The Elephant in the Ivy by Alexander Greengaard is set in a private university, where Alison Ashe is recruited into Chaturanga, a secret competition run by faculty in which academic departments act as rival teams in a controlled spy game. Students serve as operatives, steal...

The Thin Door by Rho Weber Mack is a coming-of-age story as Ramie discovers herself. Ramie is a 15-year-old high school sophomore living in poverty and just hoping to survive. She has an absent mother and a younger brother who is involved in street...

The Purple Pill: How to Balance Success in a Divided World presents Kiani Mills’s account of realizing that her life was shaped by learned patterns absorbed long before she could evaluate them. She describes how early conditioning guided her toward functioning efficiently in social and...

The Drowned Queen by Elspeth Gregorsdóttir introduces us to Myr’Caenith, a woman who survives a century of captivity in the deathless realm of the Duskhold. She goes into the Whispering Sea, where her body dissolves and reforms with command over shadow and starlight. She crosses...

In The Secret of Spirit Lake by Jane Haltmaier, the story moves between two girls living decades apart in the same lakeside house. In the present day, fourteen-year-old Amy struggles after her parents move the family to a small town in upstate New York to...

The Six O'Clock Rule "If you're thinking of doing something that might make you look like a dumbass on the six o'clock news, here's a tip. Don't." The setting is Jacksonville Beach, Florida The Six O'Clock Rule begins with an action packed shoot out. After a teen...

Fall 1984: This story begins with a trial. A man was accused of killing his family. Richard King the defense, attorney cared little whether his client was guilty or not. He took the case for the publicity. The accused (Buxley the Butcher) declared his innocence...

This is a very well-told tale in a made-up world quite different from those fantasy lovers have seen before. It has a well-thought-out plot with interesting characters, both human and otherwise. I find the writing fluid, even when the author chose to make each scene...

The Spruce Gum Box is author Elizabeth Wilder's debut novel and she has tweaked the imagination of readers with interest in the cultural and historical development of the state of Maine. Set by the Aroostook River in a disputed area bordering Nova Scotia, a...

Debra Hampton comes home excited about making plans for a permanent relationship with her live-in boyfriend Vincent, only to walk in on a heartbreaking surprise: Vincent in bed with the first woman who welcomed her to their neighborhood. She then finds out that the relationship...

Ben has morphed into a safe person after a violent crime takes his family from him. Reserved, quiet and so in tune with safety that he sells his service as a safety consultant to businesses and corporations. He has settled into a vanilla life, marries...

Having two boys under the age of 10, I am always looking for funny, informative and educational books that will keep their attention. Johnnie Blackwelder's book, "The Posmenatt Way" is a perfect example of one of those books. This book is both informative and highly...

Elderly Bobby Valentine has his daughter drive him back into the Spanish section of Queens. They park and eat lunch at a cafe which features Italian food and Bobby remembers when a long ago time this cafe was the Starlight Club where Mafia "made" Yip...

"The Owl in the Tree" by Peter Kay is the story of a family. While he shares the stories of his mother's declining health and how she spent her final years in a nursing home, he also weaves together snippets of his family life. We...

Zachary E. Lewis shares his struggle and journey with readers in his "The Burly Man: Adapt Change Assimilate Transcend" in the hope that it may benefit at least one person searching for an answer to an Auto Immune Disease. Zachary E. Lewis was a burly...

Beth Becker is retired from her decrypting work for the CIA and lives with her husband, James, a former military intelligence operative, in Red Wing, Minnesota. Then she is called back by those in power in Washington, D.C., to head over to Egypt to "see"...

"The Father’s Love" is an emotionally charged and inspiring short novel written by Dave Moore. This story is inspired by true events and real people. Dave Moore’s son, David, is a freshman in college who is facing difficult times when he suddenly leaves a note...

Danny Rorro lived in the neighborhood in Queens where he has lived all his life. Danny made life fun and interesting for himself and enjoyed making others laugh. “The Domino Effect” is the story of Danny’s life and the series of painful defeats that left...

"The Wicked Passage" by N M Singel is an inventive mix of fantasy and history for young adults. Blake Wyatt just wants the school day to end but then his very odd substitute teacher has to go and reveal that Blake and his sister Erica...

"The Arcane Awakening" by Riggo/Crippen is a comic book with graphics to be envied. While this book will appeal to adults young and old, the readers should be aware that like most novels of this type, it has it's share of graphic violence. The story...