Justine Avery’s short story, It Gets Easier: A Short Tale of Comical Catastrophe, is a fascinating fictional work. The story begins with Jake repeating his newly-conceived mantra, “It Gets Easier.” He is driving his girlfriend Samantha to an outlying reservoir, in her mother’s borrowed car....

Looking Through Water: A Novel is Bob Rich’s coming-of-age story told through fishing lessons. William McKay’s grandson, Kyle, is troubled. The only way William knows how to help Kyle is by telling Kyle stories about his own past. William tells Kyle stories about an Adirondacks...

The Torch is Passed: A Harding Family Story is written by Bill Powers. Having just graduated college, Andrea finds her world ripped apart when two family members are shot. Her father is one and, with his life hanging in the balance, she must take control...

Gaslight Grimoire: A Steampunk Collection is a collection of twelve short stories written by K.C. Finn. While each tale bears the trademark tech and Victorian time frame most commonly associated with steampunk literature, Finn's stories expand on those themes and embrace adventure, fantasy and other...

In this spell-binding, electrically charged and heart-breaking memoir, The Philosopher’s Daughter, Jennifer Stace tells one of the most unbelievable, unforgettable stories a reader may ever have the privilege to encounter – the tale of an improbable, eccentric, ecstatic, tragic and incredible life, filled with cameos...

Finding Maslow by Susan Lee Walberg is an interesting novel about Justina Gonzalez, an avid student, and her budding romance with Daniel. The story begins with Justina so fully absorbed in her studies that she does not realize that Hurricane Sandy is approaching her area...

The Man in the Blue Fez: A Birth of an Assassin Novel by Rik Stone is set in the 1970s during the Cold War. Pavel Rostislav, battling hypothermia in the sub-zero winter of the Russian mountains, spots his quarry and aims his sniper rifle. Jez...

What Goes Up, Must Come Down: A Kid’s Guide To Understanding Addiction – Part Two by Tracy Bryan opens with photographs of attractive teenagers, followed instantly by the shocking facts about the number of people in the USA who are addicted to drugs or alcohol....

Killer Unleashed: A Humorous Romantic Mystery is a lighthearted, fun whodunit story. Chloe is a girl who can’t say no. The first time she finally does not do what she was asked, her life changes forever. Betty, her elderly neighbor, is moving out of the...

Now That We're Adults by Lynn Almengor follows the lives of Wade and Ian Dakalski, along with the people who change their lives for better or worse. On Ian and Kat’s wedding day, Ian’s brother, Wade, gets down on one knee and proposes to his...

Silent Voices by Debbie Nau Redmond takes readers into the world of mental illness. Debbie is a teenager, full of life and hope of what high school will bring. She is the youngest child of a very large family. The Nau family is devoted, caring,...

My Dragon's Time Machine is an illustrated children’s book by Dominic Parisi. Dominic has a dragon for a pet. Since his dragon needed a name, Dominic called him Walter. Walter has his very own time machine. Whenever Dominic wishes to travel somewhere in time, he...

Day of the Tiger (A Carlos McCrary Novel, Volume 5) is a mystery/sleuth by Dallas Gorham. Al Rice is a drunk gambler who owes loan shark, Monster Mofett, money he can’t repay. Monster tortures him and Al asks his wealthy friend, Tank Tyler, for help....

Susan is no stranger to extremely mediocre sex. In fact, her recently dissolved marriage was practically built on it. She found out how truly amazing sex could be when she met Darius - a muscle-bound hunk from the local gym - who had an amazing...

I loved Faeborne by Jenna Elisabeth Johnson. It is full of magic, romance, and mystery. Attention to detail is one of the key elements that can take a book from the so-so ranks and send it up the charts to bestseller. The attention to the...

These animals are Killing Me by Katrina Morgan is a light-hearted but perceptive account of day to day life for mom Katrina as she juggles all that is entailed in being a full-time parent to three, a wife, and owner of beloved but often slightly...

Reverberations: A Compendium of Haikus and Photography by Charles E. Rawlings MD, JD is a thoughtful collection of Haiku and photography that anyone with a bit of the poet or artist in their soul will enjoy immensely. Haiku is a traditional poetic form from Japan....

I Can Help Take Care of Me is an educational story about Diabetes (Type 1) written by Yerachmiel B. Altman. This illustrated children’s book, written completely in rhyming poetry and using soft toys as patient, parent and doctor, talks of how the author was diagnosed...

Growing up is very difficult. There is so much to learn and so many decisions to make. For instance, there is that overwhelmingly important decision regarding one’s future and what one can and will be as an adult. Tiev is trying to come up with...

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...