The Wanderings of Chela Coatlicue: Touring Califaztlan by Ananda Esteva is the first book in the author's new young adult adventure series. It follows Chela Coatlicue and her band as they hit the road and cross the Mexican-American border to reclaim a bass guitar that...

In Sovereignty: He Lied For Your Sins by Rhys Hagan, we meet a Roman banker who is trying very hard to make a name for himself. He wants fame and he wants recognition, but he is not getting anything close to that. Just when he...

I have never read anything like Hard Candy/Pitch Roll Yaw: Caregiving, Mourning and Stage Light by Annie Lanzillotto. Hard Candy revolves around Lanzillotto’s relationship with her mother, Rachel. In this portion of the book, readers are given poems and prose through Lanzillotto’s perspective as she...

As Dr. Victoria Ward listens patiently to her clients spilling the horrible, painful stories of domestic violence, she reminisces on her own childhood and the very reason for her chosen profession. She sees her own mother through the eyes of the very women who bare...

Owl Eyes by Molly Lazer is a dark fantasy novel about learning who you are, and knowing who your real family is. Nora is an orphan living as a servant under Sir Alcander. When she overhears that her father is living in the main house,...

Hidden Mysteries by Sandra Olson is the eighth book in the James Ford mystery series. A former police officer and now private investigator, James Ford moves into a newly purchased and refurbished house in the country with his family. On an expedition to the accompanying...

Lethal Relations by Lo Monaco is a murder mystery told from the first person point of view and by the main character, a private investigator named Theresa (Terry) Strong. The murder itself is unique in that all of the characters have close degrees of separation....

Light of the Heart: Sterling Lakes Series, Book 1 is an inspirational fiction story and Christian romance by Regina Andrews. Cascade Preston is twenty-seven years old, single, and a world famous stained glass artist. She blames the people of Sterling Lakes for failing to intervene...

Armored Armadillo to Zippy Zebra: An Alliterative Anthology of Animals, written by Carol Baker and illustrated by Izzy Bean, is a delightful book with whimsical pictures for each letter of the alphabet. The alliteration of phrases like “an armored armadillo ambling across abundant active anthills”...

Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations & Daring to Thrive is a self-help book which tells the story of its author, Dima Ghawi, and many other women around the world who have and are suffering from a backward society which treats women as second rate citizens in...

Hot Montana Summer by Karen Foley is the story of Jamie and Rachel who lived on the same block for the entirety of their childhoods. Jamie proclaimed one day, when he was just a boy, that he would marry Rachel, who was leaving soon for...

Love In The Midst Of Lie and Truth: Can We Tell the Truth and Nothing but the Truth in a Love Relationship? by Jean Richard Franck throws light on how to build quality and meaningful relationships and how to fix relationships. The author shares different...

The Daughter Claus by D. Thrush is the first book in the Santina series. Tina has never been her father's favorite. Her brother is the one always fawned over, meant to follow her father's big plans for him to take over the family business. Only...

Guardian of the Light by D. Thrush is the story of Holly, a woman in the throes of a midlife crisis, unhappy in a job she's about to lose no matter what, single after a man she was seeing returns to his ex, and co-parent...

In Fate & Flirtations by D. Thrush, Molly had always enjoyed Max's company when he frequented the bar where she worked. She loved his empathetic and gentle nature, and when he was thrown out of his apartment, Molly suggested he move in with her. It...

Beverly Stowe McClure’s story, A Family for Leona, is a poignant tale of adoption that is sure to melt your heart. Eleven-year-old Leona Chapter and her five siblings experience hardship and loss before ending up in the Brooklyn School and Home for Destitute Children. ...

Filling a Void: A Resource for the Journey to Manhood by Charles D. Dangerfield is an excellent handbook for young black boys and men to think before they act. The book is also a good resource for single mothers and many others who want to...

A Subtle Agency, the first book in the Metaframe War series by Graeme Rodaughan, opens on a stormy night in ancient Egypt. A distraught Ahknaton determines to invoke the Divine Engine of Thoth in order to bring back to life his precious wife, Mekra. She...

Lonesome Cowboy by Frank Lowe is the story of Kyle Kelly and his father as they navigate life, love, loss, and the country music scene. Its title, Lonesome Cowboy, plays with a double entendre here, as the name of Red's best-selling and most popular song,...

Gemini Ascending: Eternal Twins is a series debut by Mark John Terranova. Marked as a thriller, this mentally engaging read spans many other genres, from its historical aspects to action/adventure, and with a good dose of spirituality and philosophy thrown in. The story features the...