In Echo From a Bayou by J. Luke Bennecke, John Bastian, a Californian whose personal and financial life is in shambles, goes for a much-needed ski break with his friend Kevin. It ends with John in a coma, awakening with a new outlook on life...

To Kill A Unicorn by DC Palter centers around SuprDupr, a startup tech company in Silicon Valley. One day Sumire, now a lawyer, walked into her ex-boyfriend Ted Hara’s office. The last time they saw each other was years ago. Ted thought she came to...

OCEAN is a collection of inspirational poems and poetic stories where Anastasia Lindsey takes readers on a healing journey inspired by her life experiences. The book opens with a lover showing regret over their failure to console and protect their partner from hurting. In another...

The Once Upon a Time of Now: Mythic Adventures, Discoveries and Meditations in the Forest of Consciousness by Hope West is about a girl in a strange land who absorbs mystical ideas from magical teachers. Agnes finds a map inside a popped balloon while on...

Half a Cup of Sand and Sky by Nadine Bjursten is a masterfully crafted novel that seamlessly blends personal narratives with the backdrop of political upheaval and cultural nuances. Amineh's character is the heart and soul of the story, and readers become deeply invested in...

In a World of Colour, Julie Hodgson combines the vibrant world of color with the rhythm of rhyming. Julie catches the imaginations of children using the various colors that brighten all creation. This book will delight children as they learn their colors. To illustrate the...

In her uplifting, empowering self-help guide, In High Heels on a Ladder: The 7 Power Tools for Designing Your Life, Tonya Comer provides transformational techniques for healing and living with purpose. Despite being an award-winning interior designer, Comer struggled with impostor syndrome. While working in...

Clemmy Gets a Family written by Caroline Crocker and illustrated by Tejal Mistry is a charming and touching story about Clementine, affectionately known as Clemmy. Clemmy is an English bulldog who had an unhappy start in life. She is frightened, lonely, and uncared for until...

In Magic Moon: A Young Boy’s Journey by Shirley Moulton, Magic Moon is a fearsome entity that grants two requests once a month to all who manage to make the journey up the treacherous mountain to visit him. However, there are limitations to these requests....

In Clemmy Gets a Sister by Caroline Crocker, Clemmy, the English Bulldog, loved being the center of her humans’ attention. A duck with a duckling following her waddled through the yard, through the house, and to the swimming pool. When the mother duck waddled away,...

It is so refreshing to read a children’s picture book about Christmas where the major character is a person of color. Mr. Nap A. Lot learns what the spirit of Christmas entails in Mr. Nap A. Lot’s Merry Christmas Adventure by Shani T Night. Mr....

Dilly Duck Plans a Parade is a children's book in the Dilly Duck and Friends Series by Holly DiBella-McCarthy. Dilly Duck is ready to round up her friends and have a parade, but first, she needs some colorful items. She enlists the help of her...

I enjoyed What’s In a Cloud? by William Palumbo so very much, and my compliments to the illustrator, Nate Mayers, as well. His depiction of our little heroine, Aaliyah, caught my attention right away, especially when reading the title of the book. The puff balls...

Amelia had a polar bear best friend named Paco. The duo loved sweets and always dreamed of beautiful adventures. One fateful day, they ran out of their tasty marshmallows with only one piece left. The friends brainstormed on how to get more marshmallows, and an...

Petra, a spirited young wild horse, has some growing up to do. In the meantime, however, she loves to gallop like the wind, faster than any of the other wild horses in her herd, even faster than her best friend, Felia. In Hazel Dains’s Like...

Whether you’re an investor, inventor, leader, or manager, each aspect should be approached as an entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, you are planning, balancing internal and external factors, creating marketing strategies, taking risks, and managing people and tasks all within limitations from logistics and operations to...

Hell is a World Without You by Jason Kirk is a starkly comical look at the life of a teenage evangelical Christian. It is the early 2000s when a 13.9-year-old teenage boy begins to seriously question the church lifestyle he has been brought up in....

It takes a special type of person to care for pets. Not just owning pets, but treating them for their well-being, caring for their special needs, helping to heal injuries, and putting up with aggression and messes in the line of duty. That’s what a...

I have always loved reading memoirs, particularly ones whose authors offer a unique perspective and a quick wit – such is the case in Dina Honour’s It’s A Lot to Unpack. In it, the author examines a life that many might envy, though she fears...

Heart of a Soul Comforter by Kayla Muth is a warm, witty, and winning collection of poems penned by a world traveler with deeply embedded Christian values and a clear desire to affirm readers and help them overcome disillusionment and self-doubt. Muth’s poems are immediately...