Chronicles of MatiLou and PerryAnn by Martha Passel is about two young women who face tragedies, tough decisions, and many questions about their future, as well as what happened in the past. The book is written in four parts and covers 30 years. PerryAnn’s parents...

Throughout the DI Amy Winter thriller series by Caroline Mitchell, Amy has had to build her life around the knowledge of her family history, and a career of relentless criminal investigations. In book one, Truth and Lies, Amy must confront her psychopathic serial killer mother,...

Zero Sum Conclusion by Thomas Lopinski is a dystopian tale set after the Second Civil War reformed the American government. A scoring system based on demeanor and the Solid Start Initiative eliminated poverty and debt. After the death of Edgar’s wife, a doctor put out...

Broken Pencils by J.R. Rice is the story of a Black high school teenager diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The story starts with him preparing to go to his prom in San Francisco. Many elements resulted in the catastrophe of this night. His prom is on...

All Hope of Becoming Human by Lonnie Busch is a science fiction thriller that revolves around multiple characters who encounter dangerous unearthly occurrences following an earthquake. On a site exploration. archaeologist Rebecca Duccati uncovers a mysterious metallic object that attracts the attention of Homeland Security....

The world of technology evolves by the day. It is so rapid that there is a new technological tool being introduced to the world with life-changing capabilities each day. For adults, this is an accepted routine which to more extent than is obvious has become...

If you enjoy calligraphy as an art form, Japanese culture and historical literature, and memoirs about fascinating, if not famous, people, Shodo Master: Life and Art of Tomoro Ouchida by John Glascock is for you. Presented in a bilingual format with English on one side...

Trail Magic: Lost in Crawford Notch by M.H. Sullivan is a YA adventure story. Alex Jackson runs a campground in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. After losing his wife to a bombing, he wanted to start again with his daughter Angie. While Angie is meant to...

In Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet, by Anthony C. Delauney, Rohan’s big sister Nyra teaches him an important lesson about finances. Nyra bets Rohan that she will give him a dollar every time he catches the football she throws to him, but she...

Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work by Anthony C. Delauney shows that it's sad to watch Mom and Dad leave for work every day. Sisters Lilly and May don’t understand why they have to work. They’d much rather Mom and Dad stayed...

“Flying flower” – I love that name for butterflies. It certainly sums them up. They are all uniquely beautiful in so many ways. They flutter about the gardens and meadows with reckless abandon, taking over the landscape with their flashes of color. There are a...

Based on the experiences of his father, Growing Up Tough is a coming-of-age novel by Roderick Saxey. The story is set between the early 1920s and 30s, the time of the Great Depression, when America underwent revolutionary cultural, economic, and societal changes. Shirley Edwin Taylor's...

All That Glisters by Topper Jones is a mystery that would appeal to young adults and adults who enjoy fast-paced mystery stories and don’t mind a bit of graphic violence. Forensic consultant Thaddeus Hanlon is left suspicious when his best friend dies after becoming involved...

Leslie Tall Manning’s novel Feral Maril and Her Little Brother Carol is divided into five different parts and narrated by Marilyn. The first section tells how Carolyn, despite being a boy, was given a female name. Marilyn and Carol were placed in a foster home...

Lost Sisters is a crime sleuth mystery novel by David Marshall Hunt. When she is not helping with her adoptive family's shrimping expeditions aboard their trawler, Mura "Ryder" Nguyen is busy getting her degree in criminology and doing an internship for private investigator Luka Demings....

That Sweet Summer Music by David Marshall Hunt is a mystery that follows Dalisay, an orphan turned nurse, who encounters a man claiming to be her long-lost father, Reddy Burton. She accompanies him to California, where she discovers his involvement in child rescue and assassination....

Deception of One by Donovan Smith is a gritty whodunit with plenty of suspense. The story introduces Detective Charles Wilson, a worn-out detective with little going on except his all-consuming career. Stuck at work late, he is ordered to investigate a disturbance at an abandoned...

Biomechanics of Your Body: A Simplified Way to Learn Human Movement and Muscles by Tracy L. Markley makes a potentially complicated topic fun to read. Markley describes advanced musculature and the movements of many muscles in the human body. Various illustrations show important musculature and...

Lies that Bind by Krissy Baccaro is a riveting tale set against the backdrop of 1930s pre-war Italy. The Perri family, comprised of Sal, Isabella, and their sons Franco and Luca, harbor hidden secrets beneath the veneer of their everyday lives. When a young girl...

Lucille Skelton brings us a suspenseful romance in Open Secrets. Verna North has decided to return to her home on the island of Grand Pinnacle. Her brother is getting married and has asked her to help with the planning. She hasn’t really been back in...