The Unveiling of Polly Forrest: A Mystery by Charlotte Whitney is an impressive historical novel set in 1934. The story follows Polly, a 20-year-old woman who marries 41-year-old Samuel Forrest for his money and in the hope of starting a hat-making business. However, things don’t...

“The thing about secrets is, they’re corrosive.” - Brenda Lyne. The Thirteenth Cabin: A Raegan O’Rouke Mystery is a thrilling paranormal novel by Brenda Lyne. Raegan O'Rouke is known for her excellent investigative, news-worthy articles. What she doesn’t reveal is her inherited psychic ability to...

Treachery in Tabari is a political thriller novel by Dirk Marks. Ranita Rao, the Director of UN Affairs for the African nation of Tabari, accompanies her prime minister to a UN summit in New York. However, Ranita's life is set to turn upside down when...

Freedom for Me: A Chinese Yankee is an historical fiction novel written by Stacie Haas. The character of Thomas Beck, the young Chinese American who joins the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry with his brother, Robert, is based on the true-life story of Joseph Pierce....

Neanderthal Gita by Michael Baldwin is an action-packed environmental thriller that tells the story of Lolasker, a half-Neanderthal boy. His mother is Elizabeth Lazaro, an American doctor and anthropologist, researching the prehistoric culture, who was assimilated by a Neanderthal tribe in the wilderness of the...

Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction by J.D.R. Hawkins is a mesmerizing historical novel set against the backdrop of the years following the Civil War in Alabama. The protagonist is a Confederate cavalryman, David Summers, who returned home to Alabama after the war as a...

There are very few moments in life when I will take the time to sit down and listen to an entire audiobook in one sitting. Today was one of those days when I began listening to The End of Miracles: A Novel by Monica Starkman....

There is a mythical kingdom. Perhaps it’s an alternate reality. Set in medieval-like times, the saga follows the unification of a kingdom called Kimbria. Ansgar, dressed like a monk, wanders the southern wastelands searching for the people known as the Kimbrii, hoping to save their...

V.S. Kemanis' novel Power Blind is a well-crafted legal mystery, with two major subplots: an unsolved case of the murder of a police officer, and a civil case of a family's struggle to have the freedom to choose medical treatments for a terminal illness. The...

Adventures of Jake: A Skydiving Adventure by Aimee Greene is such a warm and inviting story. Right from the start, you feel part of the close and personal relationship between Jake and his mother. These two are like best friends at this early age in...

The Feathered Crown is a beautifully written novella that is another volume in the Windflower Saga by talented scribe, Aleksandra Layland. Keholani’s seventy-three-year-old uncle, the High Chief Kahutane, is near death. He is considered to be the beloved father and mother to all the Kimbrii...

Detective Jonah Solomon, better known as Solly, was the arresting officer in Rachel Trix’s case; she is an ex-cop and fraudster. She served a three-year term in prison for fraud and was paroled; she got bail on a robbery charge and is at large. When...

DCI Gerald Croft's Crime Thriller world is featured again in Sarah Stuart's Deadly Envy. DCI Croft returns from a well-earned holiday with his family to find his house has been burgled. Several unsolved burglaries are already on file and, for now, his will be added...

The Unsuspected Heroes: A Visionary Fiction Novel (A Journey to the New Earth) by Alex Marcoux is for readers who enjoy genuinely imperfect heroes. In this metaphysical, visionary tale, the world faces an impending apocalypse and is on the verge of destruction. Ami is an...

Yesterday Calling by Steven W. Horn is a Sam Dawson Mystery. At 16, Sam had the same interests as any lad of his age - girls, cars, and fishing. He fell in love with a married woman, a woman he should have steered clear of,...

Neglected Truth: A Medical Murder Mystery is the second novel in the Dr. Samantha Jenkins Mysteries series by Stephanie Kreml. Dr. Samantha Jenkins is focused on her career over everything else. After leaving her residency, Sam now works at a drug testing and workers’ comp...

People who are different are often overlooked. For example, Bella and her friend, Buddy, are two poodles. Bella tells the story of how Buddy, often ignored, becomes a hero. In The Fancy Schmancy Lifeguard: A Tale of Bravery (The Adventures of Two Travelling Poodles) Gilda...

“Tis said, that some have died for love.” - William Wordsworth. Die for Love: A Ghost Story is a mystery by Ellen Read. In England in 1935, while recuperating, artist Edward Wallingford feels inspired to sketch Marston Castle despite warnings about its haunting history. He...

Of Ghosts and Wolves: A Wolf's Hart Novel by Ariana Hagen is the first book in the series. It introduces Sage, who has chosen to be in isolation and lives alone with only animals from the forest and mountain range as company. She hides her...

Canadian citizens Riley and Jake Marshall made a yearly trip to Jake’s parents’ winter home in Florida. The Marshalls were affluent and well-known. While the couple was returning from their latest trip, the car developed a fault after encountering a storm. Jake drove into a...