Dottie Hogan hopes to start working at a gallery her Aunt Lois owns in Blue Holly, a small Appalachian town where she spent summers in her childhood. Dottie is almost broke after a painful divorce. She is not ready to take another blow: her aunt...

Connie Lacy’s Time Travel Swap is an imaginative story of unexpected journeys and musical dreams, capturing the essence of time travel with a distinctive twist. The narrative begins with Carly, a dynamic musician on the verge of a career breakthrough. As she prepares for a...

Crosswind by Patricia Boomsma follows Amanda, a college freshman, during a turbulent period of adjustment to a new environment with body image issues, anxiety, and a strained relationship with her mother, Susan, who now finds herself as a single empty-nester in her fifties. Amanda forms...

Honor, glory, and unrivaled grace define Placement by Kimberly Van Sickle. The protagonist is young Charles George Trammel IV, a privileged lad whose background straddles both sides of the proverbial tracks. As Charles sits aboard a Higgins boat (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, or LCVP) on...

Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. Summers explores life on the edge of conflict. The story unfolds through the experiences of a young expatriate named Alexander Barr who is working as a contractor in Darfur. Readers are pulled into the desolate landscape of Sudan in...

Code Name: Juggernaut by Sherman E. Ross is an action-packed tale that provides a broad perspective on the underlying reasoning behind racial violence and hostility directed toward government agencies. It revolves around Howard Brennan, a vengeful nuclear engineer and former USAF colonel desperately seeking revenge...

Another Chance: Peter’s Story by Rita M. Boehm is an emotional and suspenseful read about love, healing, and figuring out how to move forward when life knocks you down. Peter Campbell has been through more than anyone should have to deal with, and he’s still...

Annette Oppenlander's 5 Months: The Wait is part of the Biographical WWII Stories for Teens Series, and this one is set in April 1945 in Solingen, Germany. The war is over. Solingen has finally surrendered to the USA, but for some people, life cannot go...

The Pale Flesh of Wood by Elizabeth A. Tucker is a beautifully written family saga that spans multiple years and explores the long-lasting effects of a decision made by Charles, a patriarch. It began when Charles returned home from the war a changed man, with...

Field of Schemes is the sixth book in The Deadball Files series by J.B. Manheim. A thrilling mix of baseball history, politics, and investigative mystery, this book really wraps up the series in style. Detective Adam Wallace finds himself pulled into two cases that seem...