Category: Literary

New Release – The Palace at the End of the Sea by Simon Tolkien

  Synopsis New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard to relate to his parents: His father, a Jewish self-made businessman, refuses to give up on the American dream, and his mother, a refugee from religious persecution in Mexico, holds […]

Fiction Spotlight – The Border Between Us by Rudy Ruiz

  THE BORDER BETWEEN US By Rudy Ruiz   Literary Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 256 Publication Date: August 27, 2024   Synopsis The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction. Ramón López was born along the US–Mexico border but is determined to get out […]

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 Bright Freight of Memory by Greg Fields

  Synopsis Matthew Cooney and Donal Mannion shared their time as boys in a rundown neighborhood, without fathers, without comfort, without a sense of tomorrow, then went their separate ways, one to chase the trappings of maturity, the other to the streets. Their days shrouded in boredom, their nights filled with the thrill of the […]

Debut Novel & Interview – Pendulum by Kent Lauder

    Synopsis Pendulum is the tale of a family at a crossroads. In this novel, Charles Ellis and his wife, Sally, manage their old family ranch in the semi-arid region of western Nevada. After Charles experiences a health scare, his brother, Sam, returns from living back east to help his aging brother, only to […]

Book Blitz – The Border Between Us by Rudy Ruiz

  THE BORDER BETWEEN US By Rudy Ruiz Literary Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 256 Publication Date: August 27, 2024   Synopsis The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction. Ramón López was born along the US–Mexico border but is determined to get out and […]

Trailer – Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade

  HOLLOW OUT THE DARK By James Wade Literary Fiction / Southern Gothic / Rural Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 328 Publication Date: August 20, 2024   Synopsis Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war […]

Review – Deep Fried by Mark Doyon

  Synopsis Americanized millennial Arjun Chatterjee is a food-truck chef working in a parking lot outside the nation’s capital. He dreams up multiethnic recipes and pursues a young woman toiling in a Kafkaesque office nearby. Building a clientele, he faces life with a sly optimism. One day he idly asks the sky: “Why am I […]

Review – Awake For Ever In A Sweet Unrest by Charles Rosenthal

  Synopsis Deep within the hidden library of Los Angeles’ iconic poetry venue, Beyond Baroque, all modern electronics mysteriously fail. There, 19-year-old Beatriz encounters Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, who promises a magical adventure back to 19th-century Europe. There, Beatriz meets literary legends John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron, experiencing the romantic […]

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 […]