V for Vanished: A Not-so-Ordinary Love Story by Ingrid McCarthy is a combination of love story, mystery, and commentary on human nature. The novel is set in modern times, with the coronavirus playing a substantial role, but the story is told through a series of...

A little girl can’t sit still; it gives her the jitters. She has to run, stomp her feet, tap her fork on the table during mealtime – there are all kinds of neurosensory actions that calm the nerves, especially for someone who is neurodiverse or...

Dad jokes can be very punny! My Dad’s Jokes are Very (Terribly, Awfully, Painfully) Bad! by Jacob Eckeberger is a metafictive picture book. We are introduced to a kid who tries to warn us about his dad’s propensity for telling jokes that are real groaners....

In Shadows in Our Bones by Tamara Merrill, Georgia O’Brien is a thirty-four-year-old professor who is very outspoken when it comes to issues of racial prejudice. When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, she begins a journey that will trace her lineage that she had...

Linzi Baxter creates an action-filled romance novel aptly named Dangerous Rescue. Siena's love life is the polar opposite of her supermodel career. She fell in love with Hudson Smith, a Navy SEAL. The day she discovers that she is pregnant, she finds that Hudson has...

A tale about fear, written in the most poignant and captivating manner, Nothing to Get Nostalgic About by Eddie Brophy is a welcome treat for fans of horror and thrillers with strong psychological underpinnings. Charlie Harris lives with a brutal reality: a painful childhood. He...

Susanna Rodgers Simpson shares lessons and wisdom that she has learned throughout her life in her book Practical Life Lessons. The title of the book tells exactly what she has included in the book. The lessons are very practical and apply to so much of...

In Until I Met Jake, Kimberly J. Coleman narrates the story of a woman named Christina. She finds herself trapped in an eerily empty, colorless world when she meets Jake, an eight-year-old boy. Without his parents to guide him, Jake is frightened, looking up to...

Scorn of Secrets by B. Truly is a mesmerizing coming-of-age story with strong themes and elaborately developed characters. When Madison Guillory’s father dies leaving a huge gambling debt behind, her mother doesn’t wait long to start dating again. After just a few months, she introduces...

Dóchas: Hope Changes Things by Elle Mae O'Donnell is a spellbinding fantasy with enough drama to keep any reader entertained. Eden is the ruler of Geraldia and a woman with the mysterious gift of controlling the weather and an insatiable thirst for vengeance. Miles Everest...

Falling for Another Darcy is the third installment of Kate O'Keeffe's Love Manor romantic comedy series. It's been a year since Emma Brady met her Mr. Darcy, Sebastian Huntington-Ross, on the hit reality TV show, Dating Mr. Darcy. Now happily married, Emma acclimates herself to...

An Ocean Away: A Journey of Hardship and Survival by Peter Clarke is a well-crafted historical novel that is both touching and hopeful. Set in the mid-1800s, the story is about William (a.k.a. Bill) Smith who is sent off by his father to Belfast, hoping...

Rayne’s Summer is a tale of a nine-year-old lad growing up in a small town on the English coast. Set in the 1950s with a backstory of the Korean War, young Rayne is thrust into a whirlwind of events with meanings beyond his years. Margaret...

Secrets the Walkers Keep by J. Morgan Michaels is the first book in the Casters of Magic series. After his mother’s death, Manhattan “Hat” Walker is no longer himself. Whereas he had previously spent time with his large family weekly, if not more frequently, he...

There’s a well-repeated phrase, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” While in many ways that saying is true, it can also be said that you can’t choose a book without its cover and, more significantly, its title. When have you ever been attracted...

In The Die Is Cast, the first book in the Lady Jane and the Last Supper Dish series, Heights and Woodhouse deliver a daring thriller that measures up to the storytelling craft and the deft plotting of Dan Brown when it comes to weaving mystery...

The Silver Thread of Life by Phillip Bruce Chute is a non-fiction collection of '50 Original True Accounts of Divine Interventions and Life-Changing Spiritual Events.' Chute has found in his 40 years as a tax preparer that his clients have a tendency to share their...

Emily: Courage Amid Shadows of the Confederacy by Ken DeHaven follows sixteen-year-old Emily Harmon who moves with her family to Missouri from Illinois. It is in the period following the Civil War and the effects of the war are still deeply felt, notably with the...

Enterprise Architecture Fundamentals: Using the Pagoda Blueprint is a work of non-fiction in the business and finance sub-genres, and was penned by author Rémy Fannader. As its title suggests, the work focuses on the complex world of how businesses might organize their IT infrastructure in...

Wisdom from the Wild: The Nine Unbreakable Laws of Leadership from the Animal Kingdom uses animals to teach leadership skills. Author Julie C. Henry calls her book a “fun, new approach to leadership.” Henry’s principles include overcoming fear (based on spiders), developing a singleness of...