Category: fiction

Excerpt – Finding Fran by Nancy Christie

      Synopsis   Once a best-selling romance novelist, 55-year-old Fran Carter is now dealing with a slow but steady drop in book sales and a major case of writer’s block, complicated by the knowledge that her lover, a professional photographer, has been on the wrong side of the camera (so to speak) with […]

Excerpt & #Giveaway – A Lighthouse Snapshot by Jennifer Faye

          A Lighthouse Snapshot: A Secret Identity, Opposites Attract Romance (The Turner Family of Bluestar Island) Small Town Romance 4th in Series Setting – Bluestar Island (a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts) Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lazy Dazy Press (April 15, 2024) Number of Pages – 269 pages   […]

Review – The Healing Train by Kim Cano

    Synopsis   A devastating diagnosis. A family with a broken past. Embark on an uplifting journey of love, hope, and the ultimate second chance.   When health-conscious Sarah gets diagnosed with breast cancer, her world spins out of control. She’s supposed to grow old with her husband and see her daughter graduate college. Her future […]

Review – The Garden of Changing Blooms by Madison McAuley

    Synopsis   He doesn’t want to be her enemy. She doesn’t want to be his friend. But when their paths keep crossing, can a change of heart lead to a chance at love? In the Kingdom of Kalopsia, Dahlia has grown tired of the cloying perfumes and swirling silks of ballrooms. Her reality […]

Guest Post – Disrupted by B. Lynn Goodwin

    Synopsis   The San Ramos High students are busy rehearsing their performance of Our Town when the school and the surrounding towns are rocked by a 7.1 earthquake. As a series of unusual aftershocks disrupt the town further, their school is deemed unsafe, and the show is postponed indefinitely unless they can find […]

Top Ten List & #Giveaway – A Beggar’s Bargain by Jan Sikes

    A BEGGAR’S BARGAIN   The Bargainer Series, Book One   by   Jan Sikes   Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Fresh Ink Group Date of Publication: March 12, 2024 Number of Pages: 324 pages     Scroll down for Giveaway!         A shocking proposal that changes everything Desperate to […]

Excerpt – The Search by Dewayne Rahe

    Synopsis   Journey into 1910 Iowa: Where Mystery, Adventure & Destiny Collide in Fred Schmidt’s Pursuit of Life’s True Purpose in The Search. In rural Iowa, 1910, Fred Schmidt faces life’s pivotal question: How should he live his life? This compelling historical fiction transports readers into a world bursting with real and mystical […]

New Release – The Promise of Unbroken Straw by Ken Steele

            Synopsis   Paul’s teachers say he’s distracted, and they’re not wrong. With the demands of a struggling farm, Allied boots in Europe, and secrets surrounding his mother’s death, who can blame him? And the expectations of his father are seemingly unachievable. ​When a financial windfall sparks a rags-to-riches transformation, […]

Review – All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore

      Synopsis   The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly—and dangerously—collide in this debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a divided city. Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks plantation down South, she’d expected freedom to feel different from her former life as […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Shahrahzad’s Gift by Gretchen McCullough

      SHAHRAZAD’S GIFT   by   Gretchen McCullough   Contemporary Fiction / Linked Short Stories / Humor Publisher: Cune Press Date of Publication: February 20, 2024 Number of Pages: 198 pages     Scroll down for Giveaway!         Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary […]