Taking The Cape Off: How to Lead Through Mental Illness, Unimaginable Grief and Loss by Patrick J. Kenny is a powerful self-help book for leaders who need help navigating the dark waters of grief and loss. Fire Chief Pat Kenny had his identity wrapped up...

Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse by Sherrill Joseph is book 2 of The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries. Lorenzo de Cordoba was a famous silent movie actor and in 1945 he hid an emerald somewhere in the Eucalyptus Street estate owned by the Cordoba family. Not just...

Lowie Mortem: Time Paradox is a work of fiction in the fantasy and thriller genres. It is aimed at the mature end of the young adult reading group and upward, and was penned by author J. Rene Munz. The book follows Lowie Mortem as he...

The Judgment Game is a work of fiction in the psychological thriller, crime, and horror subgenres, and was penned by author Eli Pope, with the audiobook version narrated by Paul J McSorley. The first book in the Mason Jar Series, this best suits the mature...

If coming-of-age romantic comedies are your forte, grab yourself a copy of Saoirse Berger's Bookish Lens In La La Land by Nicole Schubert. The only single teenager amongst her group of friends, eighteen-year-old BookTuber and blogger Saoirse Berger has romantic fantasies of being swept off...

Crying, Learning, and Laughing: Why Students Visit the Teen Center by Tamika M. Murray is an award-winning parenting guide focusing on teens. The author is a social worker and writer, using both skills to understand and help teenagers and the professionals who work with them....

The Journey's End by Victoria Olasegha is an absorbing and inspirational story with strong religious themes and an excellent exploration of family dynamics and the role of faith in times of crisis. Brian is a spoiled kid, living comfortably and having everything he wants. When...

Black Ice & Fire: Poems 1974-2014 is a collection of poetry penned by James Ross Kelly and is suitable for the general reading audience. This collection covers a diverse range of topics that include thoughtful musings on intimate subjects such as loss and grief. Poems...

Wraithwood by Alyssa Roat is the first book in the Wraithwood trilogy. When Brinnie's parents announced they were going to take a trip to visit her sister and help refugees, she assumed she would be tagging along. Turns out, her parents had other plans for...

The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold is an absorbing rendition of true events where author Dedrick L. Moone describes his life experiences as a black disabled father trying to raise a daughter in contemporary America. After losing his job due to discrimination and constant harassment,...

The second book in The Brotherhood Chronicle by Tejas Desai continues the story with The Run and Hide. Niral Solanke has lost his faith following the actions of some rotten apples in The Brotherhood. But Niral will continue his journey into the underworld as he...

Dreaming Your Dream is a work of fiction in the dystopia, adventure, and drama subgenres. It serves as the first book of the Machine Dreaming series. The novel is intended for the adult reading audience and was penned by author Starwing and fully illustrated by...

Anything That Happens is a collection of 60 poems composed by Cheryl Wilder. Written in free verse format, this story does not display a standard rhythm or rhyme, but it does utilize bits of continuity on a poem-by-poem basis. The author’s work of art centers...

It’s fascinating to come away from a crime novel more disturbed by the psychological aspects of why the crime happened than by the crime itself. That’s what impressed me most about Housewife by Karen Crawford. Erica, a bored, wealthy housewife, is ready for an affair....

The Hands That Held Me is a dark and terrifying dive into the life of author Lisa Jo Symonds and her battles with addiction, abuse, pain, and suffering. From around the age of four, she had experienced the worst that this world has to offer...

Surviving in a zombie apocalypse, three teenage vampires face a new threat in the exciting young adult urban fantasy Feasters: An Apocalyptic Tale by Solomon Petchers. Vampires Kieran, Emily, and Andrew witness the carnage of their families, friends, and neighbors. An unknown viral mutation infected...

Lost Hallway: Where Do Lost Things Go? by Peter G Reynolds is an adorable, imaginative children’s picture book, cleverly designed to help children develop mindfulness when it comes to keeping track of their belongings. Forgetful Griffin is not too happy at all. Where in the...

‘You need a crime, a detective, and the solution” - Kerry Greenwood. Private Ivy is the second children’s mystery book in The Legacy Series by Steven Cortinas. Ivy Virtue has a very sharp tongue, a fearless, headstrong attitude, and fantastic detective skills for a twelve-year-old....

Germany is desperate and apprehensive in 1945. Russian soldiers patrol and women scavenge in the rubble. So begins The Letter by Barry Cole. We wonder why Hannah and her children are given shelter by an older couple, Otto and his wife. The scene then focuses...

Why Are There Monkeys? (and other questions for God) by Brooke Jones is simply a brilliant book. Brooke Jones has interwoven the wisdom of life into her story of having a conversation with God while she was at Heaven's front door after she died. Being...