Although the introduction and opening to Emotionally Broken telegraph the plot, the story paints an effective picture of what it’s like to enter into a romantic relationship with a narcissist. While some readers may find Jonathan to be an extreme character, if you’ve ever known...

Hard Working Mermaids by Kellen Roggenbuck is a children's picture book that introduces readers to arguably the most fun fantasy soul of the sea, the mermaid. The book begins with an acknowledgment that when most people imagine mermaids they think of them only in the...

The Dorks by Timothy Imhoff is a light-hearted look at coming-of-age. Jason Davis has spent the bulk of his young life living with his grandparents in Sarasota, Florida after his mother was tragically killed in a car accident when he was eight. Unable to cope...

Hueslandia: At Another Time . . . At Another Place is a work of fiction with strong themes of social issues pertaining to race and inequality, amongst other issues, and was penned by author Michael Murphy. Alongside illustrator Carissa McDonald, this informative and engaging book...

In Death's Captive by Scarlett Reed, a woman glides through the corridors of a London hospital; she never leaves because she cannot. No-one seems to know she exists, apart from those patients who need her assistance to remove their souls from their bodies and move...

Brutus Makes A Mask is written and illustrated by Amy Marie. When a virus causes his family to have to stay home and quarantine, Brutus is frightened by the way things change. Normally, this happy-go-lucky Chihuahua was ready to sing a song that would make...

Abraham, a man with Native American and Caucasian ancestry, was a Vietnam veteran and an alcoholic. His wife Kristal had recently left him, and he had minimal contact with his two adult children. When Helen Sparks, a congresswoman from Washington State, went missing, along with...

A sixth-grade girl confronts some of her biggest fears in the exciting middle-grade novel, Sophie Washington: Class Retreat by Tonya Duncan Ellis. Three days before going on a camping trip with her classmates, Sophie Washington watched the television show Finding Bigfoot with her eight-year-old brother...

Providing Safe, Healthy, and Functional WorkSpaces by Fred Fanning gives good information to readers about space management, how to provide safe, healthy, and functional workspaces as the title suggests, and requirements and solutions related to workplace issues. The book gives a wider perspective on how...

Bookmarked for Death: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs by Max Parrott is the third book in the Jaz and Luffy Cozy Mystery series. Jasmine has finished her first semester away at college, which gave her a break from solving murders. When she and her talking...

The Dreamer’s Stage by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz is a delightful teenage drama that explores the choices and sacrifices a young person must make to follow their dreams and how those choices affect others and cannot, fairly, be made in isolation. Josephine Ricco (Joey to her...

The Evil Covid Ninja: A Grandmother's Letter to Her Grandchildren by Pamela Tomlin is an informative book that speaks about Covid-19 in an interesting and engaging way. A grandmother is writing to her grandchildren, telling them about the Covid Ninja which people on the planet...

Lost Souls of Paradise by Ian Ritchie Stewart is an engaging story with a strong appeal for readers who enjoy sophisticated characters and stories that are psychologically and emotionally rich. It features a cast of colorful characters and explores realistic themes and experiences that are...

The Borderland Between Two Worlds by Ayesha F. Hamid is a memoir that details the author's life in the United States after migrating from Karachi, Pakistan in the early 1980s. Leaving behind the luxury of a high standard of living and the consistency of cultural...

Can you get high from eating bread? Do you get “a form of mild euphoria every time you eat bread?” Did you know that “this exorphin effect of wheat on the brain can be blocked if you take opiate-blocking drugs or stop eating wheat?” It...

Murder Under A Black Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery, Book 6 is a historical sleuth mystery written by Abigail Keam. It was Kentucky Derby Day, and Mona’s attention was divided between dealing carefully with her scheming Aunt Melanie; planning her upcoming...

When Joseph Crew learned that his twin brother Dick was sworn into the army on March 12, 1958, he deliberated whether to stay at home and keep his girlfriend or join Dick in the army and escape the crumbling situation at home. Seventeen-year-old Joseph chose...

In Creature Feature by Steven Paul Leiva, the main character, Kathy Anderson, also known as Vivacia, the star in Vivacia’s House of Horrors, decides she is “sick and tired of being a sex goddess for geeks,” she quits the television show and returns to New...

The Adventures of David And Donald: The Fractured Flower Pot by Matthew Moyer is a children’s educational book about the adventures that brothers David and Donald embark upon. On a particular visit to their grandparents' house, a little accident happens in the backyard. The boys...

Nicole Wachell’s The Right Amount of Brilliance follows the story of two prominent professors in California: Jake Washington and Sebastian Barnabas. The two men meet and discover that they are twins who were separated at the age of three. While they try to understand and...