Never Sold Out by Doug Marsh with Carlo Brigola begins with a typical story of a young man in a band in the eighties and a spare ticket to a Van Halen concert. Fast forward to the nineties and Carlo, the owner of a CD...

Drummer's Call: Revenge of a Lone Wolf by Nigel Seed is an engrossing terrorist thriller with memorable characters and intense action. There has never been a time when the American military felt so helpless in the face of an attack. A very intelligent and cunning...

Kim, Leon, and the Sky Path to Africa is an historical fiction/animal adventure novel for children and preteens written by Barnaby Allen. Kim’s school holidays were mired in endless rainstorms, and going outside was not even to be considered without arming himself with his wellies...

Michael, Is It True by Lisa Lahti is an unusual love story between two teens, who find themselves ending up in marriage against the wishes of their families. It happened too quickly for fifteen-year-old Jessie, and before she could think about Michael’s past, taking precautions,...

Hood Educated is Roxana Preciado’s honest and passionate poetry collection that reveals her struggles, pain, courage and healing process. It is a collection about loneliness, brokenness, hopelessness yet defying all odds to become much more than you thought was possible. The collection is powerful and...

Unbroken by Bill K. Underwood is an exciting work of historical fiction set against the 1519 expedition of Hernan Cortes to the Yucatan and Tabasco regions of modern-day Mexico. Told through the eyes of a talented, intelligent, and resourceful boy named Felipe, the son of...

If all those who want to write a memoir wrote their stories the way Geraldine Birch wrote Vision of a Happy Life, both publishers and readers would be more receptive to this less popular form of book. The reason is that Birch, like a skilled...

Equipment is a dramatic and intense work of espionage fiction written by author Hesse Caplinger. Written for adults due to its themes and graphic content, this engaging thriller focuses on a simple error that draws a serious hotbed of activity into an otherwise benign Midwestern...

Chester Hart worked in a prison. He understands the unique culture and attitudes that dominate among staff running correctional facilities, and he holds nothing back in this extraordinary story. Screwed: A Prison Story is fiction, but it's a fact-based, no-holds-barred exposure of the realities of...

The Saga of Chief Barking Loincloth: Book One - In Search of a Hero by Larry Sargeant is the somewhat embellished quasi-memoir of the author, written to entertain as his life is reenacted across the pages by its new protagonist, Alan Bentley. The book begins...

Environmental issues are becoming more and more popular nowadays, but many people out there still do not care. What better way to awaken public opinion, and young people in particular, than entertaining them with a charming story? This is what The Secret Realm does. The...

The Vikings of Loch Morar by William D. Burt is an interesting and fun blend of family adventure, mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction. This book is the second in the Creation Seekers series. I had not read the first book but I had no...

Angel's Collar by Anna Hague is a sizzling romance with an unusual twist, a novel with a strong appeal to fans of Fifty Shades of Grey. The narrative, told in a first person voice that is enthralling, begins with a dramatic incident. Emma has just...

James in the Suburbs: A Disorderly Parable of the Epistle of James by April Love-Fordham is a devotional plus inspirational book that picks powerful lessons from one of the Epistles that focuses on the theme of faith: The Epistle of St. James. In fact, James...

Dismantling Injustice: A Disorderly Parable of the Song of Solomon by April Love-Fordham is an engaging and fascinating book that makes the voices of everyday characters audible. It reveals how the threads of racism that plagued Congressman Caleb Morgan, the main character in the book...

If you’ve ever asked yourself how best to lead a Christian life, you may find that St. Francis and the Christian Life: A Disorderly Parable of the Epistle to the Galatians by April Love-Fordham is for you. Author Jon M. Sweeney notes in a foreword...

Steven M. Moore pens an apocalyptic thriller in The Last Humans. Penny Castro left the US Navy and became a forensic diver for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Penny and her fellow deputy George are called out to locate a victim offshore. Penny plunges into...

The Capitol Expressway by Richard Siciliano is a fictional look at the social issues of today, told through the eyes of a man trying to come to terms with the world around him and the current state of his life. The man starts out in...

In 2087, it’s not unusual for folks to live well into their hundreds. Medical miracles, like saving folks who should die in a car accident, are commonplace, thanks to machines that scan, pinpoint and repair wounds quickly. In 2087, smart phones have been replaced by...

Death and Taxes: Fallout from the Baby Boom is a detailed and thoughtful work of non-fiction penned by author Bridges Washington. Focused on the repercussions of the social issues of the last seventy to eighty years of American history, this comprehensive look at the aging...