In “Blood Shinobi” Edmund Kolbusz tells the story of a boy called Naki. He is the only survivor of an attack on his home village. The attack was ordered by Oda Nobunaga and the young boy swore revenge. He would not rest until Nobunaga would...

Steve Piacente’s “Bootlicker” begins with a harsh crime set in 1992; the reporter Dan Patragno is on scene late at night to gather information on a domestic crime before the next edition of the paper hits the streets. His work on the crime beat ends...

“Blood Gospel” is another epic accomplishment by James Rollins, in partnership with Rebecca Cantrell. Archaeologist Dr. Erin Granger has just unearthed evidence of the mass slaughter of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of infants in ancient Caesarea, when a sudden earthquake disturbs the site, damaging artifacts, and...

I always love a good historical novel that can seamlessly take us back and forth between two time periods. Michelle Kallio's "Betrayal" does exactly that. This is the story of two women: a happily dating modern day woman living in Canada named Lydia and Anne...

Marike is Prussian, but after World War II ends, she and her four children, Heinz, Elisabet, Helena and Edel, her sister Agathe and her children, and their elderly mother and father seek refuge in designated camps in Denmark. Marike's husband, Horst, has been missing in...

It is June of 1880 and Army Captain Jonas Hollister has been serving time in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was the only survivor from an incident when he and his men investigated a wagon train attack. The eleven men under him...

"Blues in the Wind-ReVisited" is a redo of the original book by Whitney LeBlanc. As a reader, I am grateful she took the time to reformulate the book as it was thoroughly enjoyable. The novel is set in small town Louisiana in the 1930's and...

"Bountiful Creek" by Steven B. Weissman is a beautiful love story. Martha Somerville is the main character and I loved her from page one through the tear-jerking last page. It is the spring of 1861 in Bountiful Creek, Virginia, and we find Martha living with...

"Bay House" by J.B. DiNizo is one of those novels that are a once in a life time read. Covering a span of over one hundred and fifty years, we follow the family line from 1832 to the present. The story begins with two families,...

This story begins in a tea room at a museum. The people listened closely as he told the story of the Starwatchers and Boann. Theirs was a simple society. They were concerned because foreigners were moving in. their Pikes would be useless against the weapons...