The Escalator is a work of fiction in the drama and literary subgenres. It is intended for the general reading audience and it was penned by author Andrew Budden. The work sets a tragi-comedic tone from the off as we explore the chaotic life of...

The Birthday Gift is an inspiring slice-of-life drama novel by Betty Collier. Grace Williams' happy life turns upside down when she receives news of her beloved husband Bill's death in a bathroom stall at Heathrow Airport in London. Apparently, he was killed by an assailant...

Hidden Behind The Robe by Matt Graham is a legal drama. Judge Dunning received an anonymous letter accusing Judge William Davis Hyde of sexual misconduct. The allegations stated he'd had sex with a court clerk in his chambers. Included in the message, the person stated...

There are very few moments in life when I will take the time to sit down and listen to an entire audiobook in one sitting. Today was one of those days when I began listening to The End of Miracles: A Novel by Monica Starkman....

Broken Pieces by Judith B. Pinkard is a biographical novel that began in February 1950. Helen responded to a newspaper clipping that offered a bookkeeping position and she met Ernest when she went for an interview. They fell in love, but when Helen realized she...

Sleeping with Cancer is a contemporary slice-of-life drama novel by Phillip Riley. Emily's life turns upside down when she witnesses her former boyfriend and a Chinese man dying in a shootout at her apartment, leaving 1.2 million dollars in a duffle bag. Trying to ignore...

My Boys, by Ronald L. Ruiz, is a fictional YA drama. Abel Mendoza finds himself at the end of an unfulfilling career as a Public Defender. He has been passed over for promotions and as he feels more and more unable to help his young...

Women in eighteenth-century Paris were subjected to a level of discrimination we’d never accept in the twenty-first century. Adelaide Labille-Guiard was no exception. She married young, but her passion wasn’t her husband; it was rather her painting. This created a volatile relationship, one that she...

Nick Adano, a college graduate, is a pretty average young guy, who is at a life crossroads, torn between enjoying the carefree lifestyle caused by unemployment after getting out of college and finally marrying the girl of his dreams. When life chooses for him,...

When Lily Ryan gets the diagnosis that her cancer has spread throughout her body, her daughter Jessica is hit with the reality that her mother is living on borrowed time. At sixteen years old, Jessica can’t imagine life without her mother, and all the fun...