On the night of September 4, 2075, crime reporter Amanda “A.J.” Gregson got involved in an explosion that killed two federal agents and badly damaged her eyes. As she waits for her transplants, she struggles to remember the details of that fateful event while Special...

There is no better place to be than a remote Texas ranch with thousands of acres if you’re looking to disappear. For Gabriel Haines, in No One Can Know by Adrienne LaCava, his friend’s ranch is not only the best place to be when the...

Twist is a contemporary thriller written by Roni Teson. Beatrice Malcomb has been living with her aunt and uncle in Southern California ever since her mother died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, an incurable neurological condition, and her father was put on the FBI's most wanted list....

Wyshika L. Gibson’s 5 Ways to Renew Your Spirit and Bring Peace into Your Life is a delightful and exceedingly wise spiritual pep talk, designed to help the spiritually weary reclaim the sense of divine peace that comes only from a sustained positive relationship with...

C.H. MacLean's One is Come is an engaging and often riveting fantasy novel that mixes the modern with magic. Haylwen doesn’t care who actually blew up the wall of the school library. With a chance to finally have real friends, all she cares about is...

Polly and Her Pigtails, written by Debra Sue Latiolais and illustrated by Mark Wayne Adams, is a lovely children’s book about a little girl named Polly. The most important thing to Polly is being the prettiest girl in school, so she loves to wear pretty...

On the surface Ex appears to be your typical American teen with a less than ideal family life. His dad has run away, his sister is dead, and his family home is in danger of being repossessed. The only reason Ex hasn’t completely fallen in...

The saying goes that clothing maketh the man, but all too often, clothing serves as armor and disguise, hiding the pain and heartbreak of derailed human lives. Jo Dibblee knows all about hiding. As Frock Off: Living Undisguised chronicles, some of her earliest lessons in...

Stress Less: 10 Balancing Insights on Work and Life by Amy Freeman is a self-help book aimed at helping us create some small spaces and stolen moments so we can take a break from our busy and stressful schedules. It is about developing the ability...

Eternally Spring by K.K. Weakley is about Nathaniel Lee Weakley, who was involved in an accident on the fateful night of April 8, 1997 in Tennessee. This non-fiction memoir provides an intimate perspective on how the life-changing event affected not just Nathaniel but his family...

Hal Marcovitz’s funny yet thought-provoking My Life With Wings is about a newspaper copy editor, Eggerton, who wakes up one day and discovers that he has wings. What is he going to do with them? Eggerton does not seem to easily relish this unexpected development....

Mikey Wright is obsessed with baseball. And he comes by it honestly. His father loves Mickey Mantle with such a passion that when he is diagnosed with cancer, Mikey is convinced that an afternoon of playing catch with his hero will cure the disease and...

Benjamin Breaking Barriers: Autism - A Journey of Hope was written by Malva Freymuth Tarasewicz, Benjamin’s mother. In 1997, Malva realized something was wrong with her 2-year-old son, Benjamin. He no longer focused on her; at times his eyes looked empty. He stopped talking and...

When Rainstorm opens, Jessy Kalender is looking out over a gorgeous Wyoming morning, contemplating breaking off her five-year-relationship and returning to Deer Creek. Her Uncle Frank’s letter gives her the perfect reason to return home: the Diamond-K Ranch. The only problem with returning is that...

When you’re a waitress in a dead-end Midwestern town and you find out you've inherited a ranch, what have you got to lose? Kody Monroe learns the answer to that question is an adamant “not much.” Broke, divorced and depressed Kody heads to her newly...

Oftentimes, children, and even adults, feel left out and different from their peers. A Rare Gem by Deanna Kahler shows that even princesses feel this way. Nine-year-old Princess Towonga has lovely golden hair and pretty blue eyes, and she has lots of friends. However, she...

There is a deep warning in Adapt, at least for the one who is willing to pay attention. Edward Freeland has written a thriller that can hardly go unnoticed. When Daniel first noticed that his actions were being tracked and that something fishy was going...

A Gazillion Little Bits by Claudia Brevis is a post-apocalyptic tale where people live in the ruins of Manhattan without technology or government. After the catastrophe that destroyed civilization in September, 2078, people began to start anew, living their lives in the once thriving modern...

Chasing Azrael: Deathly Insanity by Hazel Butler is the story of a woman whose husband committed suicide. Andee Tilbrook, a young widow, has the ability to see and communicate with the dead and this has kept her in contact with James, her dead husband. When...

Hope for Garbage is a coming of age novel written by Alex Tully. Trevor McNulty is a teen with a troubled past. He’s been seeing a psychologist at the nearby Beaumont Health Center, but he’s reluctant to share anything with his doctor, not the recurring...