Maggie is a feisty, funny, mixed-up, stressed-out woman and the star of After Happily Ever After by Leslie A. Rasmussen. Maggie is forty-five, dealing with her only daughter, Gia, going off to college, and the fact that she has been out of the workforce since...

Baby Moses by John Cowlin is a historical fiction novel set in rural Claiborne County in the South. After seven years away, getting an education and serving in the military, Moses takes the Greyhound home to his adopted granny, Miss Clio, a woman who raised...

Harvest Moon by Jenny Knipfer is one of the best books I have read in 2020. In fact, it is probably one of the best historical fiction novels I have ever read. I have come away deep in thought, feeling somewhat like I’ve had a...

NewCastle by William Wendell Walters is real southern fiction. NewCastle belongs to the Richards, a highly influential family, but the entire plantation is heading for disaster. The family doesn’t care about others, walking all over them without a thought. Wilbur thinks he rules NewCastle but...

Book Endings - A Call Numbers Novel: Loss, Pain, and Revelations by Syntell Smith continues the story of Robin Walker as he finally settles in at the 58th Street Library in Manhattan. Robin was not ready for the next chapter in his life. The moment...

If the current protests in Portland and Kenosha are upsetting you to the point of despair, then reading While White Men Sleep by Alderin Ordell won’t ease your mind. In fact, it will probably do the opposite as the author presents and explores what he...

In August of Deliverance by Michael Cameron, a twenty-one-year-old woman takes a break from college to explore herself and indulge in her obsessions in the most unlikely of places. As a middle-school girl, Kristi Lou was unusually tall and frightened by her height, as her...

When Legends Run Free is a work of fiction in the sports, slice of life, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Ken Norton. This college-set dramatic work is based in the world of competitive running, and we find ourselves following the exploits...

The Interview (Country On Fire) by Lazarus is a provocative novella portraying the social issues of racial discrimination that is currently rampant in our nation. Shawn Thomas's father was a hard-working man who taught Shawn to respect law enforcement, that their presence was necessary to...

The 1960s, the era of sex, drug and rock ‘n roll, was a time of civil unrest, endless protests, unwanted wars, drug-induced ‘flower’ power, assassination, and, somewhat unexpected in such an era, putting a man on the moon. When the Rayson family packed up their...