The first and most important thing to say about Ellie Midwood, and by extension her intensely appealing historical novel No Woman’s Land: A Holocaust Novel, is that this author’s fine writing skills are superbly well honed. Any seasoned reader will immediately recognize a master at...

The Reschen Valley lies near the border of Austria and Switzerland, which becomes important as the tale moves forward. The story centers on the life of the main protagonist, Fritz, short for Fritzl. As a young lad of 13, Fritz is afraid he will be...

McDowell by William H. Coles is the story of Dr. Hiram McDowell. A celebrated surgeon, Dr. McDowell is single-minded in getting what he wants. His climb to the top is not without casualties and is not without some questionable practices. Cold and calculating, there is...

Debbie Boucher's historical tale, The Aunties, is a novel within a novel. The narrator is Deborah (Deb) Meltzer, a novelist. When Auntie Rose dies, Deb, her sister Lil, and their cousin Si discover a treasure trove of family letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photo albums, including a...

By Eastern Windows (The Macquarie Series Book 1) is the first novel in an epic historical fiction series by Gretta Curran Browne. Based on the life and times of British Major General Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824), a famous early governor of New South Wales in Australia,...

“The world changes in front of my eyes, time seems to pick up pace with every day, and I don’t have much time left to live in the past.” The Jew tells the story of Alek Brodski, a young Jewish boy living in Poland post-World War...

JoJo is not a normal girl. She is fighting her demons every day and she is trying to make it through the hard times as best as she can. Fighting anorexia is not easy and she knows it, which is why she is just about...

Life doesn't always turn out as we plan, does it? This was the same for Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz. Too Good For The Hood by Michael and Danny D'Agostino is a funny, comedic journey into Lenny's life. On any given day while Lenny was growing up,...

All Because of Hannah by Danielle Patarazzi is a contemporary fiction novel about a woman who has just given birth to her second child. Due to medical negligence, her daughter is born with brain damage and cerebral palsy. However, Jillian Moore has an older daughter,...