Published Reviews

BOOKLIST reviews Matches by Alan Kaufman From Booklist Nathan Falk is an American expatriate serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). His unit is repeatedly called up to serve in the West Bank and Gaza... Read More »	PUBLISHERS WEEKLY reviews Matches by Alan Kaufman From Publishers Weekly The title is an Israeli army term for a soldier, or one who "strikes, burns, and dies." Nathan Falk, an American-born Jew and the son of a... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Murder on the Run by Gloria White “The satisfying momentum never flags from this first novel's opening moment....Readers will want more of Ventana, an appealing protagonist who engages in... Read More »	Library Journal reviews Murder on the Run by Gloria White “Both polite and profane, idealistic and hard-boiled, Ventana is a satisfying heroine....Recommended.” Read More »
AudioFile reviews Money to Burn by Gloria White “Carol Cowan delivers a bravura performance....Her vocal characterizations are delicious, and her scene transitions are flawless. Cowan brings new meaning to the... Read More »	Bookwatch reviews Money to Burn by Gloria White “Carol Cowan's reading of this mystery is one of the best dramatic monologues on tape. Listeners will be captivated by an undulating, dynamic mystery. Highly... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Money to Burn by Gloria White “In this fast-paced adventure, White's lively and redoubtable sleuth makes splendid company as, with perseverance and a bit of luck, she disentangles a web of... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Samba Dreamers by Kathleen de Azevedo De Azevedo's vibrant debut novel depicts Brazilians struggling to make a life in 1970s Los Angeles, a story shot through with saudade , Portuguese for intense... Read More »
El Paso Times reviews Samba Dreamers by Kathleen de Azevedo "Samba Dreamers" is a dark, fantastical and, indeed, brilliant cautionary tale for those who search out paradise without first confronting -- and... Read More »	PRISM QUARTERLY reviews By the Way: Poems over the Years by David Radavich "Radavich is certainly vigorous . . . . He chooses his words carefully and pulls his lines together for the utmost impact and clarity. Rarely obtuse, hardly... Read More »

VOYA reviews The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King Although a melange of piracy, reincarnation, dog-training tips, and prosaic family drama seems an unlikely basis for a young adult novel, King weaves an unusual... Read More »	BookLoons reviews Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) by Kelli Stanley How do you say wondrous in Latin? I wish I knew so I could pay the proper homage to Kelli Stanley's first in what I hope will be a long series. From the partridge... Read More »
Entertainment Weekly reviews Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family by Veronica Chater Every time I think I'm tired of memoirs  and don't want to read another, along comes a devastatingly smart, funny one like Veronica Chater's Waiting for the... Read More »	L.A. Times Book Review reviews Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family by Veronica Chater BOOK REVIEW 'Waiting for the Apocalypse' by Veronica Chater A memoir of growing up in a fanatic fight against the Catholic Church's Vatican II reforms. By Laura... Read More »
The Washington Post reviews Woodsburner by John Pipkin Late in April 1844, a pair of misfits went camping on the Concord River in Massachusetts, with plans to survive "Indian-style" on the fish they caught. The forest... Read More »	Coast Reporter reviews Fierce by Hannah Holborn "(Holborn's) imagination...runs riot with vivid and eccentric characters. (Her) scenarios vary from Monty Python to Russian tragedy. Nothing is normal in Holborn’s... Read More »
Hillcrest Congregational Church News reviews The Social Cause Diet: Filling Up with Satisfying Acts of Service by Gail Perry Johnston Does volunteering for social causes improve your health? This is the contention of Gail Johnston and her new book “The Social Cause Diet.” As she states “adding... Read More »	Faithfulreader.com reviews Rose House by Tina Ann Forkner "Readers will appreciate Tina Ann Forkner’s finely tuned ability to bring to life both her characters' strong realistic emotions and the physical beauty that... Read More »
The Romance Studio reviews Heart of the Wolf by Terry Spear The characters were so well developed and the writing so superior that it felt real to me, my reactions were as if I was a part of the story. If that’s not a sign... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Heart of the Wolf by Terry Spear A werewolf woman defies the alpha male of her pack in this supernatural romance, with chemistry that crackles off the page and a richly depicted pack dynamic. Read More »