We often live our lives as secondary characters, not as the main characters and directors that we are. This is largely because we often fail to look inward, into ourselves. We blame our family, friends, and even ourselves for everything. So we just go through...

The Location Shoot, by award-winning author Patricia Leavy, takes us on a captivating journey through the lives of a group of filmmakers shooting a movie in Sweden. The story follows the controversial filmmaker, Jean Mercier, and his cast, which includes the legendary Hollywood movie star...

In Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence, David Espindola provides an analysis of Artificial Intelligence, including its history, implications, ethical concerns, and possibilities. He discusses broadening education to better prepare future generations to interact with AI more easily. Espindola has not used AI...

Stone & Sky is a work of fiction penned by author Z. S. Diamanti in the epic fantasy, action, and adventure subgenres and is the opening novel of the series of the same name. It is suitable for both teen and adult reading audiences. Readers...

In Painting Her Thoughts by Natasha Blazic, Unna Turner is working as a physics assistant and nothing is exciting about her work and life. All of that is about to change when Rom Cabrey, her ex-flame and a famous artist, returns to the city. Over...

Edge of the Barrier by Aleese Hughes is as if Cinderella fell into Star Trek, and the result is a young adult, unputdownable dystopian novel. Anne Blankenship has just turned eighteen and is about to graduate. In an ideal world, all her hard work and...

Two Tickets to Paradise: From Cult to Comedy is a heart-rending memoir that depicts a child's resilience in the face of childhood trauma and disillusionment. As a child, Katie Love lived with her mother who struggled with severe depression. One day, Katie returns home to...

In A Superpower For Me, Mariana Llanos has written about a superpower few people realize they have. This superpower is a power that people gain as soon as they turn eighteen. It took me a while to guess the superpower and it may be a...

Plaint for Provence: 1152 Les Baux by Jean Gill is the third book in The Troubadours Quartet series. Although I have not read the previous novels in the series, I had no problem understanding what was happening. This is definitely not a standalone, but if...

Love Changes: Is There Enough of Mia to Go Around by Eartha Watts-Hicks follows the story of Mia Love and her heartaches, exploring her emotional growth, and the ultimate choice she has to make between chasing love and embracing her heart’s deepest desire, a story...

Proud Mary: A Georgian Historical Romance by Lucinda Brant is the fifth book in the Roxton Family Saga, a historical romance that is every bit as dramatic as it is entertaining. This is a story that will transport the reader into the exciting world of...

Fighting Shadows: Survival Has its Costs is the second book in the Cortii series by JC Steel, an absorbing sci-fi read that will enthrall fans of the genre. The scientific elements of the story come out clearly from the very first line when the “mellifluous...

Beyond Possession examines the question we all ask ourselves. What happens in the afterlife? Deb McEwan has cleverly intertwined many sub-plots throughout the book, but the main plot is around the accidental death of Claire and Ron. Claire dies in a car crash with a...

Nothing But Blue: A Summer At Sea by Diane Meyer Lowman is an adventurous and fascinating memoir that takes readers on a trip along with the author when she travels on a German container ship on a working stint abroad. As a nineteen-year-old Middlebury College...

Can You Hear Me, Daddy? by Y.Y. Chan is a poignant and heartrending story of death, loss, and grief. Renee's Daddy told them one morning that the doctors found cancer in his body. He told them that cancer would spread and he would become weak....

Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops by Allison Hong Merrill begins with an abusive childhood in Taiwan, where one of the few rays of hope is cast by Mormon missionaries. Allison’s father disowns her for accepting the faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints...

Agustina de Aragón by Gail Meath merges Spanish history with romance, bringing a story that stirs your heart. Agustina was a strong and opinionated young woman when Sergeant Juan Roca first met her while throwing her shoe at another soldier. The soldiers all thought she...

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate by Marilyn L Davis takes readers on a journey of the author's life. Marilyn speaks about addiction and how easy it was to experiment with her mom's pills at a young age to escape from reality where...

Some of us recall the adage that children should be seen and not heard. Unfortunately, that is still very much the case for women and young girls around the world. But what if we spoke up and claimed our place? Michelle Davey and Laiya Davey...

Believing In Horses Out West is the third novel by Valerie Ormond featuring “horse crazy” teenager Sadie Navarro. Now 14 and living in Maryland, Sadie is the proud owner of a beautiful show horse and is active in horse rescue programs but worries that Sunny,...