The Departed is book one in the Departed Series by Kristy Cooper. When sixteen-year-old Gwen Byron’s best friend, Lana Foster, doesn’t answer her text messages one morning, she assumes that Lana has been grounded by her very strict parents. Later that day at school, however,...

What has faith got to do with love? Can two people with extremely opposite beliefs love each other and make it last? You’ll find a surprising answer to such a dilemma in the exciting novel The Sinner’s Club by DW Plato, an engaging story laced...

José Ramón Torres’ fictional work, Waves, captures a historical period when life in Cuba was extremely difficult, resulting in mass migration from the country. The novel begins in Havana in the early 1980s. Angel Ribot is the main protagonist, as he, family members and close...

The Silent Tears of Polygamy: Based on a True Story of an American Female is a contemporary fiction novel written by Robin Johnson. Ana Coleman was a modern, cultured woman who lived on the Upper West Side of New York City and had a career...

Opening the Veil is the first book in the New Sight series written by C.L. Clark. Cass adores her cat. Since Cass found Allie in an alley way (thus, her name) as a tiny kitten, Cass and Allie have had a very close and loyal...

Spirit Woman by Debra Shiveley Welch is a magnificent combination of fiction and reality. Nickie, tormented by her troubled childhood, shuts herself down to her surroundings. She does not share the details of her past with anyone. Her low self-esteem forces her to believe that...

My Five Sisters by Pam Franklin is one of the most riveting reads I’ve ever had. Categorized by the author as a “psychological thriller” based on a true story about multiple personalities, Pam Franklin had me tightly gripping My Five Sisters from the moment I...

Two Hearts Unspoken is a contemporary military romance written by Tamara Ferguson. Beth didn’t know quite what to say when Jim finally proposed to her. Ever since Diamont Motors, her employer, announced that they’d be shutting down the Bloomington, Illinois plant, she had begun planning...

What an interesting book I just finished! The Gatekeepers of Democracy, a new work of fiction by author Bill Lewers, provides a peek into an aspect of the political process that many readers might not be familiar with; that of the work of an election...

Discretion is an Adult Contemporary Romance novel written by Ruby Foxx. While reading on her Kindle at the local cafe, Paige Belmont finds herself flirting with well-dressed cafe patron, Alex Turner, who is seated at the next table. The flirting becomes mutual and, before long,...