Although the introduction and opening to Emotionally Broken telegraph the plot, the story paints an effective picture of what it’s like to enter into a romantic relationship with a narcissist. While some readers may find Jonathan to be an extreme character, if you’ve ever known...

While entering and leaving without a trace, an unknown element is mutilating cattle on two ranches causing the ranchers to question their origin in the chilling science fiction novel, Encounter At Cloud Ranch (Legend of the Clouds) by Robert James Connors. While on a short...

Jim West and Melissa Riggio’s Echo tells the story of a young man, Ted, who loses his teaching job, followed by his wife leaving him and taking their son with her. He sinks into a deep depression and only holds down his job on a...

The first thing that caught my attention in Enduring Times by Betty Godfrey is the opening that reminded me of my village and the sound of crowing in the morning. For five years, Jennifer has been married to Bill, against the wishes of her domineering...

Endless Incarnation Sorrows: You Live and Die and Repeat: A Spiritual Odyssey of Mortal Imprints on Earth by Lucia Mann gives fascinating insights on past life and reincarnation. The discoveries Lucia Mann has shared will direct readers to the concept that an aspect of a...

In Excerpts from the Imperial Diary, the newest book in the Country Girl Empress series by A. Piper Burgi, we find an older Sisi that has remained on the go despite her natural aging. Sisi still goes about her life as she always had. Rudi...

Particularly fun is when a mystery/thriller hooks you from the start. A little action, a little wonder, a great big question, “What?”, and a bigger question, “Why?”, and you’re off to the races. Element of Secrecy by Heather Slawecki begins just this way. A little...

Samantha Henthorn has covered a lot of ground in the third book of the Curmudgeon Avenue series, Edna and Genevieve Escape From Curmudgeon Avenue. Edna, who did not appear a lot in the second book, has made an impressive comeback in the third part of...

The mind is the most important and, at the same time, the most dangerous organ in the body. The two novellas, Every Last Thought, and Psycho Girl, in Every Last Psycho by Zarina Macha prove just that. In Every Last Thought, sixteen-year-old Tess struggles with...

Echoes of Another by Chandra K. Clarke is a science fiction novel that lays out a convincing picture of our world in the not-so-distant future. The story’s main focus is a new technology and its implications for society. There isn’t really a central character but...