In Jenna Brooks's October Snow, a woman who was a battered wife witnesses the death of one too many battered wives, murdered by her husband. May, Josie’s friend, dies in her arms and the moment changes Josie forever. She steels herself to putting an end...

A pursuit for a better education, better wealth, and most importantly, a better life. Dan Liu, a university lecturer from China, set his foot on United States with sheer determination to earn a master degree in engineering, a citizenship and to land a better, well-paying...

"Book of Samuel" by James Robinson is a family drama that unfolds at Georgia. The family of Samuel Johnson is stranded at Savannah airport. The eight hours in the airport is a kind of revelation of his family's behavior. He sees a different side of...

Abbie Slocum is middle-aged, married and suffering the consequences of menopause. As she goes through this phase of her life, hormone-addled and teetering between sanity and a place of no return, she hangs on to her life by sharing her difficulties with her best friend...

I learned a lot about legal ethics from reading the cautionary tale called "Disbarment" by Jerry Sonenblick. I am interested in the process of taking the bar exam as a good friend of mine has two sons who are just starting out in the law....

Janna McMahan has penned a novel that should disturb us all. She reminds us that there are homeless and hungry teenagers that need our help. Her latest book “Anonymity” introduces readers to Lorelei. Lorelei left Portland over a year ago making her way across the...

"Running Against Traffic" is a story about one woman's journey to find herself, and the ups and downs she experiences along the way. Paige is the woman who is hiding inside all of us, the product of repressing extra baggage, in order to convince ourselves...

"The Illusion of Secondhand Smoke" by Janice M. Van Dyck is about Maria DeLuca, a successful motivational speaker, whose personal life is anything but happy. She is into drugs and is having an affair with a married man. She is not without her reasons for...

Burned Bridges is a story about Traci Collins, a recovering alcoholic. She and her three friends, Norman, Kevin and Olivia, support one another in the tough battle against alcoholism. The book is narrated by Traci, who is a lovely woman with a troubled past. She's...

The author describes this book as a novel based on a true story. It is not a nice story. This is the story of Taylor, a victim of sexual child abuse by her brutal stepfather from the age of three, a vicious and continuing horror...