The Funniest Joke in the Universe by Santa Andreas is a hilarious romp through the overactive, vastly imaginative mind of the author. Reminiscent of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, the story takes readers through time, different dimensions, alternate universes, and weird and wonderful planets...

Whispers In The Dark: Blood Ties by David Stokes revolves around Rachel Morgan, who reopens the Haven investigation after receiving encrypted hospital footage that links a deceased donor to furtive activity inside ECHO Biotech. Evidence emerges of neural sequence operations embedded in medical systems, irregular...

Time in a Bottle by Casi McLean kicks off with Kaia Sagan, who is unexpectedly transported from Georgia in 2004 to Ikaria in 2036 after finding a bottle inside a cave. She meets a man named Legend Steele, with a history that includes a shooting...

Working in Healthcare Hell: The Current Environment and Strategies for Success by Dr John R Simmons, DO, MBA, with contributions from Becky Simmons, answers the question: What does it feel like to work in the healthcare industry? The answer brings readers the authors’ decades of...

Born in the Aftermath by Ian Griffin follows the events toward the end of World War II in Germany. Gerd Huber, a young man who lives in Seelow, East Germany, leaves his home after an attack by the Soviet forces. He travels with Emilia Weber, who...

Death in the Long Shadows by Francis M. Flavin is about Paul Thayer, a middle-aged American hunter who goes to Namibia’s Caprivi Strip for a dangerous safari. Still grieving his wife, he hopes the hunt will give him something to focus on and a sense...

In Mayhem in Music City by R. Weir, Sam, a former Army lieutenant and close friend of Jarvis, was called on by Gage, the manager of the security team for the famous country music duo, Rule of Law. Gage had a job as a bodyguard...

A Raven in the Storm: Gods of Tellus Book 1 by Alida Miranda-Wolff follows Lyanna Tempestas, forced into opposition against King Tellus’s siphoning of divine magic. Lyanna flees the Stormlands, hiding in the Sunlands. In Sol, Lyanna becomes an operative under Lord Cassius Coronis, aiding...

Monster Hunting in Newtonville by Viktor Csák follows John Debenham, who lives inside a fortified Boston where a strict boundary, the Red Line, separates the surviving colony from the ruined city. He stays afloat by secretly escorting people and cargo past the Red Line, into...

Psychic Archaeology in New York is an argument for re-examining the stone chambers found across the Hudson Valley and the northeastern United States. Author Meghan Hansen tells us that these structures show a remarkably intentional design, examining their construction methods, landscape placement, acoustic behavior, and...

The Devil in the White Mountains by Mark Smeltz tells a terrifying story set in the Himalayas. Lt. Col. Grant Morrison is serving in the British Raj when he's sent to the Himalayas. A remote village is under siege by a man-eating leopard, and Morrison...

Munyori and Johannes In 72 Hours by Crystal Charlotte (CC) Lane follows the intersecting lives of Munyori “Yori,” a driven PhD student, and Johannes “John,” a Greek American contractor, over a fast-paced three-day period in the American South at the turn of the millennium. Yori...

Little Deaths All in a Row by Elizabeth Earley surprised me in ways I never expected with its depth and the author’s ability to communicate complex thoughts so that readers not only understand but also enjoy it. The author examines the paradoxical relationship between sex...

“I want you to close your eyes and have someone read this to you. Imagine…” Cookies, cupcakes, cheesecakes, and cakes are the standard sweets in Ria Lala’s Floating in Sweets, but she has also included a section on rainbows. "What’s that?" you may ask. Well,...

Avery Denning is hiking the Pacific Coast Trail, ending back in her former hometown of Lily Rock. She’s renting a room from Stella Rawlins, but when she gets to the house, she finds Stella dead in front of a little wooden library. Town sheriff Janis...

In Tune In by Sarah Crowne, Nikki Scott, a global pop sensation, was at the height of her career and seeking even more fame. Nikki’s mom died in the middle of a concert after she warned Nikki to cancel the after-party. Nikki was shocked by...

The small town of Surfside Beach isn’t known for its high-profile murders, but there’s always a first time for everything. Marine scientist Sophie Caldwell is found dead in her home. Her husband? Missing. Art Robinson, Surfside Chief of Police, quickly realizes this isn’t a run-of-the-mill...

The Boy in the Balloon: The Tiger and the Pocket Watch by Katie York Eroe centers on Jesse, a nine-year-old boy living with his inventor parents in a flying hot-air balloon house. Jesse’s life is already unusual, shaped by constant travel and curiosity-driven learning, but...

Love and Laughter in Ransom Canyon by Mary Lou Cheatham and Christie Marie Underwood follows Olivia, a widowed schoolteacher in Ransom Canyon, whose daily life is disrupted when a family heirloom tied to her late husband is mistakenly mailed to a stranger. The return of...

The In-Between: Living Through the Collapse of the Old Social Contract by E. Imboden is a book for today. It attempts to analyze why the world is in a state of chaos right now. The Old Order, as so many of us knew it, had...