The year is 1999 and the place is Egdon, New York, a rural town northwest of New York City. "The Rules of Dreaming" unravels in Palmer Institute, a private psychiatric hospital located around fifty miles north of Egdon. This is a place for the criminally...

Jay Antani’s “The Leaving of Things” is the story of Vikram, an eighteen-year-old Indian-born and American-raised high school senior, who is determined to make a bold move for his future. A rebellious Indian-American teenager, Vikram starts his compelling journey of culture shock, loneliness and self-discovery...

The Tinfoil Girl is a fable written by Olivia Miller. It's the story of a girl who's modeled out of tin foil, and the adventures she has when she's whisked away from her home by a gust of wind. Being made of tin, she's impervious...

The Sword of Demelza by J.E. Rogers is a fantasy adventure that is geared towards preteen and young adult readers, but should have many adult fans as well. The author set her fantasy in Australia, and the heroes and villains in the tale are native...

There is nobody better suited to ghoulish, baffling events than Special Police Detective Caecilius Rex. A missing prison liaison officer is found dead, face-down in a small crater, in the concrete of a promenade. Together with his associate Kendra Nai, a recently discharged army sergeant,...

The Thirty Something Snap by Alan Helgasson is the story of Howard Perkins. Howard Perkins is a public relations agent working in New York City. He is touching forty and constantly worried about finding love. He is keen to have a relationship, though the fear...

Phillip was born into the Guild, and for the past twenty-five years he has been a Collector. It is his job to keep everyone on earth safe from the creatures they don't even know exist. The Collector is set in the old-world, the image of...

In The Gomorrah Principle by Rick DeStefanis, Brady is a man on a mission, a mission to discover what happened to his best friend, the brother of the woman he loves. In order to accomplish his mission he’ll have to go to the last place...

Numerous pathways collide and different cultures become blended into one odd reality in The Lhasa Trilogy. Gary D. Conrad has drawn several cultures together into one destiny in these three books. Book one chronicles the roots of Matthew Walter Johnston from life on a Davidson,...

The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte by Ruth Hull Chatlien tells the true story of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, better known as Betsy. She was the daughter of a Baltimore merchant, William Patterson, and was the first wife of Jérôme Bonaparte and sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon I of...

The Mother Who Loved Halloween by John Juettner is a book that has it all. It is a sad story, a mystery story, a sci-fi story and a horror story all rolled into one. Alicia loves Halloween and each year makes it very special for...

The Lullaby Illusion: A Journey of Awakening by Susan Joyce is the story of an American woman and the situations she faced in her life while living in Europe and the Middle East. The story takes you to the time when Susan was living in...

The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow by Pål H. Christiansen introduces us to a writer, Hobo Highbrow, who is content with his life, even if he hasn’t had work actually published in a long time. However, he suddenly loses his lover and his job and,...

The Captive Queen, A Novel of Mary Stuart by Danny Saunders takes a different perspective on Mary, Queen of Scots. The research is good enough that readers will be invested in the plot from the first couple of chapters. Although from a historical perspective Mary...

The Buddha Technology: A Spiritual Journey by Douglas Reid is the story of Tom Sanders and his tryst with technology and spirituality that will change the course of his living. Tom Sanders is someone who grows up in a dysfunctional family. Tom moves to Tucson...

Evangeline has had a difficult life. Losing her parents while she was still somewhat young and then her brother and her aunt shortly after. But nothing can prepare her for what her aunt’s husband has planned for her once she’s alone. Instead of living comfortably...

Stratus Janice is a champion, a flying ace who wins the top awards in every flying competition. She competes to win, but she competes fairly. After all, what would a win really mean if you had to cheat to win. Felony Fox doesn't quite see...

The Secret of Mago Castle is a metaphysical novel written by Rebecca Tinkle. Noah, Toby, Leuters and Angeline are looking for something, even if they don't know it. Noah is a doctor who's been diagnosed with a serious heart condition. Toby is in the stock...

The Gobblings by Matthue Roth is a fascinating book for young children. I was immediately drawn by the beautiful pictures in vibrant shades of blue and green. The story line is imaginative as well. Herbie is a space traveler with his parents. Since he is...

Robin McGee’s The Cancer Olympics is a memoir of her battle against not only cancer but inadequate healthcare that she unfortunately received. The negligence of her delayed diagnosis – no thanks to Doctors One, Two, Three and Four – cause a late stage tumor that...