Outlaw Bikers and the Mob by Nicholas Anthony Parisi examines the complex and volatile relationship between two of North America's most notorious criminal groups: the Rizzuto Crime Family and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Parisi details their rise, alliance, and eventual fall, vividly depicting Montreal's...

Vuk: Legend of a Fanged Guardian Angel by Dan Božinov had me spellbound. In New York in 1983, Alex inherits two unusual legacies from his late father. One is a big dog, and the other is a mysterious journal. In the journal, he discovers the...

In Battle Beyond the Veil by Cassie Sanchez, when Boston museum curator Zahra Jenkins prepares a Babylonian exhibition, she expects professional scrutiny, not a call reporting that her estranged father, archaeologist Dr. Hugh Neeman, has vanished after discovering a relic known as the Atar’zul. The...

Laurence Hutson’s Shattered Faces is set during the First World War, when American sculptor Anna Ladd leaves Boston for Europe after learning that soldiers with severe facial injuries are hiding themselves from families and society. In London, she studies a new process that uses sculpture,...

When Barbara, a friend of Christine's, asked for help finding her son's misplaced key, Christine simply asked her guides, and they told her the location of the key. But when they checked and did not find it there, they felt disappointed. A few days later,...

Listening to Chopin While Fighting Nazis by Alex Charns brings together a novella and a memoir about a Polish-American family's multigenerational battle against fascism. The first part, Twenty Angels on Her Roof, is a fictional story set during World War II in Poland. It follows...

In Mira's Diary: Bombs Over London by Marissa Moss, Mira has a gift. Actually, her mother has the same gift. They are both time travelers. Mira hasn't seen her mother in a long time as her mother has been traveling through time, trying to fix...

Living Life One Second at a Time by Brenda Lott is a deeply moving memoir that recounts her near-fatal skiing accident and the extraordinary journey of recovery that followed. Through vivid and heartfelt storytelling, Brenda shares the physical and emotional challenges she faced, from enduring...

Murder is a Family Affair by Donalie Beltran describes a family that begs the question - can evil be inherited? The Tuxhorn family takes us to Illinois in the mid 1850s, where Charles was a boy with a hard heart and a lovely face. Evil...

Marcia Goldman’s Lola Goes to the Doctor is a well-written story that explores a topic familiar to children. Most kids have had to see a doctor at some point, even if only for a regular check-up. Lola the dog describes her feelings about having to...

Wheels of Change by Darlene Beck Jacobson is the heartwarming story of twelve-year-old Emily who is the daughter of a carriage maker in Washington, DC, in the early 1900s. Emily's mother takes care of the family. Emily likes to help her father in his carriage...

Full of culture as well as color, Winter Candle by Jeron Ashford and illustrated by Stacey Schuett, is a rich and profound little tale about an apartment complex at Juniper Court. The diverse mix of cultures is illustrated by the different winter celebrations in the...

I Ate A Cicada Today by writer/illustrator Jeff Crossan is a book of nonsense rhymes for children to enjoy, in the style of Lewis Carroll or Roald Dahl. It features a variety of different animals and actions, and each one is accompanied by a rhyming...

The Magic of Maxwell and His Tail by Maureen Stolar Kanefield is the charming and adventurous story of Maxwell the mouse. Maxwell is curious and he wants to know about everything. One day, he realizes that his tail is growing longer and he finds himself...

Island of A Thousand Springs by Sarah Lark takes the reader on a rare journey from the dreary streets of London to the slave plantations of Jamaica in the mid-1700s. The tale follows Nora Reed as she loses her first love and marries Elias Fortnam,...

Unholy Night (Psycho Thrill: Chilling Tales of Horror) by Timothy Stahl features young couple Adrian and Marie who are involved in a tram accident. Marie is heavily pregnant and when he finds her in the snow, Adrian is sure his wife is dead. When she...

Suffer, My Sweet, by Michael Marcus Thurner, opens at a twenty-year high school reunion, where the formerly perceived as awkward, dumb-as-dirt, weirdo Evelyn has blossomed into a wildly sexy, rich, and powerful woman. Marco, who now barely ekes out a living, detested Evelyn in their...

His memory blank to the events of the night before, Edgar Allen Poe awakens to find himself in a dark cellar with his slightly older doppelganger. The man forces Poe into a disguise, gives him mysterious instructions, and pushes him out the door, where Poe...

In Sweet Manhattan Fling by Angelina Kay, Maren Janson is an up and coming journalist for Germany’s hottest tabloid magazine, FLASH. Her next assignment? Profiling a dashing and highly talented chef, Bob Halliwell, in New York and making him popular in Germany as well. Maren...

It's holiday season in Kinky in Cancun by Karyna Leon and it is time for another adventure with Maren and Caprice. Maren is in Cancun on a new assignment. This time, she needs to find and get a picture of a wealthy businessman’s son. No...