San Francisco is a collection of 11 short stories by Terence Clarke. "Eugene Li and The Queen of England" follows a Chinese American police officer as he is searching for the kidnapped granddaughter of an Irishman in Chinatown. In "The Only Playboy," two lead actors...

The Happy Clam is a motivational self-help book/memoir written by Rosemary A. Schmidt. Schmidt draws from her own life and uses personal anecdotes to convey lessons on various aspects of the human condition to help people lead happy and fulfilling lives. The author also cites...

Imagine living in the Magic City. That’s what people call Miami Beach. It’s the land of the rich and famous, beaches and finely tuned bodies, spas, and great places to dine out and socialize. What more could a person want? Or, for that matter, twin...

Enough to Make the Angels Weep by Ernesto Patino tells the story of Joe Coopersmith, a private investigator. Joe is hired by Carolyn Delaney to investigate the murder of her eighty-four-year-old grandmother, widow Dorothy Delaney, four years previously. Joe follows a few leads with assistance...

Snatching St. Nick by Myla Taylor is a fast-paced redemption story about Cooper, who is always in trouble, and always thinking of more ways to get himself into trouble. This time he really does it: he makes a bet with his arch-enemy Dax, that he...

Deadly Thanksgiving: A Senior Sleuth Cozy Mystery - Book 2 by Maureen Fisher opens with a tense scene as sisters Clara and Abby await the arrival of the Lifestyle Manor bus and a group of visitors whose positive reviews might save Grizzly Gulch from foreclosure....

To read Ansgar by Aleksandra Layland is to be transported into a mystical, medieval, mythological world so removed from today yet, in so many ways, the same. Perhaps the best word to describe this world is ideal, and as such, this novella will be for...

The MoonStone Girls by Brooke Skipstone is a very moving story about the true struggles many gays and lesbians faced in the early 60s and 70s. You envy her bravery and tenacity, and you find that Tracy is a woman on a mission. We follow...

Sky Chase by Lauren Massuda is the first book in the Flight of Ships series. Cordelia has made a name for herself as the feisty captain of a famous ship called The Raging Storm, which is tasked with keeping the floating islands of Caelum safe....

The Knife Thrower's Wife is a murder mystery thriller written by Sheila McGraw. Julia Green is a hard-working freelance illustrator, dutiful wife, and mother of boomerang twins. Her suburban life is turned upside down when she discovers her husband, Austin, cheating on her with an...

Of Love and Pies by Sheila McGraw is a delightful and engaging children’s book that asks the question, Can you say “I love you” too much? What would happen if you said “I love you,” “every minute or two?” And what would happen if every...

In Tara Eldana’s novel, Reaching For Forever, Flora Hargrove has given life-altering news to Rex Reddington. She is pregnant with his child. When Flora helped her cousin by going undercover as a dancer at a strip club, she never dreamed that she would fall for...

If you pick up The Second List by Max Bridges, prepare yourself for a roller coaster, wild, non-stop ride. Patrick Rooper, an ex-Navy SEAL writes for a Los Angeles newspaper. He’s approached by an elderly woman who asks him to recover a notebook buried in...

It's Great to be Me by Melissa Ahonen is an inspirational book for young children, and even adults too! The book is based on loving yourself and accepting who you are, just the way you are. Each page has a different affirmation that children can...

What do you do when you have a crush on your boss? You obviously pretend those feelings don’t exist, right? In Finding My Night by Halo Roberts, Bree has landed the perfect job right out of culinary school and, in addition to that, she has...

What are some of the best things to do when you have a loved one that's either experiencing dementia or Alzheimer's? As the population is changing, people are living longer. According to the Alzheimer's Association: "By mid-century, the number of Americans age 65 and older...

Tree Full of Wonder: An Educational, Rhyming Book about Magic of Trees for Children explains the changes that trees go through during the seasons, showing this warmly and lovingly. Anna Smithers explains the benefits of trees so that children can appreciate them. Here you will...

Rules of Falling by Leslie Tall Manning tells the story of a teenager's unique struggles and how her entire life is defined by the one thing she can't control. Erica is a high school senior, but she hasn't had a normal high school experience ever...

I found New Beginnings to be a charming novel that combines romance and drama. Deborah King draws her readers in with Sophie Tucker's dynamic personality, who appears to have everything going for her. Her family's legacy is a ranch that caters to PTSD clients. When...

The news of Abigail Ward's death was a shock to her family and neighbors. Everyone said Abby was the kindest and most generous person they knew. It was surprising that she died of a heart attack after her 80th birthday party, as she had looked...