David Thomas Kay’s Christian historical novel, The Sword of Saint Isidores, is a detailed and compelling epic saga set in 10th-century Norway. The story is book 1 in The Circles of Time series. The story was inspired by a beautiful ceremonial sword, studded with precious...

In The Secret of Spirit Lake by Jane Haltmaier, the story moves between two girls living decades apart in the same lakeside house. In the present day, fourteen-year-old Amy struggles after her parents move the family to a small town in upstate New York to...

The Ghost Ring: Specters of Caligo Woods by Tom Hoffman is a delightful young adult paranormal fantasy thriller. Simon Moody has just finished his freshman year at MIT and is back for the summer at the haunted Wilder House in Caligo Falls, New Hampshire. On...

The Thirteenth Bell by R.D. Thorne is set in Lowmere, a town by the sea that is always blanketed in fog. Lowmere survives because of a dark bargain: each New Moon, a thirteenth bell rings, and someone vanishes. Ada Thorne, marked by the curse, survived...

Time Mansion by Laurel Lorenzini follows Toby, who can see and interact with ghosts after a car accident. Juggling school, family, relationships, and her newfound abilities, she helps restless spirits like Percival, Adriana, and Dr. Hutton in uncovering details of their deaths, locating lost belongings,...

Marlena Frank introduces a touch of fantasy in The Sea Witch Follows. We meet Finn from Leekston, located right on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s summer vacation, and Finn is crabbing with his father aboard the boat. This is what Finn truly loves—the peaceful rhythm of...

Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of paranormal mystery with The Haunted Purse by Kimberly Baer. Libby Dawson's life isn't like any other high school sophomore in her class. After her self-absorbed mother left Libby to live with her new boyfriend, Libby has been living...

In Aaron Ryan’s The Phoenix Experiment, Jax wakes aboard the sentient science vessel The Origin, where he and other adolescents are included in the Phoenix Experiments; controlled dreamlike sessions meant to reconnect them with deceased loved ones. The arrival of new survivors from the destroyed...

The Bone Mistress by Jayden Knight follows fifteen-year-old Alex Anderson, who inherits the role of Bone Mistress after her Aunt Shankhra’s death. Alex must master her new magical abilities—communicating with spirits through a bone amulet and reviving them using her aunt’s ring—while protecting her family...

Craig Staufenberg's The Girl Who Came Back To Life is the story of a young girl who recently lost her parents. Twelve-year-old Sophie struggles to deal with the loss of her parents, who unexpectedly passed away, sending her to live with her distant grandmother, who...