Ian Rupe’s Unsung Heroes really drew me in once I reached the dialogue. It was the cover that first caught my attention. A real 'Oooh, shiny!' moment. The story begins with a mysterious man named Tribe who is seeking employment at a school for troubled...

Emma Cyrus’ Life Without Shoes: The First Father Ambrose Mystery is a contemporary mystery novel set in Green Butte, Northern California. Father Ambrose is the abbot at the New Life Ecumenical Retreat, a spiritual community which practices meditation to guide its members in all aspects...

Andrew lives with his father and works in a library. His father is a paleontologist. His work takes him all over the world and he always comes home excited about his recent find. This time, the find is what he first believes to be the...

Workman's Complication: The First Kate McCall Crime Caper, by Rich Leder, is full of mystery, drama, entertainment, funny-bone humor, and unforgettable characters, especially Kate. Some leading ladies are predictable, ho-hum, or unconvincing, but Kate is a multi-talented woman. One moment she's minding her own business...

Mozerika: The First Journey is a fantasy adventure novel by David Serra. The story follows Andrew, a young man who shows no interest in his father’s paleontology work and discoveries. One day, this changes when his father discovers a fossil that looks like a decaying...

Out of Due Season: The First Transit by Benjamin X. Wretlind is the first book in the science fiction Transit series. The Circle of Light cult, led by Father Elijah Jonas, has some big plans. More specifically, in the depths of a lake in the...

Branden's Ghosts: The First Hunt by Linda Anthony Hill is the story of nine-and-a-half-year-old Branden, who arrives home from school expecting to meet his babysitter/tutor, Shelly. When Shelly isn't there to open the door for him, he finds the spare key and lets himself into...

An Army of Lies is a thrilling murder mystery story by Ryan Spell. Angelo Barsotti is a private investigator in New York City struggling to overcome the grief of his wife's unsolved murder from two years ago. After the tech mogul Grant Dogon seeks his...

The joy of being a first-time father is a unique experience. Nothing trumps the emotions that flood a man when he finally gets to hold that child he has waited for after so long, knowing that this is his child. What a lot of people...

Living in an era when being gay was unacceptable and seen as an abomination was stressful enough, but what about raising a child in such circumstances? The fear of being rejected by society, the strain of having to hide your sexuality, and the fear of...

“I’ve pushed so many frontiers in my life, I just want one more.” Perhaps that is not the noblest motivation out there, but for David Davis, the protagonist of the novel USS Primis: The First Starship by M.H. Altis, it may not even be true....

What Is Paradise? ACT 5: The First Twelve Days of Christmas Winter Paradise by Frances Angelina is the fifth installment in the enchanting Bobble Pops Series, which brings a festive dimension to the celebration of Christmas. This book explores the virtues associated with the festive...

Universal Success: The First Win Effect – Imagine. Implement. by Vivek Ananth explains how consistent, deliberate practice shapes skill, confidence, and achievement. Drawing from his life, he talks about how repetition, whether in academics, sports, or communication, builds mastery and self-belief. He links consistent effort...

What started out as a bad day for first grade teacher, Crystal Hagan, was steadily getting worse. She and her thirteen students had crossed the Town’s Square in the cold to see Rudolph. Several years ago, Crystal had asked Henri LeBarron, owner of a mansion...

I Only Want to Get Married Once: The 10 Essential Questions for Getting It Right the First Time is an audio book by Chana Levitan, who is a therapist and public speaker. Drawing from years of experience in counseling real couples, she has compiled a...

Windham's Rembrandt - The True Story of the First Prison Art Teacher in Texas by James L. Humphries and Jonathan R. Humphries is a first person account of how James started teaching in the Windham school district that teaches inmates in the Texas Department of...

Desert Dwellers Born By Fire is a young adult science fiction novel by author Sarah Bergstrom, and the first book in The Paintbrush Saga. The desert dwellers of the title are a young trio - Khalid, Lahcen and Qeriya - siblings cut off from the...

In Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue, Jules Mermelstein takes you into a world of espionage and conspiracy where Alan Crosby, a well-liked, upstanding, successful, and wealthy financial investor, living in a suburb of Philadelphia, is accused of murdering his wife Deidre. He hires a lawyer,...

The First Letter & The Forgotten Path is the first book of Rushani Mahendran's Kural Inspired Stories series. For siblings Kya and Neo, the most tedious part of spending the summer with Paati (Grandma) is her history lessons. Seeking to evade her, Kya and Neo...

Love Them Do by Ian Croskell is a daring, imaginative reimagining of Beatles lore wrapped in the trappings of religious satire and speculative fiction. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where a new global faith centers around the Four (John, Paul, George, and Ringo), the plot...