I love historical novels. Anything with history makes a story that much more real. I feel like it could actually have happened, even though the story is fiction, because it is set in an era or around an event that did happen. That is exactly...

I read Gristle and Bone: A Short Story Collection written by Duncan Ralston shortly after Halloween, a fitting time for such a read. This anthology begins with Baby Teeth, the tale of a woman unable to have a child...or is she? Just how far would...

It is Lord Snoot's birthday. He is patiently waiting for the mail to arrive to see if he will get any birthday cards or letters. When the mail is late, Lord Snoot begins to worry and feel disappointed. But when something unexpected happens and he...

Reading I Just Wanted Love by D.J. Burr was a revelation. It was also heartbreaking to so intensely feel the pain and confusion of what it is like to grow up gay and "co-dependent." Just what does it mean to be a "co-dependent"? According to...

In Lust. Mechanics. Mini Cooper, by Elle Brookes, Lesley Meryn lived a very secluded life, with just the characters in her books for company. Save for her long time best friend, major movie star Jax, she was not really into socialising with anyone, especially after...

Alec is not your ordinary drop-dead handsome man, he is a vampire, and he smells the most amazing blood he has ever met. He is looking for it when he finds it at a festival. Desiree is a young woman with a broken heart and...

Secrets Mothers Keep by Linda J. Bettenay is a well-written, fascinating fictionalization of a real-life murder in rural West Australia in the late 1920s. The plot brings together two people who couldn’t have had less in common. One is Harold Smith, landowner, businessman, devoted husband...

The great accomplishment of indie authorship and self-publishing is that books like Hedon by Jason Werbeloff will not only be written, but they also provide for a reading experience beyond the limits imposed by traditional publishers. Mr. Werbeloff has written a sci-fi fantasy that is...

Billie is a non-fiction memoir written by Billie King. The author had to grow up quickly when she was a child. By the age of 10, she was all too aware of the abusive and hostile relationship between her father and mother. Her father was...

Wake Up: Spiritual Enlightenment Uncloaked is a book containing coherent and clear messages about waking up to inner happiness and spirituality. The author, Helen Jane Rose, claims to have written this by “automatic writing.” Upon reading the book, it seems most likely that this is...

Can your memories put you in danger or would they salvage your relationship when everything indicates that there was no relationship to start with? In Love or Deception by Morgan K. Wyatt, Amy has no recollection of anything. The only thing she remembers is that...

When Susanna Quiner went out of the Ohio house she shared with her four sisters in order to feed the pig one morning, she did not imagine she might not see them for a very long time, or even forever. Thieving Forest by Martha Conway...

Susan Pattison offers an interesting concept in her book for young children called Mr. Moon's Balloons. Various colored balloons escape from the hands of children at the fair. They drift up into the sky and the wind sets them free to float up to the...

Kayne: Crown of Dominion is Adrian L. Juhl’s story of the adventures of the eponymous hero, Prince Kayne, son of King Jim and Queen Shannon. Kayne lives in a world where religion is controlled by powerful Apothecaries, magic and necromancy are rife, and monsters patrol...

Wyatt and Cassidy have been best friends since…forever. Their college careers are over and real life is set to begin, whether or not they are prepared. Cassidy plans to spend the summer with her boyfriend and his family, while Wyatt plans to spend the summer...

Forever Mine is a lovely romance traveling from the present back to the past of 1897. The story opens in the present when Victoria enters an art gallery to find a special picture and a very special man, though she doesn’t really know what they...

Our Marriage Contract is a an open and honest take on relationships and marriage. Taylor M. Fletcher asserts that being honest about your expectations is much better than struggling in a web of misunderstanding and dashed hopes. In appreciating the core values of kindness and...

The relationship between Nick, Lily and Dan is one that has been long in the making. It is one that they are incapable of changing and that they don’t actually want to change. But one night, while they are working on their latest video game...

In a wonderful debut by author Patricia Yager Delagrange, Taken Away is a fantastic read, combining elements of romance, mystery and suspense. Jessee Bradford, a young California veterinarian, deals with a nightmare scenario. He comes home to find that his wife Serena, and baby daughter...

Frontier Highlander Vow of Love by Dorothy Wiley is a story of finding love in the most unexpected place and time. Artis MacKay's life was destroyed along with her village in Scotland. Patrick Steller, the Countess of Sutherland's estate manager, burnt her village and killed...