Haris Orkin has produced a rip-roaring tale of derring-do by a highly unlikely and slightly eccentric character. You Only Live Once jumps from the pages with sharp, witty writing in an intelligent parody. It is almost like Ian Fleming might have re-crafted Cervantes' Don Quixote...

Houseboat: A Novel by Paul Shadinger is an engaging story steeped in mystery, with distinct, well-developed and enjoyable characters. Matt Preston is a guy addicted to the game of poker, a man who had once lost a 57 Chevrolet convertible in a card game. Then...

I have always longed for characters one can stick with like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and James Patterson’s Alex Cross and in Code Name: Crescent, A Matt Preston Novel by Paul Shadinger, I have found another interesting character to journey with, a man with an...

It’s not always the magnitude of the crisis that makes a novel great, but how it is handled and Paul Shadinger shows incredible skill in conflict development in this novel. The first book I read from this author was Code Name: Crescent and, seduced by...

There’s trouble in Cloud Kingdom. Planet Thera’s energy source, the Rainbow of Stars, is faltering. The stairways that connect the kingdom to the ground are falling apart. At the same time, the infamous Darkville town is becoming so popular that more and more people are...

How to Rate a Soulmate is the story of a modern woman. Meet Sara. She is thirty-nine, happily single and working at an ad agency, but dreams of writing espionage novels. Her friends have paid for her to see a psychic to mark the momentous...

David M. Burke pens a political thriller with a supernatural twist in Return of the Founding Fathers’ Guardians. A rare group of patriots decides it is time to restore America to its original greatness. Their mission is to bring hope back to a hopeless nation...

Murphy’s Luck 2 is a funny, silly, unrealistic look into the life of Murphy Drummer. Murphy has been considered a jinx since childhood, not liked by anyone, causing disaster wherever he went until finally he is forced to never leave his house. But circumstances happen...

When Ethan lies on his death bed after an accident, his last request is for Elijah, his brother, to marry and care for his beautiful young wife, Caroline. Elijah and Caroline had always had a loving sister-brother relationship but that is about to change; they...

Vampire Huntress by Rosemary A Johns is book 1 of the Rebel Angels Series. Violet was a normal girl, taken in as a baby after being abandoned in London. Everything changes on the day she turns 21. Suddenly, Violet is awash with powers she never...

A memoir that brilliantly explores women’s issues, A Rubber Face with a Stripper's Name by Katja Berg is both hilarious and utterly touching, a tale of motherhood, womanhood, and family, laced with powerful lessons for self-growth and parenting. The first shock was getting pregnant. The...

Witch Heart: Gray Girl Book 3 by Susan I. Spieth is a mix of the author’s real life events and a suspense-filled mystery. The main character, Jan, is entering her training at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning. With few other options to get...

Biography of an Everyday Couple: Turning Ordinary Into Inspirational by Lorrie Parise is a daughter’s testament to her parents. Alice and Fidel have been together for 64 years and it is time for one of them to leave. Lorrie and her family must cope with...

Thuy Rocco's The Last Surviving Child is a story of grief, survival and hardship. War ravages Vietnam and people are fleeing in droves. And as the Communists emerge victorious, Thuy's father, fearing certain death, leaves the country on a small boat with his three sons...

Crossing the Wild Pacific (Captain's Log of the Yacht Argo) by Robert R. Tisch is a non-fiction adventure book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who are interested in learning about different cultures, different places, and being entertained...

Scene of the Crime: A Chip Palmer Forensic Mystery by Jennifer Chase is a tantalizing crime novel with sharp characters and a plot that will take readers on a dizzy ride. It’s a story of murder enmeshed in mystery, with a community rocked by two...

Kingshold has long been ruled by kings and queens of varying caliber throughout the ages but the wizard Jyuth has other plans for the kingdom. After their swift and brutal dethroning, it has been decided that an age of democracy will dictate the new Lord...

Speakeasy: A Novella is a fiction novel written by A.M. Dunnewin. The year is 1925 and as Eddie Durante checks the inventory at his underground speakeasy, most of Eddie’s patrons are oblivious to the club’s mobster clientele. Eddie still mourns the loss of his wife,...

Monster Problems by R.L. Ullman is a stunning story about a young boy named Bram, who has spent most of his life in foster care. But his life changes after he runs away from a foster home and gets attacked by werewolves. Bram soon discovers...

Appetite for Risk by Jack Leavers is a story written on a very touchy topic, but the author does it justice. It is a fast-paced novel that takes the reader on a roller coaster ride that they don’t want to get off. Simply put, this...