The Dual Path: An Earth to Stars Adventure by AnnaMariah Nau is a wonderful and delightful tale for fans of young adult fantasy, a story with strong lessons for young readers. For twelve-year-old Zelia, a summer with her Aunt Joy is supposed to be a...

Taking The Cape Off: How to Lead Through Mental Illness, Unimaginable Grief and Loss by Patrick J. Kenny is a powerful self-help book for leaders who need help navigating the dark waters of grief and loss. Fire Chief Pat Kenny had his identity wrapped up...

April never knew her father: she was told that he’d died shortly after her birth. When she was five years old, her mother married Clark, an entertainment lawyer she’d only known for two weeks. Although it was a turbulent relationship at first between April and...

What’s a lonely widower to do when he needs a much-deserved breather? Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner by Gerald Everett Jones tells of Harrison Gardner, an American widower who purchases a tour package intending to engage in debauchery. He finds something more profound when he meets...

Lou has always known her family is different. They are not from earth but from a magical, mysterious place called Storey. Growing up under her grandfather's care and guidance, she has yearned to know more about this enigmatic place. Unfortunately, her frantic internet searches, instead...

Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse by Sherrill Joseph is book 2 of The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries. Lorenzo de Cordoba was a famous silent movie actor and in 1945 he hid an emerald somewhere in the Eucalyptus Street estate owned by the Cordoba family. Not just...

Imagine: The Simple Steps to Success by Dustin Matthews is an insightful and thought-provoking book that gives tips to readers on how to find their purpose and work in the direction of their dreams. Everyone's definition of success is different, and the book is a...

Lowie Mortem: Time Paradox is a work of fiction in the fantasy and thriller genres. It is aimed at the mature end of the young adult reading group and upward, and was penned by author J. Rene Munz. The book follows Lowie Mortem as he...

There is darkness in this fairytale that is so appealing, and yet reading it feels so liberating, as if assuring you that everything’s all right. Missing Charlie: A Fairytale Romance by Jess K. Hardy takes romantic fantasy to a new level. Five years ago, 23-year-old...

After a senator is gruesomely murdered, a group of librarians searches for his killer in the delightful urban fantasy, Booked for Murder (Vigilante Magical Librarians: Book 1) by R.J. Blain. Personal magical abilities are measured and quantified by the government, and those who are mundane...

The Judgment Game by Eli Pope tells the harrowing story of the Cader family. They say that time heals all wounds, but how can that be if deep, old wounds fester? Such is the case of Billy Jay Cader. The death of his father is...

Today is AJ’s birthday. He’s five years old. He’s so excited and looking forward to a big party with family and friends. The only problem is everyone is in quarantine, locked down due to the global pandemic. How will he celebrate his birthday without a...

Rabbit in the Moon by Heather Diamond is a fascinating memoir centering around the marriage between a white American and her Chinese husband from Hong Kong. At forty-five years old and married, Heather is studying in China for the summer when she meets Fred, who...

Anna Lavrynenko's adult crime thriller, Newbourne: A Cold Case, follows Detective Frank Harris whose life gets turned upside down with the arrival of his only daughter back home from university, following the mysterious disappearance, and possibly death, of one of his colleagues. With the help...

In Panspermia Colonist by Suvra Biswas, a viral brigade of Covids escape a black hole and plan to colonize our solar system. We meet their Master (Crutzfield), the Navigator (Kaposi), the Scientist (Epstein), their Earth contacts Covid (Uncle Gilbert), and sundry other characters who come...

Clueless in Croatia by Joy Skye is a contemporary romance novel that is fun to read. After Leonard’s messy divorce from Rennie, nothing else interested the movie superstar. He just needed a break from filming to focus and write his music. His agent, Angelica, sent...

Fifty Things I Love About My Wife: Love Is the Only Way by Keshav Jha is a lovely book. It is a lively and comprehensive testimony to happy matrimony and, more importantly, boundless and rewarding love. This volume begins with a quote from a famous...

The Judgment Game is a work of fiction in the psychological thriller, crime, and horror subgenres, and was penned by author Eli Pope, with the audiobook version narrated by Paul J McSorley. The first book in the Mason Jar Series, this best suits the mature...

Iris is a work of fiction in the crime genre. It is aimed at mature readers and was penned by Chand Svare Ghei. The book follows the life of Special Detective Kenneth Johansen through a series of excerpts from his life as an investigator as...

Food and good-looking men are not always a good mix. That’s what Nicola has to learn. But, right now, she’s obsessed with her passion for baking and the goal of winning the Northern Bake Off competition. And, she has her eye on the handsome TV...