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Review – Maybe One Day by Catherine ByBee

  Synopsis A Caribbean cruise opens a widow’s heart to a love she never expected in a breathtaking novel about second chances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee. Mari D’Angelo’s life is complete. Her children are all married. Two grandbabies fill her days, with two more on the way, and […]

Review & Giveaway – Hummingbird Moonrise by Sherri L. Dodd

  HUMMINGBIRD MOONRISE By Sherri L. Dodd   Paranormal Thriller / Fantasy / Magical Realism / Witch-Lit Publisher: Black Rose Writing Pages: 304 Publication Date: October 9, 2025   Synopsis The past two years have taken their toll on Arista Kelly. Once an eternal optimist, now she has faced the darkness and must recalibrate what […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Zachary by Shirley Miller Kamada

  Synopsis Zachary Whitlock knows sheep. He knows farming and knows what it’s like to have his best friend forced into an internment camp for Japanese Americans. What he does not know much about is goats and traveling by sea on cargo ships, yet he makes a decision to go with a group of volunteers […]

Excerpt – The Explorers by Jim Bates

  Synopsis Jagen and Ank have been sent to Earth from their home planet, Rykos, on a fact-finding mission. Emperor General Xenon is a megalomaniac who wants the two young explorers to tell him if the planet is suitable to invade, conquer, and add to his collection. This is their first mission, and Jagen and […]

Excerpt – The Haiku Year by Jim Bates

  Synopsis Written over the course of one year, the haiku in this collection reflect Jim’s love of nature, life, and family. The book is divided into four chapters, each reflecting one of the seasons. Walk with him through a quiet autumnal forest and marvel at the myriads of yellow, golden, orange, and red leaves. […]

Review – Pillars of Creation by Carlos Nicolás Flores

  Pillars of Creation A Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World By Carlos Nicolás Flores   Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Atmosphere Press Publication Date: July 22, 2025     Synopsis Where is God amidst the mass graves, poverty, drug trafficking, and corrupt officials on the Texas-Mexico border? Yoltic Cortez, a […]

Excerpt – The World is My Mirror by Riza Rasco

  Synopsis The World Is My Mirror is the story of a radical midlife reinvention told through vivid, self-contained vignettes that move across every continent, country, and forgotten corner of the world. At the height of her career as a scientist, Dr. Riza Rasco’s pursuit of success, belonging, and motherhood collapsed under the weight of […]

Review – Honeymoon Stage by Margaux Eliot

  Synopsis It’s the night before her wedding, and Cassidy Baum isn’t sure she wants to get married…Or maybe she just doesn’t want to get married on set, surrounded by cameras and crew, with the crushing weight of everyone watching. As a production assistant, Cassidy’s used to being behind the camera, not in front of […]

Guest Post & Excerpt – One Foot in the Ether by Kayleigh Kavanagh

    Synopsis Demdike and Chattox, famed witches of Pendle Forest, might be dead, but they’re not gone. Bound to their bloodline, they’ve spent the past two and a half centuries watching over their descendants, waiting for when they’ll be needed. When 14 year old Yana comes into her psychic abilities and inherits the ‘eyes […]

Review & Excerpt – The Fix by Mia Sheridan

  Synopsis From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes a chilling take on second chances, where a brutal break-in comes back to haunt the sole survivor with a new threat―and another victim. Eleven years ago, Cami Cortlandt’s mother and sister died cruelly in a violent home invasion. The trauma and notoriety still linger, […]