“A bully is really a friend in need.” Sad, when you think of it. But don’t worry. The K-9 bully elves of the North Pole know how to set things right. They know how to teach each and every one of us to be “A...

Ladybug by C.J. Michaels is a literary fiction novel that follows its main character Michèle on a delinquent but mature pseudo-Bildungsroman. Michèle is the embodiment of Michaels' ladybug, a metaphor connecting the insect to human behavior that is also occasionally applied to other characters, including...

All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir by Christine Ristaino is the author's story after being attacked in the parking lot and her road to self-recovery. She speaks about the immediate aftermath of the attack; how her children were witness to the attack and watched her...

No Leaves in Autumn by Terri Wangard is a heartfelt Christian historical novel set against the chilly, windswept backdrop of World War II Iceland. Marie Foubert is a Red Cross recreation worker grappling with abandonment issues after growing up in an orphanage, and Stefan Dabrowski...

White Shade is a guidebook for black professional women. Dr. Michelle Shelton uses a series of stories, or vignettes as she calls them, to highlight ‘white spaces’ and ‘white shades’ that are abundant in the professional world. The stories are fictionalized but rooted in...

Club Fed by Stephen Arrington is the story of finding a purpose. Jake, Raoul, Walt, Clayton, and Jessie are an unusual bunch. They meet at a minimum-security prison camp. They are randomly chosen and put together as the inmate fire crew for the town of...

Galway Gone is a work of fiction in the romance and chick lit sub-genres and was penned by author Gabrielle S. Neord. Recommended for mature readers, the work contains some graphic sexual content and the use of explicit language throughout. Our story centers on protagonist...

Special Means is a work of fiction in the thriller and suspense sub-genres and was penned by author Andrew Ceroni. Written for adult audiences, the work contains some instances of graphic violence and the use of explicit language. When a somewhat naïve first-term president accepts...

I have to admit Middle-Aged Crazy by Lynne M. Spreen was not quite what I expected, but I’m far from disappointed. Looking at the cover, I leaped to the conclusion I would find a collection of stories about people hitting 50, going off the rails,...

Grandma Eileen was expecting a surprise. She ran to the door when the doorbell rang and there was a mason jar with a gingham-covered lid on her porch. She looked inside and found a long wooden stick with a jade-colored jewel attached to it by...

The Quarantine Cookbook is a nonfiction cooking/food guide written by Beth Carter. The author’s comic muse has been hiding from her lately and making writing her typical literary fare, humorous women’s fiction, and romantic comedy rather more difficult to pen. And since she’s been actively...

Braidy von Althuis and the Changeling Children is a work of fiction in the fantasy, paranormal adventure, and family drama sub-genres, and was penned and illustrated by author Cassidy Dwelis. In the fourth book in this exciting and creepy middle-grade series centering on protagonist Braidy...

Frozen Harvest is a sleuth murder mystery written by Joseph Benedict. Winter in Minneapolis held few charms for private investigator Joel Vicks. It was mid-December, and the roller door that separated his unfashionably dreary warehouse offices from the grimy piles of snow outside did little...

How to Become an Ambassador: An American Foreign Service Odyssey is a work of non-fiction written in the true-life story and inspirational sub-genres, and was penned by author Thomas Hart Armbruster. This fascinating account offers advice for those who may be intrigued about working in...

Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko is a fantastic meld of thriller and sleuth with exceptional characters and a strong plot. The story introduces readers to a compelling young female protagonist, Sukanya, a Thai girl running away from her captors. She has some stolen money and...

“One million, two hundred fifty thousand dollars” is the first line of this book and the reader is immediately hooked. This large amount of money was a recent transfer into her account, building her wealth even more. Victoria Clifford, a real estate agent in Marin...

Retta Brooks is a fifteen-year-old starting actual school for the first time in her life. Her mother, being a paranoid worrier, homeschooled her until Retta finally convinced her mother to let her attend high school like a regular kid. The more she tries to fit...

Beverly Podraza has chosen one of the lesser-known Bible stories, Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, as the setting for the opening of Sandals of the King. Also, she shows it from the point of view of five animals and a bird, making them easy to believe...

Rocket Queen by Julianna Morgan is a mesmerizing coming-of-age YA novel that follows sixteen-year-old Wren Evans as she deals with depression and seeks deeper levels of connection with herself. She forgets dates, often feeling moody and lonely. But her depression becomes stronger when she is...

The CEO of a corporation leaves for a planetary war, only to be lost in the stars for two decades before finding his way back to earth in Homecoming by Elizabeth Chang. Stellae is an interplanetary organization that has created Stella, the technology to construct...