Kerry Chaput's novel Chasing Eleanor focuses on Magnolia Parker and her struggle during the Great Depression. Magnolia's father abandoned the family, and her mother lapsed into depression, refusing to get out of bed. Magnolia did her best to provide for her two younger brothers, despite...

Sylvie Stewart's romance novel Ale's Fair in Love and War features two small business owners who have been pulling pranks on each other. Cash Brooks owns Blue Bigfoot Beer Brewery, and Hollis owns the neighboring Happy Tails Salon. Hollis came storming into the brewery, demanding...

Shoot the Horses First by Leah Angstman is a well-written and engaging collection of short stories. The stories vary in length and the subjects covered, but each is filled with rich imagination, and it was wonderful to read about characters so vividly portrayed, emotionally, mentally,...

Reflections on the Boulevard is a slice-of-life drama. A sequel to LJ Ambrosio's A Reservoir Man, the book follows the story of Michael, a sixty-five-year-old former talent agency owner who takes a year of sabbatical from the university to pursue other interests. When Michael comes...

On Jamaica Government Service: An Adam Emerson Novel is a crime thriller by Dane Andrew. Adam’s aunt was murdered so he turned to his childhood friend Patrick for help. Adam’s hunt for his aunt’s killer attracted the wrong kind of attention. A shootout that Adam...

Illuminating Darwin: Arabella’s Light by Jill George is a fascinating insight into one of the unsung heroes of early scientific investigation in the mid-19th century. Arabella Buckley was not your typical vicar’s daughter; she was forthright, headstrong, and full of a desire to explore the...

Jake Doyle, a once-famous columnist syndicated in 200 newspapers, was busted for an illicit affair that produced a biracial son. Jake’s life is further complicated as his son, training for a Golden Gloves boxing tournament, falls foul of a notorious and deadly dangerous gang member....

Lake Bride: Holiday Brides by Shanna Hatfield is a wholesome romance that was a pleasure to read. Bridger Holt is leaving the army. For the last two years, he has stood guard to The Unknown Soldier, now he’s at a loss of where his life...

The Dog Stays And Other Stories is a collection of tales by Marjan Sierhuis about animals, relationships, the pandemic, hospitals, and more. The book contains stories of farm animals bothering their owners and wild animals hunting and gathering; a dragon trying to succeed in the...

Coming Home: The Carter Clan by AM Sams is a romance novel featuring Austin Myers and Cortland Carter. Austin inherited her grandfather's ranch, where she had lived as a child until her father passed away. Unfortunately, she also inherited some of her grandfather's less-than-reputable dealings....