Category: fiction

Review – The Last Toll Collector by S.S. Turner

  Synopsis What would you do if AI outcompeted you so completely that it negated your role in society? Welcome to Valerie Tobruk’s life. Her job as a toll collector on the Golden Gate Bridge was made redundant when toll collection was automated in 2013. Since then, she’s struggled to find a job which AI […]

Review – Delusions of Chenille by Sally Dallas

  Synopsis With her criminal activities behind her, Chenille is psyched for a fresh start. The elements she truly desires in life still seem to elude her; a man who adores her, a fulfilling career, and a stable life for her son. Enter Brandon, a charismatic computer nerd who has his sights on the good […]

Excerpt – The Last Rival by Kyle Palmer

  Synopsis In the shadow of World War II’s end, the world teeters on the brink of an invisible conflict. Behind the veil of international politics and covert espionage lies a forgotten truth—a darkness that survived the war, planning its resurrection. It falls upon a few brave men to stop it, even as their own […]

Excerpt & Guest Post – Even Higher Than Everest by George Almond

    Synopsis Even Higher than Everest is a vastly entertaining, fact-based, yet dramatized story of a London cockney heiress who, in the 1930s, sent a small fleet of double winger biplanes on a daring and remarkably dangerous mission to fly over Mt. Everest and film the world’s highest and most famous mountain peak. Author George […]

Review – 1828 by David Preston

  Synopsis In the high-stakes rematch of 1828, two titans of American politics clash in a battle that will determine the nation’s fate. John Quincy Adams, the embattled incumbent, faces Andrew Jackson, the fiery populist and war hero, in an election riddled with political machinations and deep-seated animosities. As accusations of corruption and backroom deals […]

Holiday Book Excerpt – Jingles by D.F. Jones

    Synopsis Jingles by USA Today bestselling author D.F. Jones is a heartwarming tale set in the picturesque town of HollyHaven, where Christmas magic is more real than anyone could imagine. At the heart of this magic is Jingles, a beloved Christmas shop that has always been the town’s festive centerpiece. But this year, […]

New Release & Excerpt – Tangles by Kay Smith-Blum

  Synopsis “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a punch and hits close to home.” -Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Tracy Crosswhite Series Oppenheimer was just the beginning. When a harpooned whale offers proof […]

Review & Giveaway – Sallowsfield by Cliff Hudder

  Sallowsfield: A Novel By Cliff Hudder   Literary Fiction / Humor / Saga / Texas / Yorkshire Publisher: Texas Review Press Pages: 390 Publication Date: October 21, 2024     Synopsis Wyatt W. Sallow, MBA—poet, business ethics professor, and coach of the 8th ranked collegiate chess team in East Texas—travels to the heart of […]

Excerpt – The Space Between Secrets by Sheri Langer

  Synopsis In her forties and desperately yearning to be a mother, Rachel Sutton is devastated each month by a negative pregnancy test. Her marriage is on the rocks, but she believes a child will fill the hole in her heart. Life seems bitterly unfair until Rachel is presented with an opportunity to adopt a […]

Review – Don’t Let Me Keep You by Kathie Giorgio

  Synopsis Motherhood is a symphony, from the first movement, through crescendo after crescendo, to the finale. Hildy Halverson, a genius in math and science, is pushed by her parents to step into a male-dominated field and change the world for women. But Hildy, enamored of the scientific force of the human body, and her […]