Set in London’s East End, The Kiss of Karma by Vimal Vaz is the dark story of a fourteen-year-old boy. Ashok Choudhary is in a struggle not only for his own life and the peace of his soul, but for the lives and souls of...

Thunder and Lightning is a good romantic story. Camille and her twin brother Ujesh had a black slave mother and their father is the much feared Great Hawk, a famous Indian chief. Camille watched as her mother was killed and then she narrowly misses being...

In Panic, Jeff Abbott gives us Houston documentary filmmaker Evan Casher, who gets a frantic call from his mother in Austin. When he makes a hurried trip home, he finds her dead and is subsequently attacked. Thus begins his run from parties who insist he...

Why Is There a Hammer in the Fridge? A Family Member's Guide to Alzheimer's by Moraima Trujillo, a practicing psychiatrist, and her daughter Nora Trujillo, is a unique and witty book that enlightens the reader about Alzheimer’s. Dedicated to the authors' father, Esmeraldo Trujillo, who...

You're Not Alone by Carla Knowlton deals with a biblical theme. The author tries to tell the reader that the emotions we are undergoing currently have been experienced by our ancestors. They too went through a lot of negative emotions. That is a sort of...

Annabelle Sullivan and the Restless Spirit Society by Ivy K. Tyler is about Annabelle, Chloe, Bradley, and the ghost whom only Annabelle can see. No one believes Annabelle when she tells them about the ghost except her friend Chloe. Though she believes Annabelle, Chloe is...

Trudy, Madly, Deeply (Working Stiffs Mystery Series), by Wendy Delaney, is a detective story featuring Charmaine Digby, a thirty-something divorcee who's moved back home, up to the Pacific Northwest. She's staying with her grandmother and working at her great-uncle's coffee shop. Char is ready for...

Devil Let Me Go by Nathan Robinson is an exceptionally good collection of previously published short stories. Many of these fall into the “horror” genre, but not all. The final story, for example, would more closely associate with paranormal romance, although it is not at...

This is a wonderful story. You can’t really help but be interested when the opening chapter is the death of a piano teacher on Lucy and Gus’s living room floor. What follows is a beautiful story of a girl growing up, and growing into the...

In For the Love of Honey, C.G. Morgan creates a compelling character that is impossible to forget. Born on the mountain and raised by her mother and grandmother, Honey Giles finds the courage to face the town people who treat her unfairly. She does not...

The Last Observer by G. Michael Vasey is compelling to say the least. He successfully manages to take every belief that you find solid and indisputable, and turns it on its head. Stanley is just an "Average Joe." He may be creative, but he's also...

Oberon’s Court is a somewhat short tale introducing the reader to The Court of (Faery King) Oberon, and Andrea “Andy” Chamberlin, a human from a different time line. Andy is a college student, majoring in Art, much to the displeasure of her parents. Intent on...

Sleeper by Sophia Frazier is really a rather unique book. As written, a young woman awakes to find the power had gone off overnight, so her alarm clock failed to wake her. Jumping out of bed, she ran to the shower, only to discover there...

Shadows Live in the Darkness by Mr Mark A. Anderson is a horror story for teenagers. The characters -- Charles, Myron, Joe, Karl, Kathleen and Ann Marie -- are just normal teenagers who find themselves in the midst of some disturbing happenings at night with...

In the Middle tells the story of Miller Hoffman, a shy Southern kid trying to be like his father; ambitious and no stranger to success. When his parents divorced, Alma becomes his stepmother and he has a hard time dealing with his attraction toward her....

An Ill Wind Blows by Lori R. Lopez is a combination of horror, fantasy, and adventure where Arletta Trimble, called Meezly, is an orphan who gets caught up in a whirlwind. While battling with the wretched wind, she loses the mysterious gem, The Cursed Eye,...

Simple and sweet, that is neat. A young girl looks out her window and what does she see? Flowers and rain and a bird in a tree. Outside Your Window, written by Terri Kelley and illustrated by Josefina Tecson, is a sweet treat. The story...

In ShockWaves by Suzanna Williams, a high-octane YA novel that clips along as fast as our thrill seeking free-runner hero, English teen and foster kid Lee finds himself tangled in a nasty web of kidnapping, terrorism, and explosions. Told in head-long cinematic fashion, ShockWaves is...

In Caution: Witch in Progress by Lynne North, we meet Gertie who comes from a long line of witches, the kind with a wart on the end of their crooked nose. However, Gertie’s appearance is a bit of a disappointment; her nose is straight without...

In The Gift of Misfortune, Haitian siblings, Armand and Deborah Etienne, live in fear of an unpredictable future in their hometown of Port-au-Prince and the rest of Haiti. The young Etiennes are not rich, but they have a comfortable life compared to most people who...