The Book of Seila by Wilda Hughes is a fierce, emotionally charged dystopian novel that doesn’t pull its punches. In a near-future theocracy known as the Covenant States, Ruby Lambert lives in hiding, having escaped a brutal redemption camp. But when her sister is accused...

Patriotic Duties by Michael Perron is a military and political thriller about a deep conspiracy to destabilize the United States government. After the kidnapping and murder of Cole Howard, Trent investigates and exposes a covert group that manipulates politicians through blackmail to force political gridlock...

“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...

Dogs of Warr is a work of fiction in the action, military, and thriller subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to scenes of violence and explicit language throughout. Penned by author TR Gabriel, the story follows the legendary Colonel Nathan Alexander Warr...

“With grown-ups close, we laugh and play,/ Keeping us safe in every way.” Sometimes all we want to do is play and have fun. But there are times when we must place safety first. In Dave W Ball’s Hiccup’s Safe Splash Spectacular (I love the...

Dogs of Warr II: By Executive Request is a work of fiction in the action, military, and thriller subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to scenes of violence and explicit language throughout. Penned by author TR Gabriel, we reunite with the Dogs...

Dogs of Warr III: Chasing the Ghost is a work in the military, action, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to a mature reading audience due to graphic violence and explicit language throughout. Penned by TR Gabriel, it explores the gritty world of...

Chronicles of Skull & Crossbownes: The Central American File is the second installment of the series by T.R. Gabriel. When they are not enjoying the high society life of billionaires, twin brothers Timothy G. and Anthony B. Robertson are navigating the treacherous terrain of the...

Dogs of Warr IV: Beware the Silver Lining by TR Gabriel thrusts readers into a harrowing mission where a secret military team must stop a madman wielding nanotechnology to commit global genocide. The Dogs of Warr face an invisible enemy whose dangerous ideology threatens humanity's...

In When Did You Know and Who Did You Tell? by Beverly Gandara, the author shows how people from all walks of life feel the need to hide who they are for so many reasons. Some people stay in the closet due to religion, work,...

Cynthia and the Blue Cat's Last Meow is an engrossing adventure novella by Jeffrey Penn May. The story follows an unnamed twenty-two-year-old narrator as he embarks on a hike into the forest, trying to reach Cynthia's cabin by the blue river. Cynthia is a mysterious...

Soaring in Silence: One Woman’s Triumph over Fear by Beverly Gandara is the riveting story of one woman’s experience with a dangerous retiree who stalks her. During the summer and after one week of vacation, Kim and Brad return home to their co-op apartment...

Zero Point Emotion: The Algorithm of Being by Elias Voss is a mind-bending science fiction thriller that ventures into the emotional frontier of artificial intelligence. We bear witness to Nexus‑7, the most advanced AI ever built, which is designed to solve humanity’s greatest problems. But...

Codex is the second novel in The Serpents of Caesar series by author T. R. Burgess. Set in first-century Rome, the story has themes of political intrigue, treachery, and espionage. The story follows Verendus, an elite Praetorian Guard officer, who becomes a fugitive after being...

In Signum: The Serpents of Caesar (Book 1) by T.R. Burgess, upon his return, Ericus Vedius Verendus discovered that The Watch had been in Iolia, threatening the way the people on the island lived. Even with treaties in place, the once peaceful harbors of Lignoran...

Conditional Love by L.A. Arbuckle is a gripping and intense novel that dives into the heart of a family in crisis. The story centers on Neva Stevenson and her three children as they try to survive a night of terror at the hands of Neva’s...

Consequence of Power: Isabella's Season by Sabrina Lund transports readers into the enthralling limelight of London in the eighteenth century. Isabella, the protagonist, makes her way through her first season under the watchful gaze of England’s high society. She is led there by the beguiling...

Mystery at Spirit Lake by Deborah Erdmann is an adventure story that follows three teenagers, Dominic, Forest, and Sailor, as they visit Mount St. Helens with their grandparents. Dominic's excitement about the camping trip turns to fear when he reads an old article about miners...

Thorns of Fate: The Thornforged Chronicles by Miranda Howman follows Elora, a girl who was sold off at a young age to her future mentor, Tehvan. He takes her to the Miros Institute, where she becomes his protégée, but little does she know that her...

Trust on Trial by G. S. Gerry is an enormously important and timely work that dares to ask vital questions without wavering even one iota from its central message. As its title implies, Trust, in the form of a careworn and sometimes bedraggled accused man,...

The Magical Red Kimono by Jan Morrill is a thoughtful children's picture book about the beautiful friendship of two young girls from two different cultures. Sachi and her best friend, Jubie, enjoy spending time together. While sitting under a big oak tree that grew outside...

The Amazing Adventures of Awesome the Opossum is a delightful children’s picture book written by Dee Bien, with illustrations by Athena Panthera. The story follows a curious and playful opossum who gets lost during a game of hide and seek with her rowdy brothers. The...

Murder at the Blue Ox Inn by Jesse L. Isfet sees Jason and Whitney horrified when their manager, Meredith, books two ideologically opposed groups into the conference facilities. Kathy Dunlap and Horatio Jones represent a group of timber industry tycoons, while Esther Winter, Frank Olive,...

Parisian Flaire is the concluding volume of Celeste Johnson’s Alternate Realms Trilogy, where the refined world of literary editing collides with the dark labyrinth of cyber espionage. We’re with former editor Adelaide as she is pulled into the enigmatic depths of vWorld, which is a...

North Americhina by Kurt Kutz delivers a provocative, pulse-pounding political thriller that feels as plausible as it is terrifying. With global tensions rising and America grappling with internal division and disease, a clandestine Chinese military operation to seize control of North America moves from speculation...

Shattered Peace: A Century of Silence by Julie McDonald Zander is an amalgam of the current day with happenings from around the First World War. Colleen Holmes is a Navy Seabee veteran who served on the front line in the Middle East. She has returned...

No Teacher Left Standing by Jeffrey Penn May centers on Sarah Morgan, a dedicated first-grade teacher navigating a tumultuous year marked by workplace politics, strained relationships, and the impending arrival of her baby. May masterfully intertwines Sarah’s professional struggles with her personal journey, creating a...

Molu and Naanu: A Story About a Special Bond Between a Baby and His Grandfather is a children’s book by Tippy Bhan. The story begins with Molu, a baby boy who is about 8 months old. His mom drives him to his grandpa’s house. His...

Adults understand the importance of addressing global warming and its environmental impact, and Space Polar Bear by Bruna Mars effectively highlights this critical topic for young readers. The book begins with a moving journey in the frozen tundra of the Arctic, where a group of...

S.E. Palmer has created a beautiful fantasy novel with strong characters and a roller-coaster plot. Pressured from all sides to make huge life decisions, Kaiya takes refuge in her safe space, the forest. While there, Kaiya stumbles upon magical power, and instead of finding a...

Fablenoir: Book 1 of the Grimdark Fairy Tale Epic by Vic Sinclair is a hilarious yet morbid tale about fairy tale land’s most well-known characters. Policeman Jack Slade, aka The Giant Slayer, has a problem, and it's about more than just his addiction to magick...

In Knights Unite (Peter Blue Series) by Laurel Colless, readers are taken on a fantasy adventure with Riva du Lac. As the story opens, Riva and Roly clean up sea garbage using a whaleboat designed by Professor Meriwether. As they suction plastic and other garbage...

The Pianist's Only Daughter by Kathryn Betts Adams is a memoir that chronicles the author's life and, most poignantly, her role as a caregiver to both her ailing parents. Adams describes an upbringing in the 1960s and 1970s that teeters between her parents' talents and...

In Give A Shift, Carolyn J. Phinney outlines a self-coaching method for personal transformation through internal awareness and intentional action. She introduces the concept of the “Guardian Mind,” a subconscious mechanism that resists change by prioritizing safety, often resulting in fear, procrastination, and self-sabotage. Phinney...

Are faeries make-believe? Invisible to the human eye, faeries lived in the faery realm, though, very rarely, one or two lived in the human realm because of special circumstances. Faeries with potential were enrolled in a faery training program at the Faery Academy of QuillSnap....

Samantha Church has already faced tremendous danger and hardship, but things are not getting much better for her in Dead Wrong by Betta Ferrendelli. Still recovering from injuries she received during a kidnapping, Sam feels guilty for Wilson’s need for a prosthesis to replace the...

Return to Cairn Isle by Tara Fox Hall is the sequel to Latham's Landing. Cairn Isle is still alive, and the Latham's Landing mansion still sits atop the island. And now it's taking more victims. Retired police chief Robert Stahl wants to put an end...

Revenge is Sweet (A Samantha Church Mystery) by Betta Ferrendelli is, as the title suggests, a gripping mystery. Samantha Church and her publisher Wilson Cole Jr. are kidnapped by drug dealers seeking revenge because Samantha had ruined their smuggling operations. They are taken to an...

Latham's Landing by Tara Fox Hall is a trilogy of stories, all set in Latham’s Landing, a Cairn Isle well-known for its hauntings – and mysterious disappearances. All That Remains tells the story of Sandra. She has visited the isle with Tina, her best friend,...

Unlike a lot of people, I’m not that big on Christmas, but the idea of An Unconventional Christmas caught my attention. What was author Tara Fox Hall's vision of an “unconventional” Christmas? Would I agree and even enjoy her concept? When Hall introduced her protagonist,...