Category: fiction

Review – All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney @nadinecourtney #YA #Netgalley

  Synopsis Allie Abraham has it all going for her—she’s a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she’s dating cute, popular, and sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells’s father is Jack Henderson, America’s most famous conservative shock jock…and Allie hasn’t told Wells that her family is Muslim. It’s not like Allie’s […]

Review – Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation by Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites #shortstories

  Synopsis “Dreams of Lake Drukka” and “Exhumation” explore the unearthing of horrific, long-buried family secrets. Journeying into the darkest recesses of the past, these stories depict the dire consequences of discovering the truth. Writing about this duology, author Mike Thorn says: “It was only in retrospect that I could see the connections between these […]

Review – Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi #shortstories #fiction #syrianbrides

  Synopsis This delightful collection of short stories offers insight into the lives of Syrian women, both the married and the brides-to-be. It reveals the warmth and humor as well as the oppression in the Syrian society. The stories make the reader laugh while addressing serious issues such as domestic violence. Um Hussam can’t find […]

Excerpt from Hands Up by Stephen Clark #NewRelease #Thriller @StephCWrites

  Synopsis Officer Ryan Quinn, a rookie raised in a family of cops, is on the fast track to detective until he shoots an unarmed black male. Now, with his career, reputation and freedom on the line, he embarks on a quest for redemption that forces him to confront his fears and biases and choose […]

Excerpt – Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici @PacoChierici #military #fiction

  Synopsis A Top Gun for the new millennium, Lions of the Sky propels the reader into a realm in which friendship, loyalty, and skill are tested, battles won and lost in an instant, and lives irrevocably changed in the time it takes to plug in your afterburners. Sam Richardson is a fighter pilot’s pilot, a reluctant legend with […]

Excerpt – Rouge by Richard Kirshenbaum @rkirshenbaum #historical #fiction #drama

  Synopsis Like Swans of Fifth Avenue and Truman Capote’s Answered Prayers, Richard Kirshenbaum’s Rouge gives readers a rare front row seat into the world of high society and business through the rivalry of two beauty industry icons, by the master marketer and chronicler of the over-moneyed. Rouge is a sexy, glamorous journey into the rivalry of the pioneers of […]