It isn’t surprising that Tears and Trombones is the winner of the Independent Publishers medal for “Best Fiction in the Western Pacific Region” because of the great storytelling craft and the exceptional prose readers will find as they begin to read the story. Nanci Lee...

Life can be challenging, especially if you are unable to understand it. My Dad Couldn't Read by Carey Rigby-Wilcox is a children’s short story about a father who couldn't read. Even though this is a children’s book, it's ideal for adults as well. My Dad...

Prayers of my Mother: Tiny Pieces of Faith to Help You Believe He is There for You by Carolyn L Austin is a collection of beautiful prayers, meditations, and anecdotes that celebrate the author’s experience of faith, transmitted through her anointed mother. The texts are...

The Robbie Petersen Exchange (The Acts of the Dragons Book 2) by Jarrod and Isabella Edge is a highly imaginative story based on four siblings with extraordinary skills, who also work for the FBI. The children go on a secret mission to uncover information about...

Oz Will Fall: The Royal Marriage by John Malone and Nicole Delgado is a well-imagined and beautifully written fantasy that thrusts the reader into a world of magic, a world with its own rules. Oz was once subjugated to fear and terror by the evil...

The Escape to Cabo is a nonfiction memoir written by S.A. LaPoint. Scott Frieze had never quite gotten over his childhood obsession with becoming a bank robber. He was in the early stages of a comfortable middle-class, middle-age existence, when he decided, finally, to act...

In The Dragon King, the last installment of The Alaris Chronicles by Mike Shelton, Bakari, the scholar-wizard-turned-dragon-rider, is coming to terms with being acknowledged through the land as the Dragon King. The story picks up where the last book, The Dragon Rider, left off. Bakari...

A Divine Accident: A Memoir of Life, Love and Learning by Carol Sorkin Hunter is a beautifully written account of the author’s experiences growing up in first New York, then California, as the daughter of famed musician Barney Sorkin. From early on, Carol filled her...

Dreams of Heaven by Shaman Elizabeth Herrera is an inspirational book that tells a brilliant and heartwarming story, while reflecting on the mysteries of life, love, faith, death, and eternity. Meet Savannah Watkins, a woman just like any other, except that she has very unusual...

The Fabulous Life of Minnie the Sassy Chick: The Egg-Straordinary Egg by Cindy L. Shirley was a fun read. Two young sisters find a rather distinctive egg. They decide to care for it until it hatches. They each take turns babysitting the egg in their...

Awesome storytelling, captivating prose, a sensational conflict, and a vivid setting are just some of the elements that make Under the Nail Polish by Tina Griffith a story that will grip readers by their throats and hold them hostage until the last page. It’s a...

Mirror Me is a coming-of-age psychological thriller written by Tara St. Pierre. Hannah doesn’t like to look in mirrors, and she especially avoids looking into the judgmental gaze of her reflection’s eyes. Her life has been closely monitored and scrutinized by her all-too-perfectly coiffed and...

Masked by J.D. Wright is the first book in the Superheroes Undercover series. Vada is finally eighteen, which means she can register her superhero name, order her suit, and begin working as an actual superhero. She's been trained since birth to be super, to follow...

The conflict, both internal and physical, the powerful, intense stream of consciousness, the tightly knit plot with its surprises are just a few of the many elements that readers will adore in The Pain Season, Book Two of the Covalent Series by Libby Doyle. I...

The Adventurous Tale of Tiara Lee is a wonderful fable with a happy ending. Author D. Ryan Lafferty has written a moving story that includes many emotions like scary scenes, a sad past, and a happy ending. Written in rhyming form, the fable involves a...

The Old Cape Hollywood Secret by Barbara Eppich Struna is an edge of your seat thrilling murder mystery. Maggie Foster and her cousin, Gertie, leave their small town of Cape Cod to seek their fortune in Hollywoodland in 1947. One of the girls disappears, never...

Doodle and the Magic Christmas Float is a holiday-themed children’s picture book written by Cindy L. Shirley and illustrated by Cleoward Sy. Doodle was a little girl who lived with her grandparents, Mimi and Paw-Paw, on their farm in the town of Tinsel. There were...

No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor: A Memoir of a Mortuary Affairs Marine by GySgt L. Christian Bussler (Ret.) is a clever military non-fiction story of a Mortuary Affairs Marine. We meet the protagonist in 2002, employed as a postal letter carrier in Springfield, Ohio....

Teggie Wants a Hippo for Christmas by Claudette Melanson is a delightful picture book for young children. It’s a charming story about Teggie the bunny who decides he wants a hippo for “Chrissamas” and does what he can to bring it to his mom’s attention....

In the book Dope. Nerdy. Ambitious., author India Rochelle takes us into her world at break-neck speed, in a charming style of voice that enchants as well as educates in the most conversational of ways. The book is loaded with helpful information that is represented...