Traveling Tessa is an adventure fantasy novel for children and preteens written and illustrated by Carrie Crawford Martinelli. Tessa was so excited that autumn had finally arrived. She had been counting the days, almost wishing that they would fly by more quickly. Tessa and her...

Blood on the Chesapeake by Randy Overbeck is an unusual mix of mystery, murder, and sleuth genres. When Darrell Henshaw decides to move to Wilshire, Maryland, it's for him to start afresh. And here he finds love and the quietude most suitable for a...

Finding Fate is the first entry in the Tied by Fate Series by Keelan Storm, a coming-of-age, young adult romance with unforgettable characters. Tucker Patterson has lived all his life in the beachside community where he’s developed a relationship with Isabel “Izzy” Dearly. He’s never...

Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, with plans for college and a challenging career, Enya learned she has Huntington’s Disease. Although her physician explained there are new treatment options, and it may not be terminal, her father’s death a few years earlier proved its possible outcome....

Suzanne Lowe’s The Pirate Princess and the Sirens’ Song is the sequel to the award-winning Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket and it continues on with Lotty, her dog Mr. Jacks, and her newfound family. Despite being treated as an outcast by most of the...

The Knight Riders quiz team headed by Mike Knight often tastes victory in small pubs like The Angry Scarecrow. The only way left for Mike and his team is to go for the big leagues. In Questionable Friends, Elliot Stanton offers a portrait of a...

In Begotten by Joseph Crew, when American history professor Adam Cantwell is asked to deliver a BMW to Turkey for his friend, he agrees knowing it is the perfect opportunity to escape his complex personal life in the summer of 1994. Adam's marriage to Gaby...

My Name is Sam...And Heaven is Still Shining Through by Joe Siccardi is a moving fictional memoir about friendship, love, family, and faith. As four friends move into their adult years, their paths begin to part. One of the friends, Samantha (Sam) meets a shy...

I so admire authors who can take a piece of history and create a wonderful 'herstory' around it. That’s what Pat Benedict Jurgens has done with Falling Forward: A Woman's Journey West, her story of Louisa, a courageous and sometimes feisty member of a Mennonite...

Sometimes, unsung heroes of the written word are the most instrumental in creating a final product worthy of its intended audience. Susanna Skarland and Elle Blackwood demonstrate this to perfection in their clean, crisp collection of speculative short stories, Beyond the Latch and Lever. Editing...

Daily Bread by Antoinette Truglio Martin is a children's chapter book that follows the story of young Sicilian-American Liboria “Lily” Taglia. Lily, her older sister Margaret, and the rest of their working-class family are bound by the mutual respect each has for their roles and...

Joseph J. Ridgway’s Ava’s Dream is a story about Ava’s journey in learning about the three branches of the government during her summer vacation. A new park had opened up in their town and Ava was more than excited to step through its large silver...

Childhood memories always lurk silently in the recesses of our minds. Sweet, sour, bitter, they come in all tastes, shapes, and sizes. Mulling on them often brings a sense of satisfaction. Reggie: That's His Story by Reginald P Howard is an assortment of such memories...

Atonement: Rise Up and Ascension Poetry by Nubia The Doorway is an anthology of the poet's original work. The formatting of the collection is as free-flowing as the work itself, as Nubia provides unrestricted space for all sixty-eight of the poems, photography, and illustrations that...

Leadership Core (Leadership Multipliers) by Dick Daniels addresses the issues often faced by leaders in their organizations and shares his thoughts about culture as the context in which he terms the Leadership Core. The author also looks into the often missing link between learning and...

Seeds for Sharing, written by Carissa Lovvorn and illustrated by Joshua Wichterich, is based on 1 Timothy 6:18-19: “Verse 18. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, (verse 19.) storing up for themselves a...

The Bees, the Bag, and the Artist by K.C. Morcom is an engaging story about the life-changing impact of kindness and perseverance. Beautiful color paintings on every page illustrate the recent chapter in the lives of two artists. Ron, an older man, after 5 years...

Remembering Hope by Parastoo Rezai is the story of a woman trying to keep her family intact while facing overwhelming odds. Bahar is an Iranian woman brought up in a conservative culture. After her childhood friend Shirin introduces Bahar to her cousin, Omid, Bahar finds...

In August 1997, Hayley Larson, a 16-year-old teen who usually followed her parents’ rules, decided it was time to break a few. She went with her friends to a lakefront mansion where alcohol, drugs, and sex were plentiful. The wealthy parents were out of town,...

Most people believe our universe was either created supernaturally by a divine entity or that everything exists as the result of natural occurrences devoid of any creative, organizing force. But could there be another explanation for how things came to be? Could it be that...