Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand, believe it or not, takes place completely within a long wedding weekend. Jenna’s mother, Beth, when she realized she was going to die of ovarian cancer before seeing her youngest daughter married, wrote out a notebook full of explicit instructions...

Broken People by Scott Hildreth revolves around the lives of five different people that all have something in common; they are all broken. Fat Kid runs a blog to help others, mostly teenagers and young adults, to face their problems, while he also has troubles...

Greenburg is a bankrupt northeastern town. The ones that have the means to move to a better place are long gone, leaving behind the ones that could not. Businesses struggle. To make do during the tough times, people turn to an experimental program: housing non-violent...

Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood is a riveting tale of forbidden love. It is as timeless as the sea and as special as the movement of morality through the ages. Billie and Frankie are a typical suburban Massachusetts couple in the 1960s. He...

Blue Hydrangeas by Marianne Sciucco is a beautiful romantic tear-jerker. It tore at my heart but also made me smile. Sara and Jack have had a wonderful life together and are enjoying their retirement dreams; they live in a home in Cape Cod that they...

Beyond the Storm by Joseph Pittman is a story that begins in the present and also takes the reader back in time. A woman waits for her lover to return on a ship when she is swept away to the sea. We are then taken...

In Byron's Lane, author Wallace Rogers gives the reader a glimpse from the past. In particular, he writes of how a moment in childhood can change one's outlook and one's goals in adulthood, depending upon the milieu in which one is raised. Following the loss...

"Book of Samuel" by James Robinson is a family drama that unfolds at Georgia. The family of Samuel Johnson is stranded at Savannah airport. The eight hours in the airport is a kind of revelation of his family's behavior. He sees a different side of...

"Background Noise" is set in suburban America. The novel begins with Henry Walker, the narrator, describing his trip to the Bronx with his uncle where he feels like a fish out of water. The narrator then continues to describe his young life, with a sick...

Scott “Red” McAlister has a thing for Doctor Tiffany LeBlanc. Tiffany, however, is engaged to Tanner Collins. Tanner is not a faithful man and both Red and Tiffany know this. Tiffany's childhood was one of neglect by both her parents. They were unfaithful to each...