Runaway by C.A. Simonson is a heart-breaking story that follows Rose as she suffers abuse and runs away from Nina who despises her so much she decides to give Rose away to a man who finds her flawed. “No man wants a cripple,” are the...

Silence in the Stone by Lauren Lee Merewether is the fourth and final book in the historical fiction ancient Egyptian series The Lost Pharaoh Chronicles, preceded by book one, Salvation in the Sun, book two, Secrets in the Sand, and book three, Scarab in the...

A dramatic supernatural tale of death and rebirth, Janet Rebhan’s Rachael’s Return tells the story of Caroline Martin, a successful middle-aged woman who undergoes a hysterectomy at the opening of the novel. With two teenage sons, she had hoped of having another child—a daughter this...

Dawn Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome is the second book in The Theodosian Women series by Faith L. Justice, a book that explores intrigue, war, and the struggle for survival. This novel follows the story of Pulcheria after the unexpected death of the emperor....

Health and fitness have always been important and in The PRISE Life: Protein Pacing for Optimal Health and Performance by Dr. Paul Arciero, the author shares excellent tools for health and fitness to help readers optimize their health and happiness. We live in times when...

Blood of the Beast by M Ward Leon is a wildlife eco-terrorism thriller that follows two intersecting men with alternate styles of cohabitating with all beasts of the earth, be they elephants or people. Todd “Rodin” Styles and his Monkey Wrench Gang, Le Gang de...

The year 1968 was a difficult one for Timothy James Crowley. It began with his father separating from his mother and moving far away. Unable to deal with their mother's declining mental health and cruel behavior, TJ’s brother Ronnie joins the army and is sent...

Let's get on board Ethan's Healthy Mind Express in the book Ethan's Healthy Mind Express: A Children's First Mental Health Primer by Emily Lane Waszak, Erik Bean, and Gail Gorske. Though some tracks are bumpy, smooth, narrow, or wide, they all end up on...

When the small rural town of Clover, Texas loses the one man who maintained law and order, the town seeks a replacement. The only problem is they don’t want to have to pay a salary. Darlene Nightingale points this out quite clearly. Their only recourse...

Sylvie Heyman’s remarkable memoir, Beyond the Holocaust: An Immigrant's Search for Identity, details her family’s journey of leaving Belgium with the hope of living in the US during the Second World War. Born in 1938, Heyman was only a toddler when her immediate and extended...

In Lorhainne Eckhart's The Third Call, from the moment that second emergency call came through Marcus O’Connell knew it was something more than a childish prank. The girl was terrified, trapped in a house that wasn't hers with her mum and a man she didn't...

Dark Descent into Desire by J. J. Sorel is a sizzling romance novel full of passion, lust, and eventual love between the mysterious Blake and the compassionate Penelope. Blake has a dark past that has affected him deeply; he doesn't date, and he never opens...

Centaurius the Prophecy is book one of the Green Galaxy Series by SJ McGarry. A dark, corrupt threat rises and puts the planets Centaurius and Earth in grave danger. This destructive entity is called the Red Brume, a creation that poisoned everything in its path...

Good Americans by Tejas Desai is a collection of short stories, mostly dealing with experiences of people of color in the United States. Right off the bat, this collection won't be for everyone. However, as a whole, the collection works well. Having that core theme...

The Best Part of Us is a contemporary literary fiction novel written by Sally Cole-Misch. Beth had always known that her mother, Kate, had expected her kids to follow the roadmaps she had charted for their futures and to see the island everyone else in...

Stockboy Nation is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama and slice of life sub-genres and was penned by author Thomas Duffy. Following the events of the 2013 novel Stockboy, we find ourselves once again in the hands of Phillip Doherty. In some ways...

A Cord of Three Strands is a work of fiction in the historical, dramatic, and Christian sub-genres, and was penned by author Christy Distler. In this deeply emotional historical drama, we meet Isaac Lukens and Elisabeth Alden, two figures who both have very difficult decisions...

A Lifetime of Men by Ciahnan Darrell presents a dynamic coming of age quilt with each character contributing threads to strengthen development into a creative masterpiece. Tolan is unable to get direct answers from her mother on the history of her family. Tolan inadvertently comes...

The Holy Conspiracy by Kristi Saare Duarte takes on the greatest legend of our time in the rise of the Christian faith in early Palestine. Following the death of Yeshua (Jesus) at the hands of the Romans, Jesus’ brother, Jakov (James the Just), Mariamne (Mary...

Missing Peace is a work of fiction in the personal drama, religious and emotive sub-genres of writing, and was penned by author N. K. Holt. Taking us deep into the hearts and minds of its protagonists, this bittersweet tale speaks of the power of overcoming...