Zoe's own tactics had been used against her with precision execution. Captured, shamed, and manipulated into silence, it seems her only option is to accept death in order to protect those she loves. The people who thought that obviously didn't know her, or her allies,...

Survival Island by Matt Drabble is the kind of book that intoxicates the reader with thrills, where the setting takes on a character of its own. Clayton, a town with secrets and a beauty that is unique. There is a clear dichotomy, faintly visible, between...

Aristide Delacroix is a puzzle of a character. Owner of a respectable gaming club, he is also in love with Genevieve. But his past catches up with him when he is accused of cheating at cards years back in Paris. The aristocratic Duke of Rockliffe...

Pete’s family’s new house comes complete with its very own ghost. Nice ghost? Evil ghost? Pete is happy his house is haunted, even before he finds out whether the ghost is good or not. Who else gets to live with a ghostly being? Even the...

Make It Right by Ron Yates is a novella and a series of eight short stories. These stories chronicle the despair of people who make the wrong choices, bad choices that have negative effects on others. An English teacher, lonely and hating himself; an orphan...

Shrill Dusk by Helen Harper is the first book in the City of Magic series. Charley does whatever it takes to help people even if it means taking on a debt to pay back money owed to the despicable Maximilian Stone. She spends her time...

In The Black Fox by Gordon Bickerstaff, scientist Gavin Shawlens has been targeted by the CIA for assassination for holding vital information that could bring the entire country to its knees. MI5 secret service captain Zoe Tampsin has been assigned to keep him alive...

In Everything To Lose by Gordon Bickerstaff, an amazing sport enhancing drug is about to be launched but the evidence of its safety points to corruption. When people involved in the research begin to disappear and athletes die, biochemist Dr. Gavin Shawlens of the Lambeth...

A man must make an agonizing decision between love for his family or selling his integrity to keep his innocent daughter out of prison in the breathtakingly realistic novel, Blood Ties by Peter Taylor-Gooby. Ritchie Morlan leaves his career as an adman over the agency's...

Layers of Light by S. R. Cronin is a beautiful story that handles complex and sensitive themes. Teddie is the female protagonist, just finishing high school when her best friend Michelle convinces her to spend the semester in Darjeeling, India. Teddie sees an opportunity for...

Norway to Washougal: An Unusual History Book Inspired by Homesteaders Anna and Engel Engelsen is a work of non-fiction in the world heritage, history, and culture sub-genres, and was penned by author Susan Tripp. Looking into the author’s own past and ancestral family life as...

Lucia's Story: My Imperfect Beauty by Bella Lucia is an inspiring memoir about the experiences of a woman with a facial difference. It documents her journey of self-discovery and how she was able to release shame and fear and become a fulfilled and vibrant person....

Die Every Day: For the Rest of Your Life is a work of thriller fiction featuring espionage, action, and conspiracy, and was penned by author Gordon Bickerstaff. The work is best suited for the mature adult reading audience due to the presence of explicit language,...

The Center of Gravity by Patricia Brandon has an intriguing title, one that makes you think. After reading this historical novel you’ll find yourself dissecting aspects of the book’s storyline and “what ifs.” This is a sweeping novel that takes the reader from the days...

Gregory Diehl breaks new ground with The Heroic and Exceptional Minority. He explores the concept of heroism with all its positive attributes and links it to the search for something beyond mediocrity. There are intelligent and talented people in the world, but they are a...

Be An Overcomer…Even If You Have To Do It Several Times is a work of non-fiction in the inspirational and memoir subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Jill Dorman. The book chronicles the author's life after she...

In Margot Johnson’s Let it Melt, two greatly disappointed people have dealt with love’s failure in radically opposing ways. Jack, once an overweight child who was bullied by his classmates, became a joker. After the failure of his marriage, he made other radical changes. Taking...

Little Miss Jean and The Time Machine by Karri Theis is about a little girl who was having problems battling boredom and finding things to do. Jean woke up one day to find a shimmering silver box that was waiting for her. Sensing that this...

#SingleSassySexAgenarian by Regina A. Byrom is a light-hearted and humorous depiction of the life of a sexagenarian, someone who is between the ages of 60 and 69. Here Byrom gives her take on everyday experiences, including social distancing and online gatherings amidst Covid-19, dating, her...

Kafka in Tangier by Mohammed Said Hjiouij is a modern retelling of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Jawad Al-Idrisi forsakes his dream of becoming a literary critic to become a teacher. His thoughtless father showed no remorse for his neglect and watched his son work tirelessly to...