Gothic details blend with a contemporary setting to make for a modern, romantic beach read. There’s a certain pleasure in reading a good Gothic novel. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, stories... Read More

Parks confronts racism and immigration issues in the World War II era without mincing words. For the successive generations of Russian women in Cynthia Rogers Parks’s poignant novel, "The Nesting Dolls", repercussions of their actions... Read More

Jump in the family Winnebago and join Stacey Roberts on a hilarious and touching trip through a trailer-trash childhood. This hilarious book, Trailer Trash, With a Girl’s Name, is based on author Stacey Roberts’s life. It’s a... Read More

With a feisty female lead, this dystopian novel is a solid addition to a suspense-filled series for more-mature teens. Sometimes the princess isn’t saved, sometimes she saves the world. In The Queen’s Return, Mary-Ellen Lang Collura... Read More

"The Annuity Stanifesto" is the real deal: it rips aside the veil of obfuscation about annuities and empowers the consumer to evaluate them wisely. For anyone who wants to know anything about annuities, "The Annuity Stanifesto", by Stan... Read More

A young girl learns about empathy and consequences when she hears a story and takes on the perspective of one of her dolls. "The Bedtime Story" is a simple tale about the consequences of our choices. Victoria Phillips has taken an issue... Read More

The Pink Panther meets the twenty-first century in this hilarious noir parody. The first in a planned series, "The Corsican Dove" kicks off the investigative adventures of Ramone Ramone, a gumshoe in the tradition of Jacques Clouseau.... Read More

As she learns about love, Angelique is realistically, fallibly human, which is this story’s greatest strength. An intelligent young woman must come to terms with her troubled youth as she emerges from adolescence into adulthood. In... Read More