Synopsis “The hounding voice inside me would not let go.” Thus begins the emotional journey of Afamefuna Onochie Nwaku, a Harvard-trained medical doctor with a career most can only dream of, a loving wife, and supportive family. Then, he receives a telephone call from his sister who lives in Nigeria […]
Category: Literary
Review – Exit Wounds by Annie O’Neill Stein #fiction #literary
November 10, 2022
Synopsis Born to shanty Irish on one side and Park Avenue privilege on the other, Laura navigates a turbulent childhood filled with the alcohol-fueled abuse of her volatile father and her mother’s excessive drinking. As the middle child of three girls, she assigns herself the role of her mother’s protector, who dies […]
BEASTS OF THE EARTH BY JAMES WADE Categories: Literary Fiction / Crime Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Facebook Twitter Instagram Date of Publication: October 11, 2022 Number of Pages: 350 pages SCROLL DOWN FOR A GIVEAWAY! James Wade, whose first two novels were praised as “rhapsodic” […]
Synopsis Born to shanty Irish on one side and Park Avenue privilege on the other, Laura navigates a turbulent childhood filled with the alcohol-fueled abuse of her volatile father and her mother’s excessive drinking. As the middle child of three girls, she assigns herself the role of her mother’s protector, who dies […]
Synopsis A man mysteriously disappears in a lighthouse, as if dissolved by light, leaving behind a notebook filled with bizarre claims of a curse and a series of drawings entitled ‘The Death of the Jubilant Child.’ The investigation into the disappearance unearths hidden connections between the disappeared man, Helene and the strange […]
PAPER TARGETS by Patricia Watts Suspense / Literary Fiction / Women’s Fiction Publisher: Atmosphere Press Pages: 324 pages Publication Date: May 3, 2022 Scroll down for a giveaway! Everyone knew that Roanne never got angry—until the night she killed her ex-husband and herself. […]
Synopsis When her charismatic mentor, Ernesto, publicly chooses her as his professional partner, all indications are that Vera’s bodywork career is about to ignite. There is just one glitch—no, make that two. Vera—single mother of savvy, smart teenage India and her scruffy mutt, Francisco—is having an affair with Ernesto. As for her […]
ODD BIRDS by SEVERO PEREZ Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Date of Publication: September 24, 2019 Number of Pages: 278 pages Scroll for the Giveaway! The year is 1961. Seventy-year-old Cosimo Infante Cano, a Cuban-born artist in need of inspiration, follows […]
Synopsis Atlanta couple Ben and Nina plan to move in together, but their relationship unravels when Ben dismisses Nina’s surprising claim that her dog can talk. Songs by Honeybird follows the pair as they move on without each other. Doctoral candidate Ben dives into research on the tragic story of Honeybird, the […]
Time and the Tree by Róisín Sorahan Publisher: Adelaide Books, NY (September 6, 2021) Category: Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Fable, and Self-actualization ISBN: 978-1955196635 Available in Print and ebook, 282 pages Synopsis A modern fable about the nature of time and the quest for happiness. It’s darkly funny, […]