Posted on Leave a comment

Repenter: The Hidden Chapters: Players of the Game Book 1.5 by James McGowan

A thrilling ride… This thoroughly enthralling companion novella to Repenter, the first installment in the Players of the Game series, finds McGowan’s engaging antihero Ashe Stelfire on hunt for a lost adapting blade crafted by Gathiner, God of Invention. Emotions…
Posted on Leave a comment

Rats in a Maze by Peter Bailey

A well-executed and deeply engrossing SF tale… Bailey visits a bleak future in his deeply engrossing part-mystery-part-dystopian which features NYPD Detective Ray Fisher. After an unusual accident leaves two people dead, Ray Fisher, the NYPD Detective, begins his investigation into…
Posted on Leave a comment

Josie and the Scary Snapper by Elisa Downing (Author), Isadora Machado (Illustrator)

An absolute delight… Downing brings thorough fun and plenty of sassy energy to Josie and the Scary Scrapper, her debut picture book, the story of adorable Josie who is scared of the monsters in the dark. Little Josie is unable…
Posted on Leave a comment

Of Mercy & Of Death (The Seven Keys of Hildegard Book 1) by David Dupuis

An intriguing blend of action, religion, and politics… Dupuis pits dark forces against the Nazarene Church in this swiftly paced first installment in The Seven Keys of Hildegard series. In 1167, Hildegard, a German nun, has a troubling vision, prophesizing…
Posted on Leave a comment

The Lonely Vampire by Ann Greyson

An intriguing page-turner… Greyson brings an enchanting tale of vampire witch hunt, body-switching, and loneliness, set in enchanting lands of Romania, Bulgaria, and England. Ileana Vladislava barely escaped the mass vampire killing in the midst of a vampire witch hunt…
Posted on Leave a comment

Beasts of the Night by Matejs Kalns

A hard-hitting tale… Kalns’s gritty debut explores child trafficking culture and the power of conviction. When eight-year-old Mei ended up in a dissipated hut after her harrowing escape from the clutches of a child trafficker, it was her grit and…
Posted on Leave a comment

Surviving Crazy by Frank Crimi

A fun, zany romp… Crimi’s highly entertaining follows a group of eccentric travelers as they navigate chaos and dangers in an apocalyptic world. As a newly appointed scout for Arizona Prickly Heat, the Major League Baseball team, Riley is on…
Posted on Leave a comment

From the Water’s Edge: A collection of poetry written while wandering (Volume Book 1) by Shun P. Writes

Measured and reflective… Meditative and precise, this debut collection of poetry from Writes offers meditations on soul-searching and redemption. Feelings of loss and pain and realities of joy and happiness suffuse these poems, and a quest toward understanding self stays…
Posted on Leave a comment

Wasting Time (Physics, Lust and Greed #2) by Mike Murphey

A darkly humorous romp… Murphey’s swiftly paced second installment in the Physics, Lust and Greed series is an invigorating and emotionally satisfying SF drama. After the time travelers failed to significantly alter the past, Global Research Consortium is in danger…
Posted on Leave a comment

Trials and Tribulations Being Born Again: For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 by Dionne Brown

A beautiful blend of wisdom and insight… Sharing his story, Brown turns his heart and pen to the power of faith in this intriguing debut. Brown argues that so many people continuously face ordeals in their daily lives, yet they…
Posted on Leave a comment

Escape from the Lower East Side by Richard Peres

An eloquent tale of human aspirations and resilience… Murder, betrayal, loneliness, and perversity propel Peres’s excellent historical biography, featuring his great grandfather, who emigrated from Germany in 1851 to America. With astonishingly real details, Peres creates a convincing picture of…
Posted on 1 Comment

The Unspeakable Kind by Christopher Renna

Darkly intriguing and thoroughly engrossing… This slender volume from Renna takes readers on an unsettling journey into uncanny as a young woman tries to search for a lost child’s identity. After suffering her second miscarriage, Ashleigh Lundberg agrees to move…
Posted on 1 Comment

Ocean Friends (2 book series) by Tam Warner Minton

Fun and informative…  A winning collection. In her visually arresting series about tropical reef fish, Minton pairs striking, colorful pictures with information about the characteristics, habits, and diversity of these ocean vertebrates. In the first book in the series, Minton…
Posted on Leave a comment

Pigeon-Blood Red (3 book series) by Ed Duncan

A transfixing and highly readable series… Duncan’s electric action thriller trilogy features an endearing antihero, abundant action, and nonstop thrills. In the sharply realized series launcher, an ordinary job of retrieving his boss, Frank Litvak’s priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace…
Posted on 1 Comment

White Swan Wishes by Wes Snowden

A poignant examination of the intricacies of love… A tale of love, loss, and pain, Snowden’s latest is ripe with both emotional vulnerability and authenticity.  When 17-year-old Michael Grayson, the son of a New England scallop fishermen, met the lovely…
Posted on Leave a comment

Cake Popped Off (Cupcake Catering Mystery Book 2) by Kim Davis

A delightful, enchanting whodunit… In her second installment for the Cupcake Catering Mysteries, Davis throws in the mouth-watering descriptions of food galore, some well-placed red herrings, and a thoroughly intriguing murder mystery to create a delicious whodunit. The family feud…
Posted on Leave a comment

Stockboy Nation by Thomas Duffy

A provocative tale of intricacies of love and close relationships… In this beautifully constructed and paced, emotionally accurate tale, Duffy explores the searing emotions of ordinary people caught in unforeseen circumstances. His protagonist is Phillip Doherty, a struggling writer in…
Posted on Leave a comment

Boulder Girl, Remember Me When the Moon Hangs Low by Cynthia L. Clark

A riveting tale of love and obsession… Unhinged obsession of a sinister psychopath takes center stage in Clark’s thoroughly gripping suspense thriller. After dissolution of her unhappy decade-long marriage, thirty-year-old Lana Ross, a magazine editor for Boulder Essence, is set…
Posted on Leave a comment

Peri the Awesome COVID Fairy by Morgan Duffy (Author), Mary Duffy (Illustrator)

A whimsical, insightful read… Duffy introduces Peri, the COVID Fairy, who brings children joy and laughter as they stay stuck at home during the current pandemic. The brief introduction to COVID-19, its worldwide spread, and the kind of precautions to…
Posted on Leave a comment

Chuckles and Smiles by Raven Howell

A rollicking delight… Award-winning Howell celebrates the power of joy to be found in little ordinary things in her charming latest, a collection of poetry for young children. The poems are rhymed gracefully, with the key words set in uppercase…