April 18, 2019
Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
Intense, suspenseful, and an engrossing read… Adam and Sophie Warner are holidaying for the Memorial Day weekend to unwind and to fill the gaps seeping in their relationship. A stranger kidnaps Sophie on the first morning of their trip…
April 17, 2019
The Second Law (Lynn Dayton Thrillers #3) by L.A. Starks
A brilliantly up-to-date thriller that entertains as well as educates…. L. A. Starks’ latest novel, the third in Lynn Dayton Thriller series is vividly up-to-date, involving global cybersecurity concerns and oil and energy politics. TriCoast Energy executive, the ever…
April 16, 2019
Creek Bait by Richard Lutman
Intense and heartrending… Lutman brings forth a collection of fourteen short stories that throws readers into the emotional lives of people escaping from life. Each story reveals the world of characters who have almost given up on life. Some…
An accomplished and absorbing novel… Rosenberg brings forth a fine historical inspired by Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe whose rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a famous figure in history. Resolutely independent, Baby…
April 14, 2019
The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg
Clever, eloquent, intimate, and emotionally revealing, The Secret Life of Mrs. London introduces a brilliant novelist in Rebecca Rosenberg… In this fascinating read, Rebecca Rosenberg explores American novelist Jack London and his wife Charmian London’s seemingly made-in-heaven marriage. Love…
Written with enthusiasm and verve, this series is highly entertaining and a definite hit… In the wild, action-filled first book of the series, civil veterans Jeb and Zach make a heroic journey across Rio Grande border to free Becky,…
A candid memoir… In Our Teenage Years, author T. J. Wray chronicles his life growing up in a small town in Oklahama in the 1980s. He recalls growing up in a dysfunctional home, working as a newspaper boy at minimum…
A candid glimpse into the depressed mind… In this short collections of poems, Shaun O. Smith chronicles his own battle with depression and anxiety, bringing forth an unconstrained examination of the depressed mind. Smith’s struggle to cope with the…
April 10, 2019
Chrome Mountain by Ben Schneider
A fast and fun ride… Trey Radisson, a genius scientist, has a brilliant future ahead of him until he invents a marvelous technology and destroys it out of fear of harming humanity. Sonya McCall has left the biker-gang-life behind,…
Definitely one of the best whodunits… A. R. Simmons remarkably maintains suspense up to the last page in his eighth outing for Richard Carter, a cop in rural Ozark sheriff’s department. An unauthorized exhumation leads to the discovery of…
A poignant, heartwarming memoir… Of Bitter Herbs and Sweet Confections narrates the harrowing journey of a Jewish family seen through the eyes of Tanya, the teenage daughter, that takes them from a privileged life in Nowy Sacz in Poland…
April 7, 2019
Delphys Rising by Kip Koelsch
A suspenseful, fantastic techno-thriller… Delphys, an innovative dolphin communication project and brain-child of the genius Dr. Evan McMillon, features powerful artificial intelligence that is capable of assisting military’s covert operations by directly communicating with dolphins. Dr. McMillon who was…
A moving collection… Rebecca MacCeile is no stranger to PTSD, and she beautifully pens down her characters’ endless struggles with their inner demons in Novelties, a collection of four short stories. In “Experience Et Cetra” a girl takes a…
April 5, 2019
The Going Back Portal by Connie Lacy
Engrossing and heartwarming… Fresh and captivating, this time travel novel chronicles one woman’s adventurous quest through time and space. After TV producer Kathryn Spears decides to check on her aging grandmother’s claim of a Cherokee family living in the neighborhood…
April 4, 2019
The Red Umbrella Society by Khrys Vaughan
A beautifully constructed cozy action thriller… Khrys Vaughan’s first in the series is set in a world where The Red Umbrella Society, a powerful secret organization of women, works to protect women all over the world. The members of…
April 3, 2019
DART by Dale Renton
This high-octane, highly entertaining sci-fi novel is best read in one go… “Keep your friends close, your enemies closer–and the ones you’re not too sure about closer still.” The razor-sharp dialogues, wry humor ( “When you’re drowning in a…
A light contemporary romance.… Marialena Villanueva, a twenty-six-year-old knockout beauty falls hard for the film director, Esteban Gutierrez. Marialena is everything Esteban wants in a woman except for her young age. At forty-nine, Esteban is skeptical of getting into…
April 1, 2019
Fluffy’s Revolution by Ted Myers
Myers delivers this thoroughly entertaining story with wry humor bolstered by a high-action plot, swift narrative, and a fully gratifying ending… A group of super-intelligent GAB (Genetically Altered Brain) cats, dogs, and mice; compassionate humans; a bunch of bad…
March 31, 2019
The Year of Oceans by Sean Anderson
An electrifying story of one man’s grief that will grip the reader from start to finish… Told in short snippets over the course of a year combined with past flashbacks, Anderson brings his considerable talents to this gripping story…
March 29, 2019
All the Broken People by Amy Rivers
Interesting premise, brilliant descriptions, and relatable characters make All the Broken People an addictive read… Writer at a woman’s magazine Alice Bennett, the vulnerable protagonist of this moving story, is struggling to rebuild her marriage while trying to leave…