Adam's Roads by Edwin Litts is an intriguing character study about one man's yearning for his heart's desire. This is more than a slice-of-life drama, it's high-end drama, well-written and engaging from the first page. We have a late bloomer named Adam, a recent Army...

Primeval Waters by William Burke is a horror novel set on the Amazon River. Burke's bloody, twisty, gory adventure is a throwback to classic horror creature stories. A water trip gives way to aliens, mystic powers, and current-day pirates. The protagonist is Micah Clarke, a...

How does a caring high school counselor and midwife, Eliza, end up on death row in the first place? And why does the man sent to execute her, the prison warden's son, help her escape the night before her execution? Furthermore, how do the pair...

Short Stories and Flash Fiction by Molly Clifford-Nixon is an anthology of stories and flash fiction with varying genres. The twenty stories range from a domestic setting to a fantasy setting. From an elf king trying to do his best to save his people but...

The Wilderness Between Us, by award-winning author Penny Haw, is a strong, moving work of women's fiction that you can't forget. Set in the mountains of South Africa, a group of couples, family, and friends go on a hike and get stranded, but this is...

The Christmas Coat by Kathleen Shoop delivers on so many levels, from the narrative to the pitch-perfect realistic dialogue throughout and the message of being generous in the end. In my mind, The Christmas Coat comes across as a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol,...

Daughter of Hades by Mack Little is a 17th-century story set in France, Jamaica, and Barbados. In Barbados, the Admiral’s son, Owen Craig, raped Geraldine Obosi, a slave. She escaped with her twin brother, Jimmie, to a pirate ship (Hades), where she met Lei. The...

Of Ripeness & The River by Mary F. Burns tells the parallel stories of two women in alternating chapters with date headings. Mary Ferguson was the daughter of a wealthy banking family, happily married to a young carpenter. Her story is told from 1893, when...

Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman is an epic tale that we don’t expect but definitely need. This is the story of Ruth Miner, who lives during the high period of voyages and discovery. It is also a time when superstition and blind...

A Debt of War by Michael Ringering is a World War II novel quite unlike any war book I have ever read. When Paul Bacca and his siblings attend their mother’s funeral in 2009, Paul is shocked and surprised to be approached by an elderly...