Category: fiction

Excerpt – The Montana Gold Mine by Tim Piper

  Synopsis In Spring 1874, the American economy is descending into a depression, following the collapse of Jay Cooke’s financial empire. Amid the chain of bank and business failures set off by Cooke’s bankruptcy, Jubilee Walker struggles to keep Warner and Walker Outfitters solvent. Jubil’s grand plans for developing Yellowstone National Park into a popular […]

Coming of Age Spotlight – Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane

      Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane focuses on a stretch of life marked by uncertainty. The story unfolds as a family adjusts to changes that affect how they see themselves and each other. When Bubby Welter is fifteen, his family life is quietly dismantled. His mother Carrie’s mental breakdown […]

Review – Destiny of Chenille by Sally Dallas

  Synopsis Chenille tries to rebuild a safe life for herself and her son in Australia, while running from the remnants of her cybercrime past. Enter Jack – a hard working family man whom Chenille can’t resist. He can’t possibly be a criminal, can he? Love, grief, and moral compromise collide in this culmination of […]

Excerpt – What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes

  Synopsis An empowering and heartfelt novel about the complexities of family, the power of sisterhood, and the bravery it takes to choose happiness when all seems lost. “My life is perfectly fine.” Alex has pretended this for years―despite an emotionally absent father, a best friend drifting away, and a floundering dog-training business. At least […]

Guest Post & Excerpt – NightBorn by Theresa Cheung

  Synopsis What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever? Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares … all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered. Haunted by the question of why she’s become […]

Excerpt – Asylum Murders by Michael G. Colburn

  Synopsis In the gaslit streets of 1890s Melbourne, Lady Edith “Edie” Black has reinvented herself. Once a notorious London thief, she now poses as a widowed aristocrat while secretly establishing herself as a private investigator. When Parliament’s ceremonial mace disappears during a night of debauchery involving high-ranking officials, Edie is hired to recover it […]

Excerpt – Stolen Brilliance by Michael G. Colburn

  Synopsis Lady Edith Black harbors a secret past as a master criminal in this tale of love, crime, and adventure, with a jaw-dropping twist that will leave you stunned. Rescued from the slums of Victorian London, Edie finds herself ensnared in a web of crime orchestrated by Mrs. Hill, the mastermind behind an infamous […]

Guest Post & Excerpt – Soul Matters by Yolonda Tonette Sanders

    Synopsis With a successful husband, a fulfilling teaching career, and a baby on the way, Wendy Phillips seems to have it all. She’s certain God is on her side. After all, the woman she’s become wouldn’t exist without the strength of her close-knit family or her own determination to be a model daughter, […]

Review – The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu

  Synopsis When Death comes to claim Nella May Carter, she catches His interest with her capacity to find beauty and love even amidst the hell of slavery. So Death – bored, disgusted by humanity, and believing the Earth would be greatly improved should humans no longer exist – lures Nella into a Faustian bargain: […]

Review – A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara

  Synopsis When a determined killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him in this delightful cozy mystery. Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E., which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is. But ever since her parents died in an accident when she was six, she’s been […]