Rita Reynolds happily redecorates her son Zack's old room. She has many plans for this summer which Rita hopes will become the mother and son's long-awaited reunion. Instead, Zack and his girlfriend, Angie, are heading to a distant and very dangerous place, in Rita's opinion:...

All Daniel Robinson ever wanted was a normal loving family. To escape an abusive father and mentally ill mother, he leaves home at sixteen to seek refuge with a pastor. But a man he believed would protect him — a man he should have been...

Ragtown by Kelly Stone Gamble is an excellent historical novel. Helen resides in one of the labor camps alongside the families of the dam employees, attempting to survive the difficulties of the Great Depression. Helen is by herself after her father passes away. She resolves...

Tempered is the first book in the Run Away Home series by Catherine Manett, a thoughtful, character-driven tale with unforgettable characters. The story follows two intriguing characters, Peter and Hayley, who grew up together in the foster care system. Now, as young adults, they dream...

Cherime MacFarlane’s Red Revenge is based on the red and blue states in America. A bounty hunter kidnapped Marin Sobert while she was living in Washington. The decline in the population of women in the red states had put her at risk. On her arrival...

Tired of reading how-to-write manuals? Meet Ruby and Kurt, two wannabes and almost good enough writers in a writing group who connect and share ideas, mostly about writing. In a clever, comic romp, these two, a 70-plus-year-old white male and a 40-ish black female (ex-military),...

Revelation by Gary McCarragher follows a Christian family whose patriarch suffers from an existential crisis of faith. Bart Trask was born into an ultra-conservative Evangelical family in the small town of Traskville, Alabama, founded by his great-grandfather. Bart's father, Theodosius Trask, is a Baptist minister,...

Reflections on the Boulevard is a slice-of-life drama. A sequel to LJ Ambrosio's A Reservoir Man, the book follows the story of Michael, a sixty-five-year-old former talent agency owner who takes a year of sabbatical from the university to pursue other interests. When Michael comes...

Running at Hialeah is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, slice-of-life, and self-discovery subgenres. The work is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Don Marinelli with some reference to autobiographical events from the author’s own life....

Rebel In Venus is a work in the interpersonal drama, suspense, and women’s fiction subgenres. It is best suited to mature adult readers owing to the use of explicit language throughout and scenes of sex and graphic violence. Penned by Marissa Alma Nick, this intense...