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, […]
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Review – All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore
April 7, 2024
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 […]
Amethyst, The Shallows by Kellye Abernathy YA / Magical Realism / Coming of Age Publisher: Atmosphere Press Page Count: 296 pages Publication Date: February 6, 2024 Scroll down for a giveaway! “This is a night for being brave.” In the aftermath of a devastating sickness […]
Excerpt – The Evolution of Tomorrow by Jim Bates
April 5, 2024
Synopsis The poems in this collection were written over the course of a year. I challenged myself to right simple, rhythmic poems that rhymed on the 2nd and 4th lines. Some of them are four lines long, and others are twelve lines long. They have to do with nature, the natural world, […]
Review – The Lies Among Us by Sarah Beth Durst
April 4, 2024
Synopsis From the award-winning author of The Shelterlings and The Lake House comes a haunting novel about sisterhood and grief, where difficult truths must contend with the corrosive power of unchecked lies. After her mother dies, Hannah doesn’t know how to exist without her. Literally. In fact, Hannah’s not even certain that […]
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 […]
Cover Reveal – The Groundworld Heroes by Adrian So
April 2, 2024
I am happy to share the cover for an upcoming book by a young writer, Adrian So. I believe the book will be released this summer, but you can check out the cover now with this sneak peek! Synopsis When Groundworld is on the brink of extinction, it […]
Excerpt – Dreamers by James Bates
April 1, 2024
Synopsis Overlapping memories, overlapping lives, wide open spaces, and soft but sometimes heart-breaking reminiscences, with the mighty Mississippi running through it all — let Jim Bates take you on rich, human, intertwining journeys into a landscape of souls where you can glimpse beauty and peace, longing and contentment, the burden of past decisions […]
Review & Excerpt – The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang
March 31, 2024
Synopsis A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true―whatever the sacrifice. Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959―though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese immigrants, […]
Mystery New Release – Off the Air by Christina Estes
March 30, 2024
Synopsis Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introduces Jolene Garcia in her Tony Hillerman Prize winning debut, Off the Air . Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments―anything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at […]