If John Hancock is a superhero with super alcoholism, Juniper Appleblossom is a superhero with super drug addiction. She is what you’ll get in Chrysalis, the first book in The Perfect Order Series by Drew Kientz. Drug peddlers are often junkies themselves, and self-appointed rock...

Careless Love by Steve Zettler depicts a son’s investigation into discovering more about his biological father. His mother, Grace, revealed that his father was actually someone from her vacation in Hawaii. Determined to discover who his father was and what had happened to him, he...

Reality often serves as a great blueprint for fiction and Joseph Costa illustrates this in his brilliant novel, Comets. This is a twelve-story collection that connects with one another and takes place in Ybor City. Here you get to meet Roberto, a cabinetmaker’s son, whose...

Comfrey, Wyoming: Marcela's Army by Daphne Birkmyer tells the story of a small town and its people and how things can connect them. The story begins with a fire in a house, which kills several people. A fireman rescues a young girl called Vera, who...

Chance’s Way (The Alberta Adventures Book 3) is a work of fiction in the Canadian life, social issues, and interpersonal drama subgenres, and was penned by Nancy M. Bell. Written for the young adult reading audience, the work contains moderate curse words but nothing graphic...

Coyote Loop: A Novel by L. C. Fiore is a gritty tale that follows one man’s journey to success, explores the challenges of parenting, and examines what a father will do to build a strong relationship with his daughter. Set in Chicago against the backdrop...

Crump the Cat is a graphic short story written by Anna Lussenburg about an orange tomcat called Crump, who was famous on a television program called The Appurrentice. Crump was admired from every angle for his extensive wealth, which he liked to show off to...

In Chasing Home, a splendid novel by Marianne Holmes, Dustin Upshaw is a twenty-something college dropout who gets into trouble nightly. Finally, he takes his delinquent life a step too far and is sentenced to 30 days in jail. But due to his family connections,...

Because of its uniqueness, Children of Violence by Luke Gherardi was quite a surprise that kept me thinking about its contents, characters, and style for days after I finished reading it. How did this author tap so deeply into my emotions in only 138 pages?...

Common Kindred by Isaac M. Lawton is a character-driven story that explores the importance of a supportive community in personal growth and strong themes like purpose, finding meaning, friendship, family, and love. When Joe decides to do what he really wants, he is unaware that...