When Tanner Ford gets asked by his ex-best friend Jackson Swift to take a trip to Cuba, Tanner is hesitant to say yes. He has not talked to Jackson for 5 years because he found out that his girlfriend, Anabel Dubois, was cheating on him...

All Daniel Robinson ever wanted was a normal loving family. To escape an abusive father and mentally ill mother, he leaves home at sixteen to seek refuge with a pastor. But a man he believed would protect him — a man he should have been...

In Mutually Beneficial by David G. Williamsson, Chique is enjoying a life of newfound pleasure with her fiance, Raymond, after overcoming her dark past to reclaim her life. When Susan McClarren, the powerful former US ambassador, pressures Chique to find a controversial film that jeopardizes...

Profane Feasts by Tom Tolnay traces the life of Alexandros Jr. and his unique Greek-American family in Brooklyn. Written in chapter vignettes, Alexandros' first-person narrative begins with Aunt Harriet's unconventional marital history and the family's integration of ancient heritage into daily life, which are juxtaposed...

Families and Felons by Kathleen J Easley begins when the main character Brenna is given an old rotary dial telephone. She sees it as just an interesting antique but it takes on a more sinister role when it rings. The indistinct voice at the other...

Anderson “Andi” Elizabeth Sullivan, a veterinarian from Atlanta, had kicked her love life to the curb after her last relationship. Her best friend Jess’s efforts to fix her up with blind dates only strengthen her resolve to stay away from love. When a successful movie...

Morocco: A Remembrance of Childhood by James B. Farmer is narrated through the eyes and adventures of a five-year-old boy as he embarks on the first of many journeys. The book opens as his Navy family moves from America's heartland to Morocco in the mid-1950s...

Agustina Gomez fled Peru with her father and sister, intending to cross the Mexican border, enter America illegally, and start a new life for themselves away from the clutches of Balea Xolo, aka la Ballena, a notorious Peruvian drug lord who nearly killed her. She...

Where Dark Things Grow by Andrew K. Clark is a slow-burn horror novel that gradually becomes a riveting and eerie tale of revenge, folklore, and survival. The story starts at a measured pace, immersing readers in the bleak, oppressive atmosphere of the 1930s Southern Appalachian...

Making Bread Out of Straw is a transformative guide to success when the odds seem insurmountable. Cinzi Lavin shares her journey of overcoming personal and financial limitations to create a thriving career in music and theater. She achieved her goals despite lacking the traditional markers...

“When one’s idea of right and wrong were merely mental constructs, it was easy to misunderstand what was acceptable behavior.” Madcap mayhem and an abundance of strange behavior await in Kinney's Quarry, a novel by Verlin Darrow. The story follows two intelligence agents, Kinney and...

Mail-Order Monsters: Crash Course by Silvia Acevedo is a whimsical story about 10-year-old Marco Torres, who, feeling lonely after a fight with his best friend Tinker, impulsively orders monsters from an advertisement in an old comic book. To his surprise, the monsters arrive and come...

In Sean Quarmby's Room 23, John Quinlan became a member of the U.S. Secret Service, where he was assigned to the Counterfeit Currency unit. Quinlan’s objective was to dismantle a covert scheme designed to perfect the APEX counterfeit $100 bill that was circulating in the...

I'm not a big memoir reader; I prefer the stuff that isn't so realistic and that I can get lost in. But, occasionally, I find an author who can create their memoir in such a way that hits home with me and sucks me into...

Bradley Wallace Murphy just turned thirteen, and life sucks. He doesn’t fit in at school, he is no good at sports, a bully torments him, he is a disappointment to his parents, and his only “friends” are fictional characters on a TV show called “Dark...

The premises of the book "Corporate Escape: The Rise of the New Entrepreneur" by Maite Barón begins with the tale of the eagle who, in order to live beyond forty years, has to go through a process of change. This implies flying to a mountain...

Sofie and Alex come from two different worlds. Alex is an agent who is working to bring a drug mafia down and avenge his friend. When he is in the game, he is in it with his whole self. There is nothing to distract him...

What’s In Your 24 by Dana Simone Stovall condenses lots of common sense into just 60 pages. A time management system at its core, it really is so much more. Stovall’s gimmick is to list the hours in a day (12 of them) and provide...

Good Morning, World! by the mysterious Mrs. D, is a classic children's book. The illustrations were rendered superbly, in brilliant and vivid colors, by Eladziem. This is not another “A-B-C” book, or “1-2-3” learner. In fact, what this book teaches best is reading! I find...

Troubled Water is the third in John DeDakis's United States-set crime thriller series featuring Lark Chadwick, a young and ballsy investigative newspaper journalist with a nose for a sharp headline, a clever angle, and the solving of murders. This book sees Lark leave her Wisconsin...