Walls separate Manhattan from the rest of the world and strict religious laws govern its inhabitants, the women in particular, in Time Zero by Carolyn Cohagan. Mina is fifteen years old and it’s the day of her offering, a ceremony to arrange her marriage. If...

Gracie's Guide: Gracie Learns About the Dangers of Prescription Drugs by Angie Wilson is a children's book about a young detective named Gracie. One day at school, a boy named Eli was starting to eat what he thought was candy when he is called...

A Piece of Soul is a beautiful anti stress coloring book for adults, illustrated by Nataliya Dolotko. With coloring pages that range from houses to plants to animals both real and fantastical, A Piece of Soul has a little bit of something for everyone. The...

Gracie's Guide: How to Deal with Bullying by Angie Wilson is an educational children's book. It follows a young sleuth named Gracie. A boy named Cooper is bullying her by calling her ugly. Gracie doesn't know how to respond. The bullying gets so bad that...

Gracie’s Guide: Bike Safety is a wonderful story that children and parents can relate to. Author Angie Wilson conveys the emotions of everyone involved in the story and how they felt about bike helmets and safety equipment. Gracie, her BFF, and her mom go...

Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive! True Stories from a Curious Traveler by Laurie McAndish King is a non-fiction travel memoir about Laurie’s adventures in various countries around the world. Laurie’s travels take her across continents as we hear about her adventures in Africa, Europe, North America,...

Front of House (Observations from a Decade on the Aisle) by Denise Reich is a memoir on Denise Reich’s life as an usher for Broadway shows. This is a book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who have...

Tovi the Penguin Goes on a Treasure Hunt in Paris by Janina Rossiter is a fun children's book about a penguin named Tovi. Tovi and his friends are visiting the city of Paris, when Tovi notices a poster of the Mona Lisa, and falls deeply...

Fatima and the Sons of Abraham by Val Bonacci is an inspiring novel that explores faith, personal transformation, friendship, and the sense of mystery, a work that will find a great home with fans of the writings of Paolo Coelho. Readers are introduced to powerful...

Where is Spring? Wacky Weather by Lorita Clarke-Scott is a fun children's book. Three trees, named Maple, Willow, and Oak, desperately want spring to arrive. Spring is their favourite season, and their leaves start to grow. But winter refuses to leave. The trees are freezing...

How Missionaries Destroyed a Paradise by Katerina Sestakova Novotna is a fiction novel with a religious theme. Laa is a naive girl from Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands; she does not fully understand men, religion, or the ways of the world. Yet, her naive...

Psychedelic Cure of a Narcissist: Power of Kratom and Opiates - Eric's Psychedelic Journey Book 1 by Katerina Sestakova Novotna is the story of a man who knows his limits, but when he is promised something beyond his imagination, how can he resist? Eric is...

One of the things I love in a good story is the narrative voice. When it grabs my attention and rings through my ears powerfully, I keep reading, and Rowena Portch’s voice comes across as compelling and unique in Fate Be, a contemporary romance that...

Kindred Journeys by Marjorie Tapley-Olson is a rare kind of fiction with a narrative voice that will stay in the reader’s head for long, a story that combines family, love, and adventure to take readers on a very memorable ride. Martha is pregnant, and she...

Pigeon-Blood Red by Ed Duncan is a suspenseful and thrilling story of a hit man, Richard Sanders, who receives a simple assignment from his gangster boss to retrieve a necklace of rubies and bring it back to him. It’s a simple job for the likes...

Hot Chocolate Underpants to the Rescue is the second children’s book in the Hot Chocolate Underpants series, written by Rafael Jacimin and illustrated by Van der Saim. When Caspian plays Frisbee in the back yard with his grandfather, the Frisbee becomes entangled within the branches...

Arman Lance has met Ladia Purnell, the girl from Belvun, during a summer holiday and since then he has lived in hope of reuniting with her again. “I haven’t forgotten who we were. What we meant to each other.” These are words that show how...

Resonance by S. Alex Martin is the second entry in the Recovery series, an excellent story that follows the life and adventures of Arman Lance in the Embassy Program. The Belvun planet is being laid to waste by drought, firestorms, and an advancing desert. Every...

Three different characters try to find something in Down and Out in Kathmandu by Jennifer S. Alderson. Zelda is an idealistic young woman who wants to follow her friends' example and find herself while traveling. She decides being a volunteer in Kathmandu to teach English...

As the name suggests, 20 Short Ones is a collection of twenty short stories. In each story, Dan Salerno has narrated how humans connect to one another. This connection may or may not turn out to be anything romantic, but the intent of this connection...