Bats: A Novel by Cathie Smith Keenan is a compelling character-driven story that clings to your memory long after you finish. A little town in New England is where this unconventional love story unfurls, centering on the life of a woman named Jean Woodland, who...

In Empress by François, born in the 1970s, Paris Empress Jones of Haitian heritagelives in Brooklyn. She is beautiful, intelligent, and a self-confessed sex symbol. Empress is totally aware that life is filled with obstacles and she is always willing to take the gamble if...

Litost: Sliced Stories is a collection of short stories around a similar atmosphere and mood, written and compiled by author Samir Satam. Written for adult reading audiences owing to their dark emotive themes and the presence of some contextually relevant abusive language, this is a...

Coconut: Brown on the Outside, White on the Inside by Manuel Padilla Jr is the story of the Rodrigos family, a middle-class Mexican/American family living in the Los Angeles area of California and having to deal with the prejudice and racism inherent in the color...

How To Be An Adult: Funny Little Stories is written by Ralph Bismargi. Jax Tyler Mann, “JTM,” is a forty-seven-year-old man with a seventy-year-old body. He also possesses the brain of a five-year-old, but oftentimes is far more slow-witted and short-tempered to adapt and move...

The life of a rockstar includes endless drugs, girls, and parties. However, when you have a wife and a daughter, you have to choose a side or lose everything. Nigel Hartagan can't stop himself from getting high and going back to the things that drive...

In Rich Pickings by Axel van Reenen, as Jake Egerton leaves Oxford University, he is looking forward to beginning a new chapter in his life in the financial sector of London. He becomes an investment banker for Brasher Menthol in Canary Wharf and sets his...

One Monsoon in Mumbai by Anitha Perinchery takes readers into the world of Bollywood. Though you may not see or hear singing and dancing, there is plenty of romance to make the heart pound. Meet cyber spy Seema Rawat, who is one step closer to...

Edward “Skip” Walker is back in Perry Ashe’s Under a Basketball Moon. The story is written from Skip’s point of view. As a diarist, he recounts a historic moment in his life by coaching an African-American team in NCAA’s Final Four. He reveals his domestic...

How do I describe this absolute madness? As I scratch my head and look for the answer, it’s plain as day in the title of the book, like author Jeff Pearson is giving me a smirk and a wink as the penny drops: Welcome to...