Shadow Shinjuku: Volume 1 by Ryu Takeshi has the bustling city of Tokyo as its setting. We follow the life of one Sato, an orphan taken in by Yamaguchi, the head of a criminal organization. Sato met the boss (Yamaguchi) in Shinjuku at the age...

Blind Pony: As True A Story As I Can Tell by Samantha Hart is a true story about a young girl who runs away from home and sets out to make it on her own. In her memoir, Samantha invites us to join her in...

Destiny of Dreams: Time is Dear is a work of fiction in the historical genre. It is aimed at mature adult readers and was penned by author Cathy Burnham Martin. Inspired by the author’s exploration of her cultural and ethnic heritage, the book follows an...

My Magic Mirror is a children's fantasy adventure story by eight-year-old author Anushka Bhattacharjee. Nine-year-old Ara is not pleased when she and her five-year-old brother Felice have to move to Toronto, Canada, because of their mother's new job. One day, while exploring the mirror in...

Amanda West was a shy and laid-back person who avoided risks. This attitude affected her job choices and love life. Amanda gave up a lucrative stint in the fashion industry to become a home health care assistant to the frail and elderly. She loved her...

People in general, and children in particular, fear what is different. Deborah Dolan Hunt deals with this social dilemma in No Dinosaurs Allowed. Bobby has a pet dinosaur named Teddy. Of course, a dinosaur is different than all Bobby’s other friends. When Bobby and Teddy...

John Thibault has a political game plan that he shares in The Political Game. He calls on his years of governmental involvement while working in several different industries, such as the film industry and eBay. John thinks more Americans should want to be involved in...

Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary by Jody A. Forrester is a raw, honest memoir about a woman's path to expressing her beliefs and living her own truth. She was just a teenager in the Sixties--a flower child caught up in the...

Axel’s mom is in the military. He is okay with that. Shermaine Perry-Knights—a child of a military parent—understands the difficulty children have when a parent is assigned to a new base. In I Move a Lot and That’s Okay!, Shermaine shares with military children what...

The Path Before Me by Russell H. Plante takes young (and not so young) readers on a delightful journey of discovery and personal development through the eyes of a wee kitten abandoned early in life in a small town on the coast of Maine. Patches,...

Showdown at Jupiter's Edge is a sci-fi action comedy written by Daniel P. Douglas. It is the 23rd century. Detectant Maxo Magnaveer has spent the past two decades working diligently in the Cosmic Law Force as a patrol officer, hoping to become the squad captain...

Deven Greene’s Unwitting: Erica Rosen MD Trilogy, Book 2 continues with central character Dr. Erica Rosen enjoying her married life with Lim. One day, the pair finds themselves in a dangerous situation. After a suicide bomber causes an explosion during a baseball game at Oracle...

If only the two paranormal investigators Heather and Alex had known what awaited them in Manningtree, perhaps they would never have agreed to drive to Dawn’s house. Heather and Alex had dealt with haunted houses before, but all their preceding exploits were nothing like they...

After an abusive first marriage, Sarah was hesitant to consider another relationship. She just didn't trust men. There were other tragedies, too. One son died at birth, another died of cancer, and the third son, Daniel, was mentally challenged, or so the educators claimed (though...

On the Winds of Quasars is a work of science fiction with plenty of action and adventure, and was penned by author T. A. Bruno. Suitable for the adult reading audience due to explicit violence, this work focuses on Denton and Eliana Castus after their...

How to Bury Your Dog is a slice-of-life drama novel by Eva Silverfine. It's been years since Lizzy Whitacre allowed herself to socialize, choosing to spend her days cooped up at home with her animal companions when not working at a blood lab. But after...

The City of Locked Doors in the novel by Keegan and Tristen Kozinski is Umbras: a seething conglomerate of mechanized mayhem, where the supernatural meets plague-ridden humanity in a wild dance of survival and rebirth. This is a brutal city of towering structures, underworld tunnels,...

T. C. Weber’s Born in Salt does a good job of finding that sweet spot between a dystopian future and sociopolitical commentary. This is a tale in which Ben Adamson, a young farm boy from Illinois, becomes a strong opposition against an oppressive government. His...

Mango (the long-haired ginger cat) Learns She Is Adopted by Grandma Krazy is a children’s picture book about a cat named Mango who feels a little bit different from the rest of her family and struggles to find her footing at first. What is revealed...

The Rainbow Boat is a children’s book by Hélène Ferreira. Life is a journey, perhaps not always on a boat, but it’s an adventurous journey nonetheless. A rainbow boat, crewed initially by girls, journeys the high seas and encounters many interesting, exciting and sometimes dangerous...