In A Hug for the Soul: Truth, Tears, and WTF Moments, Stacey McCann reflects on her own experiences to explore what it means to be human. Each chapter includes everyday moments such as parenting mishaps, awkward social encounters, grief, anger, and exhaustion, while also questioning...

Abducted by J.S. Ash follows sixteen-year-old Abigail Ashby, a teenager living in a small town in New Mexico, where strange occurrences are ignored. After sneaking out one night to support her best friend, Harris, whose parents vanished under mysterious circumstances, Abigail finds herself caught between...

Vesper by Evan Marks follows the titular Vesper, who lives in New York and works as a senior consultant. After a chance meeting overseas leads to a second encounter in the city, Vesper begins seeing Caspian, a man whose life operates on a scale far...

Getting a kid into bed is usually a mission in itself, so making it a literal space mission is a genius move. In Zoom to the Stars, Megan Erin Hamilton shows how Aaron turns a boring bath and pajamas into an astronaut’s adventure. I loved...

Cain’s Chameleon by Mark G Bearss poses the question: What is the best way to escape when threatened by gambling debts, bookies, and loan sharks? Dan Driscoll is in such a position. Addicted to gambling, he will go to any lengths to get his fix...

“I needed to get lost for a summer. Putting aside books and job interviews, I took a job working in the prettiest environment most people will never see.” I wouldn't say Bill Gerencer, the author of Working Waterfront, got lost; I'm sure he found himself...

And Then He Pressed Play: Track One by Robert Halliwell is the story of Arlo “A.J.” Walker, a shy yet musically gifted Canadian exchange student at Glenbridge Secondary in Ireland. The cultural differences are overwhelming for him, and in addition to his unique accent, he...

Old Friends and Other Broken Things by Leah Cohen is a collection of thought-provoking stories about fractured relationships, societal expectations, and psychological turmoil. Two friends who have been apart for 11 years discover how one’s life has changed while the other’s has remained stagnant; a...

The Drowned Queen by Elspeth Gregorsdóttir introduces us to Myr’Caenith, a woman who survives a century of captivity in the deathless realm of the Duskhold. She goes into the Whispering Sea, where her body dissolves and reforms with command over shadow and starlight. She crosses...

In A Walk Among Heroes by James McDevitt, T.J. Montgomery had loved Magdalyn for as long as he could remember. When T.J. saw Magdalyn standing beside another man, smiling in a way he thought belonged only to him, his world shattered. T.J. searched for something...

A nurse searches for answers in an unexpected death in the thrilling historical mystery, One Remembers Yet by Raymie Martin. Winnie Watling is a volunteer in the Voluntary Aid Detachment caring for the soldiers in France. After suffering from pneumonia, Winnie is still too weak...

“Professionals don’t have feelings, don’t have thoughts. They don’t have an autonomous life outside their function.” Perhaps some don't, but the professional in Fabio Amabili's novel, There's A Young Man Dressed In Blue, is a human being first and foremost. The protagonist is Avvocato Floriani,...

Dolly Parton once said, “The magic is inside you. There ain’t no crystal ball.” In C is for Courageous by Shanita Liu, young readers are taken on a warm, upbeat A–Z journey that shows them how courage is something they already possess. They just have...

In Showboat Soubrette by Brodie Curtis, the story begins with Stella Parrot, a talented, popular Native American showboat singer, performing aboard Lady J along the Mississippi River. Taking place in the years leading up to the Civil War, she travels from town to town, captivating...

Laurence Hutson’s Shattered Faces is set during the First World War, when American sculptor Anna Ladd leaves Boston for Europe after learning that soldiers with severe facial injuries are hiding themselves from families and society. In London, she studies a new process that uses sculpture,...

Jenn Whitmer’s Joyosity examines how workplace culture gradually pulls people away from meaningful work by normalizing exhaustion and emotional disconnection. Using experiences from educational leadership, Whitmer describes how institutions often demand constant output while ignoring the human cost created by fear-driven management and endless pressure....

Elizabeth Diane Adams' Fully Average is the story of Melissa Jolene Bonetti, who, in spite of her constant sense of dread, considers herself lucky. She has a long-term boyfriend and a steady accounting job, but her life implodes spectacularly when she discovers that her boyfriend...

Anette DeMattio’s Too Strong for Your Own Good: Success with Soul empowers readers on a soul-level rescue mission. Writing about her experiences of childhood trauma, six cancer diagnoses, and years of high-functioning burnout, the author delivers the AAA framework (Awaken, Alchemize, Ascend) that helps to...

In a wonderful and exciting new mystery from debut author Ranjini Iyer, The Colossus, readers will follow caterer Maxine (Max) Rosen as she stumbles upon a mysterious coded document of her father's, which seems to be a link to the Nazis, pharmaceuticals and medical research....

Henrietta, the Singing Ballerina by Christine Frisbee follows a young girl whose love of both singing and dancing shapes her journey toward self-expression. Henrietta is introduced as a joyful, imaginative child who treasures her ballet slippers and spends her days dancing through her home while...