Author Michelle Layer Rahal has brought us a stunningly honest and frank portrayal of the life of a Vietnamese boat person in the 1970’s. In Straining Forward we read the biography of Minh Phuong Towner, as she is caught up in the tumultuous events of...

Daughter Departed by Claire Merchant is a wonderful coming of age story. After her graduation, Amelia Saber worked at her father’s public relations group. A great and respectable job, but she felt “like a caged tiger... alone in the castle but not in the world.”...

V.Q.E: The Tale of an Indian Physician in the United Kingdom of the 1980's by Vivek Gumaste is an interesting memoir that brilliantly documents the story of a young graduate fresh from medical school in Britain in the 1980’s. Twenty-six years old and an ambitious...

What is poetry? Poetry is the beautiful essence of words and emotions using literary expressions. If you love to read words and envision them forming in your mind, embracing your spirit and engulfing your body, you will enjoy reading Pure Moments Poems and Short Stories...

Cara Knox, a senior at Cleveland State University, helped to pay her college bills by working as a delivery person for Stucky’s restaurant. Cara’s home life changed dramatically when her father became paralyzed after a terrible accident on the job. Not only did the family...

Cello Bride by Angel S. Broady is a contemporary romance story of a young woman who loves everything related to art. Care-free and interested in living life to its fullest, Miya Xi is a young woman that likes to taste everything that the world has...

The Room Above by author Laura Hergane is a work of literary fiction. Although a shortish read, it has the kind of gravity to it that feels much longer. The words read off the page like poetic prose and throughout most of the book have...

Natural Disasters (A Love Story) by G.F. Cantrell is a captivating tale about love: past loves, new loves, self-love. Intelligent and optimistic Maggie Chisholm knows she’s in big trouble from the moment she lays eyes on her new contractor, Finn. Their easy-flowing conversations are full...

Corvus: The Children of Corvus Book 3 by L.E. Harrison continues from the second book, Merula, following the same cast of characters. Catriona Remington never thought she would be implicated in the business of a hidden tribe, werewolves, and witches - however, here she is....

Gift-Wrapped in a Kilt: Hot Scots, Book 4 is a sizzling novel of romance written by Anna Durand. Gavin Douglas had taken the love of his life, Jamie MacTaggart, to a romantic outdoor cafe with every intention of taking that engagement ring in its velvet...

The bad guys’ original plan in The Eighth Ransom by Given Hoffman was to kidnap seven children – each the daughter or son of an influential, rich, or particularly skilled person. However, Trent, a rebellious, moody, cocky teenage boy, got involved because his curiosity got...

Enya’s Son by Cindy Thomson tells the story of Columcille, who is also known as the “Dove”. The heroine longs to have a child and fears that she is cursed according to the old religion. She begs the god of the Christians for a child...

In Discovering Significance, executive coach Philip Giordano provides an innovative blueprint for anyone seeking to move beyond what we normally think of as the fundamental goal of business leadership—a drive for success—to the deeper and generally more elusive quality he calls significance. In the book,...

The Murphy-Cam Project - Year of the Flood: A Story of Resilience Through the Lens is a nonfiction art/photography work written, and with photographs, by Peter Teremi. Teremi’s Murphy-Cam Project is a blog which celebrates the adventures he and his miniature Schnauzer, Murphy, enjoy on...

Snow Angel by Davalynn Spencer is a romantic Christmas novella set in the late 1800s in a small town in Colorado. A young Lena Carver plays in the snow outside her family's cabin when events tragically take a turn for the worse and she suffers...

Never A $7 Wh*re: My Journey from a Lady of The Night to the Lady of the Boardroom is a nonfiction memoir written by Toni Crowe. When she was eighteen years old, Toni left her home and family in Chicago to move to Cleveland with...

The schools in England have closed for the Christmas season, and Alvin Goode and his family travel to South Africa for the holidays to visit his grandparents. During their journey, Alvin and his sister, Carey, learn about the train, the airport and airplane, as well...

With thematic threads and certain plot elements reminiscent of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and the long holiday movie classic It’s A Wonderful Life, D.L. Finn’s short-short book, A Long Walk Home, offers a feel-good antidote to potential seasonal doldrums, as well as a cautionary tale...

Trigger by Sherri Fulmer Moorer gives new meaning to the word 'paradise' as people with specialized knowledge find life after death, and are delivered to a facsimile of what humans perceive as a perfect and heavenly existence. A group of scientists realizes there are way...

Christmas Charity by Susan G Mathis is set in the late 1800s; a story about an arranged marriage between Susan Hawkins, a 23-year-old young woman, and an older widower named Patrick O'Neill. Susan is a teacher and lives at home with her parents and siblings...