Stephen Panus’s novel, The Circles We Carry, is a heart-wrenching and profoundly thoughtful story of a family’s unexpected, deep loss and their harrowing journey through grief in search of a way forward. Jesse Brennan is 17, a junior in Naperville High School in Illinois. He...

Tales from the Diving Board by Linda G. Eldredge, EdD, is a story of a young girl who dreamed of swimming like a mermaid but found herself freezing after watching kids leap off the diving board at her local pool. When she befriends Delia, a...

In The Kennedy Rule: On Thin Ice (Book 1) by K.C. Carmichael, Connor Kennedy is one of hockey’s brightest stars and a talented center for the Chicago Broad Wings. He is also pressured to live up to his father’s legacy as a former player and...

The Day It Matters by Troy Patoine follows Thomas Atherton, a retired runner, on a fateful morning when he finds himself in an unexpected rupture in time. As the miles accumulate in a sustained run, moments from Tom’s life surface through motion and dialogue, shaped...

J. Rose Black brings us sporty romance fiction in The Real Ones: Chasing Victory. It’s Valentine’s Day, and Maddox McBride is participating in the Charity Flag Football Game. The weather fits his mood: stormy and gray. The reason for his mood could only be Briella...

Colin Powell once said, “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” That quote is the very essence of Tryouts by Peter J. Stavros. It’s the story of a ninth-grade boy living in a small town who wishes to...

The Other Disney by Bernard Leo Remakus opens with a stay-at-home wife and mother, Eleanor D’Isigny (pronounced the same as Disney), receiving a phone call about her son joining a baseball team. Readers also meet Andy, her son, and Val, her husband, a former minor...

The Legend of Harry Gardner by Michael Hill follows the story of an acclaimed sports journalist whose remarkable rise to fame is rooted in the history of Gridiron college football. In the early 1920s, Samuel "Peabo" Eliot grew up as an avid reader of sports...

The Heart of a Champion by Alexis Minnich follows Lou, an equestrian, as she manages her riding career at Schuster Stables. She works closely with her primary horse, Jack, building skills over several years and competing in local shows while balancing personal life, family, and...

The End Game: In Love and Basketball There’s Always an End Game by Michael Scott Clifton is a well-written novel about Chris Cooper, a basketball coach who has just moved to Mayfield, Texas. He is struggling with the weight of his tragic past, like the...