Deborah’s Gift by Lois Ann Abraham is a tale of triumph born out of tragedy. Deborah’s parents died when she was young, leaving Deborah in the care of her grandmother in St. Louis. Deborah learns to paint her way out of heartache. She hopes that...

Agent C2C: Positive for People and Planet is an action-packed and illustrated adventure which is climate and planet conscious from cover to cover. It is best suited to the young adult and adult reading audiences and was created by author team Ehrengard Hohbach, George Hohbach,...

Almost eight-year-old Nelson is growing up. He spent some time with his auntie and came home suddenly more mature. In Nelson’s Festival Holiday by Claire Carey, children thrill to the adventure of becoming responsible. Learning to help around the house can be fun and rewarding....

Captive Set Free by Valerie Limmer focuses on forgiveness. The book begins by listing different situations where people may be supported by their anger, but they choose to forgive and/or live peacefully with their circumstances. The author continues to illustrate the value of forgiveness through...

Giacomo Family Recipes is a collection of recipes by Angel Giacomo. These recipes have been handed down in the Giacomo family with lots of love and pride. Many of the recipes appealed to me. These include Cranberry Salad, Carrot Cookies, and Raw Apple Cake, Penne...

Saddled Hearts (The White Rune) by Jan Sikes recounts the heartfelt romance between Colt Layne and Sage Coventry. Colt is perplexed when Jeremiah Tompkins appears with a claim that his grandfather gambled the ranch away. Determined to save the property, he consults a psychic adviser...

Being the son of a duke and nephew to the king doesn’t confer popularity on Sanc. Jamie Edmundson’s An Inheritance of Ash And Blood (Heirs of War Book 1) is divided into five parts focusing on several characters. An overall theme of self-discovery and perseverance...

Fortitude: Preserving 400 Years of an American Family's Faith, Patriotism, Grit and Determination by Dale R. Spaulding is a sprawling work that takes a deep dive into the history of the Spaulding family. Spaulding takes readers back to the ancient and medieval origins of the...

The Wild & Zany Galactic Adventures of Commander Zhang & Lieutenant Simon by Vegastarchild584 is the tale of the titular Zhang and Simon and their extra-terrestrial work. The relationship between the co-workers who conduct exploratory assignments from the base of the Athena is one of...

In Almost Full Circle: From Montserrat to Canada and Back-ish, Jacqueline Greer Graham takes readers back to her Caribbean roots, her youth in Montserrat, and her time in Canada with her mother and stepfather. She remembers the wonderful and positive experiences she had as a...

Forbidden Blossom (Skyline Mansion Book 1) by Nola Li Barr is the first of a series of books that deals with issues such as family, love, and cross-cultural relationships through the eyes of a young Taiwanese American, Anne Huang. Since graduating college, Anne has traveled...

Too many children don’t like who they are. They don’t like the color of their eyes, the color of their skin, or how tall or short they are. Brown Skin, Curly Hair, I Love Being Me! by Paula Swearingen tells the story of a young...

That's Not My Cat by Anne-Marie Tucker, Candace J Semien, and Nai Saechao is a thought-provoking children's picture book about the people we love who suffer the effects of an injury, illness, or disability. Life is not fair, and sometimes a tragedy may suddenly change...

Sweet Little You by Joni Halabi is an inspirational children’s picture book about a mother sharing her journey of donor-assisted reproduction in a way that a child might be able to understand. The narration is a lovely rhyme that simplifies what it meant for her...

Karen Henton introduces us to delightful characters in her picture book Meet the Snozzeralls, with illustrations by Sarah-Leigh Wills. The Snozzeralls are a family who lives in the face of a human and through their adventures we learn more about the anatomy of the human...

My Race for Life: Finding New Strength After Tragedy is an incredibly inspiring true story written by Alison J. Delgado, MD. Alison starts with a harrowing prologue, throwing us deep into the traumatic accident that started her tragedy. With that in mind, she goes through...

The Man Who Screams at Nightfall and Other Stories by Rush Leaming is a powerful, gritty, and exquisitely written anthology based upon the author’s own travels (and 93% true so he tells us). The tales take us to some superbly presented settings--Zaire, NYC, Thailand, Spain,...

The Warlock’s Curse by C.B. Oresky finds two sisters drawn into an epic adventure after they move to a new house. When their parents move them into a rundown house, Clara and Angelica never expected that they would embark on the most extraordinary journey of...

Darius Ebrahimi created a romantic story in limbo with Till Myth Do Us Part (The Seed of Yggdrasil Book 1). Kai lives in Elysium and is renowned as a hero who guards against “Myths.” From his guard station, he looks across a barrier to Asphodel,...

Wilderness is the first book of The Survival Trilogy by James Brown that tells a dystopian fantasy story with a twist on vampires and werewolves. A group of teenagers is bunkered down in what used to be the high school, but now it’s their haven...