The Lies That Bind is a stunning opening in the DarkHorse Trilogy by Ed Protzel, a gripping tale for fans of Southern fiction, and a story of deceit, slavery, and dangerous complicities. The trickster Durksen Hurst returns to Mississippi after being away for a long...

Lady Justice and the Sting by Robert Thornhill provides another dose of the author’s trademark mystery/comedy entertainment. There is a bittersweet aspect to this one, however. While the story itself is fiction, the premise on which it is based is all too real. The story...

The Lottery Heiress by Angela Assanti is a romantic comedy. Megan Pagano has an amazing job and an even more amazing man. Then it all changes when she inherits money – a lot of money. She loses herself in a fast lifestyle of alcohol, flashy...

Glimpse, a superbly crafted speculative short story by Daniel P. Douglas, offers the reader a provocative future mystery on which to ponder: What happens when an older couple finally decides to leave their well-outfitted bomb shelter? First, the story must deal out a series of...

Day of the Tiger (A Carlos McCrary Novel, Volume 5) is a mystery/sleuth by Dallas Gorham. Al Rice is a drunk gambler who owes loan shark, Monster Mofett, money he can’t repay. Monster tortures him and Al asks his wealthy friend, Tank Tyler, for help....

Keys to the Mermaid's Heart by Kate Porter is the third book in an ongoing series filled with vampires, hunters, mind readers, and more. The story centers around Carly Harden, a young woman working as a waitress at a restaurant owned by Tony Sargento, an...

Blood Runner by J.D. Stanley revolves around the story of Richard, who is a blood runner and has been struggling with it for a long time. Things change when he meets Maggie, who also has problems of her own to sort out. Richard is hell...

I like the idea behind Jwyan C. Johnson’s WordPlay New Christian Parables 2: The Lawyer's Lullaby & A Maze In Grace. I like the idea that the Bible can be fun and relevant to modern life, as well as a great learning experience. My mother...

In Revenge of Zeeka by Brenda Mohammed, the island of Gosh is under attack by an army of zombies under the command of a vengeful science genius. In the year 2016, the Zika virus broke out in Central and South America with life threatening effects...

In The Dragon’s Staircase, former FBI agent Alexa Kyndall is called in to consult on an old case that still gives her nightmares. She’d convinced herself that she’d killed the vampire doctor Julian Frederick, but a new string of brutal murders shows just the opposite....

Malice on the Mekong by Nancy Swing is one of those books that combines different genres – thriller, mystery, suspense – to offer great entertainment to readers and fans with diverse reading tastes. Set against a very captivating colonial setting of Vientiane, Laos, in the...

The Last Timekeepers and the Dark Secret by Sharon Ledwith is a young adult fantasy. Jordan and the other timekeepers go back in time to stop Crowley from changing history. They find themselves in Nazi-controlled Amsterdam in 1942. While Crowley has integrated himself into the...

The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis (The Last Timekeepers, #1) by Sharon Ledwith tells the tale of Amanda Sault and four of her classmates. They get busted in an epic school food fight. When they are given the option of avoiding suspension by...

Sophie and Scottie's Adventures of Something's Fishy (The Adventures of Sophie and Scottie) (Volume 2) by Cindy C Murray is a fascinating story that revolves around the adventures of Sophie and Scottie. In this book, readers find them trying to resolve a mystery on a...

I Am Cancer Free by Mrs. Brenda C. Mohammed is the poignant memoir of the author’s personal battle with cancer. Her faith in God and proving that ovarian cancer need not be a death sentence are what make this memoir a heartrending read. The author’s...

Heresies of Music: An A-Z Diagnostic Guide by Patrick Brislan is a book that will appeal to music aficionados. It’s a hilarious book that dissects facts about the traditions of music, great musical figures, singers and composers, concepts, and a lot of what people have...

The Americas have a long history of missionaries from the Old Country set on converting the natives primarily to the Roman Catholic faith. The Jesuits were initially sent to Baja California to teach Christianity to the local people and to minister to the soldiers and...

Lady Justice and the Spy by Robert Thornhill is, not surprisingly, another excellent addition to the author’s Lady Justice series of comedy/mystery tales. As events and circumstances converge on our favorite senior sleuth, Walt Williams, and his friends, we find ourselves once more in the...

Suspense, intrigue, mystery, excitement and romance, Land Sharks: A Swindle in Sumatra has it all and more. Lexi is a fraud investigator for an exclusive Beverly Hills bank and the heroine of the story. She is sent on an assignment to Sumatra to bring back...

The Secret of Berry Brae Circle is Book 2 in The Red King Trilogy by talented writer EM McIntyre. Written for the middle-grade/tween reader, it offers a winning combination of adventure and fantasy. Fourteen-year-old Abby Fletcher has returned home to present day Scotland with Rory,...