Dick Weiner’s Caribbean Christmas: An Overstuffed Sequel by author Luther Banks is an out and out farce designed to make us laugh out loud. This is the second iteration of the Dick Weiner story and although I have yet to read the first, I can...

I was as intrigued by the disclaimer as the premise for this title. It explains that No Nursery Rhyme by Violet Reigns is an adult tale that some readers might find shocking. As a reader who has been around the block a few times, I...

As Above So Below: The Rise of the Southern Obeah by River L. Davis is the perfect mixture of fantasy with magic. What would you do if the salvation of countless people rested upon your shoulders? Clem has no idea what Obeah is and only...

Echoes of Ancient Times is a work of fiction in the science fiction, mystery fiction, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Nikolas Lain. Disaster on a global scale looms as the nuclear option is put on the table, but there are only...

A true historical romance, Beloved Woman by author Sheri Peppers has its beginning in the early days of America when Native Americans raided and destroyed the wagon trains of anyone who dared travel across America’s wide-open spaces. A self-made, successful businessman leaves England with his...

A Place Between the Stars by Morgan Adams is a delicious brew of fantasy adventure, consisting of equal parts steamy romance, violent action, and magical powers. The story follows a young woman named Liv who falls through a portal, taking her from her not-so-happy life...

Around the Solar System in 80 Days by Jonathan Ammon is set in the year 2078, and in this re-working of Jules Verne’s classic, we find Phileas Fogg about to meet his new manservant. Wearing a felt bowler hat, Pas-Par-2, the latest and most sophisticated...

The Other Side of Eden by Fazle Chowdhury, a family epic, begins in 1947 as Sultan Aslan tries to restore peace and harmony within his province. He is pressured from both East and West who try to convince the Sultan that they can help to...

The "Master of all Evil", who is also the "Queen of Nations", never imagined ruling the world would be so boring. Conquering it was definitely fun with all the killing, torture, and imprisonment she inflicted on many innocent souls, but all she is left with...

Stormy Weather by Ranaildo H. Timms is a short memoir of the author’s time in the Marine Corps. In the preface, the author claims not to be a writer but to know how to tell a story. We learn something about his high school days...

Tamera Lawrence's Asylum is a nail-biting thriller whose story revolves around Kyle. Like all the other resident kids of the Rose Hill Asylum, Kyle also silently wished to get adopted. This was the only way to escape the violent bullying and darkness of the asylum....

Regression by Sergiu Urma is an unusual romance with strong spiritual and paranormal themes. Seventy-year-old Alexis Grivas is a retired Greek American broker living in New York. When he discovers the photo of a thirty-four-year-old woman called Sofia on social media, it reminds him of...

As Erin traveled on her life journey, she realized that once the pandemic hit, she, like others, had to rethink their lives. The systems in place to help America sustain itself during this traumatic time are unable to help us maintain our quality of life...

A Christian fantasy science-fiction novel that delves into the riddles of life and death, The Gatekeeper’s Descendants by Johanna Frank is bold and imaginative. Pipiera arrived in the form of a curious young teenager and is still reluctant to enter the gate to the kingdom....

The Global War ended, and all living things post-apocalypse assumed three genetic identities named alpha, beta, and gamma. The cleaners, a special force, deemed one of these species as unfit and decided to wipe them out. Unfortunately, J’s sisters, Meryl and Paige, were murdered by...

Identity Crisis by author T.K. Kanwar is a work of fiction in the contemporary social issues and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is intended for the mature adult reading audience owing to the use of moderate explicit language throughout and the presence of violent scenes. Written...

Dear Mama: An Immigrant’s Secret Cry is a collection of poems that share with us Shailja Sharma’s innermost feelings. In this book, we see that circumstances and time make us change, but the most drastic are the ones that give us strength. There are situations...

In Drew Davis' Murder On The Bayou: A Tom Hill Novel, the central figure Tom Hill is a man with distinctly different sides. A prominent mob boss doing his best to keep his territory working smoothly under his benevolent control on one hand, and on...

A mother who religiously sticks to her stringent personal morning routine. A jogger running away from herself. Three fresh graduates meet an untimely fate. A girl has an accident after taking a dare to impress her crush. These are some of the fascinating scenarios in...

An Instrument for Florenda by Tomeko Brown and Christopher Smallwood is about a young girl who wants to learn to play the clarinet after the school announces that they are introducing their first band after the summer vacation. The school hired a teacher who had...