Confessions of a Bronx Bookie by Billy O'Connor takes you on a wild ride starting in the 1950s in the Bronx, and to Vietnam and back again. Follow Connor Kelly as he goes through life; he is a gambler, addict, alcoholic, misogynist and lover of...

8 Wealth Habits of Financially Successful People by Ron Malhotra deals with the steps necessary for creating wealth. Simple really, the author says, but not that easy; it needs discipline, planning, motivation, accountability and someone to watch over it, like a personal dietitian. The book...

Shattered by the Wars: But Sustained by Love by Hi-Dong Chai is the story a Korean boy tells in his own words of his childhood at the time of World War II, the Korean War, communism and associated turbulence. The disturbances in his life are...

The Solomon Twist by Dan Hammond begins with confusion regarding an about-to-be-born baby, whether the ‘exed out’ husband or the de facto-man deserve credit, and come delivery, it happens to be twins to further the unsettled differences. The story continues through the dimly lit alleys...

In Dangerous Magic by Jessica Lauryn, Jack Madera is a witch, trying to win Corinne Johnson’s love, but can he cast a spell to lure her in or will he fail to make her love him? Corinne Johnson lost her everything when she lost her children....

Fun, fun, fun! That’s the best description I have for New York Dolls, the new book by author Catherine L. Hensley. Following the story of assistant Denton Hodges as she works on her first major assignment for Glitter magazine, she has one crazy night and...

The Garden of Unfortunate Souls by Eddie Mark opens with the mayor's tearaway son Audwin crashing into the home of Bible-bashing single mother Loretta Ford and her unfortunate son Shadrack at three in the morning. While the boy's dad wants to keep the potential scandal...

Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from...

In a unique and interesting love story, Triptych: A Mechanical Romance, a great little read by author Java Davis, we meet Hannah, a young woman who’s just moved across the country to accept a position as the manager of a newsroom. Before she even has...

The Accidental Pilgrim is a contemporary women's fiction novel written by Stephen Kitsakos. The plot revolves around the historical discovery in 1986 of the Jesus Boat in the Sea of Galilee. However, the story actually begins a number of years before that, in the early...

I just finished reading Theory of Expanded Love by author Caitlin Hicks and I have to say, I absolutely loved this book. Follow the story of spunky, 12-year-old Annie Shea, one of thirteen children in a very traditional Catholic family in 1963. Pope John has...

Larkin's Letters by Jax Jillian explores a friendship turned more between actor Ryan Boone and his long time best friend, Larkin. Their friendship has spanned from high school to the fifteen years that he has been in LA becoming a famous actor. They spent years...

In a simply lovely and engaging story by author Gudrun Mouw, From Ashes into Light tells a unique story through the voices of three separate and special voices. Ruth, a young Jewish woman living in Austria during Kristallnacht; Saqapaya, a Native American man living in...

Gloria and Mrs Tinkelbaum by Jocelyne Turbett revolves around nine-year-old Gloria who is unhappy with her family's move to Vermont. The girls there find her too boyish and the boys make fun of her. She finds it difficult to adjust to the new surroundings and...

In Harry Watt, Bounty Hunter: 2150 AD - And Harry's Life Just Got More Complicated, Rob Guy combines old-fashioned detective thrillers a la Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett with futuristic science fiction—and it works! As the title indicates, Watt is a “fugitive recovery agent,” or...

“Daddy was in a bad mood…He was predictable. Just like my life so far.” But Gracie’s life was far from predictable. Growing up in the cotton fields of Arkansas, Gracie saw her life as one of heinous misfortune. The victim of the meanest girl at Savage...

Vanessa Bogenholm’s The Moral Line explores the consequences of a woman, Alexandria, who in her late 40s begins a career in whoredom following the end of her third failed marriage. Opening with Alexandria’s husband repulsing every effort of hers to sustain their relationship, she resorts...

Warren Lane is a contemporary fiction mystery novel written by Andrew Diamond. Warren Lane was the name of the private investigator Susan Moore hired to tail her husband, Will. She knew, after consulting with her doctor, that he had been unfaithful to her, and she...

My Abigail by David Kummer is an intriguing and sometimes confusing story. Abigail has a secret and everyone but Caleb seems to know what it is. After Caleb learns the secret, he wishes that he'd never found out the truth. I had mixed feelings about...

Midnight Assassin: A Tale of Lust and Revenge is a supernatural crime novel written by Sherry Rentschler. Terry and Tempie Mastriano are twin assassins who grew up with values from the Old Country. When their father, Tony Mastriano, is murdered, a plan is set in...