In This Land of Plenty by Mary Smathers introduces the reader to Nicole Sinclair. A woman who finds DNA documents that show a history far different than the Northern European background her father always said they had. With the help of her great-grandmother, she dives...

We’ve all entertained the idea at one time in our lives, but when it actually happens the heart finds it difficult to accept the truth. When Austin applies for a passport to continue her studies in Paris, she is hit with a roadblock of epic...

Zack and Annie are eloping, but it will hardly be a happily-ever-after. Each of them has an ulterior motive for their whirlwind romance and marriage. The only problem is that each doesn't recognize that the other is only in for a marriage of convenience. There...

When an author quotes a classical writer or two at the beginning of his book, you are likely to expect a literary treat. Strangers in Another Country is Lawrence G. Taylor’s collection of two short stories and two novellas set in the late 60s between...

Sylvester W. Jeffrey, who was called S.W., lived with his siblings on the family farm in Putnam County in northwestern Ohio. Their parents died in 1847. When their grandfather died in 1852, the oldest brother Oliver took over the management of the farm. Aunt Sarah...

It’s fair to say that Different by Datta Groover is a book with a lot going on. What starts as a family drama, with a couple going to marriage counseling, quickly elevates into much more. The family, husband and wife Frank and Sophia, their two...

Feast of Consequences is Volume 2 of A Far Strange Country by Arielle Hunter, picking up where the first volume left off. The Orion Institute at Big Sur, California is burning and illegal partygoers are scattering to the winds as the police and fire service...

Lost Horses by Mark Saha is a collection of stories based upon true-to-life human emotions and characters involved in situations that range from the heartrending tale of a college student suckered into a deal in “Wide River” to the humorous situational misdirection in “Why Men...

Beloved Comrades: A Novel in Stories by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is an engrossing account of a synagogue and the people who entered it. Spanning three generations, the novel captures the varied lives that touched it or were touched by it. No one knows what goes...

Tsavo: Oddball Researchers Use Data and Guns to Save African Elephants by Daniel B. Botkin is an engaging story that highlights the plight of elephant conservation efforts amidst a backdrop of foreign intervention, danger, violence, local cultural norms, and scientific investigation. Told from numerous character...