Blood & Rust: On Devil’s Throne by P. D. Platt opens with Deacon Greenleaf confined in a rusty metal box as claustrophobic as a coffin, in pain from injuries, but with no memory of why he is hurt or how he got there. The only...

Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider by Ellen C Maze is perhaps the only original novel I have come across after reading the Harry Potter series. The thrill, the mystery and the suspense of the chase had my heart racing and wanting more. I enjoyed how Beth...

Grant Avenue is a work of literary dramatic fiction penned by author James Celano, and is self-described as ‘A Novel in Twelve Stories’. Focused on the theme of coming of age, our central hero is Nick Castagno, born into a working-class neighborhood and a Catholic...

Patty Humphrey thought it would be just another Sunday morning helping her husband, Associate Pastor Matt Humphrey, when a mysterious stranger walks into church service. It starts as just another "meet and greet" common to pastors' wives and church secretaries until the stranger, Artie, draws...

It was an experience of joy, sadness and of family love that made reading Heart of Steel by Kevin D. Miller unforgettable. We meet young Stanley Pulchalski, his brothers, sisters, mom, and dad and share in their life experiences right alongside them. Heart of Steel...

There is a lot to unpack in Return to Eternity, Jenni Barnett's colorful and character-driven drama. I appreciated the preface certainly, as it grounded me in the factual history of colonial Australia that the novel expands upon. This is more than historical fiction; it's a...

Told from the perspective of Chris Brennan, a modern-day equivalent to Adam, he meets Camilla, his Eve. As they fall in love and begin their life journey together, events take a drastic turn when they enter a futuristic world filled with war and destruction. Checkpoint...

It is 1912 and baseball, a young sport, is floundering to find its way. Dead Ball by GP Hutchinson is the story of Hal Gerecke and Rube Wannamaker and the role they played. Hal is a pitcher and Rube is the batter as the season...

Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey is a nonfiction memoir written by Jo Ivester and based on the video journals of her son, Jeremy Ivester. Jo and her husband, Jon, were not at all surprised when their third...

From the time he was a puppy, Chance demonstrated an exemplary ability to understand and communicate with humans. Not many dogs, even those well trained, have such an intense connection of comprehension. Chance was born to be a hero. He began his training as a...

Echoe is the mother of two cute, quirky children who are growing up in a complicated world. Still tortured by the ghosts of her past, Echoe tries to navigate her way through life as a mother and as an independent woman who, despite having...

Butterflies Blue: An Interlude in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Chambers Lane Series) by Daniel Maldonado is an intriguing romance novella about moving forward from a painful past. After a turbulent, heart-breaking relationship, Layla Little hopes to move forward and leave the past behind. She goes...

Buffalo Dance is a work of fiction in the western, historical and action sub-genres, and was penned by author G. P. Hutchinson. Written as the third novel in the Cimarron Jack Westerns series, this adventure sees our titular character as one of America’s touring wild...

Shared Madness by Rick Moskovitz is a gripping story filled with suspense and mystery, following Zack Tripler, a psychiatrist in Boston who has just admitted Youssef al Saud to the hospital. Brought in from the woods where he has been hiding with his laptop, Youssef...

A Stand-in for Dying is the first book in the Brink of Life Trilogy by Rick Moskovitz. It is set in the near future and at a time when technology has developed to the point where it allows humans to extend their lifespan and to...

Last Star Standing is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Spaulding Taylor. When they came for him in the middle of a class he was teaching, Aiden Tenten’s heart sank. How had the Xirfell found out about him? He was almost relieved, however, when...

Today is AJ’s birthday. He’s five years old. He’s so excited and looking forward to a big party with family and friends. The only problem is everyone is in quarantine, locked down due to the global pandemic. How will he celebrate his birthday without a...

Pickoff by G.P. Hutchinson is a thriller set in 1927 that combines major league baseball and Chicago mob action, mostly the latter. Joe Rath, a young, well-rounded catcher, is replaced by a younger, poorer defensive, and heavy-drinking backstop, BUT a home run star. Joe’s career...

Sent To Watch by David J. Lebenstein is a science fiction novel set just after the historic battle of Waterloo. Our Earth, called Earth 48, is just one of the many planets with life. Aliens do exist and they are all humans. These ‘humans’ have...

Kincaid: A Mountain Man's Treachery by GP Hutchinson is a fast-paced, action-packed Western tale. In Part I, Front Range Legend, Kincaid sets off to retrieve obscene photographs from two lackeys delivering them to a corrupt judge. In a double-cross, an all-out shooting match results in...