Manhattan Alien
Title: Manhattan Alien
Author: B.K. Mhatre
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 9781524586843
Pages: 309
Genre: Literary Fiction, Action/Adventure, and Mystery/Thriller
Reviewed by: Jenn Weiss
Hollywood Book Reviews
Bond is a young doctor from India, who had come to America to pursue the American Dream. While he prepared for things to be different in America, he didn’t expect how different they would be, including the differences in the language. The America he learned about and studies becomes different
Labyrinth: Volume 1
Title: Labyrinth: Volume 1
Author: Edward Palmore
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1949169096
Pages: 690
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Susan Milam
Hollywood Book Reviews
Labyrinth: Volume 1 is one of many books written by Dr. Edward Palmore during his long incarceration in a Georgia prison. The book relates Mark Hope’s fictional sojourn through the same prison system. During his journey, Mark grapples with his sexuality, as he begins to understand the true meanings of friendship and
Red Dot Shot
Title: Red Dot Shot: Phantom of the Wilderness
Author: Kramer Elkman
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-9479-3891-5
Pages: 137
Genre: Memoir
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
Red Dot Shot: Phantom of the Wilderness is a really engaging read. This is a thoughtful and emotional memoir of a
Bridging the Gap
Title: Bridging the Gap: A Spiritual Journey to Heaven and Back
Author: Calvin Cassady
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 978-1462404957
Pages: 202
Genre: Non Fiction – Inspirational
Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott
Hollywood Book Reviews
A trip that begins as an adolescent prank ends in near tragedy, and a life is permanently altered in author Calvin Cassady’s book A Spiritual Journey to Heaven and Back.
In 1971, Calvin Cassady set out on
Light on the Golden Mountain
Title: Light on the Golden Mountain
Author: Roseanne Jelacic
Publisher: Toplink Publishing LLC
ISBN: B079V62GL9
Pages: 134
Genre: Literary Fiction, Children fiction
Reviewed by: Jennifer Weiss
Hollywood Book Reviews
Mandy McGandy and Jebediah Wu are two young children living in Post-Civil War California. Their lives could not be more distinctly different, but despite the odds they form a strong friendship which teaches them the meaning of bravery, justice and adventure. The two children come together
Awakening of the Summer
Title: Awakening of the Summer
Author: Yorker Keith
Publisher: BookBaby
ISBN: 1543923429
Pages: 320
Genre: Romance; Literary
Reviewed by: Liz Konkel
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
Awakening of the Summer by award-winning author
Tuskegee Airmen WWII Fighter Pilots
Title: Tuskegee Airmen WWII Fighter Pilots: The Story of An Original Tuskegee Pilot, Lt. Col. Hiram E. Mann
Author: Dr. Patrick C. Coggins
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781948262767 (ebook)
Pages: 294
Genre: Historical Nonfiction/Biography
Reviewed by: Matt Hurd
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
Tuskegee Airmen WWII Fighter Pilots: The
Fetching Fiona and the Sketching Detective
Title: Fetching Fiona and the Sketching Detective Solve the Crisscross Murders
Author: Jack McCormac
Publisher: Jack McCormac
Pages: 157
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Reviewed by: Dave Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
This is the seventh mystery that author Jack McCormac has penned featuring the husband and wife sleuthing team of
My Short Stories: Book One
Title: My Short Stories: Book One
Author: Anne Shier
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1456724931
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 176
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
My Short Stories is an engaging collection of stories by Anne Shier that describes the everyday experiences of life. My Short Stories is a collection of
The Unexpected
Title: The Unexpected: Wives who Have Affairs and the Husbands Who Love Them
Author: Chris Dawson
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-194826606
Pages: 389
Genre: Romance
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Unexpected: Wives who Have Affairs and the Husbands Who Love Them is both provocative and thought-provoking. Here, we have a group of stories in which wives engage in multiple affairs and are “unexpectedly” enthusiastically supported by their husbands.
The Promise
Title: The Promise
Author: Cramer Louis Jackson
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ASBN: BO204203200
Pages: 34
Genre: Fiction, Novella
Reviewed by: Barbara Miller
Hollywood Book Review
When a brutal fight occurs over a dispute for a parking space, Manuel’s father is hurt and rushed to the hospital. After a short time, Manuel is summoned to his father’s bedside when he is asked to fulfill a promise to his dying dad. The promise is for Manuel to work for a man who has shown
The Fall of Summer
Title: The Fall of Summer
Author: Roz Louis
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1948262811
Pages: 146
Genre: Christian fiction/Historical fiction
Reviewed by: CC Thomas
Hollywood Book Review
Roz Louis’s The Fall of Summer combines Christian fiction and a historical narrative, to present a character readers will wish had actually lived and who they had actually met. Summer Gram is just such a character. Her viewpoints are sassy and spirited and her outlook is one to perfectly match her name—full of warm feelings of
Conflux
Title: Conflux: Threat From the Troika
Author: William Brazzel
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 978-1504391764
Pages: 306
Genre: Fiction, Action/Adventure
Reviewed by: Susan Brown
Hollywood Book Reviews
Get ready for some fast-paced, action-packed reading in this page-turner that pits a veteran Special Forces officer, now an investigative journalist, against an extremist group hell-bent on destroying the U.S. democracy. And that’s just a summary of the action. The story’s nitty gritty is even more exciting.
Protagonist Sean Carrol, a reporter for the New York International News, is
Tickling Chanterelle
Title: Tickling Chanterelle
Author: George Bricker
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1946801951
Pages: 342
Genre: Mystery
Reviewed by: Lisa Brown-Gilbert
Hollywood Book Reviews
George Bricker’s Tickling Chanterelle takes readers on a literary excursion back in time to 1937 Hollywood, where the young stars of a mystery radio show find themselves entwined in a web of real life intrigue as mystery, murder and exciting adventure, intersect. Set in Hollywood, 1937, with the golden age of radio still somewhat viable, as a form
The Old Brick
Title: The Old Brick
Author: Judy Lennington
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1947620797
Pages: 432
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Susan Milam
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
In The Old Brick, author Judy Lennington depicts the adjustments a family must make after moving to a small town in Ohio. With a deft hand, Ms. Lennington portrays the different perspectives that
Hidden Relationships of the Homicide Detective
Title: Hidden Relationships of the Homicide Detective
Author: Herman L. Hinton
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1948262040
Pages: 406
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reviewed by: Matt Hurd
Hollywood Book Reviews
Hidden Relationships of the Homicide Detective is a unique, bittersweet read. It has a somewhat unusual approach to the typically familiar genre of mystery and crime fiction, which will certainly make readers sit up and take notice. Hidden Relationships is the story of Trey, the son of a homicide detective and the discoveries
When We Were Young
Title: When We Were Young
Author: Antony Smith
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
Pages: 648
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
When We Were Young is an intriguing and exciting journey of a cross-generational story of love and family. Antony Smith has written a story that will take readers on an adventure.
Sardinian Silver
Title: Sardinian Silver
Author: A. Colin Wright
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1947938830
Pages: 200
Genre: Adult Fiction/Travel
Reviewed by: Jessica Schmidt
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
Sardinian Silver is a mixture of historical fiction, romance and a relatable coming of age story. Author A. Colin Wright treats the reader to stories of a young man’s escapades working as a
The Matriarch Matrix
Title: The Matriarch Matrix
Author: Maxime Trencavel
Publisher: Tail of the Bird Books
ISBN: 978-0999335017
Pages: 599
Genre: Religious Mystery / Science Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary
Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott
Hollywood Book Reviews
Linking three different people to an ancient past and the near-future fear of world war, The Matriarch Matrix provides a rich mix of science, sin and star-crossed romance.
Peter is a tech-savvy guy traumatized by bizarre mental images and the imminent prospect of his grandfather’s death in the
Henri
Title: Henri: Seventeen Short Stories
Author: Douglas Bosack
Publisher: Stonewall Press
ISBN: 9781635246193
Pages: 296
Genre: Short Stories
Reviewed by: Christa Hill
Hollywood Book Reviews
Douglas Bosack builds richly imaged worlds and tangible imagery of places that I have never been in his collection titled Henri: Seventeen Short Stories. In the story ‘A Victim of Circumstance’ he pulled me into the landscape where Frank is with his descriptions of the ocean water, birds, and boats. The story is literally named and
An Iceberg’s Gift
Title: An Iceberg’s Gift
Author: Donald F. Averill
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 9781947938258
Pages: 254
Genre: Fiction & Literature
Reviewed by: Anita Lock
Hollywood Book Reviews
It is spring and brothers Luka and Rolan Ivanov, both in their twenties, are on their fishing boat constantly keeping their eyes open for a way to help Arina, their sister; she dreams of leaving Provideniya in Eastern Siberia and studying astronomy in the United States. It is during this boating trip that they discover
A Past Life
Title: A Past Life: As Told by Brave Hawk
Author: Dond Sylvain
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1947620049
Pages: 154
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewed by: Susan Milam
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
In A Past Life, author Dond Sylvain chronicles his journey as Brave Hawk. He receives the name when welcomed into a Native American tribe during one of
Bless Me Indeed
Title: Bless Me Indeed: Discover the Secret of Success Through a Bold and Powerful Prayer of Jabez
Author: Janet Kisyombe
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1947620490
Pages: 106
Genre: Religious/Advice
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
Awarded to books of excellent Merit
Bless Me Indeed is an inspiring and hopeful self-help book from Janet Kisyombe. Her Biblical-based advice is derived from
The Kuiper Belt Deception
Title: The Kuiper Belt Deception
Author: Donald F. Averill
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1946801975
Pages: 284
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Joe Kilgore
Pacific Book Review
The best science fiction novels find a way to have just the right mix between science and fiction. Too much science and not enough fiction and you lose the humanity that is needed for emotional involvement. Too much fiction and not enough science and you lose the credibility needed to make the story intellectually involving.
Cactus Jumpers
Title: Cactus Jumpers
Author: Andrew Burch
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4809-1207-6
Pages: 346
Genre: Western
Reviewed by: John Murray
Hollywood Book Reviews
The western genre has lasted so long for a good reason. While these books feature the cliché macho heroes, six shooters blazing, horseback chases, and stark landscapes, the main appeal is the triumph of good over evil. A code of morality and one man who stands against what he knows to be wrong. Cactus Jumpers by Andrew Burch continues that tradition beautifully.
Emerald, California serves as the dusty