In the sci-fi novella Liquid Gambit by Bonnie Milani, Rick is a bar owner at the Bogue Dast Station, a talon-less, broken-hearted Lupan with just enough self-motivation to run his bar every day, dealing with rough crowds and authorities. He turns down his Lupan kinsmen’s...

A first-rate, sometimes gloomy paranormal romance with exceptional and dynamic characters, Nightstalker by Rebecca Rock is intense and filled with action. It follows the life of a vampire huntress, Angelina, a hybrid creature, half-vampire and half-Landian, who is raised by a vampire ex-priest, Brendan, and...

The Guardians: Inheritance by Rebecca Rock is an engaging urban fantasy with a beautiful setting in Seattle. Nico Means is a native of the Seattle area and part Chinook Indian, and just like many kids his age, he has heard stories about Sasquatches and seen...

Grandma and Me: A Kid’s Guide for Alzheimer’s and Dementia is a social/health issues book for children written by Beatrice Tauber Prior Psy.D. and Mary Ann Drummond RN and illustrated by Julia Walther. Who is Grandma? She’s a little boy’s best friend. She’s the one...

The Contest and Other Stories by Joe DiBuduo and Kate Robinson is a beautiful collection of stories that are exquisitely written, stories that deal with art, love, family, and other themes that readers can easily relate to. What makes this collection an exceptional one is...

The USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a moment of tragedy captured in beautiful writing and telling images. It’s December 7, 1941 aboard the USS Arizona. People look forward to the Sunday morning service usually held at the quarterdeck, some had just returned from leave...

Mommy, Where Are You? by C.G. Adler is a delightful story about turtle hatchlings and conveys some good messages to young readers. Aubree is excited that today they will all hatch and crawl into a large wave that will draw them into the ocean to...

A Calf Named Brian Higgins: An Adventure in Rural Kenya by Kristen Ball is the story of American teenager Hannah Higgins who accompanies her mom on a three-week trip to Kenya. Their goal is to help Hannah's Uncle Brian with his work in Sauri, a...

The Secret of Altamura: Nazi Crimes, Italian Treasure by Dick Rosano is part of a series of mysteries set in Italy. The plot knits two different time lines together through parallel stories with intersecting points. Colonel Bernhard, a corrupt Nazi officer tasked with confiscating Italian...

Sherman’s Happy New Year is a children’s book written by Anne Shields and illustrated by Janell Colburn. On his very first outing, Sherman the balloon is ever so excited to be attending the countdown at Times Square. After the giant ball falls, hailing in the...

C.O.D.E: Living Happy, Healthy, and Whole Submerged in Tragedy, Trauma, and Death by Anita Agers-Brooks and Darren Dake is a nonfiction, pioneering work that pays great homage to the men and women who sacrifice a lot — family, personal happiness, self-preservation — to provide emergency...

If you want romance with characters that share strong chemistry, have depth, and are sophisticated, then the third book in the Dark Ones series, Dark Desires by Aja James, is what you need. But there is more to the story than the romance: you’ll find...

Life was tough for the early settlers who followed wagon tracks across the country to start a new life in Oregon. Diseases like cholera plagued their every move. Other dangers waited for them at every turn. Add to that the struggles some women faced with...

A botched stakeout led to the death of Amy Bree’s partner and her dismissal from the FBI in Bloodline (The CULL, Book 1) by Eric J. Gates, a supernatural thriller about vampires that are different from the classic ones that we know. A serial killer...

Racino by Peter P. Sellers is the third book in The Michael Butler Saga, following its predecessors, Vernon Fix and Saratoga Called. In this installment, we pick up in the world of harness racing with Michael Butler, who is pulled from a relative calm within...

The Grumpy Catfish by Mary Esparza-Vela relates the story of a lonely catfish who is bullied by younger fish. Grumpy lived alone on the bottom of the ocean. All his friends were gone, captured by fisherman. Grumpy had advised them not to grab a hook,...

Little Donny has two dogs: Snookie, an Australian Sheepdog, and Bitsy, a bulldog terrier mix. Donny loved his dogs. When Bitsy had four puppies, fathered by the dog next door, Donny loved them as well and helped Bitsy care for them. He checked on them...

The Scared Bunny by Mary Esparza-Vela will grab a child's interest. The amazing artwork will provide the young reader with reflections and added discussion. Robby, who is a rabbit, teases others to the point that they won't believe him when he really needs them to....

Summer camp! Visions of swimming, fishing, campfires, and new friends. That’s what Brad Finkley thinks when his mother tells him he’s going to summer camp. Worst Summer Camp Ever by Jennifer Waddle has all of those elements, but not in the way Brad thinks. His...

Confrontations: No Challenge Too Tough by Don Williamson is a memoir for those seeking motivation in life, an inspiring story of one man’s ascent, a story of his relentless struggle to create the life he’s always dreamt about. The reader follows a man who once...