R.J. Gould returns to The Dream Café with a tender, witty story of second chances. Once We Were Lovers follows Georgie and Peter—former sweethearts reunited after fifty years apart—as they confront their past and rediscover love in their seventies.
The Cyclopes' Eye by Jeffrey Haskey-Valerius Book Spotlight — a gripping YA speculative fiction and BBNYA 2025 semi-finalist exploring love, loss, and corporate control in a chilling near-future.
Celebrating independent author Mark J. Engels, creator of The Forest Exiles Saga. Discover how his engineering precision and love for anime shaped a thrilling werecat universe.
Celebrate fall with this week's Friday Finds! Meet indie author E. Denise Billups, explore a DIY bonsai tree craft, and warm up with a delicious fall harvest soup recipe.
Join me as I spotlight The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden — a 2025 BBNYA Semi-Finalist that proves indie authors deserve the spotlight! Learn more about this story and the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award.
In Believers: The Hunt for the Unholy, Christiano Maki delivers a darkly atmospheric supernatural thriller that explores the price of ambition and the peril of faith corrupted. This powerful debut blurs the line between devotion and obsession as greed, temptation, and ancient evil collide. My 4-star review dives into why this haunting story will stay with you long after the final page.