In Who Is Malcolm Black by Marcus T. Naef, get ready to meet the ever elusive Malcolm Black as he returns home to exact the revenge he has thirsted for! Who is Malcolm Black, you ask? Well, he used to be a drug dealer in...

Amelia "Ame" Grace is ready for the most exciting week of her career: she's booked three shows and a live DVD-filming for the comeback tour of none other than the Pop Rock Prince himself, Bobby Glitter! Before the rock star can take a bow on...

Under Siege: Black Muslim Down Under by Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman unravels with his first trip to Australia to ask his fiancée Tara’s parents their blessing for the couple's marriage. The trip immediately turns sour when Australian authorities at the airport greet him with little respect. Nonetheless,...

The Shadows is a science-fiction novel by Jordan Acker, set in a distant future version of the universe. The plot focuses on a universe that is post-conflict, after a corrupt force known as the Balithian government had faced defeat in the battle to destroy the...

The Spanish Club is a young adult coming of age novel written by Danielle Burnette. This summer's Spanish Club trip to Mexico is a bittersweet one for high school juniors Brianna and her best friend, Dana. Brianna is stunned and at a loss at the...

Th3 Simple Questions: Slice Open Everyday Life is a collection of Jean W. Yaeger's blog entries from January through June, 2014. Each entry revolves around three questions: "Who am I?", "Why am I here?" and "What do I want?" These essays are far-ranging, with topics...

A Matter of Temperance by Ichabod Temperance is a steampunk adventure heavy on sci-fi, humor, and wordplay. It is told from the alternating POVs of our main characters, Ichabod Temperance and Persephone Plumtartt. Ichabod Temperance is an Alabamian mechanical tinkerer/prodigy with a strong accent and...

Jeremy is an eight-year-old boy who loves his parents, Grandpa Eugene, and school. One day while in school, Jeremy was told the tragic news that his parents, Jim and Molly, had passed away after they were involved in a car accident. Jeremy is devastated, but...

B: The Tale of the Halloween Cat by D.L. Luke is an exciting story of Bernard (with the moniker B), who is invited by the Willow Witch on the day before Halloween to participate in the Black Cat Contest. There are eight other contestants and...

Get Rich or Get Out of My Way: The Savvy Investor's Guide to an Unstable Economy by Dan Nestlerode is designed to provide the reader with a step-by-step process that is essential information for anyone who wants to become a savvy, smart and successful investor....

Angels are Crying by Mohammad Rehman is about Islam, an analysis of Islam’s true original message, and its lost absence in the 50 Islamic countries. The book starts with an overview of Islam, with reference to the relevant portions of the Quran. All salient features...

The Mystery at Sag Bridge by Pat Camalliere is a wonderful gem of a read. While a 'ghost story', this book is more mystery and suspense, as the title would suggest. If you happen to be looking for horror, keep truckin'. The story takes place...

Rowenna Heyes is a ‘take charge’ kind of woman, but she really has her hands full when she rescues Jim Bowman from a psychotic killer. Camping just over a rise from the dilapidated shack where Taggert, Beth and Yancy are holding Jim hostage for one...

Finding Flipper Frank by Patrick M. Garry is a good story. When Walt Honerman’s uncle dies, he gets roped into driving his uncle’s friends, Izzy Dunleavy and Moira Kelly, cross-country from Montana to Maryland. Upon arriving in Crawfish Bay, Izzy is arrested and Moira tries...

How to Get Your Kids to Beg for Veggies by Leann Forst is a valuable and informative recipe cookbook for parents of young children. The author starts by explaining the benefits of a healthy, REAL food diet for children and exactly how much of each...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...

In Love and Happiness by Ben Burgess Jr., can love conquer all or does the infidelity of a spouse kill the love in a relationship? From the outside, Karen has everything that anyone could desire. She has a handsome husband who loves her very much,...

Incomplete Without My Brother, Adonis by Kaizer Mabhilidi Nyatsumba is a moving memoir that tells of his close relationship with his brother Adonis from childhood until the latter’s brutal murder. How his brother gets his name, Adonis, fun and games with fellow children, exchanging Christmas...

A Nashville Woman and Other Sorrows: Music City Poems contains a set list of poems that at first are about a woman, but end up being about Nashville itself -- not the glitzy Hollywood version, but the real, soul-crushing toil of the Music City. Not...

Somewhere in South Bohemia, around the 16th century, 16-year-old Talitha has been charged with witchcraft and shunned by her people and her own family. She escapes to the abandoned Cursed Lands, hoping to find her grandmother, who also received the same harsh treatment years ago....