Twenty-five-year-old Lena DeVine, a court reporter in Prescott, Arizona, had been celibate for two years, having had little luck with dating. When she meets Abner “Gat” Gatling, a tall, handsome airline pilot with whom she is helplessly smitten, she is tempted to think he might...

After the Quiet: Stories to the Edge and Back by Carl Lakeland is a tightly constructed collection that examines moments when ordinary lives brush up against violence, moral fracture, and irrevocable choice. Across its interconnected stories, the book moves through intelligence work, personal loss, and...

After the Quiet: Stories to the Edge and Back, Volume Two by Carl Lakeland is a collection that leans into the tension of lives lived under pressure, where consequences arrive before anyone is ready to name them. The opening story, Bagels and a White Rose,...

The underground sex trade of Manhattan is dealing with a problem that is much worse than the cops; prostitutes are disappearing one by one. An excellent but tired cop from the department of missing persons, Detective Larson, is on the case. However, it seems impossible...

Wow! What a read. I just finished the new book by author Miranda Nading. Caliban is a story that will grab readers by the throat from the very start and will keep them obsessively turning the pages all the way through until the very end!...

Canyon Echoes by Miranda Nading takes place in Yellowstone National Park. Scenic. Dramatic. Beautiful. It is home to maintenance crews ‘Canyon Village’ and ‘Lake.’ The teams take residence before the tourists pour into the area and competition between the two is palpable. When Lester...

The way that K.D. Rose puts words together in Inside Sorrow creates an absence not only within the heart of the reader, but also upon the page where the letters and phrases are contained. This book of collected poems is organized in a chronological way,...

Birds of a feather… or perhaps cougars of a feather come together in Terms of Temptation, a continuation of the lives of the Cantrell family by Lorrie Farrelly. Kinley Cantrell has a heart for taking on wild animals which are injured or sick, but she...

The cruel Nazil rule the land of Faélondul in The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall. They are terrible rulers, known for their pale complexions and hair. They enslave humans and treat them worse than animals. Pentanimir is the First Chosen and the leader of...

Haiku Dance by Cora J. Ramos is a story of young love torn apart that soon blossoms into full blown adult love after the two reunite. Young Miyoshi and Shino live as neighbors on Mount Takao where tea farmers were prevalent. They quickly become friends...

Going Gone! (A Trackers Novel) by Anita Dickason is a political fiction novel that would appeal most to a mixed audience of adults and young adults who enjoy fast paced, suspense filled thrillers. Kerry Branson is an ex-homicide detective turned private investigator who disrupts a...

I have never before embarked on reading a trilogy, and I might not have lasted the experience if it weren’t for the excellence of Carl Lakeland’s writing. What an amazing imagination Lakeland has, one that steers clear of anything predictable. So refreshing. Each book stands...

Following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 17-year-old Ronald Schulz chose to leave home, establish a commune in Chicago, and join the Yippee revolution. Thus began his road trip, in which he encountered a variety of characters, including a sexually unsatisfied deacon, homosexual guys who gave...

Warrior Pose by Susan Rogers and John Roosen is a high-stakes mystery that takes readers on a thrilling ride through New Zealand’s breathtaking landscapes. Ric Peters is torn between his dangerous career and his future with Elaina as he embarks on a trip that quickly...

Boy Patriot by Thomasina Tissue is an engaging middle-grade historical fiction novel that combines adventure, mystery, and heartfelt emotion. Set in the charming town of Setauket, Long Island, the story follows Tanya, a sixth-grader assigned to research a local Revolutionary War patriot for her school...

The Last Dance of Gus Finley is a fictional account of an actual event. The setting was Friday, April 17, 1885, in Prestonsburg, in the eastern hills of Kentucky. Gus Finley was sentenced to die by hanging. For a year the prisoner had been housed...

My Mother the Man-Eater by Tracy Krauss is the story about Joleen, the forty-four year old mother of five grown children. As the title suggests, she is looking for a man, but each man she becomes interested in ends up being interested in one of...

Rico Austin's book My Bad Tequila is declared to be "a work of reality (80%) and fiction (20%)." As a student at Boise State University in Idaho, Rhet Austin decides to go on spring break with a busload of students to the Club Med...

"The Liffey Flows On By" written by Niki Phillips is a well-written book with great characters spanning four generations. It is a saga of Irish brothers, their families and their friends starting in 1893 and ending in 1946. As the reader becomes acquainted with the...

The Calaithian people are kind, proud, hardworking people. Many walk blindly through the Kingdom of Moeth without remembering or knowing of the Kingdom they walk on, a kingdom not of this world: Hammeril. It is said that a thousand years has passed since the magickal...