The Spark is the first book in the Touch Me series by Lara Ingvar and it makes for an exquisite reading experience, a delightful paranormal romance with rock-solid characters. Kira Bell has one flaw: she will do anything for her family. She is driven and...

Til Text Do Us Part by Tina Griffith introduces readers to Louisiana Hobbs, an award-winning murder mystery writer, a thirty-year-old woman with an incredible imagination. She has no siblings, grew up as a tomboy, and a recluse, and now she is a successful crime writer....

Lacy is at the center of Comfort Foods: Texas Hill Country Fiction (Comfort Stories) by Kimberly Fish. She was living an exciting life as an influencer until she got herself in trouble by telling the secrets of another girl. Lacy is then forced to give...

The Wings of Adversity: Poetry That Teaches and Inspires You to Soar Above Challenges and Persevere at All Times by Vanessa Caraveo is a powerful, award-winning volume of poetry that shows how adversity can be turned into inspiration and victory. This collection covers a variety...

Salsa is new to the neighborhood. A shy, tiny chihuahua, Salsa is a little self-conscious of his size and his big ears. When he meets the neighbor’s dog, Chips, a friendly beagle, they instantly become friends as Chip introduces Salsa to all the dog friends...

Lauren Clark's novel At Least I Can Dream: Voyage is a young adult adventure story. Evangeline, or Evi, is the narrator. She is 17 and a patient with terminal cancer in a Spokane hospital. Every night she has disturbing nightmares. The hospital has a program...

In Now I’m Really Mad: A Story about Controlling Anger, a picture book written by J.J. Shegog and illustrated by Muhammad Tahir, a little Black girl, Rita, has a problem controlling her temper. She is reprimanded by her parents for being mean to her younger...

It had been his dream. It was the only thing he talked about. Andy wanted to be the first influencer to set foot on the island of crabs and show it to his followers. It was the same reason he had come to Panama from...

Past Imperfect by GD Harrison is an intriguing drama about a social worker coming to grips with the truth about his life. Colin Smith is a middle-aged professional who lives quietly in a small town with his mother. He likes his job as an anticipatory...

Jason L Mondragon presents the conclusion of a trilogy about universal consciousness which is said to be free of the scattered, corrupted viewpoints we have been fed for so long. Omniscience: The Conscious Collective Reawakened charts the path of the source of consciousness from its...

A touching love story of two young people entangled in a murder mystery, Fish Scales by Lynn Yvonne Moon opens with the murder of a young girl named Dru. The event is narrated by her sweetheart Jarrod, so overwhelmed with grief that he doesn’t know...

Thank you, Gregory Hublar, for A Miracle Named Mark! At Mark’s birth in 1964, the doctor said to his parents, “Your son has Mongolism. He will never walk, he will never talk. He will never show any emotion. And he will ruin your family!" At...

Marian L. Thorpe's Empire's Legacy: The Complete Trilogy is a fantasy epic set in a unique and highly imaginative world, drawing on the history, cultures, and languages of Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, and the Roman Empire. The three novels in Empire's Legacy are...

The Quarterback Sacked by Love is a contemporary romance novel by Rogin Radocha. Casen, a quarterback for the Philadelphia Golden Eagles team, had been burnt by love. Steffi, his actress girlfriend, cheated on him and got engaged to Tyler Spacey, his rival on and off...

A young British girl sent to Australia with her siblings during the height of World War II is determined to trace and reunite with her family again in Joan Fallon’s moving historical novel, The Only Blue Door. Before the war, Maggie and her family lived...

“You absolutely cannot go wrong by surrounding yourself with greenery.” More profound words have never been said. There is so much good to be gained from having greenery inside your home and enjoying outdoor gardening as well (even if it’s merely a balcony garden). Gardening...

If you are a novice to online teaching, then Teaching Online: Online Teaching Survival Guide by Selena Watts is a very good primer for you. This is a most relevant book, given the issues for schools caused by the pandemic. Though many teachers and trainers...

The Teaching Today Series books 1, 2 & 3 by Selena Watts is the combination of three complementary teaching guides for new teachers and experienced ones. Indeed both are bound to learn a lot from these three volumes including “Teaching Yourself to Teach”, “Teaching Online”,...

Becoming Olive W.: The Women of Campbell County by S. Lee Fisher tells the story of the youngest daughter of Henderson Westchester. Olive, who was left orphaned at the age of three when her mother died in childbirth, struggles to find her purpose and place...

Breaking the Silence: Why Opening Up About Your Sex Life Is the Best Medicine for Your Health, Relationships, and Overall Happiness by Dr. Moshe Kedan provides a much-needed push to men and women on talking openly about sex, especially at times when this particular area...