High Stakes is a western by Chad Strong. Victoria is a bustling town filled with gambling saloons, prostitution, and corruption. Curt Prescott enjoys this easy lifestyle, using the winnings acquired from his skilful poker playing to support his girlfriend Del and himself. However, the new...

OK, full disclosure here. I am not a Cubs fan. And I mean, really not a Cubs fan. So when I picked up Killing the Curse by Dennis Hetzel, I wasn’t sure if I would like it, just because it follows the team through the...

Sweeping. Beautiful. Striking. I could go on, but one word descriptions of a book, especially one as wonderful as The Notorious Dream of Jesús Lázaro, would not suffice. This masterful work by author Terence Clarke follows the titular artist, Jesús Lázaro, on his journey to...

Whisper in the Blood by S.H. Montgomery is set between the 1900s and the 1940s in the Chicago area and revolves around two families, Italian and Irish immigrants, the Savios and the Callahans, and their lives. Both these families came to Chicago searching for a...

Open Ticket by Rebecca Clements revolves around two friends, Eva McKinley and Roz. Eva has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and she also wants to break free from her unfaithful husband and go to Prague to learn more about her roots. Both the women...

If there was a way to give Another Sunset by Jason Zandri more than five stars, then I would. This book was an inspirational and, at the same time, very emotional read. When David Stephenson, a drifter, arrives in the small town of Westville, Texas,...

West of the Sunset by Paul F. Murray is a western adventure novel set in the 1850s. The story begins with an introduction to the Linders family, which includes 19-year-old Tyler, his sister Penny, and their father. They are on their way along the Oregon...

Redemption’s Warrior by Jennifer Morse and William Mortimer is a poignant story of Christopher Marcos’ imprisonment on Isla Tres Marias. On his 18th birthday, Christopher crosses the US/Mexican border and finds himself falsely accused of smuggling drugs and whisked off to the island prison, which...

A Place in the World by Cinda Crabbe MacKinnon is set against the backdrop of Colombia. Alicia, a young American, marries into a wealthy Colombian coffee growing family. A biologist, she is transported into her husband Jorge's world where she lives on a coffee finca....

Next Stop: Nina is a contemporary fiction novel written by Robin Raven. Nina's childhood was a sad and frightening mix of love, warmth, and cruelty. Her father seemed to get a vicarious thrill out of inflicting pain on his little daughter and then boasting about...