Federico was a good artist but he was more troubled than he was talented. He had been hired and fired from several jobs over the years due to his unreliability. As he settled in at his latest job, his ghosts followed him and soon he...

Avra's God is the first book in the New Smyrna Beach series by Ann Lee Miller. Revolving around the lives of a handful of college students, this book explores the complexities of love and family, of school and one's future, all while maintaining the complex...

Tattered Innocence by Ann Lee Miller is her second jaunt into the lives of the young adults in New Smyrna Beach and, if anything, the second time around is even better! Rachel is dying to escape her life and troubles. When she sees the ad...

Guitars and Gardenias: A Country Western Love Story Thriller is a contemporary romantic suspense novel written by Sierra Ann Hill. Matson Daley is a country western singer who's become famous singing his father's songs and wants to start making his own music. His audience is...

Be Thou My Vision is an old hymn that Faith Blum actually blends into her inspirational, historical romance that easily pulled me back to the mid-1800s. Thirty-year-old Anna Stuart has lived on her father's farm, cooking and cleaning for him and her older brother Caleb,...

In the Sanctity of Revenge by Brian Schnoor begins in a middle class neighborhood in Chicago where Jack Hanlon is living an ideal life with his wife and sons. Across the street, Irene Kelly is an elderly widow who has adopted, and been adopted by,...

Imagine that your talented, brilliant husband, a renowned scientist and doctor devoted to his patients, starts to exhibit erratic behaviour patterns, becomes aggressive when questioned, and becomes ‘someone else?’ In Slow Dancing with a Stranger, this is what happened to journalist and author Meryl Comer....

Angels Dawn by author Komali da Silva is a refreshing and thrilling young adult paranormal read. The story follows a young girl named Dawn Huntington. At the start of the story, all is right with the world as Dawn looks forward to having an amazing...

The Beltway Beast opens with a depressing summary of the American political system that is subject to corporate lobbyists and focus by Congressmen to get reelected rather than serve the interests of the people and the country. It is an interesting approach as it reinforces...

Sophie and Kiera are twins. In many ways they were very much the same, but they were also quite different. While Sophie was gentle and sometimes timid, Kiera was confident, outgoing and often impatient. However, the two girls were inseparable and one thing they had...

Jill Vance startles and tantalizes the reader with her second collection of twisted short stories called Dark Between Shadows. The plots of the stories are just as varied as their lengths, and as she says “united only by having a twist in the tale.” With...

The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice by Dr. Artika R. Tyner presents ‘growth of justice,’ using the Banyan tree as a metaphor. As the tree grows, new branches extend its support system. A leader should inspire people to make dreams...

A Life With You by Roy Miller is a series of short stories, moments really, that detail a particular aspect of living for the author. Most of the pieces are barely more than a paragraph, you have to read closely to ensure you don't miss...

When you are young, musically talented, and full of ambition, starting a band sounds like the best career out there. Oh sure, the fame, the fun, the money, all the attention, and of course the perks seem like a dream come true until one day...

In Her Pink Hair by Jill Dana, Stephanie has pink hair. She didn't always have pink hair. She used to have long, wavy brown hair. Then it was short brown hair. Then it was no hair at all. The hair finally started to grow back,...

Lessons: Shattered Pieces Being Restored by LaDonna Marie is an inspirational and self-motivational read. The book follows the stories of three different girls, Chantel, Casey and Mandy, as they navigate this hard journey called life. The author writes a short scenario for each girl, explaining...

The Little Parrot and the Angel's Tears is a children's book written and illustrated by M. Anu Narasimhan. It is the author's retelling of a story that her grandmother told her when she was small, and which she, in turn, told her children. The little...

Loving Josie by A.D. Ellis is a breathtaking love story about a battered woman, Josie Decker. Josie lived her life as an unloved, unwanted creature in her house. No one loved her and she has accepted that, but she wants to live a free life...

Inside a String by Tom MacLear is a poetry lover’s dream come true: fun, insightful, touching, nostalgic, inventive and impeccably crafted. This superlative collection is a reverent and masterful paean to the Beat generation and Beat poets in general – Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs would...

The Huntress is a sensual contemporary romance written by Elizabeth Davis. Kaitlin Hawthorne is the daughter of Astor Hawthorne, a powerful industrialist, whose company Hawthorne Industries controls the patent rights to a large percentage of the current technological advances, which concerns the young woman. While...