In the heartfelt poetry collection, Seeing Voices: Poetry in Motion, Kelly Sargent recounts nostalgic memories of moments spent with her twin sister who was born deaf. The poem “Her Voice” offers the background of the sisters. They were born in Luxembourg and adopted months later...

Enough: A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood by Amelia Zachary is a deeply personal, profoundly moving, and ultimately joyful journey through one woman’s battle with mental illness and life in general. Amelia was an overachieving, young Muslim girl, growing up in Kuala Lumpur and...

The Man Who Screams at Nightfall and Other Stories by Rush Leaming is a powerful, gritty, and exquisitely written anthology based upon the author’s own travels (and 93% true so he tells us). The tales take us to some superbly presented settings--Zaire, NYC, Thailand, Spain,...

Mickey Collins by Kevin Forde follows the life story of Mickey Collins as he remembers where his life went wrong. Born in Cork, Ireland, Mickey was part of a crime family and paid the price for it as he looked forward to his days behind...

Beginning with a client he suspects may be engaged in fraudulent dealings, Yahn Marynugh’s life starts to fall apart in Godsmack: Part 1, The Mother Earth by Josie Peterson. His health also suffers, with more clients coming after him to recover whatever finances they...

In Lenna's Music Adventure: Spread Love Magically with Piano by Lele, we learn that Lenna loves music. She loves to hum, sing, and dance and is an active little girl. At the age of three, her mother takes her to visit a potential daycare, but...

In the twisting murder mystery, The First Fiancée: A Bethany Jarviss Mystery by Rita A. Popp, a brilliant amateur detective works to solve a complicated murder case, uncovering a list of likely suspects who include her sister’s fiancé. When a woman’s remains are found in...

Troy Donahue Jackson knows what is important in life. In his memoir The Caregiver: The Greatest Achievement of My Career and in Life, he shares what it means to be a caregiver. He became his mother’s carer when the doctors were ready to give up...

A Chinese Remedy: Mercenaries in Suits Book 1 by Shawe Ruckus introduces us to two eccentric and somewhat reluctant investigators. Chance Yang is flown to London to investigate a suicide in Holborn. What seems cut and dry is anything but, and Chance’s aloof, wise-cracking boss...

No Dog Food, Please! by Linda Costarella is a heartwarming and profoundly educational narrative for young people, told from the point of view of its central character, Jack – a yellow Labrador Retriever transplanted from his Florida home to a farm in upstate New York....

Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded is the tenth installment of The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries by Heather Haven. The story starts at a police station where PI Lee Alvarez has been detained on murder charges. Readers are thrown into the deep end along with Lee and...

Mighty Joe Mui by Jeremy Durgana is an enlightening book about Joe's journey as an athlete and the life he lived outside the world of soccer. Joe's story is packed with wise lessons and details about how he became an excellent athlete. Even as a...

Supernatural thriller/mystery readers are going to love Ashley Fontainne and Andrea Emmes's Eternal Beauty. Bridget Higgins was seven years old when her parents tragically passed away. Raised by her loving grandmother, she developed a fascination for horror fiction and videos of herbalist and social media...

Helena P. Schrader's Cold Victory is book 3 of the Bridge to Tomorrow series about the Berlin Airlift during the post-war period of 1948 -1949. A well-written summary of the first two novels, Cold Peace and Cold War, is provided. As a result, I was...

Cassie’s Hope is Sue Lloyd’s touching YA novel about a fourteen-year-old girl called Cassie who is in remission from leukemia, and an adorable beagle called Hope. Hope tests trials of a new improved drug for leukemia at Morton Animal Research Centre. In hospital, Cassie sees...

The Emperor Strikes Back: Frederick II's War Against His Vassals by Helena P. Schrader is a historical novel with a strong setting and compelling characters. Jerusalem is under the control of the Christians, thanks to the successful campaign of Emperor Frederick II. However, the barons...

When it rains, it pours. Down in South Brooklyn, Al Forte ran a successful law practice and had a happy family. He also had two cousins; Eli, the self-absorbed lawyer, and Mick, the repentant Mafia Don. Al and Mick were close, and the latter would...

The Convenient is a work of fiction in the historical, drama, and medical mystery sub-genres, and was penned by author duo Albert Marsolais and Bettyanne Twigg. The book is intended for adult reading audiences owing to some graphic medical content, moderate gore, and sexual references....

The Attendant is a psychological/crime thriller by Tony Powers. Richard Alleroy, a hedge fund manager at a prestigious investment firm, sees his life slowly unraveling when his partners discover he's been stealing from the company. Set to lose everything, Alleroy comes up with a desperate...

Author Tinky Weisblat's mother Jan, better known as Taffy, died at age 93 in December of 2011. Bright, active Taffy suffered from dementia in her last months on earth. Born in 1918, Taffy graduated from Mount Holyoke College. "She was very much in the world...