This is the first book of Debora Swift that I have come across and, trust me, it is not going to be the last. A Plague on Mr Pepys is set in 17th century London, a time of plague and war. However, the world of...

An old camera, mysterious photos and a series of murders... Hailey Sloan is like anyone else, just trying to pave her way as a photojournalist. But when an old camera comes into her possession while helping her grandmother clean the attic, her life will change...

Ryan Walsh, special agent employed by the formidable Maxine Rider as a security “consultant,” rarely asks questions of his boss. He knows what is expected of him and is content that any action demanded is for the betterment of the human race. Maxine doesn’t request...

The Noble Rebellion by Joshua G. Fensterstock is a spellbinding political thriller with strong hints of terrorism. While the arrogant President Cole delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, a terrorist dubbed "the Sultan” orchestrates one of the most...

Paris, Adrift by Vanda is an engrossing novel about a woman in the 1950s, working as an artist manager for a famous singer. The singer, Juliana, was trying to recover after a poor career move, and it’s Al’s job to help her. They head to...

The Kuiper Belt Deception by Donald Averill is a diligently written, intelligently plotted science fiction story with an interstellar setting in 2080. The narrative transports readers into space and immerses them in an adventure that is as exciting as it is perilous. An experiment results...

People of God: One and All Saints and Sinners by Edith Close-Vaziri is a powerful collection of poems that pays attention to the grace of God and His relationship with his children. Vaziri brings out the imperfections of this world and how the Saints struggle...

The world imagined by William R. Herr in his novel 5:30 Return is not a pleasant one. A designer drug called 'Jack' has turned Tucson into an ugly amusement park, where the rich can live out their basest fantasies with Jack as their excuse and...

Pathogen Protocol is the second book in former Space Shuttle experiment engineer Darren Beyer’s Anghazi series. Mandisa ‘Mandi’ Nkosi reunites with her mother, Gisela, on the Anghazi near Helios while Colonel Grae Raymus, alone and outnumbered, escapes from New Reykjavik to a secret base. Being...

A Portal to Vibrancy by Laurette Folk is a coming of age novel. Jackie Fellini was brought up a staunch Catholic; she and her family were programmed by the church they believe in. Jackie wants nothing more than to please her family, achieving straight A’s...

Full Count by F. Coe Sherrard is a fictional sports drama that revolves around two key players on the Lefton College baseball team; Shane Reynolds and Charlie Hamilton. As standout star in his high school years, the addition of having Shane as a pitcher on...

In Justifiable Demise by W. Lawrence Johnston, a woman kills herself after discovering her husband has a son by another woman. William can’t bear to look at Kyle, his son by his wife, wanting only Ferrell, the son he has by Tiffany. Throwing Kyle out...

The Champion (The Champion Trilogy Volume 1) by Glen Robinson tells the story of Pastor Harris Borden, a bored and maybe burnt-out pastor of a small congregation in Nevada. He prays to God to use him to do bigger and better things, and the next...

Have you ever wondered why some people are never happy with their situation while others embrace life with a passion? What makes them see the world through grey tinted glasses where every opportunity is seen as another way to fail? On The Way Or In...

The Donors by Gary Turcotte is a great book that I adored and that isn’t an overstatement; a narrative with hints of crime and adventure that begins with the protagonist, Tom, needing legal assistance. Beaten, shot and left for dead in a foreign country, Tom...

In I'm Not Your Slave by Eric Reese, as young Imtiyaaz waits to board her flight at Jakarta International Airport, she believes that a brighter future is within her grasp. Thankfully she was introduced to Ishmael who ran a recruitment agency for the hospitality industry,...

In The Shadows Of The City by James Jewell is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of an unforgiving society that can mercilessly break budding souls. We meet Jack Wallace, a young man struggling to handle his high school education while trying...

On page 3 of From the Heartland: Semper Fi by J.W. Sloter, right under the dedication to all the men and women who have served in all branches of the armed services, there is this quote: “When is a ‘memoir’ not a ‘novel’? When lightly...

Two love stories are explored in Pleasure and Power: sibling and romantic love. The siblings are Maddie and Ruby, who live in “darktown” in this age of segregation. When Maddie is hit on the head by a baseball, the sisters’ mother and their own lives...

Boss of the Bathroom is a humorous coming of age novel for children and preteens written by Christina Rauh Fishburne. Emily just couldn’t take her brother’s antics sometimes; he was just too much of the worst things that a little brother could be. While they...