The House in Windward Leaves by Katherine L. Holmes is a whimsical book written for children that even adults will enjoy reading. The story revolves around Sadie, seven of her friends and the upcoming Halloween night. Their main concern, besides their costumes, is the house...

“Red Leaves and the Living Token” by Benjamin David Burrell is a riveting fantasy featuring multiple interwoven sub-plots, with a captivating over-arching theme. Three distinct “species” of characters are the primary personalities in this story: Bota, Zo, and Petra. The Bota are a BOTAnical species,...

Poetry can suggest but not define the thoughts of the writer. There is always some little mystery about the meaning of words or the emotions behind them. M.H. Freeman in Before I Leave: Selected Poems and Poetic Prose, shows us wretched longing, sublime fulfillment, and...

When K.C. Wilder introduces us to Eve Wolcott, you just know it’s all going to go wrong. Mostly because everything she seems to have is nothing at all: her husband is handsome, rich, and successful, her homes are stately, and her sons are bright. With...

If You Leave Me, Can I Come With You? 365 Daily Humorous Meditations for Al-Anons & Codependents by Misti B. is a refreshing look at all the things wrong with most of us. I say that lovingly, because I have never met someone who either...

From the opening lines, I was hooked. Barbara Grover’s Fallen Leaves: Poetry and Song offers lessons and memories in the most impressive collection of poetry since early Emily Dickinson. Her words immediately touch the rawness of life’s regrets and those inevitable “what if” moments that...

You Can Leave Anytime by Rob Dinsmoor is the insightful journey of a man who, after twenty-five years of alcohol abuse, decides to check himself into Wetlands Rehabilitation Facility to sober up. Rob’s check-in process is thorough, detailing the body and luggage searches, paperwork, declarations,...

My daughter and I loved I Will Never Leave You by Susana Pena. When Bianca’s mother is a few minutes late in picking her up from school, she starts to imagine scenarios as to why. Her active imagination has her on the verge of tears...

Todd L. Shuler takes readers on a very fast ride with intense drama and action in Dew on Ginkgo Leaves: The Tigress and The General, an action novel that features two powerful warriors - Jade Flower, aka the Tigress, and the General, Yu Luan -...

When Leaves Fall by C.A. King is a gripping story. Ralph, whose identity we have yet to learn, wakes up in a dilapidated shed. He is tied up by his neck and held captive there. He doesn't know where he is or why he is...

Todd Shuler’s Dew on Ginkgo Leaves: The Viper's Revenge is the page-turning sequel to The Tigress and the General. Following the Empire’s great victories, Jade Flower is now married to the powerful general Yu Luan. The Empire will be tested once again when Huimin, a...

In Things You Leave Behind by ML Kennedy, Angela Brooks graduated from college a year ago and is still working a dead-end job in a mall. Angela craves some excitement in her life, a change from her monotonous routine and irritating co-worker. She decides to...

Marion Deeds' Aluminum Leaves is a fantasy adventure on a truly majestic scale, ignited by the murder of Erin Dosmanos’ family by fire elementals which should not exist in this world. The catalyst for this attack, the magical artifacts held by Erin’s family, are being...

A longing for the past that is never going to return – that’s the aftermath of a war. Annette Oppenlander’s When They Made Us Leave: A Novel about Hitler’s Mass Evacuation Program for Children details the brutalities of the Second World War from the perspective...

Autumn Leaves is a work of interpersonal drama and speculative fiction and was penned by author Stefan Vucak. The action centers around protagonist Dr. Dural Sinclair, whose seemingly perfect life is about to be interrupted at every turn by tragedy. A traumatic death in the...

There’s something special about decorating a Christmas tree that ignites memories of treasured moments in the past, memories before everyone grew up and started to leave. But, for Joanne Nelson, much of the leaving in her growing up years was tragic: family members leaving to...

The plot in Born for Leaving by Jude Munro is pretty straightforward: Oliver is a bartender who is broke and who also has huge debts to pay. He is looking for any means to get some extra money and is willing to put the spare...

Boarded Windows, Dead Leaves is a small collection of short horror stories by Michael Jess Alexander; so short as to be eligible for the designation “snippets”, or perhaps “brain fodder” intended for more lengthy treatment elsewhere. This is not to be critical of ultra-short fiction,...

The Ones We Leave Behind by Deanna Lynn Sletten is a historical event/era novel that would appeal most to a mixed audience of mature young adults and adults who enjoy cross-generational stories. Two women from the same family in different time periods both had their...

Moo Jung Cho’s second installment, Easier to See Jeong (Love) Leaving than Arriving, collects one hundred Korean proverbs and essays and offers practical advice on social, cultural, and political matters. The proverbs encourage creativity and hard work, for example in the phrase "a mediocre carpenter...