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New Release – The Palace at the End of the Sea by Simon Tolkien

  Synopsis New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard to relate to his parents: His father, a Jewish self-made businessman, refuses to give up on the American dream, and his mother, a refugee from religious persecution in Mexico, holds […]

Review – Broome Enigma by Meryl Brown Tobin

  Synopsis On a working holiday in Australia’s cosmopolitan Outback town of Broome in 1986, Jodie, a young book designer and artist, is open to romance and adventure. At the holiday village where she is staying, she meets Joe, a young man who works there. Despite the strong attraction between them, the many unknowns about […]

Excerpt – No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens

  Synopsis Zodiac with a terrifying twist, in a taut thriller from author Mark Stevens about a reformed serial killer and the disgraced journalist he coaxes into finding the imposter trading on his name. When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city […]

Review & Giveaway – The Calendar by WM Gunn

    THE CALENDAR By WM Gunn   Science Fiction Pages: 302 Publication Date: April 3, 2025     Synopsis Long-range monitors detect a massive rock plunging through space on a path toward Earth. Will it miss our planet, deliver a glancing blow, or destroy Mankind? And how will people react to an uncertain future? […]

Review – The Language of Birds by K. A. Merson

  Synopsis A brilliant, eccentric teenager must solve a series of puzzles left behind by her dead father in this debut that features codes, riddles, and a plot that ingeniously mixes fact and fiction. When seventeen-year-old Arizona’s mother goes missing on a family trip, Arizona tells herself not to worry. Until she finds her family’s […]

Excerpt – Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow by Christopher Bodmann

  Synopsis Superpowers don’t always solve your super problems. The hardest part about being a superhero isn’t the punches, the powers, or even the secret identity. It’s getting back up when everything tells you to stay down. Josh Jacobs, Jr. wasn’t looking for trouble—he’s had enough of that already. New town, new school, and after […]

New Release & Giveaway – Bracing the Storm by J.C. Reed

    Synopsis From New York Times bestselling author J.C. Reed comes Bracing The Storm, a small-town, enemy-to-lovers romance. The guy I just met at the mansion I inherited from a complete stranger? He’s drop-dead gorgeous. Sexy. And rude with a Capital R. Turns out he’s not the hot gardener as I wrongly assumed. He’s not only a […]

Review – Cupid on the Loose by John J. Jacobson

  Synopsis From the author of All the Cowboys Ain’t Gone and California Fever comes a romantic comedy about the exuberant intoxication of amore and its often hilarious antics. Aspiring author Billy Spiers tends to fall passionately in love, but soon, finding something missing, fall quickly out again. His grandmother, who raised him, thinks he […]

Excerpt – An Artist’s Life by Carlton Davis

    Visual Voices Journal An Artist’s Life by Carlton Davis presents a chronicle of 50 years of artistic self-examination through 27 self-portraits. Designed as both a memoir and visual archive, the book explores the intersections of mental illness, creativity, and identity through Davis’s lens as an artist, architect, and writer. The narrative spans decades of […]

Review – The Murder Show by Matt Goldman

  Synopsis The Murder Show is a pulse-racing novel about secrets, old friends, and how the past never leaves us by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award winning author Matt Goldman! Showrunner Ethan Harris had a hit with The Murder Show, a television crime drama that features a private detective who solves cases the police can’t. But […]