A solid debut from a very promising author… Dawkins explores survival, trust, betrayal, grief, loss, and trauma—both individual and collective in this richly imagined and perfectly crafted tale set in a dystopian future. In a futuristic world ravaged by devastating… Read More ›
Month: December 2020
Chelsea’s New Beginning by Daniel Keith Austin
Heartfelt and genuine… A fun-to-read. An adorable Golden Retriever puppy gets a second chance to have a forever home in Austin’s moving series kicker. The little Golden Retriever pup is not too keen when she’s picked by a young family… Read More ›
When the Sleeping Dead Still Talk (The Hotel #2) by Jennifer Gordon
Artfully plotted, carefully nuanced, and thoroughly readable… Terrific. Gordon crafts a solid piece of gothic horror in this atmospheric finale of The Hotel, a two-part series. Francis Coyle, the enigmatic priest, leaves for his childhood home in Dorchester Neck after… Read More ›
Book blurb: A Heart To Survive: First Novel in the Collingwood Series by George Fillis
A gripping tale of hardships, resilience, and passion, A Heart To Survive not only explores the depth of human passions but drives home the bitter realities of racism in 1950s Canada. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Tao Wen Shun,… Read More ›
THE SIMPLER: Book III of The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier
Tasteful, elegant, and complex… Masterfully drawn. Carrier’s third installment in The Riven Country Series spins a tale of love, obsession, and madness, winding through the streets of Paris to a demesne in Ireland, and Devils Tower in Wyoming’s Black Hills…. Read More ›
The You Beyond You – The Knowledge of the Willing by Ramzi Najjar
A thought-provoking and powerful transformative compendium… In this empowering guide, the award-winning Najjar offers an extraordinary life approach to reach new heights as he lays out strategies for turning negative beliefs and ideas into positive ones. Combining true-life experiences with… Read More ›
But, i don’t want to say GOODBYE! by Ta’Shay Mason
A gentle, expert treatment of a difficult subject… Mason adeptly explores grief in this heartfelt, poignant picture book. Everyone is preparing for the funeral, but it’s difficult for Mason’s little protagonist to come to terms with her father’s death. As… Read More ›
Lion Song (Uncommon Partnership I) by Judy Burr
An exact, candid, and multifaceted tale of love, lust, and passion… Burr’s engrossing debut installment in the Uncommon Partnership series explores love, passion, sexual fantasy, trust and betrayal, and business and religious intrigue. It was on December 7, years after… Read More ›
Personal Spirit by Alexandra Smith
Expansive and sagacious… a beautiful collection Smith beautifully explores love, longing, sadness, hope, and mortality in her debut, a short collection of poetry, pictures, and flash fiction pieces. In the utterly inspiring “The Wolf Within,” she infuses the emotions as… Read More ›
Book blurb: Fully Alive: Using Your Individuality to Conquer Addiction by Michael J. Surdyka
Michael J. Surdyka incorporates his expertise and insights in this unique guide written especially for those of us who find the issue of lifelong sobriety an eluding one. With revealing real-life insights, self-tests with self-diagnosing worksheets, and a revolutionary recovery… Read More ›