The Chinese thinker Lao Tzu once said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” and that sentiment is echoed in Kaci Curtis's Along the Trail. Winnifred “Winnie” Hayes and her family take that first step as they leave their home and...

Ellen Rachlin’s Enheduanna’s Song From the Sands is set in Mesopotamia during the late third millennium BCE, where Enheduanna, born Ana, is sent by her brother King Rimush to take power as the high priestess in Ur, a city shaped by unrest and resistance to...

Luxuries and Lies by Long Temple is a thought-provoking story about the invisible labor and emotional endurance that often go unseen in the workplace. Mercedes is a hardworking woman whose work is taken for granted. When the company's leaders try to erase her name from...

The Seekers: Hilo Dome by Jack Bartley is an adventurous and suspenseful story with several excellent reasons to read it. The main antagonist is a volcano that is threatening to erupt. It is the driving force that pushes a group of men and women to...

In Emily Camp’s book, Torn, the main characters, Sierra and Luke, struggle to rekindle a relationship torn apart by Luke’s father four years earlier. Their interest in each other rekindles when Sierra reappears in Luke’s life, burdened with marital issues and a three-year-old child in...

In King Herod's Treasure by Mark Akst, Mark Cohn is a retired hotel manager who has spent many years caring for his elderly mother. During this time, he had done little socializing as he mostly stayed indoors. He also developed an interest in Jewish history...

In Bad Dreams and Bad Memories, Keith Thorn explains how these two issues continue to influence everyday reactions when the body responds to stored impressions, as if those earlier conditions still exist. He tells us that these responses begin before conscious thought and reflect patterns...

Gaffle O’Feral: The Life & Tail of an Alley Cat by J.T. Meuse is the story of a young alley cat named Gaffle, who recounts his life as a street-smart feline navigating a world full of danger, loyalty, and unexpected friendships. The story begins along...

Not Quite Home is a moving slice-of-life drama by Temple Lentz. When Erica Ford hears Claire Anderson's speech at the Portland Promise annual fundraising luncheon, she thinks the rich donor is just having an off day. Erica is one of the outreach workers who helps...

Happisad Memories by M. P. B. Clairette is the story of a woman whose life falls apart after she loses her baby to stillbirth. She goes back home carrying a kind of grief that nobody around her really understands. People say the wrong things, some...