Would you ever consider breaking into a nursing home for a few good nights' sleep and some hearty meals? Well, homeless John Lester thought it would be a good idea. It was winter; cold and only going to get colder. After studying the comings and...

"The only way to get through a mind game is to play it through to the end." In Jasmine Gold's book Mindgame, an intense story unfolds in the city of Riviera. The people of Riviera are divided into two groups: Humans and Slaves. The story...

Primarily set in early eighteenth-century London, The Adventures of Tom Finch, Gentleman by Lucy May Lennox is a picaresque tale of a blind music master who triumphs over his disability to lead a thoroughly (dis)honorable life. It is a merry romp from start to finish....

Liz is a single mother working hard to raise her daughter, Jessica, who appears to be the daughter every mother dreams of having: track star, good student, and an all-round good kid. But a phone call from Liz’s ex-husband, summoning her to the hospital, tears...

The Dead Kids Club is an intense thriller by Rich Hosek. A divorced father narrates how the life of his young son ended too soon. As he drops his son Nick at school, the boy grabs his backpack and rushes to join the other first...

In Empress by François, born in the 1970s, Paris Empress Jones of Haitian heritagelives in Brooklyn. She is beautiful, intelligent, and a self-confessed sex symbol. Empress is totally aware that life is filled with obstacles and she is always willing to take the gamble if...

The Band Room is a coming of age story written by Bob Seay. Angel is a typical teenager and high school football player whose life is turned upside down when he gets a court-ordered sentence of 90-hour community service due to an accidental scuffle with...

Children are more perceptive than we credit them for. Such was the case of Irene, an almost 10-year-old girl who had a beautiful family. Her parents were in love, and she had her companion, a teddy bear. Suddenly, her parents would fight endlessly within earshot...

Paul Buchheit's 1871: Rivers on Fire is an emotionally involving account of true fires--physical and emotional. Set against the backdrop of the historic fires of Chicago and Peshtigo, a married couple is caught up in the flames, and the social issues that come before and...

In Ken Gordon’s Bad Dogs: A Black Cadet in Dixie, we first meet the protagonist Jon H. Quest as the CEO of a mega-successful company. He’s late for the monthly dinner get-together of his mega-successful Black family at their mega-amazing family compound. We will get...