“There’s no such thing as a whole, functional, fuck-up-free human. We all have our problems and things that prevent us from being perfect.” True, and that may include Nicholas Bruechle, author of the novel All Writers Are Liars. At the very least, his characters certainly...

In Can't Pray the Gay Away, I. Ugbomah argues that many LGBTQ+ people reject Christianity because their encounters with churches convinced them that Jesus was hostile toward them. Using her own life as the foundation of the book, she describes growing up outside religion in...

In The Orphans of Nilad by Erich and Daniella Sanchack, driven by a sealed letter, EoC leads Kaida, the blue-eyed barbarian Dinger, and the half-elf Kekron ashore to Nilad, a mountain town shrinking under fear after miners vanish, and strange messages begin appearing in the...

In Dangerous Books and the Magic Within Them by R. H. Buffington, twelve-year-old Michael loses his grandfather and is forced to live in a foster home with Perry and Linny. Once there, he stumbles upon a mysterious trunk with ties to his family. Inside, he...

In 1876, eighteen-year-old Loren Ardoin left his home in Louisiana, escaping from the lingering aftermath of the Civil War, heading west with only his worn guitar. After days on the railroad and drifting through towns with his music, Loren ends up in Nogales. In this...

Spun by Glenda Toews is the true story of what happens when a con man finds his way into the life of someone who genuinely believed in him. Glenda is a bartender at Corky's Pub in British Columbia, a woman of sharp instincts and warm...

In a wonderful and exciting new mystery from debut author Ranjini Iyer, The Colossus, readers will follow caterer Maxine (Max) Rosen as she stumbles upon a mysterious coded document of her father's, which seems to be a link to the Nazis, pharmaceuticals and medical research....

Henrietta, the Singing Ballerina by Christine Frisbee follows a young girl whose love of both singing and dancing shapes her journey toward self-expression. Henrietta is introduced as a joyful, imaginative child who treasures her ballet slippers and spends her days dancing through her home while...

In Michael W. Cook’s Faith in Flux, Cook takes a hard look at what happens when people begin censoring themselves long before anyone openly demands silence. Using Saint Augustine’s attempt to redirect Alypius after public entertainment disrupted his studies, the book follows a larger argument...

A Symphony of Lies by Maria Monday is a psychological thriller about deception, betrayal, and greed. Emma, a very gifted investigative journalist, is regrouping in her apartment in the Swiss Alps when she receives a letter. Nicole, her stepmother, has died. Shocked and deeply saddened,...

Springtime is a magical time of the year. Everything is rejuvenated: new life is everywhere, and everything is clean and fresh. In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Spring Song, the poetic words bring to life the beauty and romance of springtime, all based on the words of...

Benjamin & Honka's Backyard Adventure is a children's picture book by Sergio Teodoro. Benjamin is a six-year-old boy. All he wants is to play by the pond in his backyard. After he comes across a cute woodland duck who has a quack unlike any other...

When Faith Is Shaken by Sallie Dawkins is a well-written book that offers hope to readers, especially during seasons of doubt, intense medical crises, unanswered prayers, and more, while guiding them through the path of recovery and wholeness. In five parts using dreams, metaphors, and...

B. Lou Guckian unflinchingly tells her story from a broken person to healing in Heart Knocks: From Strayed to Straight, a searing memoir. The memoir follows the author through years of self-destruction to spiritual redemption. She writes about her rebellion as a teenager, her marriage...

In Anne M. Kennedy’s The Baku Inheritance, book one in The City of Winds series, in 1890, Anton Nikolayevich Sabroski arrives in Baku with tanker plans that could open a new route through the Suez Canal. He learns that his father has died, and the...

In Shadows in the Creek by Michael H. Balfour, Dante Villehart moved to the quiet town of Edenvale. Dante was hoping that distance from his past would bring clarity and peace. That hope is shattered when Lila Summers is found brutally murdered at the edge...

In Aletheia by Michael Karlsen-Williksen, we follow a Norwegian astronomer who grew up on his Uncle Arne's tall tales about a UFO landing in the freezing north. Everyone figured Arne was just eccentric, but decades later, the protagonist is working at a LOFAR telescope in...

Life is so much more than caring for oneself: it’s really about caring for others. In Brandy Clark’s Vivian’s Perfectly Imperfect Picnic, young Vivian enjoys a day at the park with her Bubba. She rides the swings, enjoys a picnic, and walks around with Bubba....

Helyn Dunn’s Valor is the riveting and well-crafted story of Ena, a young Druid, and her quest to find purpose and meaning in her life. This is Book 2 of The Evensong Enchantments Trilogy, and many details of Book 1, Sacrifice, are interwoven. The story...

Neanderthal Sunset is a historical fiction novella by Steven Burgauer. Strong Arms is the leader of his increasingly depleting clan. He strives to fulfill his duties as mate to Big Curl, father to Wide Smiles, Fast Foot, and their siblings, as well as hunting and...