First Kiss by Barbara Alfaro is a warm and majestic breeze. There is a message of love lost and love gained that was present from the light-hearted "Carnival Music" to the fervor of "First Kiss." There are such beautiful metaphors in the poem "Heart," making...

C.B. Garris relates his experiences as a member of the New York City EMS in his book First Responders. The author details intense situations, chronicling the atmosphere of the call, the people involved and their injuries, and the quick assessments that save lives. Garris discusses...

Bill Thomas’ The Sixty-first Minute is a “selah” read, it has many “let’s stop and think about it” moments. Life is full of challenges; good and bad decisions are the stepping stones of life. But what if in your dying breath, you were given one...

First Voyage is an historical fiction novel written by Anthony Palmiotti. The world was still struggling back to its feet as the final death throes of the Great Depression dragged on, and Patrick Welch felt for the tired, older longshoreman whose back was bowed under...

The Crimson Heirlooms by Hunter Dennis is set in France from 1776–1832, and in the West Indies. The story centres on two characters, Xavier and Jake, born at different times but loosely connected through their heritage. Xavier Traversier’s family had once been the most important...

The Search for Nina Fletcher by Stephen Hawley Martin opens as Rebecca’s grandmother Minnie is dying. Minnie’s last wish is that Rebecca keeps Live Oaks exactly as it is and not allow any changes to be made that will take away the history of the...

First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures by Jodi Klein is a non-fiction collection of experiences aimed at cementing solidarity and reinforcing sisterhood from within the ranks of the post-forty dating scene. All told, there are nearly a dozen moments that Klein puts...

First by Randy Brown is a space travel science fiction novel about the race for outer space that can get out of hand very easily. Lewis wished to be the first astronaut to reach another star system and get back home safely. He dreamed big,...

The Birth of an Assassin, a novel by Tony Bertot, is the story of how an innocent young boy grows up and ultimately becomes one of the most feared assassins in the USA. Sergio Gresco and his wife, Lucia, immigrated to the United States from...

The Rummy Club by Anoop Ahuja Judge follows the lives of four best friends - Alka, Divya, Priya and Mini - from the time when they met as carefree teenagers in an Indian boarding school to fourteen years later when they all meet again after...

Maggie has lost her father, but is he really gone? That is the question in The Weeping Willow Sings by Billie Grable. With a history of mental illness and a rough experience in the Gulf War, John is never quite the same and his daughter,...

The Schwarzschild Radius is a crime thriller written by Gustavo Florentin. Rachel Wallen is a brilliant science student at Columbia University who's embarked singlehandedly on a mission to rescue her missing younger sister, Olivia. Olivia volunteered at a mission for homeless kids which was run...

The Havana Papers by Michael Daly is the author's narration of the exploration he did during his one-week stay in the city of Havana, discovering different parts of the city brought to its knees by the revolution. Michael Daly had traveled to Havana to write,...

In 1905, in the town of Bisbee in the Arizona Territory, a married woman aided by her Mexican maid gives birth to a baby girl named Sara. Thus we are introduced to the first of many intriguing characters in Josephine DeFalco’s novel, The Nightbird’s Song....

The Touch: A Supernatural Story - Part I is a work of complex and contemporary fantasy fiction penned by author Robert Flynn III, which takes on the themes of angels and demons alongside good and evil. Written in the style of many modern fantasy thrillers...

In Gerry Burke’s captivating historical novel, The Europeans: A Saga of Settlement Down Under, a Scot, a Greek, and an Irishman all arrive in Australia with great dreams but their lives follow different courses. Bing McKeon, a bulky confident Scot, arrives in Australia where he...

The Happy Clam is a motivational self-help book/memoir written by Rosemary A. Schmidt. Schmidt draws from her own life and uses personal anecdotes to convey lessons on various aspects of the human condition to help people lead happy and fulfilling lives. The author also cites...

The Golden Bowl: A Book To Help Children Cope with Grief is a beautiful Christian children’s book by Linda Matesa with illustrations by Oksana Kindzer. This illuminating story sheds light on the difficult subject of grieving and loss gently and lovingly. A mother explains to...

The Curtain Lady by Andrea Shepherd is a coming-of-age tale with paranormal overtones. Set throughout the 1980s in Montreal, the book chronicles the story of a young girl named Poppy Bell from age eleven to her early twenties. Since sixth grade, Poppy started keeping a...

The Voice of the Wooden Dragon by Christie Waldman is a children's fantasy where a human boy, Peter Porter, is caught in the conflict between rebels and the ruling dragon monarchy. Peter is accused of conspiring with Meredith, a rebellious dragon leader, and is imprisoned...