Synopsis It’s the 1920s, and Birdie Stauffer is whistling on a train-traveling roadshow. To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit’s opening act. Through the roadshow she experiences a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of […]
Category: fiction
Synopsis A playwright must grapple with her difficult year and writer’s block while falling for the single dad living next door in this emotional debut novel from Ashley Jordan. Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her […]
Review- The Meaning of Murder by Walter Levis
Synopsis The father of a modern orthodox Jewish family works as a compliance officer at a bank in New York. When he discovers that his bank is violating OFAC laws and funding terrorists in the Middle East he alerts the bank’s top brass. They ignore him. After struggling with the conflict between his position […]
Turning Toward Eden Young Adult Mystery/General Fiction: Coming of Age, Historical Mystery, Literary Setting – California 1971 Publisher : Winged Publications Publication date : May 6, 2025 Print length : 350 pages Synopsis “Chasing the truth, huh? Sure you’re not running from it?” Hollis might be her […]
Synopsis Alex Lyons always has his mind made up by the time the curtain comes down at a performance—the show either deserves a five-star rave or a one-star pan. Anything in between is meaningless. On the opening night of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he doesn’t deliberate over the rating for Hayley Sinclair’s show, […]
Synopsis Southeast Pennsylvania, November 1777. For Noah and Jake Maclean, the saga gets real. One year after the brothers entered a time portal and traded the computer age for the colonial age, they rush headlong into the American Revolution. Noah, 23, rides off to war. Against the wishes of his fiancée, Abigail Ward, he […]
Review & Giveaway – Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley
Higher Love By Joanne Kukanza Easley Women’s Literary Fiction Publisher: Red Boots Press Pages: 380 Publication Date: May 12, 2025 Synopsis Higher Love – the new release from Joanne Kukanza Easley, the multi-award-winning author of Sweet Jane, Just One Look, and I’ll Be Seeing You. In 1986 Austin, Texas, sixteen-year-old Stephanie […]
TOO MUCH THE LION: A Novel of the Battle of Franklin By PRESTON LEWIS Historical Fiction / Civil War Fiction Publisher: Bariso Press Pages: 395 Publication Date: May 13, 2025 Synopsis In the waning months of the American Civil War, a delusional Confederate commander makes a desperate attempt to change the […]
Excerpt – Smoke on the Wind by Kelli Estes
Synopsis In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. Struggling with the tragic end of her marriage, Keaka Denney is on a bittersweet adventure in Scotland with her son, Colin. […]
Review – Yankeeland by Lacy Fewer
Synopsis Fiercely independent and passionate, Brigid feels hindered by her family and the strict society of her small Irish town in the early 1900s. Brigid and her cousin Molly, who is more like a sister, dream of a new life in the seemingly unlimited land of opportunity they call Yankeeland—America. Brigid gets her chance […]