Eloquence That Feeds the Soul should be the subtitle for A Sword Song for Blood Roses, a poignant offering of poems by Joan Wiley. While relatively short insofar as books go, A Sword Song for Blood Roses definitely packs a huge emotional punch. It’s divided...

A true historical romance, Beloved Woman by author Sheri Peppers has its beginning in the early days of America when Native Americans raided and destroyed the wagon trains of anyone who dared travel across America’s wide-open spaces. A self-made, successful businessman leaves England with his...

The year 1987 was when the murders started. Five people were killed by the Point Roberts Slayer in February. The killings continued the next two years in the same month, claiming the same number of victims. The mayor of the town took a drastic action;...

The highly creative and motivated forty-two-year-old Mark Gray yearns for something new even though he is a celebrated gamer with a loving wife and child. He feels his life has gotten quite repetitive and mundane, which leads him to a fling gone wrong with a...

The Oh Daddy Chronicles by Barry Robbins is described as “a contemporary political satire” that “takes current events and explains what we thought was unexplainable.” The book, however, thrusts much deeper into the heart of satire and, in reality, is a total lampooning of President...

Forget Russia is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, family saga, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author L. Bordetsky-Williams. Written for adult reading audiences, the work is accessible to readers of most sensitivity levels and contains a small amount of...

A woman boxer? Nowadays, it may not be something to be surprised about, but in the eighteenth century? Gasp! How unladylike. In A Lady’s Revenge by Edie Cay, Lady Lydia Somerset is just that, though only a select few know why. Even fewer understand the...

Dreams can take you to all kinds of wonderful places and give you lots of magical fun. Davina loves to go to her dreamdom; that’s what she calls the place where her dreams take her. One night, after falling asleep and waking up in dreamdom,...

Anthracite Boot Camp by Louis Ronald Scatena is the story of the author's father, Pete Scatena, and his mother Caroline, and about anthracite mining along the mountainsides where the coal seams slant upwards. This is also the true story about men struggling in a black...

If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath is a memoir in which the author explores her inner journey towards healing and wholeness after a devastating accident. It was supposed to be a fun wilderness adventure but...

This historical nonfiction work is extraordinary and heartrending. Author Kay Carroll details the story of her great-grandparents in Alex’s Eyes: A True Story of Hidden Roots. Although Alex had Choctaw Native American, as well as African-American ancestry, his name was not on the Native American...

It Could Be Worse: A Girlfriend's Guide for Runners who Detest Running is a nonfiction sport and fitness book written by Beth Probst. Probst wants her readers to know they can be runners -- if that’s what they’d like to be. She doesn’t make any...

Path to Freedom: Leading a Life of Joy, Impact, and Abundance by Nader Vasseghi is a non-fiction self-help book with the intent of guiding readers toward a genuinely fulfilling existence. Vasseghi leads with an introduction to his own personal journey and the positive transformation that...

Have you ever asked yourself, or someone else for that matter, what is the meaning of life? It’s a profound question that haunts all of us at one time or another and many of us spend our lives searching for the answer. There are other...

Folder is a young adult sci-fi novel written by Raymond Bolton. Recently graduated from high school, Eric Folder joins the Portland State University, taking physics as a major. As his family members acclimatize themselves to their new home in Portland, Eric ventures out to explore...

Neola: A Fight For Freedom, penned by author Steven Weaver, is a work of fiction in the action and adventure genre. It is aimed at young adults and contains only some mild scenes of violence. The book follows the life of Brad: a young man...

Get to Know Your Body, written and illustrated by Ananya Prechavut, is a children’s picture book that takes an analytical look at the human body from a child’s perspective. Prechavut tells the facts of life in a way that children can understand. Get to Know...

An ancient manuscript has survived the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. A manuscript is kept hidden by the family of a renowned Egyptologist, Babu, who is the seventh generation to guard the survivors of the Library. The year is AD 1850 and an English...

Joyous Lies by Margaret Ann Spence is a bittersweet saga about deception and those mistruths or half-truths we sometimes concoct within families to protect ourselves and others from what we think may harm them. Maelle was a Ph.D. botany student with a deep and abiding...

A Private Heaven by Dave Eagleston is based on the true story of two brothers, Dave and Marv Eagleston, and how their volatile and abusive childhood affected them as adults. Reserved and sensitive Marv would shoulder the majority of the physical and verbal abuse from...