The Landlady of Maple Avenue by Suzanne Elizabeth Gillis is a poignant and humorous literary family saga inspired by true events. Set in the 1950s, it follows the aging Marceline Gillis, an immigrant mother of seven, as she plots to reclaim her position as the...

The Last Arcadian by Z.S. Joseph revolves around Addy, a birthday girl whose only major problem is coming to terms with an impending transition to boarding school and the pressure that comes with it. As her day proceeds with friends Eli and Luka, strange occurrences...

In the YA fantasy novel The Last Huntress: Mirror Realm Series Book I by Lenore Borja, readers are introduced to Alice, whose life changed on her 18th birthday. Even before that day, she had noticed strange things about her mirror image - but after her...

The Last Red Wizard is a children's comic book by Mike Gagnon and Matthew Courtney. Max's mischievous friend Sam steals figs from a merchant, and now he must take the blame. Chased around the streets by a group of angry merchants, Max finds sanctuary in...

In John W. Bebout's The Light from Darkness, we meet seventeen-year-old Teddy Miller in Great Tortugas, off the Florida Keys. It’s 1864, during the waning months of the Civil War, and this desolate island is the location of a Yankee prison. Teddy has gone there...

David Litwack’s The Light of Reason is Book Three in The Seekers series, another brilliant and compelling entry to a series that is already growing long legs. In an alternate world, two seekers return from across the sea, having acquired exceptional knowledge and wisdom, with...

The Lines Between Us is a work of fiction in the historical, family drama, and contemporary mystery sub-genres, and was penned by author Rebecca D'Harlingue. Combining the seventeenth and twentieth centuries via the passage of time, letters, and diaries, this is an enthralling story about...

The Little Adventures of Erig the Earwig, written by Andy Evans and illustrated by Lucy Fleming, follows Erig, an earwig, on a series of adventures to learn about life and its challenges. After completing four training challenges set by his mother, Erig meets Bob, a...

The Lost Portal, the second book in The Mirror Realm Series by Lenore Borja, is a young adult fantasy novel that follows Hadley Caldwell, a former demon hunter, as she embarks on a quest to find the legendary Portal of Osiris. Tasked by ancient gods...

The Mage Destinies: Path of the Daydreamer is a work of fiction in the fantasy and adventure subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience from young adults upwards and was penned by author Brett Galen. The story follows protagonist Tessa, who has dreams...

The Magic in Metaphor: Empowering Children Through Healing Stories by Harley Sears is an anthology of 25 stories for young readers. Each allegorical story has been crafted carefully to support children's emotional and social development. Most of the characters are animals that are not only...

When someone steals a magical artifact, the combination of its loss and old secrets threatens a family's survival in the urban fantasy novel, The Magical Tarot Deck (The Madigan Chronicles Book 2) by Marieke Lexmond. Tara Madigan feels good after outwitting her sister Lucy by...

Lucas Mack's life is upended when he loses Addy. He seems to drift without an anchor, yet he is determined to start anew. So, he decides to test the Maelstrom. The maelstrom appears as a swirling circle of water for only three days each year,...

In The Maker's Name by Seamus McKenna, Rudi and Malachi run Hawthorne Meats Limited, up until Malachi’s tragic shooting, which deeply impacts Rudi and his family. As Rudi juggles the fallout from Malachi’s death and suspicions regarding his own involvement, he also has his hands...

Chris Lengle introduces The Male Nurse Survival Guide as “a real, no-b[…]-s[…] survival guide” (elisions my own) to the world of nursing. As he notes, “[t]his is the raw, real, and uncensored guide to surviving as a male nurse” in the United States. As such,...

In The Mantle of the Past, Lewis A. D'Ambra creates a rich and immersive epic fantasy that explores the fragile legacy of a recently fallen empire. Following the death of Tekolger, the King of Kings, the vast lands of Kolgennon stand on the brink of...

The Martial Art: An Adam Emerson Novel is an action-packed thriller by Dane Andrew. Adam Emerson arrives back in New York after spending years abroad learning martial arts, only to find that his beloved Aunt Elaine has been murdered. It turns out Elaine became the...

The Midas Effect has a very different premise, but it delivers. Author Manuel Dorado turns it into something that is a welcome alternative to the standard superhero and techno-thriller fare. The main protagonist, a young academic named Miguel Le Fablec, is formidable, yet he does...

The Mystical Ark: A Vessel of Blessings by Eileen Patra is a novel that blends different genres into one story—adventure, visionary, and mystery, with strong spiritual themes. Photographer Elena Rowan and her archaeologist friend, Zak Erdmann, are on a summer field expedition when they make...

Lorenzo Maria dell'Uva's The Never-Ending Run: The Complete Guide to the New York City Marathon includes the race’s history, a mile-by-mile description of the race course, and a map of the entire route. Additionally, there is information on qualifying for the race and a year-by-year...

The New Eugenics: Modifying Biological Life in the 21st Century by Conrad B. Quintyn is a powerful expose of what the author calls “New Eugenics.” Eugenics has been understood, until now, as a practice that aims at improving the human species by selectively mating people...

The Open Portal by Michael Scott Clifton is the first book in the Conquest of the Veil series, which centers around a teenage girl named Mona who makes a life-altering (and potentially world-altering) decision. Mona feels she can no longer cope. Alone without friends or...

The Other Place by Scott Nagele begins with Emma, a young girl having lifelike dreams involving “the Gatekeeper,” a figure with the power to manipulate her into committing horrible acts, such as starting fires. She is troubled by these dreams, which are amplified when she...

The Path of the Tapir by Michael Jarvis is an environmental thriller. Peyton Paddington and Chloe Summers decide to travel to Costa Rica for fun, two college girls trying to find themselves while living it up. Death wasn’t in their plans but a fire at...

The Poetry Project: Genesis is a collection of narrative poems by Angela Williams. The poems are derived from the chapters of the Book of Genesis. From creation to the children of Israel in Egypt, the author discusses God’s faithfulness, unconditional love, and favor upon His...

The newly formed Creaping Bottom Post Box Topper Society is determined to knit stunning post box toppers each month. Despite their January topper being labeled a disgrace and an eyesore by an anonymous email, the team continues knitting creatively themed toppers every month: hearts for...

“Look up! Penelope Pym! For the love of God, look up!” Those profound words were all that was needed to grab Penelope’s attention from her reading. She was sitting on a park bench in Central Park, as she did every Saturday morning, oblivious to the...

Allie Kincade, a private investigator in San Fransisco, needed money. Her toxic on-and-off ex-boyfriend had just fired her from the PI firm he had started with the few bucks Allie got from her inheritance, promising to make her a full partner after that, which he...

The Prism Society is a sizzling romance by Gabi Salas. Emma Sinclair grew up as a small-town California girl. After graduating from design school in New York City, Emma and her best friend Jessie are determined to join one of the city's top design firms....

Maximize your fullest potential and find success and fulfillment in your personal and professional life with The Process of Living. In this book, author Bill DeBarba presents a practical framework aimed at empowering people to help them enact the necessary changes that will set them...

The Promise of Justice: A Love Story by J. Jaye Gill is a compelling contemporary romance about forgiveness and justice. This engrossing drama centers on Regina, who endured a terrible crime but kept it secret from everyone, even her loved ones, for seven years. She...

The Queen of Fairy by Marieke Lexmond is the thrilling fifth installment and a satisfying conclusion to the Madigan Chronicles that deftly blends magic, adventure, and family drama. The story centers around the Madigan family's quest to help the Guardian of the Cup of Plenty...

The Ransom Drop is a work of fiction in the military genre and is the first installment in The Response Files series. It is aimed at the mature adult reading audience and was penned by author Robert Phayre. The book tells the story of a...

The Redemption of Kings by Mark Castleberry is set in the land of Connacht, where the Ghel people face divine punishment for straying from their faith in the Lord of Light, while King Nazzar of Ash seeks to conquer and enslave them. Four young Ghel...

Everyone is familiar with jingling bells. They announce the arrival of Christmas and are associated with happiness worldwide. But what if they weren't? Raven Oak tackles this concept in her novel The Ringers. In the town of Dekwood, citizens live in fear. They are terrified...

The Romantic Ideal: The Highest Standard of Romance for a Man by Gregory V. Diehl is a nonfiction exploration of romance and intimacy from a masculine perspective. Diehl uses different ideas of gender to explore love through the binary of masculinity and femininity. He also...

Ever since Max and his neighborhood friends watched the movie The Great Escape they had not been able to get it out of their minds. The movie was that good. It portrayed the efforts prisoners of war made to escape during the Second World War....

Considering the lattice that connects in-between spaces, reconnecting shards of distant memory, or staring at a sidewalk sketch after a downpour are among ways of approaching The Sandpiper’s Spell, the stunning poetry compilation by Tom Pearson. Whether interpreting a languid moment or creating a narrative...

The Scent of the Queengrass: A Requiem in Seven Parts by Trevor Siegel is a literary tale of one man’s journey through life from early childhood right through to his death. William Fennyman was born in rural North Dakota in 1908. As a youngster, the...

The School of Homer by Alexander Marriott is a sleuthing adventure with Virgil Colvin, a retired Chicago cop, and his best friend, police chief Costas Pantakalas, on the Greek island of Ithaca. Virgil retired to the island after the death of his beloved wife. Six...