Why am I passionate about this?

As a past award-winning weekly newspaper columnist turned business owner, I eventually embraced the love of writing following an auto accident that necessitated more than eight years of rehabilitative therapy. Scripting my first novel proved more of a therapeutic undertaking and it was released in 2020 to moderate success. That experience then compelled me to learn more about the craft of being a novelist. Two years later, the original work was modified and Revised Edition Family Ties: Thicker Than Blood was launched in June of 2022. 


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Thicker Than Blood

By B. G. Howard,

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What is my book about?

Demons of his past chase Willie LeBeaux to the hellish streets of New York, where he hopes to disappear among…

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The books I picked & why

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B. G. Howard Why did I love this book?

Sasha Leone displays her mastery of the ability to draw readers into the clutches of events transpiring throughout the novel beginning with the first pages. The irony of her chivalrous Cousin Rian, heir apparent to the family’s criminal empire, serving as protector to his not-so-innocent younger female cousin is the ultimate oxymoron. Enter Gabriel Corso, a mafia prince from a merciless rival family, who is the source of a bitterness Bianca can’t understand but, still, can’t shake. Yet, she is drawn to him like metal to an unsuspecting magnet. A forced marriage to secure the family’s legacy proves more than she can come to terms with…or does it? Having lived a life "teetering on the line" dividing legality and morality, I found myself subconsciously drawn to the story's principal characters; sometimes even "telling" them what should be their next moves.

By Sasha Leone, Wander Aguiar (photographer),

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Ruthless Heir as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

His proposal is ruthless. Marry him or die.

Gabriel Corso is the stuff of nightmares. And dirty dreams.
A sinfully gorgeous mafia prince from a brutal rival family.

In school, he was the bane of my existence.
The dark villain to my sheltered princess.

Then, poof. He disappeared.

If only he’d stayed away.

Turns out, our marriage is a term of his inheritance.
And he’s returned to collect what’s his.

That means ripping me from my gilded cage.
It means locking me beneath his searing flesh.
It means war.

I’m not supposed to like it.
To beg for more.
To…


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B. G. Howard Why did I love this book?

This novel is an invigorating thrill ride along the streets of “Old Brooklyn” in a modern-day setting. As a former New Yorker who once listed Brooklyn as a hangout, it is rather easy to empathize with Sydney Green while she witnesses her cherished neighborhood being overtaken by invader investors perusing the streets in the guise of tourists. Something strikes her as peculiar when For Sale signs continue popping up at the existing homes with long-time neighbors suspiciously relocating to the suburbs. 

Ironically, Sydney encounters an unlikely helpmate in the form of someone whom she considers one of the intruders; Theo, a new neighbor. There’s a mutual distrust between them but it is not enough to override their suspicions about the things that are taking place. Is it overly accentuated paranoia or a genuine fear that compels the unlikely pair of sleuths to discover what is actually happening? Will their homes ultimately be tagged with one of the dreaded “For Sale” signs like all the others and they “relocate” as well?

By Alyssa Cole,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked When No One Is Watching as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

"I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn't let go until the final page. This is a terrific read." - Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author

*Marie Claire's September Book Club Pick*

Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning...

Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos…


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The Widow Maker By Janet Fix, Cheryl Bradshaw,

Liza O’Connell was a horror buff in every sense of the word. But there was one deadly nightmare she would never be able to talk about … her own. A friend murdered. A business in trouble. A marriage struggling to survive. And that’s just the beginning. 

When salon owner Carrie…

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B. G. Howard Why did I love this book?

Maddy Hart is an author who is having almost as much difficulty managing her seemingly dormant creative passion as she is in the troubling relationship from which an escape is desperately needed. Her hasty acceptance of employment as a live-in caretaker at the unappealing Lakeview House on the shore of Lake Thirlmere provides a way out of emotional turmoil but into physical danger. 

Things had changed considerably on the lake, in ways that neither she nor the other residents could ever imagine. Even her uncharacteristically cordial relationship with Alfie was a might peculiar, given the fact that she’d never really taken to kids. Whereas most people viewed children as innocent, she said they frightened her. 

The longer Maddy stayed, the more unsettling her accommodations became. Something about the Lake House was eerily familiar but strangely unsettling. The brisk, cool air was laden with her increasingly vague memories of a previous visit accompanied by the heaviness of death. This novel took me to an actual lake house where a relative and I once vacationed. Peculiarly, though we never experienced any unusual occurrences, rumors soon began circulating about the house being haunted. Needless to say, neither of us has ever returned.

By Helen Phifer,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Lakeview House as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Icy water laps against the wooden jetty. But the girl doesn’t notice the cold as she slips slowly under the freezing surface…

Running from a devastating relationship that almost cost her everything, Maddy Hart impulsively accepts a job as a live-in caretaker at imposing Lakeview House. She has no memories of having visited the crumbling mansion on the banks of Lake Thirlmere before, but when she arrives, something about the house feels familiar…

The more time Maddy spends in the house, the more unsettled she feels. Why does the local story about the last woman who lived here, who drowned…


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B. G. Howard Why did I love this book?

Twenty-five years before Alexandra “Alex” Gaither graduated law school; her mother, Celina, had been brutally murdered. After being raised by her grandmother and graduating law school, the exceedingly attractive and equally accomplished attorney returns to the small rural Texas community in search of answers to secrets, it is soon discovered, that are best left uncovered. With permission from the Travis County District Attorney, her superior, Alex only has thirty days to walk a tightrope in the quest to find the killer; a feat that could serve to disrupt every aspect of life in the economically stressed town of Purcell. 

Alex has to push the buttons of the two suspects who have matured into well-known, influential citizens to include the sheriff and the son of the town’s wealthiest businessman. But she has very little concern about their positions, status, or reputations and is willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to find her mother’s killer. Alex’s grandmother had told of her mother’s murder and disclosed that the only suspect was declared unfit to stand trial but served the remainder of his life in a mental institution. The newly minted prosecutor cannot afford to fail but success could cost everything…including her life.

Being from a small town in rural Georgia, this novel strikes a particular chord as my late father often spoke of having been on the ballot for a county commissioner seat during the early 1970s. He detailed returning home one evening and noticing a figure running from the rear of our wood-framed house into a wooded area in the back. Weeks later, that same house mysteriously caught on fire with my younger brother and me trapped inside. Fortunately, we managed to escape through the bathroom window. Our father subsequently abandoned his political aspirations.

By Sandra Brown,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Best Kept Secrets as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Alexandra Gaither is an attorney who finally has the power to get the justice she needs. Twenty-five years before, her mother had died a scandalous death. Alex believes one of three powerful men murdered her. She will risk everything to uncover their secrets.


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Rip Current By Sharon Ward,

Unsettled weather has caused life-threatening rip currents to sprout up seemingly at random in the usually tranquil sea around Grand Cayman. Despite posted warnings to stay out of the surf, several women lose their life when caught in the turbulent waters. Fin attempts some dangerous rescues, and nearly loses her…

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B. G. Howard Why did I love this book?

There is little in life, be it circumstances or people, which appear to be as they’re presented and Montgomery does a masterful job of exampling this fact in “Deception,” a captivating thriller. Finley Borders, the daughter of a prostitute; murdered by the drugged-out pimp assigned to the role of “father” when their daughter was just a child, embodies an ambition that pushes her from the Faraday Center for Children just as she reaches the age of emancipation. At a young age, she has seen much more of life than is warranted but understands there is so much more to be lived. Frequency at the card table during the late nights and early morning hours when she’d escape, unknown, from the center groomed Fin for a lifestyle amidst the underworld’s elite.

While sitting at a high stakes “by invitation only” poker table in Cannes, Findley receives an urgent phone call that ushers her back to the small Georgia community of Hallden. Mrs. Faraday, her childhood mother figure, has been accused of murder and Fin has to team up with an undercover FBI, Special Agent Caleb Matthews, who has more skeletons to hide than even Fin.

By Selena Montgomery,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Deception as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

New York Times bestselling author and political leader Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, delivers a gripping story of a woman forced to play the hand life dealt and the FBI agent who calls her bluff.

Playing the odds has always been Fin Borders' forte. As a professional poker player, she knows when to get out to keep from losing everything. But an innocent woman has been accused of murder, and to help, Fin will have to go back to the small southern town of her birth. It's a place she's been running from her entire life,…


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Thicker Than Blood

By B. G. Howard,

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What is my book about?

Demons of his past chase Willie LeBeaux to the hellish streets of New York, where he hopes to disappear among the faceless inhabitants of the city that never sleeps. He accidentally saves the life of a key figure in an organized crime family which fosters a relationship destined to challenge the boundaries of Willie’s morality. Having mastered the art of hiding in plain sight, circumstances he can’t control threaten to expose him. That, and his unscripted romantic connection to a Manhattan police officer sets in motion a chain of events that can only bring about one ending. Life is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of a closer-than-comfortable cousin, Tammy, when she arrives at LaGuardia Airport without notice to surprise him. 

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