Our world entwines with other dimensions, seen by only a few. These few individuals, known as Conduits, are the strong ones who shut the barrier between these two worlds. Ellie is one of them. One day, walking to her inconspicuous job as a night...

As the daughter of Gavriel De Luca, a feared mafia boss in California, freedom was not a luxury Regan De Luca could afford. With her father in hiding after a deal went sour, Regan was forced to retreat to Cape Haven Island to lie low...

The Lodger by Robert E. Kearns is about a recently graduated woman, Alice Foley, who accepts a position in Dublin. The trouble was finding suitable accommodation there. Her friends warned her that it might be a nightmare. Alice struggles for a while but eventually finds...

No True Justice: Witness Protection 2 is a romantic suspense thriller by H.L. Wegley. The government had done Gemma Saint a grave injustice by putting her in WITSEC after she testified in a high-profile case. Gemma had been in WITSEC for eight months when her...

Winter Solstice by Corina Douglas is a historical fantasy romance that follows the story of the winter goddess Cailleach and her mate Tritus. It also serves as a prequel to the Daughter of Winter series. Cailleach, a goddess, and Tritus, a mortal, have found love...

Sol Luckman has eloquently written a witty, insightful memoir in Musings From a Small Island: Everything Under the Sun. As an art major, I thoroughly enjoyed Sol’s humor and philosophical thoughts on the elusive purpose of art and his expression of life on his small...

Nothing is better than watching an individual gracefully execute the moves synonymous with a particular dance step unless that individual is you. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone is gifted in the art of dance. That number dwindles even more when you consider the subdivisions...

I loved reading Kenmore Square by Carol June Stover. The story follows an awkward teenager named Iris Apple. When Iris’s mother is murdered in a robbery on her 10th birthday, Iris suspects her father committed the crime. When she turns eighteen, she and her best...

Laura Wiltse Prior’s early chapter book, Emma Just Medium: The Beach Dilemma, is about family dynamics and finding your place. Emma was the middle child, stuck between her older brother, Big, and her younger brother, nicknamed Little. That made Emma’s nickname, Medium, though few people...

Chuchip and Hania had been snake hunting in preparation for a ceremony. Chuchip had assisted their father in the ceremony itself, to the disappointment of Hania, who wandered off and met a stranger. Could this have been the true white brother? The Hotevilla village was...

The Imposed Path: The Gem Keepers Saga by Timothy M. David is a fascinating science fiction novel. Mentor witnessed another world get decimated by the Stone Keepers, and he dared to hope that the next Gem Keepers would be able to unlock the gems' full...

K.M. McFarland's The Veil Between Worlds takes us to America's most haunted city, New Orleans, on a Halloween night. Here, we meet Rose Brighton, a twenty-year-old girl who can see and talk to the dead. On this night, when the veil between our world and...

Jenni Ogden’s Dancing With Dragons is a beautifully crafted tale set in the late 1970s on Western Australia’s Coral Coast, where teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live a secluded life with their parents. Gaia is intensively trained by her mother, a former Principal Dancer...

The Life That Follows is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, slice-of-life, and relationship subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author David Hartshorn. In this compelling novel filled with deep emotion, an interpersonal drama...

Charlie the Champion by K.R. King is a story about hard work and a mindset change written for a young audience. In the African savannah, Charlie the Cheetah watches his father win races and daydreams that he could one day win one too. However, he...

In Broken Pieces: Healing the Girl That Remains Trapped Inside, author Qiana Riley-Jones presents a collection of short stories that explore traumatic experiences and offer insights into navigating life’s challenges. Through the narratives of seven intentionally nameless and ageless females, Riley-Jones guides young girls and...

Once Upon a Wonderland by DJ Stoneham is the second book in the standalone Wonderland stories. Alice realized that she agreed with her parents’ assessment of her character - headstrong and living in a dream world. She certainly used more double negatives than other girls....

Revolutionary Anna by Tracy Lawson is a short children's historical fiction book, based on a true story, that immerses readers in the American Revolution. One cold night in 1825, Anna and Benjamin Stone are sitting around the fire with their four grandchildren; Hannah, Benjamin, Thomas,...

Coming Home: The Carter Clan by AM Sams is a romance novel featuring Austin Myers and Cortland Carter. Austin inherited her grandfather's ranch, where she had lived as a child until her father passed away. Unfortunately, she also inherited some of her grandfather's less-than-reputable dealings....

The Curtain Lady by Andrea Shepherd is a coming-of-age tale with paranormal overtones. Set throughout the 1980s in Montreal, the book chronicles the story of a young girl named Poppy Bell from age eleven to her early twenties. Since sixth grade, Poppy started keeping a...