Book Reviews
The Hangman’s Replacement:Sprout of Disruption
The last hangman in Zimbabwe retired in 2004, but since the death penalty seemed on the verge of abolition, there was no real effort to hire a new one. Read On
Alabama Stories
Set in Alabama over a period of about forty years beginning in the late 1940s, this exquisite collection of fifteen short stories provides snapshots into the lives of different characters. Read On
Imperfect Pairings
The mystery, beauty and complexities of culture, family and love are revealed through the relationship between a seemingly mismatched American woman and an Italian man. Read On
Loving Andrew: A Fifty-Two Year Story of Down Syndrome
“Loving Andrew” is a biography of the author’s oldest son, Andrew, who was born in 1959 with Down syndrome. Read On
Cyberslammed
Cyberslammed is a manual designed to help parents, school administrators, and kids deal with the risks and results of online bullying. Read On
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans
In her second novel, Joanne DeMaio takes readers to the Connecticut shore, where she introduces an intriguing cast of characters, all of whom are searching their pasts for both release and solace. Read On
Girls Love Travis Walker
Travis Walker in finishing up with his senior year of high School – again, and running into some problems. Read On
Matinicus: An Island Mystery
When Gil Hodges lands on Matinicus Island, Maine, he is drawn into the culture with groups warring over the lobster winnings, but also the island’s dark history of possessiveness, deceit and suspicious deaths. Read On
The Burning of Cherry Hill
The Burning of Cherry Hill is a tale set in a dystopian future, but it begins in a pastoral paradise. Read On
The Romanov Stone
Just before she dies from injuries from what looks to be an accident, Kate Gavrill’s mother, Irina, whispers something to Kate that sets her on a journey delving into the secrets of past generations. Read On
Walk Me Home
Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and renew their faith in recovery and redemption. Read On
Secret Storms: A Mother and Daughter, Lost then Found
After giving up her baby for adoption, a Pennsylvania debutante spends her adult life wondering what happened to her daughter…until the two reunite. Read On
Life Minus 3 1/2
How exactly does someone who could pass for any ordinary office worker steal millions of dollars and gamble it all away? The explanation comes in three hundred some pages of losses, lies, and brushes with elements ranging from the IRS to Boston mobsters. Read On
Family Pieces
There are two protagonists in this engrossing, touching story about family and secrets. First up is twenty-one-year-old Karsen Wood, whose fairytale world is falling apart. Read On
Embrace (The Gryphon Series)
Celeste Garrett is not your ordinary 18-year-old. Though she would like a normal life, this part human, part gryphon character has a calling – to keep the world safe and her hormones under control from the likes of shape shifting demons. Read On
The Blind Pig
The year is 2063 and 40-year-old Angela Anselm is a reporter who writes a nutrition column for a publication called “The Well.” Read On
The Secret Sense of Wildflower
This is the story of Wildflower, who lives in the mountains of Katy’s Ridge, Tennessee in 1941. Still adjusting to the death of her beloved father just a year ago, she must also cope with the change in her relationship with her mother, who has become distant and resentful towards her daughter. Read On
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Blood Money
What begins when trucker, Greg Beem, is pulled over to assist a patrolman at the scene of a car accident, becomes an entangled web of decoys and deception involving state and government personnel and private parties each with their own personal agenda for taking part in the manhunt. Read On
Depth of Deception (A Titanic Murder Mystery)
Alexander Galant’s makes the past come alive in this spellbinding mystery. Read On
Thanksgiving 1942
Thanksgiving 1942 by Alan Simon follows Jonathan and Joseph Coleman and their return to Pittsburgh to spend one last Thanksgiving with their family before they are deployed during WWII. Read On
No Remorse
Lee McCloud (Mac), an ex Delta Force operative, heads a covert mission for the CIA so he can clear his reputation for a prior rescue mission gone wrong. Read On
Restricted Waters
Alannis Summers takes time off from high school, leaves her New England home and signs up as a volunteer aboard the Sun Joule, which is seeking the cause of the Fouling – a disgusting blackness that is spreading along the Atlantic coastline, covering boats, strangling commerce and creating chaos. Read On
Fate Interrupted
FATE INTERRUPTED offers a smooth narrative with a tempting blend of appealing characters, sexual tension and lascivious love scenes. Read On
The Fridgularity
Blake Given’s web-enabled fridge has pulled the plug on the Internet, turning its owner’s life – and the whole world – upside down. Read On
Lady Justice and the Book Club Murders
Ed Weems announces at the deteriorating book club meeting that he wants to read a novel about someone who commits the perfect crime. Read On
Sweetest Taboo: A Novel
SWEETEST TABOO begins with a preface by Claire Stevens introducing the story that is to follow – the story of Isabel, Claire’s mother, as written in her diaries. Read On
Another Man’s Treasure
Thirty-three year old Audrey Nealon runs Another Man’s Treasure, a rather unique business that handles estate sales. Read On
Wait for Me
Kate Alexander finds her life thrown into a whirlwind when she discovers the man whom she believed to be her husband of seven years, was an imposter and the life she has led for the past five years has been a lie. Read On
Shaken, Not Stirred
A spellbinding fictional account of Ian Fleming’s early intelligence and writing career during World War II. Read On
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – How To Publish a Book
Kawasaki, the author of 11 previous books, and Welch, an author and developer of several iOS apps, look at self-publishing from every angle, leaving no stone unturned. Read On
Gathering Strength: Conversations With Afghan Women
Peggy Kelsey’s book “Gathering Strength” lifts the veils from all of Afghanistan’s female population through conversations with a cross-section of Afghan women from her visits to the country in 2003 and 2010. Read On
What’s Your Book?
WHAT’S YOUR BOOK? is a concise and no-nonsense guide to managing the basics-from understanding your hurdles and completing your writing project to following through with publishing and marketing. Read On
Lost in the ’90s
High School Senior Kurt Peregrin begins his night singing with his band at the Hazel Park High School’s 2012 Spring Fling dance; but after a dive off stage he ends up at HPHS spring dance of 1994. Read On
The Rich Are Different
The rich may be different, but Dakota Stevens is his usual fast-talking, facetious and flirtatious self in Chris Orcutt’s second novel in the Dakota Stevens mystery series. Read On
Spending the Holidays With People I Want To Punch In The Throat
“Spending the Holidays With People I Want To Punch In The Throat” is a collection of essays by Jen Mann-Li, who runs the blog, People I Want to Punch In The Throat.com. Read On
Parts North
The conflict of Parts North centers on Quinton, a safe cracker who was imprisoned for years and his grown son, Newland, who lost an arm racing against a young man who is now a town cop. Read On
Band of Demons
The second book in Rob Blackwell’s Sanheim Chronicles bursts forth to provide a rollicking gallop atop a midnight steed. Read On
The Settler
A riveting story of love and forgiveness set during British expansion in Rhodesia and the Second Boer War in South Africa.
The Toadhouse Trilogy: Book One
The Toadhouse Trilogy begins like a lyrical but ominous dream sequence, where a rat-faced man man warns young Aine, the protagonist, that “there is one uglier than me, fair child, uglier than a hundred of me. And he’s coming for you.” Read On
Grade A Baby Eggs
A fascinating, often funny memoir chronicling author Victoria Hopewell’s three-year baby-making mission. Read On
The Pursuit of Cool
Lance Rally is the type of guy who does not know how to fit in with any particular group. So as a freshman when he stumbles and fumbles into one of Langford College’s most popular crews, he is quite surprised. It is Lance’s newbie status and awkwardness that seem to draw the cool kids to him. Read On
The Last Paradise
The Last Paradise is panoramic in its description of a grand city—Galveston, Texas—and a country that is still seething with racial strife. But despite the turmoil, born anew, the city bustles with a growing population, industry, culture, money and an elegance and optimism that looks toward a limitless future. Read On
The Parachutist’s Daughter
Gabriella is a skilled member of Nokmim, a secret Israeli organization tasked with hunting down and exterminating Nazi war criminals. During a trip to Nicaragua to hunt down war criminal, Friedrich Guderian, Gabriella discovers Father Christian, a missionary priest. Read On
Goliath Gets Up
Goliath Gets Up is about a rag-tag bunch of friends-by-circumstance who, led by a man who might have been a dragon in a previous life, decide they must do something important in order to change their lives. Read On
Whole Latte Life
Like a delicious latte, readers will want to savor this polished debut novel about the ruptured friendship between two middle-aged moms from Connecticut on a girls’ weekend in New York City Read On
Grieving a Soulmate
Grieving a Soulmate is a candid and often heart-wrenching, part diary, part self-help book designed to inform, guide and prepare the reader through the dying process, death of and grieving over a loved one, based on author Robert Orfali’s own experience of losing his soulmate Jeri after a ten-year battle with cancer. Read On
They Cooked the Books: A Humorous Look at the World of White-Collar Crime
They Cooked the Books is written in fifteen parts, with each section casting a metaphorical and honest light on the origins, original meanings and present day usage of sayings related to financial doings (legal and otherwise). Read On
The Scorpion’s Nest
The Scorpion’s Nest begins with a secret mission in 1939. It ends with the modern-day descendants of the people involved, while weaving through two opposing espionage groups—an international organization determined to prevent terrorism (but who just might be terrorists themselves), and a relic of the Nazi medical program masquerading as a pharmaceutical company, determined to create worldwide biological weapons available to the highest bidder. Read On
The Golden Ball
As many learned from Gregory Maguire’s book, Wicked, there are often two sides to every story. The Golden Ball: The Fairy Tale of the Frog Prince and Why the Princess Kissed Him, explains this one from the frog’s point of view. Read On
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project is the true story of three young woman who, despite their own personal tragedies, get together to do a high school history project, only to stumble upon an unexpected shared passion for finding the truth. Read On
Sometimes the Sun Does Shine There
Sometimes the Sun Does Shine There is a collection of five short stories, depressing and dead-pan funny all at the same time. Read On
Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guide Book
When Jessica Prowe sustains a serious brain injury in a tragic car accident, her husband and author Garry Prowe is left in a state of shock, disbelief and confusion. The reality he faces is overwhelming, but he quickly becomes proactive and takes on the role as the main caregiver in his wife’s long journey to recovery. Read On
Jennifer’s Garden
Jennifer’s mother is dying and her last wish is to watch her daughter get married. Jennifer does care of Aurelio and wants to marry him, but does she really love him or is the man of her dreams the gorgeous landscaper? Jennifer is racing against time and love. Who will win? Read On
The Tourist Trail
Angela Haynes is a thirty-something biologist who has spent the last fifteen years tagging penguins in Patagonia. Her social life consists of making eyes at her twenty-something male assistant and keeping tabs on penguins, until one day a mysterious stranger with a questionable past literally washes up on the island’s shores and Angela makes a bold decision to harbor him. Read On
The Girl Who Fished With a Worm
Harry Groome’s latest book, “The Girl Who Fished With a Worm”, takes Steig Larsson’s “Dragon Tattoo” trilogy and re-imagines it as a sharp and witty who-done-it. Read On
Misfits & Heroes: West From Africa
The act of a social outcast releasing a wanderer from her bonds begins a story that soon intertwines the lives of many with the history of Africa and Western exploration. The time is approximately 12,000 BC when Naaba and Asha meet and start their unconventional journey. Read On
The Jinson Twins Science Detectives and the Mystery of Echo Lake
Twelve-year old twins, Debbie and Joe Jinson have a summer job – Mrs. Gray needs help clearing out her house. It sounds straightforward enough, until the twins discover a mysterious map with clues. With the help of Mr. Benjamin, the twins try to solve the mystery they have uncovered, but they are being watched and followed. Read On
Murder Takes Time
Giacomo Giammatteo’s riveting thriller delves into the relationships between childhood friends who lead very different adult lives. Read On
Untraceable
Spunky sixteen-year old Grace Wells is the daughter of wildlife enforcement officer, Joe Wells, who disappeared in the woods three months earlier on a normal work day. The local authorities want to close the case, so Grace steps up her search. Read On
The Minefields
The Minefields is a witty, coherent, yet wildly intriguing joy-ride that captures the essence of hit dramas like Mad Men, without feeling like an imitation. Read On
The Intentional Networker
This handbook for assessing your goals, focus and gaining networking skills and inspiration is chock full of strategies and tips for self-improvement and networking. Read On
Death with Dignity
Death with Dignity is author Robert Orfali’s passionate and persuasive argument for legalized physician-assisted dying, based on personal opinion and experience and extensive research into the debates and issues revolving around this controversial issue. Read On
The Archer Prism: Reflecting Sir John Harrington
John Harington, author and ambitious courtier in Queen Elizabeth’s court, tells the story of his life, comparing it with that of Jeffrey Archer – jailed politician-turned-successful author. Read On
Blow Me
Three single women in Los Angeles are looking for the perfect man; a man who can give them everything that is. Skylar, Dawn and Chloe want it all: fine dining, shopping trips galore, the best cars, amazing sex, even children; and they will go to great lengths to get all that they desire. Read On
Fun in the Yellow Pages
Pierson Chandler knows that summer is going to be a disaster. He will be experiencing the “simpler life” on a farm with his mother and father. As if that isn’t bad enough being “thrown into exile,” Pierson is going to be “banished” there with his fifteen-year old cousin Will. Read On
Dangerous Past
When a bomb is planted in the commercial plane that Frank Braden is flying, almost blowing up nearly 100 passengers, it is the beginning of the end of his career and his life as he knows it. To add fuel to the plot, whoever is out to get Frank is making it appear as if Frank is on a suicide mission. Read On
The Woman at the Well
This extraordinary historical novel takes place in the Middle East in the time of the Prophet Muhammad with the focus on a man named Khalid ibn al-Walid (aka “The Conqueror”) who never lost a battle, but who struggles daily with his past. Read On
Maria’s Duck Tales
A collection of stories about the ducks that lived in the author’s backyard and taught her about Mother Nature’s hope and heartbreak. Read On
Father Tierney Stumbles
Father Joe Tierney is a gay, Catholic priest who just found out he is HIV positive. We first meet Tierney as a devastated, disguised, man leaving an STD clinic in a part of town where he is sure not to be recognized. His world has basically crumbled, and will continue to break down. Not only is Father Tierney very much in the closet, he is terrified of what this diagnosis will mean if it gets out. Read On
Unvanquished: Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland, and the Struggle for Eastern Europe
“Unvanquished” is an important and majestic biography as complex, as engrossing, and as important as its subject. It’s required reading for anyone who wants to understand all of Europe as well as Poland. Read On
Wool Omnibus Edition
This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside. Read On
When Comes What Darkly Thieves
Ben Rubin’s dark fairytale, When Comes What Darkly Thieves, weaves a story of poetic strangeness.
Superman’s Cape
A spellbinding story of Sara Connely, a mother of two boys, who is rebuilding their lives after her husband was brutally murdered six months earlier. It is also the story of Jacob Hanson, a weatherman with a gift of sight, who is drawn into Sara’s life when Kyle, Sara’s eldest son gets lost in the woods just as a devastating hurricane is about to hit the town. Read On
Rosedale in Love
Part love story, part lush description of New York social history, Rosedale in Love is a multi-layered look of New York society at the turn of the century from the point-of-view of Jewish characters who are outside of the social strata while completely remaking that world as they enter it. Read On
Loving Emily
Ryan Miller’s life is in upheaval following the death of his best friend Michael – a death Ryan believes he could have prevented if only he hadn’t turned his back on Michael to seek out Emily. Now, the only thing he can do to make things better is to take care of the secret Michael told him before he died. Read On
Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure
Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure is a collection of ten short stories, each a snapshot revealing gritty irony in the lives of various characters. Read On
A Real Piece of Work
In a thrill-ride of a mystery that leads from Manhattan to the Catskills to Washington, D.C., what begins as the simple recovery of a painting soon reveals an international art scam and a chilling secret hidden for decades. Read On
Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story
Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story is a young girl’s coming of age story showing her struggles as she grows up with a religious fanatic mother, a step-father she can’t stand and the man she idealizes – her father. Read On
Treasure Hunter
In 1953, an eleven-year-old West Texas boy named W.C. Jameson had his first adventure, which led to his second adventure – his first treasure hunt. Read On
Sweet Tea and Secrets
Jill Clemmons returns to her small hometown to attend her grandmother Pearl’s funeral. Here she must not only deal with her grief, but the resurfacing of old memories, a former love and a mystery left behind by her grandmother – a mystery that may also be the reason for the strange occurrences at the house. Read On
The Safety Expert
When Ben Keller receives a deathbed confession from an inmate at an Indiana prison revealing the identity of the man who murdered Keller’s family, Keller begins to investigate. But he is not prepared for the consequences of opening up a world of darkness that he buried years ago. Read On
Come Back to Me
A poignant novel that examines the interwoven nature of our fragile lives and how quickly we can Fate can change our roles instantly to turn us from the Rescued to the Rescuer; from the one everyone waited for, to the one who now must sit and wait. Read On
Wife by Wednesday
Rich, titled, and charming, Blake Harrison is in need of a wife by Wednesday, so he turns to Sam Elliot who isn’t the business man he expected. Instead, Blake is faced with Samantha Elliot, engaging and spunky with a voice men call 900 numbers to hear.
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Kisses Of An Enemy
“Kisses Of An Enemy” is about scandal and duplicity in which practically none of the characters have any virtue or morals. In short, it’s an entirely believable story, and a very good one at that. Read On
A Small Fortune
Reminiscent of The Pilot’s Wife, a woman must come to terms with the fact that her life has been based on lies and misconceptions, but as she battles to regain her freedom and safety, she discovers a surprising strength she didn’t know she possessed. Read On
