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Excerpt – The Evolution of Tomorrow by Jim Bates

    Synopsis   The poems in this collection were written over the course of a year. I challenged myself to right simple, rhythmic poems that rhymed on the 2nd and 4th lines. Some of them are four lines long, and others are twelve lines long. They have to do with nature, the natural world, […]

Review – The Lies Among Us by Sarah Beth Durst

    Synopsis   From the award-winning author of The Shelterlings and The Lake House comes a haunting novel about sisterhood and grief, where difficult truths must contend with the corrosive power of unchecked lies. After her mother dies, Hannah doesn’t know how to exist without her. Literally. In fact, Hannah’s not even certain that […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Shahrahzad’s Gift by Gretchen McCullough

      SHAHRAZAD’S GIFT   by   Gretchen McCullough   Contemporary Fiction / Linked Short Stories / Humor Publisher: Cune Press Date of Publication: February 20, 2024 Number of Pages: 198 pages     Scroll down for Giveaway!         Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary […]

Cover Reveal – The Groundworld Heroes by Adrian So

I am happy to share the cover for an upcoming book by a young writer, Adrian So.   I believe the book will be released this summer, but you can check out the cover now with this sneak peek!           Synopsis   When Groundworld is on the brink of extinction, it […]

Excerpt – Dreamers by James Bates

    Synopsis Overlapping memories, overlapping lives, wide open spaces, and soft but sometimes heart-breaking reminiscences, with the mighty Mississippi running through it all — let Jim Bates take you on rich, human, intertwining journeys into a landscape of souls where you can glimpse beauty and peace, longing and contentment, the burden of past decisions […]

Review & Excerpt – The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang

    Synopsis   A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true―whatever the sacrifice. Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959―though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese immigrants, […]

Mystery New Release – Off the Air by Christina Estes

    Synopsis   Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introduces Jolene Garcia in her Tony Hillerman Prize winning debut, Off the Air . Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments―anything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at […]

Excerpt – The Phantom Enforcer by J.W. Jarvis

    Synopsis   A supernatural journal. Two kids in over their heads. Can they lead a new Chicago police officer to success in the dangerous south side of the city? Danielle and Noah’s curiosity gets the best of them when they find another magical diary about an officer’s second year in the country’s second-largest […]

Review – How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

    Synopsis For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club , an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate… Now it’s up to her […]

Review – The Taekwonderoos: Rescue at Rattling Ridge by Michael Panzner

    Synopsis   Come Join the Adventure! Hop into an action-packed adventure with George, Brianna and Jackson, kangaroo friends who are masters of taekwondo. When they spot a frightened joey trapped at the top of treacherous Rattling Ridge, the three Taekwonderoos spring into action, using their kicking, jumping and spinning skills to navigate cliffs, […]