Brood (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 60) by Mark Anthony Smith is a brief but impactful offering of short horror. The imagery is visceral, punctuated by interesting language and word choices. The author obviously loves wordplay and creating clever sentences, scenes, and moods. The book begins...

Moonstruck at Midnight by Alejandra Andrade is about Billie Murphy, an American diplomat’s daughter who is on the cusp of a new life. She has never had much freedom, thanks to her bodyguards, Aaron and Caleb. It is high time she has an...

S.E. Palmer has created a beautiful fantasy novel with strong characters and a roller-coaster plot. Pressured from all sides to make huge life decisions, Kaiya takes refuge in her safe space, the forest. While there, Kaiya stumbles upon magical power, and instead of finding a...

My Big Notebook: It's About Me with a Little Help from My Friend JC by Carla A. Carlisle and Quadasia Prescod is a fabulous non-fiction book for young kids, particularly those in elementary school who will relate to JC. It is made up of four...

The future is unpredictable. Businesses must continue to adapt and evolve to face the challenges of an ever-changing world. Roger Spitz has been an advisor to some of the most reputable organizations in the world. In Disrupt With Impact, the author explores various risks, strategies,...

Falling in Flames: Power Wielders Book 2 by S.E. Palmer follows Kaiya as she attempts to juggle life as a young woman and a power wielder. Having been thrust into this life without notice, Kaiya and her counterparts, Ross and Benji, must work together to...

Angels Dawn by author Komali da Silva is a refreshing and thrilling young adult paranormal read. The story follows a young girl named Dawn Huntington. At the start of the story, all is right with the world as Dawn looks forward to having an amazing...

Be Your Own Brand of Sexy by Susan L. Edelman, MD. is about the next sexual revolution. The first sexual revolution promised women more choices, enabled them in expressing themselves better and blew an air of liberation, but cultural limitations today still hinder women’s choices....

Fight for Dawn: The Dawn Trilogy Book 2 by Komali da Silva is the follow up to Angels Dawn, and Dawn knows she should have known better. Dawn wanted her life to go back to normal after the loss of her best friend Nate, but...

My Abigail by David Kummer is an intriguing and sometimes confusing story. Abigail has a secret and everyone but Caleb seems to know what it is. After Caleb learns the secret, he wishes that he'd never found out the truth. I had mixed feelings about...

Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea is a complex story with multiple themes, and, as a debut novel, it is little short of a masterpiece. Isa’s story covers so many centuries, involving a tarot deck from 1389. It isn’t until the time of her real mother’s...

Accountable by E. V. Stephens is a thrilling murder mystery where a serial killer seems to be targeting the lives of big money corporate employees. The first victim is a young lawyer found stabbed to death in her tub. Having just buried her husband and...

REVivement: Having a Life After Making a Living: An Uplifting Interactive Guide to Invigorate Your Later Years by Gloria Dunn-Violin is a useful tool to all those readers who are looking forward to life after fifty. The author uses the term "revivement" instead of retirement...

Charley's Cat Family is a chapter book for children, grades K-3, written by Jeff Magnuson and illustrated by Bettina Brasko. Charley loves cats. He grew up with Max, a shelter cat his parents had adopted when he was small. Now that he was working and...

A beautiful spitfire of a heroine…a handsome British hero who’s heir to a family fortune…a dire situation and a brazen scheme – the perfect mix of ingredients in Lord Bachelor, a thoroughly delightful love story by Tammy L. Bailey. Handsome Lord Edmund Rushwood, heir to...

Snow Angel by Davalynn Spencer is a romantic Christmas novella set in the late 1800s in a small town in Colorado. A young Lena Carver plays in the snow outside her family's cabin when events tragically take a turn for the worse and she suffers...

The day before her twenty-sixth birthday, Amy’s drug addict sister pulls a knife on her in a San Francisco church. Rattled by the traumatic experience, Amy retreats to her mother’s house in Marin with her childhood best friend, Cassidy. When Amy wakes up the next...

Our Super Solar System by Camden Short takes young readers on a magical trip to get acquainted with the wonders of space. The sun shines bright and the stars can be tracked. The moon orbits the earth, reflecting the sun through the night. Mercury is...

The loss of a loved one is always a painful episode for anyone but the death of a parent is a completely different kind of feeling. Words cannot fully define the cascade of emotions the individual passes through. This was the case for Malia Arries...

In his memoir Lost and Found, Daniel James Blackburn reflects on a transformative vacation suggested by his wife Ann, initially for relaxation from his demanding job. Embracing nature and family time, Blackburn found unexpected solace. He met River, another camper, whose insights on work-life balance...