Bob Strauss
iUniverse, 253 pages, (paperback) $16.95, 9781491709795
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Dancing in the Dark focuses on the lives of four adults. At the center is Dr. Harry Salinger, a psychotherapist who regularly pushes the limits of professional ethics.
As the novel opens, Salinger awaits...
Silicon Seduction
M.K. Poe
iUniverse, 369 pages, (paperback) $21.95, 9781462052219
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
As the title implies, Silicon Seduction is a novel with a split personality; it’s part high-tech spy thriller, part sunny California romance. M.K. Poe’s debut attempts to transcend a single genre, but at times...
Wallowa Song
Gaynor Dawson
iUniverse, 154 pages, (paperback) $14.95, 9781491710852
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
The first poem in Gaynor Dawson’s Wallowa Song, titled “Disclaimer” ends this way: “I grew up with the classics/and believe that poems should rhyme.” This brings up several questions: Does including rhyme...
The Dragon in the Room
J. K. E. Rose
iUniverse, 72 pages, (paperback) $10.95, 9781491713174
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Two failed marriages inspired J.K.E. Rose’s dark collection of 59 free verse and casually rhymed poems about chasing internal and external dragons, her metaphor for love. Mostly focused on romantic relationships,...
Odd Socks
David Clapham
iUniverse, 255 pages, (ebook) $3.99 , 9781475989526
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Protagonist Andrew Carter’s life is impacted by two young women in David Clapham’s novel titled Odd Socks.
The story contains many plot threads that never seem to come together in a coherent fashion. London...
The Valley: Sahra's Quest
Elizabeth Martin
iUniverse, 245 pages, (paperback) $16.95, 9781491710326
(Reviewed: January, 2014)
Sahra’s Quest is the first of a planned fantasy series called The Valley, written by transplanted Scotswoman Elizabeth Martin, now residing in Wyoming.
The book’s heroine, Sahra, is a traveling medic...
Liberty's Dawn: Book One of the Liberty Trilogy
Art Theocles
iUniverse, 385 pages, (paperback) $21.95, 9781469751573
(Reviewed: January, 2014)
This unusual novel mixes historical fiction with a science fiction twist, telling a story about the American Revolution from a different perspective.
Nik, John, and Sid are three seemingly normal men living...
The Bribe
Oskar Klausenstock
iUniverse, 280 pages, (paperback) $17.95, 9781491709146
(Reviewed: January, 2014)
Two men in whom history has engendered mutual hatred gradually surmount their past experiences in this absorbing novel.
Elderly Nathan Klein is in a nursing home recovering from a stroke when he sees...
