When I pick up a novel, the first thing I look for is how well the author develops motivation in the protagonist. The central question is: what drives the protagonist and how does the author allow it to move the plot forward? In The Book...

Three women. Three generations. Three love stories. All centered on the romantic aura of lilacs. Sara’s marriage was short, her husband lost at sea. Her passion for her lost love never dwindled and, though others tried to court the pretty young widow, no one had...

The Cat Who Ate His Tail by Jacqueline Simon Gunn is a heartwarming and unusual story of love that will thrill cat lovers. Sneakers is a cat, a big one, “think tiger cubbish." He has had his fair share of suffering and has known the...

The Writing on the Wall by Marilyn Howard is a non-fiction autobiography of the author and her ability to break the professional glass ceiling and live a full, adventurous life during a time in American history that predated what most would recognize as feminism today....

The Language of Lust is a short sizzling romance work penned by author duo Martina Balášová and Michael Balzano and forms the first chapter in a continuing series. Written for adults due to its sexual content, the story concerns the passionate affair of Ema, a...

The Unexpected Visitor: A Retelling of a Scene from Pride and Prejudice is a Jane Austen fan fiction short story by Margaret Lynette Sharp, part of her extensive collection of works inspired by the classic novel which follows the relationships between Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet,...

The Five Days of Christmas: A New-Adult Holiday Novelette by Maria Cassano is the story of Allison as she reluctantly flies home for Christmas, only to find a person from her past right there to make her second guess everything. It has been five years...

The Butterfly Recluse by Therese Heckenkamp is a touching story that starts out slow and serene but takes us step by step on Lila’s journey of discovery. Lila lives in a world of her own since losing her entire family in a car accident. She...

The Curator of Broken Things Trilogy: Full Trilogy by Corine Gantz is an engrossing read, to say the least. The tale of a family that explores themes of betrayal, family secrets, complex relationships, and a lot of digging into hidden truths, a story that spans...

Ruth is closing in on forty, still single and basically can’t figure out why. She’s always had a picture of the perfect man in her head but where exactly is he? A few times in her relationships to date, she’d thought she was with “the...