Forget glass slippers, a ball, and a maid who never says no—Cindy Aurela: A Cinderella Story by Leah Miles swaps them for hiking boots, rainstorms, and a protagonist who learns that sometimes getting lost is the best way to find yourself. Cindy works behind the...

In Lana Sabarwal's Maya, Dead and Dreaming, Munna Dhingra is an Indian immigrant who has lived in the small town of Shogie, Washington, most of her life. Yet she still feels like a stranger, trying to find her place in the world. One day, she...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Little Amish Girl by Viola Estrella shares a similar thought process. It centers on Ivy, an Amish girl who must endure going from one foster home to another...

When Mary ‘M’ Warner visits President Ulysses S. Grant in Washington, D.C, she meets Secret Service agents Giles Argent and Wrenshall Merritt, who are tasked with escorting her to and from the capital. On returning to her family farm in Kentucky, she begins to receive...

When Dreams Float is the first book in the Black Love Series by Dorothy Elizabeth Love. When Dr. Winston Knight, a Texas-based medical practitioner, attends a medical conference in Papeete, Tahiti, he meets Melanie McDae, an adventurous travel blogger and writer. From the moment Winston...

The Case Against Jasper by Clifton Wilcox is a delightful story set on Wildwoods Farm, a peaceful community of forest animals. The peace is disturbed when Jenny, a playful young squirrel, falls while racing her best friend, Jasper, on a telephone pole. The gossiping hens...

Terco: A True Story of Love, Ego, and Corruption by Joseph Marchant is an eye-opening thriller that chronicles every traveler’s greatest fear: that of being “locked up abroad.” Simon was an expatriate Englishman living abroad. With both English and Mexican citizenship, Simon had made his...

A Christmas Reborn: A New Era in Scrooge's Redemption by Scott A. Johnson follows Ebenezer Scrooge, who assumes responsibility for the welfare of his late nephew Fred’s family and the broader impoverished population of London. Scrooge mentors children, particularly Tom, providing education, moral guidance, and...

A Blog for the Heart by Luis Ammerman is a quiet coming-of-age romance set against the vibrant chaos of New York City. It begins with the main character, Trina, a resilient college student, living with her aunt, who’s trying to figure out financial struggles and...

Scattered Light by Martha Engber follows Mary Donahue, a smart but cautious lawyer in Chicago who has just won a big case on her 36th birthday. To celebrate, she decides to treat herself to lunch at Herzl's. This is where she meets Damba Rugundi, a...