Connie Chappell's Wild Raspberries is a story about what happens to secrets after a person’s death. It is about the repercussions of those secrets to the women still living. When Jack Sebring dies, he leaves behind a wife and a lover. His lover, Callie, promised...

Wow! Just, Wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading Deadly Homecoming at Rosemont: A Wrenn Grayson Mystery by author Connie Chappell. It's not often that a prolific reader like myself finds a mystery that pops off the shelf as truly unique in...

Destiny's Choice is Book 2 in the Destiny's Series by Victoria Saccenti, a riveting tale of a love that is as powerful as it is dangerous. Marité Muro might have been infatuated with Brian MacKay when she was very young, but after four years of...

Wow! What a read. I just finished the new book by author Miranda Nading. Caliban is a story that will grab readers by the throat from the very start and will keep them obsessively turning the pages all the way through until the very end!...

Canyon Echoes by Miranda Nading takes place in Yellowstone National Park. Scenic. Dramatic. Beautiful. It is home to maintenance crews ‘Canyon Village’ and ‘Lake.’ The teams take residence before the tourists pour into the area and competition between the two is palpable. When Lester...

My Cat Is Dying: What Do I Do? Navigating Emotions, Decisions, and Options for Healing is Book Three in the Pet Bereavement Series, an insightful and well-written work on the science of grief for lost pets. A lot happens from the moment one gets the...

Didi Oviatt, the author of Aggravated Momentum, developed a strong, fascinating cast of characters in this thrilling fictional work. Markie is a young single woman who has been greatly affected by the murder of her best friend, Beth. Her sister, Kam, is supportive, yet challenges...

Leanna Englert’s historical fictional work, Compromise with Sin: A Novel, is both informational and engaging from the first page to the last. Beginning with the last decade of the nineteenth century through the next twenty years, and set in Riverbend, Nebraska, the characters embody the...

Finding Claire is a contemporary romantic suspense novel written by Pamela Humphrey. She didn't know her name nor she did remember anything except the nightmare of regaining consciousness in the back of a van, of being bound and then imprisoned in a disgusting and stinking...

Dynasty of Deceit by Sarah Stuart is a sizzling romance with well-sculpted characters, intense passion, and fast-paced action. It’s the last book in the Royal Command trilogy, a story that will appeal to readers who want their romance punctuated with sex, incest and intrigue, but...

Healing a Child's Pet Loss Grief: A Guide for Parents by Wendy Van de Poll is a helpful non-fiction book on the impact of pets on people’s lives — adults and children alike — and how to cope with the illness or death of a...

Coyote’s Song by Renee Benzaim connects two women from the past and the present through a Miwok legend. In 1989, five-year-old Evangeline disappeared from her front yard. Ten years later in 1999, Hannah Kelly is searching for a subject for her new novel. She investigates...

In Red Rabbit (A Shaun Patrick Thriller Book 1) by Toby Tate, when death comes calling, it never leaves a pretty picture behind. But when death is delivered by the hand of a butcher blade wielding monster, the picture that it leaves behind is gruesome...

Mudfoot and Tori by Randall Jarmon is a huge entertainment, featuring very compelling characters and a complex plot. David Mudfoot is a man who has shouldered all kinds of weather, has been in very tight situations, and has beaten the odds. Now he makes a...

Proper Goodbye by Connie Chappell is a compelling story of lost and found. “Every heart is asked at some point to leave something or someone behind while it yearns and aches for a different outcome.” Beebe Walker is disillusioned by the church. When the church...

Adam's Stepsons is a military science fiction novella written by M. Thomas Apple. To the military establishment at Armed Forces HQ, the clones were things, to be addressed using the pronoun "it", but their creator, Dr. Heimann, had considerable difficulty conforming with that protocol. Granted,...

The death of a parent is, for most of us, one of life’s major challenges. In a moving and beautifully written tribute to her late father, Lisa J Shultz’s A Chance to Say Goodbye drives home the importance of accepting the inevitability of death, and...

Embrace by E.V. Robbins is a paranormal romance about fighting against a nightmarish creature hell-bent on murdering the world, while searching for the edge between salvation and damnation. Racy is a young woman who lives a simple life, dealing with her insufferable boss while contentedly...

Sheena Smith, author of Five Teaspoons of Motivation, has a style of writing that is personal and informative. The book itself is brief and contains within it a plethora of tips, advice, quotes, and exercises to help one’s own self become more than they are...

Designs on Ivy's Locket by Connie Chappell is a spellbinding story that explores an unusual investigation. When Kerry St. John hires historian Wrenn Grayson, he wants to uncover the whereabouts of a precious piece of jewelry that was stolen from his grandfather, Dexter St. John....