In Nora and the Lighthouse by Robin Murphy, five-year-old Nora is excited to be going on a sleepover at her Nan and Grandpa’s condo. Adding to her anticipation is her wish to climb to the top of the Concord Point Lighthouse and look over the...

Gina Lynn Murray’s Twinkle and the Christmas Gift is the tale of a sweet little star named Twinkle. She spends her nights watching the world from above. Most evenings are the same, but one night feels different, even special. When she glances down at the...

Do you frequently get distracted and end up doing something other than what you should be doing? Then you forget what you were supposed to do? And you end up on another tangent and the day just keeps on getting more and more complicated and...

Strobe Witherspoon writes a fictional memoir of a fictional former FLOTUS and it has become quite a controversy. Things get totally out of hand and to say that he has taken the heat for it is an understatement. Although there were a few intellectual takes...

In Joey Paul's Cramping Chronicles: The Second Pang, Jessie Oliver, a disabled fifteen-year-old, tries to understand her new empathic talents as she communicates with other empaths in an empath online forum and strives to ease the loss and grief of a classmate. Jessie was ill...

Cramping Chronicles: The Third Ache by Joey Paul is a young adult urban fantasy novel and the third installment in the Cramping Chronicles series. The story follows Jessie, a young empath struggling to control her abilities while dealing with school pressures, a bully, and new...

Fifteen-year-old Jessie Oliver, a late-developing empath, was grappling with her unique abilities, and it was all taking a toll on her. Apart from having seizures and her health deteriorating, she could not control her lapses into the in-between world, a realm between the dead and...

In Vicki Brings the Beat! by Freddy Rodriguez, a ten-year-old girl named Vicki wakes up dreading school but quickly becomes interested in a sign advertising the upcoming talent show, which sparks an idea connected to her late father’s love of drumming. She decides to sign...

Walking Home via the Appalachian Trail is a contemporary fiction novel written by Michael Herrick. Walt was beginning this phase of his Appalachian Trail experience from Harper’s Ferry. He was in his late forties, and his wife and daughters were adamant in their opposition to...

Rafie the Rattlesnake, Come Home by Nan C. Cataldi is not only an interesting story about Rafie the rattlesnake, but is also educational and informative to young readers. Rafie loves adventure and one day he decides to go farther from home. Mrs. Rattlesnake reminds her...

Glenda and Osiris Jones desperately want a child, but get much more than they bargained for in Auraman The Beginning by B.E. Starlight. After a failed attempt at conception with the help of a renowned doctor who specializes in fertility, Glenda and Osiris agree to...

Ciaran and the Troll Bully is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Meadow Griffin. Ciaran is a young goblin (fitheal) who lives in a magical world. After moving to a new town and school, Ciaran is miserable because all of the other students...

In Silent Echoes by Crystal Mary Lindsey, Dr. Faith Lancaster is a junior doctor when she meets Dr. Kaleb, who is much older and an experienced surgeon. They are in love, but their unlikely union faces serious challenges since Kaleb’s mother doesn’t approve of them...

Precious One, You Were Worth the Wait is a children’s picture book written by Yvonne Sundberg with illustrations by Lucie Korneeva. It highlights the heartwarming journey of Mama and Dada as they long for a baby. They cry and pray for a miracle, and when...

If Not for the Love of Others: An Autobiography of Abuse, Survival, and Salvation by Antaeus is a raw and deeply personal account of overcoming adversity through strength and the transformative power of love. This book explores the harsh realities of a life marked by...

Into the Quiet Barren by Jon H. Eddy follows December Valence, a journalist in Pluto City, as she scratches below the surface of the artificial world she inhabits. Once complicit in bringing people to the city through identity transfer, she begins to question its stability,...

In the Morning, Angels Look Like Hell by James W. Abel is a gripping crime novel that introduces readers to Inspector Stanley Francisco, a seasoned investigator with a knack for solving complex cases. Set against the backdrop of San Francisco and Ireland, the story masterfully...

Why do people leave their homes to work in a foreign country, and what do they find? Eileen Cahill explores this theme in Piñatas for the Year of the Dragon. She shares 12 stories based on her own experiences and interviews with others who crossed...

The Trinity Missions: Chasing Vengeance is the story of Caria, a young undercover operative who is far from the Zurich headquarters of Trinity, a covert intelligence operation owned and run by Gerry Strakner, her boss and mentor. Strakner recruited her away from the Army by...

To protect both the magical and non-magical world from evil, The International Bureau of Wizards and Witches forges The Treaty of Earthly Peace with the non-magical communities of the world. The goals are to create a world where both sides could live and work together...