Book Summary: Brady Wilks wished for a new life with a real family in the pre-boomtown years of Las Vegas, 1982. Instead, he finds himself in a precarious situation, struggling to belong and find his identity. Outcast as a teenage transplant from the Midwest and...
Book Reviews
Ghost With Two Hearts
"Armed with a stolen samurai sword and a dark family history, Adrian Green embarks on a soul-searching journey of redemption to Japan in Michael R. French’s Ghost With Two Hearts. Confronting the intricacies of Japanese culture and the intrusion of ghosts, he grapples...
The Lower Power
It’s February of 1992 in New York City, and Raven has been clean for five years. She works as an advocate for those recently arrested on drug charges to be sent to rehab instead of jail while she works on going to law school. Raven begins having drug nightmares as she...
Lightning Bugs And Aliens: A Small Town Coming-Of-Age Story
It's a chaotic time for the US in 1960. Ben and four of his buddies are just 13 years old and are not old enough to participate in adult conversations. However, Russian missiles appear to be a threat, and nuclear war drills are the "ingenious" defensive precaution...
This Thing We Call Love
The title of John Szabo’s short story collection This Thing We Call Love, suggests musings on romance but begins with a story of grief. And not just any story of loss — a story that toes the line of reality and fantasy. That story, “Crystal Cove,” sees a writer...
Kissing Asphalt
Kissing Asphalt by Delicia Niami is unlike any memoir I have ever read. Capturing her life, Niami recounts the horrific tragedies of her youth, all of which have made her into the resilient, inspiring woman she is today. Niami’s story begins with every parent’s worst...
Where The Sabia Bird Sings
“A gorgeous story chronicling one young man’s life from teen-hood to adulthood as he splits time between the beautiful beaches of Brazil and the cityscape in Annapolis, Where the Sabía Bird Sings is both wonderful and bittersweet. Jean-Pierre Sinclair learns many life...
Shelter in a Hostile World
Full of action, danger, and suspense, Mack Little’s Shelter in a Hostile World is a richly detailed and evocative work of historical fiction that shines an unflinching light on dark episodes from the past. Moreover, it is populated by a well-developed cast of...
Death is Potential: A Kate Swift Mystery
Action-packed, fast-paced, and excitement-filled, Death is Potential by Bob Burnett was a delight to read. Set at the Satori Institute, a retreat and workshop center in California, the reader is introduced to businessman Tom Scott, Detective Laura Sanchez, and U.S....
Fated to Love You
Fated to Love You tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who meet in high school and find each other while studying abroad in Colombia. Nineteen-year-old Cassie is serious about her studies and after her boyfriend, Raylan cheats on her and leaves for the military,...