Larry Lockridge’s Out of Wedlock is part of the Enigma Quartet series. Jess Freeman has spontaneous eidetic imagery as psychiatrists would call it. He will disconnect and go into a trance for hours to escape reality. He also has terrible nightmares that make him scream...

On the Other Side by Teuta Metra concerns Rita Hana from Albania. After her mother's death, Rita's life changed. Her father remarried, and his new wife did not want Rita in her home. Rita's boyfriend Samuel was the only person she had left, but Samuel...

Oleander Oasis is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, contemporary romance, and social issues subgenres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience owing to strong themes of suicide and domestic violence. Penned by author Anna J Walner, in this sensitive, tender,...

One Soul's Journey is the second collection of short slice-of-life stories by Barbara Daniels Dena. Containing both fictional and autobiographical tales, this anthology is an original piece of work covering decades of the author's life experiences. The book begins with Dena sharing anecdotes from her...

As a reviewer, there are times when I feel desperate to read something different, something that will instantly engage me with its unique plot, realistic settings, compelling characters, and unfamiliar cultural practices and beliefs. One Hundred Silent Ways by A.A. Mohammad is the book that...

Old Enough, Yet Unmarried by Dr. O is a delightful story about Tessy, a successful doctor, and her four female friends as they battle the joys and challenges of love. Each woman has her own experience with love, marriage, or childbirth throughout the story, and...

How do we find purpose in our lives? This is the question at the heart of Spencer Ulrich's novella On Fulfillment. In the summer of 1945, four US Navy sailors, Captain Philip Hawkins, Connor McTavish, Adam Breight, and Jacob Hartley, were stranded on a remote...

In Obedience, when we meet Emma and the only parents she knows, she calls her father by the odd moniker of “Leader”. Our first question is why? The woman she knows as her mother is the icy Monique. Emma is on constant tenterhooks around...

One Woman, Two Lives Part 1 by Ajay Nair is the story of a rich man named Kelu who fell in love with a lower caste woman named Lakshmi. Due to customs, he cannot marry a lower caste woman without facing severe repercussions, so he...

Out of the Darkness: A Novel by Jeanne Fortune is a deep, compelling novel about overcoming hardship for the YA audience. This story is more than just a story of a girl from Haiti adjusting to life in America; it's grounded in social issues too,...