The action in Lee A. Sweetapple’s "Key West Revenge" begins swiftly. LP Thomas and his beautiful female partner, Morgan Smith, are visiting Key West to converge on a project with one of LP’s old friends, Jim Stillwater. Jim has... Read More

The Hawaiian word pono describes a state of harmony and balance much like that achieved by Lauren Benton Angulo in her debut novel, Caught Inside: A Surfing Passage. Angulo’s multifaceted coming-of-age story balances the energetic... Read More

“Was this perhaps the inescapable role of women in wartime, to be swept up in the drama, and yes, even the glamour of war?” This question haunts E.E. Smith’s memoir as she reflects on her life and the choices she made in love,... Read More

“Someone I trust paid a total stranger to deliver this,” reads the first line of a mysterious letter Homeland Security agent Dr. Juanita “Juan” Aznar receives in Mack Hicks’s latest novel, "The Sheltering Tower". The cryptic... Read More

Historical fiction succeeds when the invented characters reveal more truths about history than the textbooks. It’s rare, though, that a novelist can achieve the intimate voice of Margaret Mitchell’s Scarlett O’Hara or Arthur... Read More

While perhaps not quite up to the five-star standard of George R.R. Martin and C.S. Lewis, and perhaps more akin to Disney’s A Kid in King Arthur’s Court than to Twain’s original, S. Cameron Roach’s "The Scrolls of Udanadar" is... Read More

Deep in a forgotten vault beneath a cathedral in York, four friends discover an ancient tome. More than fifty years later, the discovery becomes the catalyst for an epic battle between good and evil. When her grandfather is murdered and... Read More

In short, snappy chapters, Steve O’Hara’s Managing by Slogan: A Light-Hearted Look at How Managers Use Slogans to Lead Their Teams provides clever slogans and pithy advice for managers looking to improve their organizations. Working... Read More