment and suffers a fall, knocking himself...

One Country Club Drive: Stories Across Three Generations of Greenskeeping is a nonfiction sports memoir written by Marty Peck. Battle Creek Country Club and the Dutch Colonial home gracing the entrance at One Country Club Drive was the home, workplace, and playground of three generations...

Hush Money by Deborah Harris, Jaquie Abram, and Delilah Harris is an explosive novel that focuses on systemic racism. All Ebony, a black woman, ever wanted was to have a decent and steady source of income, to take care of her mother and son. Her...

Language Barrier is a work of fiction in the humor, paranormal fantasy, and magical realism sub-genres, and was penned by author Russell Cornhill. In this whimsical, dry, and highly amusing work, we met protagonist Daniel Nichols at the tender age of seventy-three. When Daniel is...

Baby Got Back In Her Pants: A Simple Plan to Thrive on a Plant-Based Diet by Christin Bummer is much more than just a health and fitness book, it is actually a combination of various books. Indeed, it is first and foremost a guide, which...

In Overland by Ramcy Diek, Skyla is a young woman working in her father’s insurance agency. She has a happy family life, a boyfriend, and life is good. Until that rainy Thanksgiving eve when she is kidnapped. Rikkerson, the kidnapper, took Skyla to his shack...

Mead's Trek by Dr. Tom Gauthier is a powerful historical military drama set in 1943. Marine Corps Major Amos Mead is a dynamic main character; a lawyer by profession who finds himself chosen by the president (FDR) to ascertain the details of operations of intelligence...

If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath is a memoir in which the author explores her inner journey towards healing and wholeness after a devastating accident. It was supposed to be a fun wilderness adventure but...