Wake by Sherry Rossman is set in a time when things are not good. Monet is a ward of the city and her life is not fun. Depending upon anxiety pills is not fun either. Titus is the city where you need to follow rules...

Why Zarmina Sings: 18 Steps to Live and Learn Beyond Anxiety is a non-fiction educational text written by Therese Ayla Kravetz. The author has been an educator for years in primary schools as well as on the collegiate level for over 15 years. Many of...

"I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am a soul that lives within." India Arie's words have never rung louder in my mind than when I was reading Crowning Glory: An Experiment in Self-Discovery Through Disguise by Stacy Harshman. Stacy's inner...

Hleo is the first book in the Hleo series by Rebecca Weller. Seventeen-year-old Hannah Reed helps her boss, Carmen, clean up East Halton’s clothing store, The Patch, at closing time. While checking that all stock had been removed from the change rooms, Hannah inadvertently walks...

Tainted Love is the first book in the Lovestruck series written by Lane Hart. Tired of being alone after the breakup of her cheating boyfriend, Bryan Davis, 26-year-old Josie Carter and her best friend, Reagan, find themselves being read by psychic, Madam Tess, at a...

“Disease kills what the sword does not.” This prophetic statement says much about Og: Conquest of Canaan by talented writer, Brittany Shannon. Og is religious historical fiction at its finest, with liberal doses of spiritual conflict and adventure all rolled into one, sure to please...

Cryptic is book two in a compelling series by Erik Dean: Garbageman. It is a gripping story that features humans, supernatural heroes, demons, werewolves, and vampires. Well, when some readers hear about werewolves and vampires, they immediately think about the clichés associated with this genre,...

God Quit by Anthony Cabrera is a unique story that first caught my attention because of the title. And I asked myself the question as I downloaded the book: What happens when God quits. I wasn’t disappointed when I started reading. In a story set...

Cruel and Unusual: Four Short Stories of Judicial Horror by Erik Dean features four horror short stories that will take readers' breath away. Revisit the inhumane treatment of witches who were tried and burned at the stake in England. Meet Helen and the other witches...

What Happened to Flynn by Pat Muir follows Afro-American detective Shane Notfarg as she is given a missing persons case to follow. Arthur Flynn disappeared in 2008, leaving his neighbor to look after his house and cat while he went fishing. He never returned. Why...

On a rainy New York winter’s day, while he was going home from work, Kevin Lamb thought he saw the same man he had encountered in the morning, dressed in an over-sized heavy coat. He wondered if this strange man was a mugger. Unnerved, he...

The Zimbabwe Falcon by David Maring is a historical novel based in the time of the push northwards from the Cape in South Africa to realize Cecil Rhodes’ dream of securing for Britain a swathe through Africa to Cairo. We meet the Howard girls as...

Finding Morgan is an interesting entry in the LeFay Trilogy by S.M. Traphagen. Morgan suffers abuse as a child from a mother who believes they are descended from the legendary Arthurian roots. Morgan believes her mother to be mentally ill. She flees home and starts...

Faith Alone, the second book in Ruth E. Meyer’s Sola Series, is the story of Grace Neunaber and her family. Grace and her new husband, David, struggle to adjust to their new life together. Managing money, grocery shopping and balancing home and work schedules are...

Gingerly by Rachel Hodges will have a very strong appeal to fans of chick lit and contemporary romance. Twenty-seven-year-old Caitlyn McIntyre has been divorced for a year now and it seems her life is far from getting any better. She is running late on the...

Ruth Meyer’s heart-warming Christian fiction novel, Hope Alone, chronicles Faith Williams’ journey through devastating lows that deepen her faith in God. While in high school, Faith falls pregnant. The one man she hoped to count on during and after the devastating discovery turns his back...

In Bleecker Street by Ted Lampron, in the summer of 1890, in the crime-ridden streets of New York, a drunken old seaman staggers out of a rundown bar. He is invited into an alley by a prostitute, and that is where he meets his gruesome...

Breeda Looney Steps Forth is the debut novel from author Oliver Sands. It takes us to a rural seaside village in Ireland, where Breeda Looney has been caring for her aged and dying mother. When her mother passes, Breeda is left all alone and lost...

Dr. Sebi Speaks of Dembali: Crossing Over from Dis-Ease to Ease in Matters of Health, Race, Family and Culture is a work of non-fiction focused on health, social and cultural themes, and was penned by author Beverly Oliver. Dr. Sebi, as he was known, was...

Prophet Reborn is a work of fiction in the horror, thriller and suspense sub-genres, and was penned by author Diane M. Johnson. In the second novel of a continuing series, we join the action where Perfect Prophet leaves off, and once again the book does...