Editorial Reviews

A relentless, character-driven thriller set on the unforgiving streets of Chicago, The Rebirth by V.P. Evans is an unpredictable spree of vengeance, brotherhood, and justice. Ten years after being forced to bury a foul secret about a sprawling global organization, Jason Roneros knows his time is running out, but he won’t go down without exposing their scandalous evil once and for all. Haunted by a decade of demons and grief, Mark Gilliam is forced to revisit his painful past and join Jason in a frantic race for retribution, even as the monsters close in to silence them both for good. […]

Author Robert J. Dornan spins a fairy-tale yarn that blurs reality in the undeniably original and entertaining fantasy, Gwydion. A princess besieged by dull suitors in a castle that feels more like a prison, Poppi is eager for anything to remedy her lonely life. However, when the enemy arrives at the royal gates, Poppi becomes a hunted leader overnight, and must use her newfound magical talisman to protect those in her care. More than three centuries later, that same princess shares her story with a skeptical reporter, bringing more than a touch of magic into his decidedly non-magical life. […]

In Return Protocol, the second mind-bending installment of Nick Snape’s Weapons of Choice series, a trio of battle-hardened heroes shifts the battlefield to a hostile alien home world. Armed with new light-speed tech, and a pacifistic AI ally, Noah, Zuri, and Finn bring their guns-blazing style of diplomacy to Havenhome, but they’ll need to embark on a harrowing mission to an ancient data repository, while outsmarting the dangerous predators and manipulative Masters along the way, if they ever hope to return to Earth from the immortality-obsessed planet. This is an eccentric, creative, and thought-provoking novel boasting original characters, futuristic […]

Small-town mayhem and unlikely elderly investigators make for an original whodunit in Trouble at the Buckeye Festival by Alice Kanaka. Celebrating the spirit of adventure and mystery, regardless of age, Bumfuzzle and Cattywampus are a hugely entertaining duo at the heart of this whimsical novel. As they sleuth their way from strange festival mischief to an unexpected corpse in a closet, the stakes of their investigation keep getting higher and wilder, making this character-driven conspiracy hard to put down. Though the prose occasionally leads readers by the nose to clues and revelations, this is an undeniably fun and free-wheeling start […]

Author Susan Specht Oram spins a gripping new web of terror with Cabin Eight, the latest tale in her macabre and mysterious string of pulp thrillers. A much-needed escape from the city spirals into a dead-zone nightmare for one young woman struggling to piece her life back together. Navigating a merciless escape room of painful puzzles and emotional carnage, Miranda must face her darkest secrets and fight for the embers of her life in this page-turning thriller. As with other titles in the series, the pace is relentless sometimes at the expense of emotional exploration of characters, or tension […]

Susan Specht Oram delivers the second piece of her Millersville Series with The Thieves, a gripping novel of desperate times, desperate measures, and the lengths we go to protect those we love. When an amateur thief with good intentions has her only and biggest score snatched away by con-artist crooks, she embarks on a deeply unwise mission to snatch it back. Like a long-form chase sequence with a countdown clock attached, this Pacific Northwest hunt for 500K makes for one wild road trip. The story moves fast, which keeps the energy high, but also cuts down on space for […]

A captivating historical novel, The Angel of the Penny Rose by Linda Saether is the poignant and affecting story of a young woman’s journey from eighteen-century London to the Americas in search of a new life. The daughter of a famous apothecary, Anna Caldwell asks one of her clients who’s about to cross the Atlantic to marry her and bring her with him to St. Augustine, Florida, leading to decidedly expanded horizons in love, sorrow, and self-knowledge in the greatest adventure of her life. Told in clear, vivid language, this sensitive portrayal is as historically thorough as it is emotionally […]

A romantic and emotional novel about love and faith, Love Without Reservations by Irene Williams is an affecting work of contemporary religious fiction. Simone is a profoundly devout young professional living in London, but when she meets Thomas, an ex-addict and rockstar, she soon realizes that her feelings for him might bring her to act against her religious convictions. Can a believer and a non-believer still be happy together – can opposites attract who are this different? Although strongly driven by a Christian point of view, this engaging novel is relatable for most any reader, as Williams has composed her […]