THE RISE OF THE MAD MARCH By ROBERT ESPENSCHEID JR. New Adult / Coming of Age / Friendship Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 374 Publication Date: May 9, 2025 Synopsis This one is for all the rock bands who never headlined the big stage, who never needed protection getting to […]
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Review – He’s To Die For by Erin Dunn
Synopsis At 29, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD’s homicide squad, and his future looks bright. He may be a bit of an outsider in the department—an ivy-league educated gay Brit with a weakness for designer suits—but his meteoric rise and solve rate prove he belongs. So when his CO […]
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 Samaritan’s Patient by Chevron Ross
Synopsis Paige Abernathy was once the epitome of high school perfection—beautiful, popular, and deeply in love with Lucas, the most sought-after boy at Alverna High. But everything changes when her mother forbids her from seeing him, and Paige’s world takes a devastating turn. After a website she creates inadvertently sparks a wave of teenage […]
Synopsis An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane Northern England, 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house […]
Review – Imprinted on the Heart by Terry Newman
Synopsis JJ Spritely, history professor and romance author, writes love stories, but her own happily ever after seems out of reach. She’s frustrated her most recent book is sitting in a warehouse instead of in the hands of her readers. And her relationship with her boyfriend has stalled. What else could possibly go wrong? […]
Review – The Artist of Blackberry Grange by Paulette Kennedy
Synopsis For a young caregiver in the Ozarks, an old house holds haunting memories in a ghostly novel about family secrets, sacrifice, and lost loves by the author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. In the summer of 1925, the winds of change are particularly chilling for a young woman whose life has suddenly become […]
Review – If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley
Synopsis Fated mates | Crossed paths | Cancer and remission On the eve of her stem cell transplant to treat her leukemia, Elliott Holland decides to live like it’s her last night on earth. It’s destiny when she crosses paths with a handsome and charming stranger, Jamie Sullivan. The chemistry is magic. So is […]
Review – Left by Paul McGrath
LEFT By Paul McGrath  Fiction / Satire / Humor Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 232 Publication Date: March 14, 2025 Synopsis A Sci-Fi Satire of Alien Espionage, Southern Charm & Chaos on Earth! First-time novelist Paul McGrath delivers a sharp, witty, and wildly entertaining sci-fi satire that asks: What if […]
Review – Periphery by A.A. DaSilva
Synopsis Charlotte barely survived the accident that killed her husband four years ago. Resuscitated a savant, she struggles to find meaning in her survival. When she meets Simon, a mysteriously familiar stranger, they are drawn to each other with undeniable magnetism. But Simon is contracted to a black-ops agency. With the agency on her […]