When Susanna Quiner went out of the Ohio house she shared with her four sisters in order to feed the pig one morning, she did not imagine she might not see them for a very long time, or even forever. Thieving Forest by Martha Conway...

Requiem for Sherlock Holmes by Paul Stuart Hayes includes five new Sherlock Holmes cases. Holmes has died and Watson has decided to write up a small number of cases that for one reason or another had never been published. The first, Sherlock Holmes and...

A Biography of Linda by Clyde Hoch is an intense biography of a young Chinese girl, La Fong, her family and their struggles during the changing times of the mid-1900s. Came the Chinese revolution and La Fong and her family had to escape from 'Red...

Author Nicole Trewartha takes the reader on a journey through the world of dreams in In Sleep They Come. Two babies born to different parents and in different places grow up to be remarkably similar. Born with a mark that separates them from other people,...

An Accidental Murder: A Yellow Cottage Cosy Mystery Book 1 (The Yellow Cottage Cosy Mysteries) by J. New is a short novella, but it offers a really big story. When Ella feels led to return to the seaside resort she went to with her family,...

The perfect fairy tale life isn't always as it appears to be. C.W. Henney illustrates that perfectly in Hellfire and Snowdrops. Walter Hendricks had it all. He was at the top of his career as an professor of English. He had the perfect schedule, the...

Tales from the Beaumont House by D.F. Holland is a superb collection of very good short stories, connected one to another by virtue of their setting. Several of the tales share other connections as well, and the entire book gently wraps its tentacles around the...

Danuta Pfeiffer's Chiseled: A Memoir of Identity, Duplicity, and Divine Wine is the amazing story of Danuta's life - filled with deception, devastation, and determination - that takes readers on a courageous journey. Told in three parts, Danuta's story begins at her beginning, as a...

Things We Lost in the Night: A Memoir of Love and Music in the 60s with Stark Naked and the Car Thieves by Larry J. Dunlap is an honest memoir in which the author has carefully depicted his years as a young and struggling musician,...

In Corsana: The Phalanx Syndicate by Charles Wellington II, one learns to become a hero by acting, not dreaming. Christopher Knight, or CK, has held a secret close to his heart since he can remember. He is a psionic; he has the power to make...

This wonderful, touching novel, Once Upon a Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang, follows the memories and experiences of Roger, a widower now living in a senior community home. Although he is significantly older than most protagonists in the fiction book market, Roger is an active...

Dark Surf by TC Zmak is a horror story with a difference. Jake Ryder’s life changes in an instant when his best friend is killed by a great white shark while surfing. This isn’t the first shark death though – the numbers have been steadily...

The Fantastic Travels of William and the Monarch Butterfly: Fly, Fly Away on the Wings of a Monarch Butterfly by Christina Steiner is a great book that teaches children and adults how to respect butterflies and other insects. This book also teaches them about butterflies,...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...

In The Rearranged Life by Annika Sharma, college senior and future doctor Nithya comes from a traditional Indian family. Her parents have always planned on an arranged marriage for her. She has always obeyed her parents and tried so hard to please them, so an...

Enter The King by Ibomcha Kolom unfolds with Laysana receiving the prestigious Humanist Award from the President of UNO at the UN. It is a day celebration and the pretty girl is singled out for her social work, which is assisting those who are adversely affected...

Turnstiles by Andrea McKenzie Raine is a story of three perfect strangers who are trying to find an idyllic world where things are as they should be. The novel revolves around three main characters: Martin Sourdough, Willis Hancocks Jr, and Evelyn. Evelyn is a prostitute,...

Secrets of the Home Wood - The Sacrifice by Julie Whitley is about a family that lives next a mysterious forest named the Home Wood. There are tales of family members disappearing after crossing the brook where sometimes they don’t return. The story begins with...

Travels in Time: Venetian Crete is a children’s book by Mary Black. Four time-travelling friends - Kostantis, Nikolas, Irene, and Alex - are disappointed when the time machine discovered by Alex’s grandfather transports them to Venetian Crete instead of the future, where they belong. However,...

In Greyson Gray: Deadfall, the third installment in the Greyson Gray young adult thriller series, B.C. Tweedt scores a winner. When young Greyson’s friends, including love interest Sydney, are sent aboard a cruise ship to the Caribbean for safety from the new terrorist-driven nation of...