“Doing new things is how we learn.” Yes, doing things is one way to learn, but for young April Smart, the protagonist of The Toffee Man And The Kingdom of Ends by LK Quinn, some lessons are learned when others do things, and they are...

In When Things Go Missing by Deborah J Brasket, Fran leaves home and travels to the farthest reaches of South America, leaving her family to manage life in her absence. Kay, an archaeology student, remains devoted to her mother but finds it difficult to trust...

No Free Speech for Hate by Stephen Ford presents readers with a fictional account of Britain's future. It is a bleak reality where universities hold total power over their citizens, and free speech is a thing of the past. In fact, freedom of expression is...

It is 1949. Margaret Butler, born Margaret Long, cannot put into words the pain she feels at losing her sixteen-year-old son, Thad Butler. Found dead and bloodied with gunshot wounds in a ditch in New Harmony, South Carolina, it was clear Thad had been brutally...

Liberation by Lee Schneider continues the Utopia Engine Trilogy. Set in 2053–2054, this story follows Kat Keeper, Ravven Vaara, Spaceman, Renzo, Tristan, and Michel as they navigate the fallout from a global network collapse known as the Fracture. Their world is one where technology fails,...

Four Years Until Ever After by Don Cox is a contemporary romance that traces the complicated relationship between Julie Curry and Joshua Fisher. They were childhood friends whose closeness evolved as they discovered what it truly meant to grow up. It opens and closes through...

The Spilling of Secrets by Anastacia Hawkins is an absorbing contemporary romance. It is book two of the Bakery Bay series, set in two timelines: 2025 and the 1990s. It follows Freya, a young photographer, and her mother, who is burdened with uncomfortable secrets. They...

Rocco's Wife by B.P. Faunce follows Sadie and Rocco, a married couple in the throes of Rocco’s erratic behavior and hoarding. Early on, Rocco obsessively organizes his briefcase and speeds recklessly while driving, recalling a past hit-and-run. On a Christmas trip to Beth’s cottage in...

Meat My Uncle by James Jones and Tom Foster follows nine-year-old James, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, as he embarks on a road trip with his parent, Jake, Jane, Titus, Din, Dan, his uncle, and the family dog, Misfit. James' point of view alternates between real-world...

Ants Across the Page by Connie Averitt Williams is a heart-wrenching story of love, hope, and finding happiness in the darkest of times. When the new housekeeper, Maggie, first arrives, Luke and his dad are a bit wary. She seems bossy, immediately taking charge as...