Chandler was a small, hairy hobgoblin who loved to play pranks. While other hobgoblins did chores, Chandler created mischief in the house he occupied; he would sour the milk, track mud on the floor, etc. Nothing harmful, but nothing helpful. One fateful night, everything changed....

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...

Child of the Dragon by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley follows a world where dragon shapeshifters called the Rhaegynne are under the control of two tyrannical kings, unable to fully claim their freedom. The story kicks off in the middle of a brutal battle where Coleman and...

A Life Without You by Rose Roberts is a well-written book that emphasizes the importance of love, commitment, and appreciating what you have in the moment. The story begins with Claire, a thirty-two-year-old woman, having a session with her therapist, Nadine. Claire is married to...

Happisad Memories by M. P. B. Clairette is the story of a woman whose life falls apart after she loses her baby to stillbirth. She goes back home carrying a kind of grief that nobody around her really understands. People say the wrong things, some...

Moondust by Kahlani B. Steele is an evocative collection of poems that explores the delicate spaces of nature, memory, and the human psyche. The book is arranged in thematic chapters, and it begins with the section called “Nature,” where the author gives human qualities to...

Runebound by Alessa M. Norwen is the story of a culture torn between its pagan roots and Catholicism. Milena is a princess of Mecklenburg, where the old pagan gods are banished by the Church, but their beliefs and rituals are still secretly practiced. Milena’s parents...

Set in the Ottoman capital during the winter of 1602, Rebellion and Deceit, book two in the Empires and Kingdoms series by David Eugene Andrews, follows Aisha, sister of Sultan Mehmet III, as she leaves her residence near the Hippodrome and enters a palace system...

Sometimes the people who seem the most guarded are the ones with the heaviest history, and in For You Always by Hannah Jordan, Cammie knows that better than anyone. She left her hometown in search of a fresh start and happened upon Peace Falls, where...

In Life and How to Live It, Chaz Holesworth describes being seventeen in 1995 Philadelphia after CIBA, the born-again Christian school that shaped his days, expels him. The same week, Laura, the girlfriend whose future has become part of his escape plan, is forced by...

Mind of Moore: The Chadwick Legacy by C. M. Willowcraft follows Ziva Moore, a teen girl just trying to survive high school while hiding the fact that she can read minds and shatter glass with her thoughts. When a disturbing flash of the future makes...

When sixteen-year-old Michael and his younger fourteen-year-old brother, Max, came up with the plan to build the National Hall of Champions and Learning Center on Childhood Cancer, they hadn't realized their idea would lead them to become champions of hope. Dream Big: The Hall of...

Karen Hulene Bartell’s Indigo follows Chicago editor Raluca Olson to Birch Lake, Wisconsin, after an inheritance from great-aunt Winifred Nelson gives her a lakeside cabin from a relative she never knew existed. Raluca plans to sell the property and return to Chicago, but the cabin...

In Asher Shines Bright: A Journey of Hope and Light by Kristina Gibbons, we are introduced to Asher, a young fox, who feels sad and lonely on the night of Oakmeadow’s Festival of Lights, while everyone around him is happy. Ary, his friend, notices this,...

As one of the last remaining songgivers, whose music has healing properties, Christine Daaé should be more than a singer at the Paris Opera. However, a rogue attack by a malevolent grimlark during her childhood not only killed her mother but also stripped her of...

Andrew Tartar’s The Next Shift is a youth hockey coaching guide about helping volunteer coaches create a team environment where players can learn the game and want to return. Tartar begins with why children come to the rink and how coaches should define success. Trust...

Being ordinary can be so boring. Jimmy has his own unusual way of doing just about everything in Jumbled Up Jimmy by Laura Roso. He wears his watch, his socks, and even his uniform just a little bit differently. His friends Rafi, Maddie, and Sophie...

Nicholas Acker’s Pure Light: Shadows That Wait for Me follows Gem, a young woman who wakes beside a river with no memory of her name. A living orb of light she names Diamond leads her through the forest toward Sapphiria, where she discovers a land...

Are We Twins? by Jill Ammon Vanderwood is a fun and creative book for children. Following on from the first installment, Persephone, aka Purdy, and her friends find themselves with yet another mind-boggling investigation. A new girl at school resembles one of their friends a...

Grace is a widow. Her husband, Mitch, died last year, and she has their farm up for sale. She is struggling with the sale process as the first offer, which seemed firm, is now in jeopardy. The property manager quit, and the potential buyers are...