We are all different and we all learn differently and at different speeds. Roo, or Ruby, is no exception, although it does concern her parents when she can’t do the things they think she should be able to do when they think she should be...

The Broken Canvas: Good Woman Gone Bad by Tai Barnett opens with the thoughts of the protagonist and they represent a powerful internal conflict: “This is the part that I dread the most, pretending like I think I belong on the Red Carpet. Tirelessly writing...

Glue by D.W. Plato is a sizzling romance with very memorable characters and a powerful plot. Dacia’s marriage hasn’t been a happy one and she has suffered a lot of emotional abuse from her husband. When she decides to leave him, she believes she is...

One of the most interesting history books on entrepreneurs that I have read is Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway’s Hamilton by Eric B. Schultz. The stories on each entrepreneur are well crafted and relevant, always emphasizing the impact...

Indy’s Spot of Bother by Lisa Domeny is the ninth book in the Team Golden Oldies series of children’s books. This is a super picture book that follows Indy in a delightful story of accepting herself. Indy was once an only dog, then her mum...

Rabbit Redemption is the third book in the Rabbit Trilogy by Ellen C. Maze. The story of Beth and the Rakum community continues. A battle begins as the story continues. After the Rakum race was almost decimated and only a thousand few remain, a new...

To Break or Bounce: Finding Balance, Stability, and Resilience in Our Lives by Dr. Shelley Plumb takes readers on a journey along with the author and gives them glimpses of her life beginning with the loss of her mother when she was young. Her personal...

Beyond the interesting celebrity connection, there is a fascinating backstory to Four Bears in a Box, written by Dreama Denver and illustrated by Ashley Belote. Although not necessary for appreciating the highly polished rhyming scheme and exquisitely created art partnered to tell a most imaginative...

Discover the path to true friendship and financial independence in Trust by Daines L. Reed. Ruth Gentry may live with her husband, but she has lived in a suspended state of separation since her grown daughter was young. Now a grandmother to a teen and...

Mary Lou is determined to spend her rumspringa (a wild time all Amish teens go through before making a decision whether or not to join the church) in the city working in a seamstress shop. After a year of being deathly ill and hospitalized, Mary...

Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexican Surf Trip from Hell by Paul Wilson is the non-fiction memoir of a California surfer whose nomadic spirit had him chasing waves south of the border. Paul Wilson details his story in the first person, documenting his...

Inclined Elders are men and women who have made a conscious choice to ignore society's mindset of 'decline' and 'over the hill' as they age and have embraced an optimistic mindset of continuing to climb ever upwards. Inclined Elders: How to rebrand aging for self...

Edward “Skip” Walker is back in Perry Ashe’s Under a Basketball Moon. The story is written from Skip’s point of view. As a diarist, he recounts a historic moment in his life by coaching an African-American team in NCAA’s Final Four. He reveals his domestic...

One Country Club Drive: Stories Across Three Generations of Greenskeeping is a nonfiction sports memoir written by Marty Peck. Battle Creek Country Club and the Dutch Colonial home gracing the entrance at One Country Club Drive was the home, workplace, and playground of three generations...

The Family Tree: Finding Beauty in the Mess is a collection of very short stories by author Susie Stephens, captured from reminiscences and observations in her life experiences. Each of these stories is unique, some are very funny while others will make you cry, and...

The Niche: Twin Flame Mysteries by Adah F. Kennon is a murder mystery. Detective Patterson and Detective Riley are on the hunt for a murderer and Sheila may just be the one to help them crack the case. But she won’t tell them anything until...

That's How It Was: Operation Finders Keepers is an incredible tale of past meets present. Written by Hazel Pacheco and illustrated by Katie Risor, it takes the reader on a journey of a family who visits with the family matriarch, only for one curious child...

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...

Life is full of obstacles, unexpected and often unwanted twists and turns of fate. When Murna Moreland’s husband dies suddenly and tragically, Murna is left with five children to raise on her own. She makes a difficult decision that no mother should ever have to...

Tree of Hope: Anne Frank’s Father Shares His Wisdom with an American Teen and the World by Cara Wilson-Granat is a story that will lighten your life and which you will never forget. Ms. Wilson-Granat had a nearly lifelong granddaughter-grandfather, mostly epistolary relationship with Otto...