Dr. Carrie Hayward offers a short but valuable story about a woman named Winnie, who has come upon a moment of her life filled with uncertainty and gloominess, not only from the weather but mental gloom; being human means having bad days or even bad...

Subterfuge is the fourth installment of Shannon Condon's Magdalena Series. Black ops operative Maggie wants a humdrum life with her two children and seemingly committed boyfriend, Mark. However, her life turns upside down when she is called upon by her father's covert agency to stop...

Mandy (The Not So Magnificent Helper) by Karen Christopher is a humorous and enjoyable book for children. The story follows a young girl named Mandy Smithers who loves playing house. One day, Mandy's mother asks her to help out with a few things around the...

It’s rule number 5 that gets Kiwi: “Stay in your yard.” Kiwi is a mini-Aussie puppy, full of energy and curiosity. The list of rules is posted on her doghouse. She agrees with them all, only she has a short memory like most puppies (and...

Memories into Memoir: The Mindsets and Mechanics Workbook is a work of non-fiction in the creative writing, educational, and workbook-style sub-genres, and was penned by author Marilyn L. Davis. As its title suggests, this concise and well-organized volume is designed to help those aspiring writers...

Dead to Life is another installment of the Sara Mason Mysteries by Mary Deal. On a tour of Vietnam searching for missing persons, Sara Mason and her partner, Huxley Keane, stumble upon a long-lost key belonging to Huxley's older brother, Rocky, who went MIA in...

The Mad Days of March by Philip Catshill tells the story of Terry March, who works for the council and leads what some would refer to as a dull life. Terry is trapped in an unhappy marriage to his sarcastic and obsessively clean wife, Brenda....

Bluebirds and Faith by M. Gail Grant is a heartwarming collection of poetry that reminds us of God's love for us all and His never-ending guidance. Throughout our lives, we can fall victim to all manner of dark emotions such as losing a loved one,...

Vroom, vroom, vroom, it's time for a Monster Truck story. My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere With Me by Kathleen Marcath is part of the ASL Picture Book series. The book starts with two pages of illustrated signs used in the book, as well as an...

Love by Design by Effie Kammenou is Book Two in The Meraki Series. It takes place in 2019 in New York, Long Island, and the Hamptons but there are flashbacks to 1961 in Greece when the junta ruled after banishing the King and Queen of...

When renowned Liverpool-based Japanese Professor Nakamura died, COVID-19 was fingered as the cause. His distant cousin, Haruto, a cyber-surveillance expert, stepped in to clean up. He discovered some inconsistencies about his uncle, from sexual assaults to the alleged creation of bio-weapons and espionage. Nakamura was...

In Tombs of Dross by Lew Anderson, siblings Isaac, Zac, and Breezy discover a mysterious tone pillar while exploring their extensive property. They try to decipher the meaning behind the script on the stones, but it really doesn’t make much sense. Even more mysterious is...

The Garden of Calilily, written by Chrystie Keller, is a children's book that promotes mindfulness through fairy tales. The book features two fairy sisters, Marigold and Sweetpea, who usually do a good job. However, they each have personalities that tend to distract them from their...

With nine awards and named Fiction Book of the Year by Authors Circle, The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question by Steven Seril rightfully deserves to be called the Book of the Century. Rich in both substance and chaos, the main plot revolves...

The Blomes and the Smooms and the Impossible Bridge, written by Heather Davis and illustrated by Corryn Webb, is about two very different creatures. Even though they live in a beautiful valley together, they do not get along at all. The Smooms value beauty and...

Death is hard enough to understand and accept as an adult, but for a child, it’s incomprehensible. Little Princess Lillian’s come to the hospital with her parents to say goodbye to her beloved grandfather. She doesn’t understand where he’s going, or why. And she wants...

Milo and Cat are ready for bed, but sleep won’t come easily. Miro Tartan has authored Right Before Sleep, a delightful little book about going to sleep, and it is the story of the various things Milo and Cat try so they can get to...

Tiny Explorers: Into the Wild by Miro Tartan is a wonderful introduction to the natural world, filled with a plethora of activities. Tartan starts by explaining how important it is for kids to connect with nature and shares some of her own experiences. The thirty-three...

The Book of Wars: Legend of the Prophetess is a work of fiction in the Christian and fantasy genres. It is suitable for the general teen and adult reading audiences and was penned by author John W. Milor. Set in 1250 BC, the book follows...

Dare Not Tell by Elaine Schroller is a beautifully written and psychologically engaging historical novel that follows a couple as they deal with trauma from war. It has been two decades since Joe Parker, an Australian war hero, left the trenches of war, and while...