We all could use a mentor, friend, or listening ear at one time or another in our lives when we're looking for health advice or guidance for improvement. The next best thing is a self-help resource to get you moving in the right direction. Go...

A young bat must face her fears and find her voice in the charming children's book Addie Earns Her Wings by Gary Goskowski. When a forest fire leaves young bat pup Addie and her parents homeless, her parents make the heartrending decision to leave her...

Phillipe Renault is a gentleman who has chosen to visit a New Orleans brothel. Renault wears a partial mask on his face to cover a disfigurement and believes nobody will be able to look past it. Madame Cheney attempts to provide Renault with several alternative...

Hanging Cloud by Steve Zimcosky tells the intriguing story of Private Investigator Tom Sipowicz of Polish Dragon Investigations and his partner Suzie Mandrake. On the advice of Detective Ed Murphy, Cleveland Police, Ron McLemore hires Tom to investigate the disappearance of Ron’s father, Thomas McLemore....

A Life Cycle: A Guide to Healing and Rediscovering Yourself by Nicole Asherah is a thoughtful, resonant collection of poems that searches the human soul to uncover depths of trauma and instill a sense of hope. The collection follows the process of renewal from an...

A Sea Gypsy's Odyssey by Tunku Badlishah is a powerful story of one man’s transformative journey, a cultural fiction novel that features a character you don’t often see in commercial novels. The story begins on the expanse of the Celebes Sea, where we are introduced...

There is a special, unique bond that exists between a father and his daughter. It’s not quite the same as between a father and son, because daughters look up to their fathers in a different way; they see them as superheroes, someone who will be...

Last Chance California by Brian Price is a realistic, biting tale of one millennial’s prism of reality. As the story opens, you find Wyatt Lewis lamenting that his California dreams are over. Governor Gavin Newsom issues the first-ever lockdown in response to the outbreak of...

Megan Barnes was an investigative reporter who got fired from her job in New York. She also caught her boyfriend in bed with a neighbor on the same day. After Megan lost it all, she ran back to her mother’s home in Chicago, but things...

When I reflect on Moss by Joe Pace, three words come to mind immediately: deep, unique, and extraordinary. All three adjectives apply to Pace’s characters, plot, themes, and style...in fact, everything about this novel. Quite honestly, I cannot get this exquisite literary novel out of...

My Life Isn't Perfect, But My Testimony Is... I Don't Look Like What I've Been Through is the personal memoir of Michelle M. Brown. Growing up in North Carolina, Michelle suffers a devastating tragedy at the tender age of three when her mother unexpectedly passes...

Uncommon Poems, Common People is a collection of poems written over a period of 40 years. With some beautiful verses, T.D. Kruser explores the human condition through the lens of a person's life. "Victims" speaks of how we all fall victims to the daily rigors...

First Time Leadership by Daniel Lee and Avi Liran is a great book on leadership, and in it, the authors answer the question: What does it take for leaders to lead successfully? Presenting a work that involves in-depth research and interviews with 220 leaders across...

Reclamation by Ashley Fontainne is a psychological thriller that draws upon elements of the horror genre. This story will appeal to fans of Stephen King, especially those who like stories that blur the lines between what the character truly experiences and what the character is...

In K J Walt’s Monstrosity, Yoska Draper was never going to settle down. He had no ties. His gypsy blood was strong and there was grief in his past he could never outrun. He thought he'd figured everything out until an uncle he never knew...

Mosaic Heart: Pieces of an Unfinished Life by Donna Mazzitelli is a moving and optimistic memoir. It is beautifully written. The cover is magnificent and perfectly conveys the messages we find in this book of self-discovery. Donna gratefully but also generously shares with us her...

In Margot Johnson’s Let it Melt, two greatly disappointed people have dealt with love’s failure in radically opposing ways. Jack, once an overweight child who was bullied by his classmates, became a joker. After the failure of his marriage, he made other radical changes. Taking...

Framed is a work of fiction in the mystery, thriller, and action subgenres and is the latest installment of the Jax Diamond Mysteries series. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Gail Meath. The book follows investigator Jax Diamond...

A Disturbing Nature by Brian Lebeau is the first novel in The Echo of Whispers Series. Set in 1975, the story follows Maurice Lumen, a.k.a. Mo, who was thrown out of his home in Virginia, the only home he ever knew. Arriving in Rhode Island,...

In Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope by Beverly J. Armento, the author remembers the time when she was the eyes and ears of her blind mother. Beverly’s Italian father abandoned her, her sister Sharon, and her mother. While her mother...