Imagine a farm for butterflies. Having enjoyed their yearly trek to our northern rural home, I delight in the idea of creating a pollinator-friendly garden to welcome the butterflies and help them multiply. We need these pollinators and they are in a precarious situation that...

In Where’s My Granny Gone? we meet a little girl who is curious as to where her grandmother has gone. Seeing a For Sale sign on her grandmother's lawn, when she asked her mother, she was told that her grandmother went to a nice place...

Executive Malice (A Tale of Corporate Deceit) by R. L. Hann takes place in 1994, more than twenty years before the “Me Too” movement. This means women in the workplace were treated less than appropriately, especially when confronted with men in higher positions on the...

An Intense Calm: Maldives Eco Surfing Chronicle by Thirumoolar Devar follows Devar’s adventures through the magical archipelago. Twenty years earlier Devar had an epiphany that inspired his travels. At twenty-nine, he decided to make decisions that would lead him to achieve his dreams. After countries...

Pathway to Home: A Becker Family Novel by Pat Wahler will appeal strongly to fans of contemporary romance with complex characters. Not long after casting the ashes of her mother into the waters, Mira is given a letter her mother left behind with her friend,...

The Market Stall Girl by AnneMarie Brear centers around Beth Beaumont, a young woman who lives with her middle-class family on a farm and spends her day at the stall selling their fruits and vegetables. Noah Jackson is a coal miner living with his brothers,...

The Order of Time by Scott P. Southall is an engaging children's fantasy with believable characters and strong hints of adventure. It follows Anastasia and Edward Upston, eleven-year-old twins who attend the elite Blake Academy and who love exploring the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History....

Cross the Stars (Crossing Stars Duet, Book 1) by Venessa Kimball is a suspenseful romance with echoes of Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed Ella and Raj experience a chance meeting at a D.C. party and think their paths will never cross again. He is Jordanian royalty...

Before & After is a work of fiction in the fantasy romance, time travel, and historical sub-genres, and was penned by author Stella May. Written as the opening book to the Upon A Time series, this read is accessible and suitable for readers of all...

Zach's Quest: A Tale for Christmas is a holiday-themed children’s picture book written by Matt and Melanie Dragovits and illustrated by J.J. Varabkanich and Irma Torre. Santa and his elves were hard at work making toys and other gifts as Christmas Eve drew closer. Zach,...

Stone Fever is a work of fiction in the science fiction, action, and adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author Norman Westhoff. Written as the first book of the Erebus Tales, we meet the young savant geologist Keltyn SparrowHawk during a futuristic mission to Antarctica....

Carried Away is a romance novel for young and new adults written by A.E. Brouhard. Leila Thomas was no stranger to experiencing memories powerfully evoked by scents, or scenes, or songs. She rather enjoyed traveling back into her past; sometimes, those memories felt more real...

Getting to Know Matrix and Blaze, written by Dan Kunz and illustrated by Leslie Osmont, is the story of Danny’s trip to the art museum where he meets two talking snakes and learns about how they eat and grow, where they live, when they sleep,...

A Murder is Forever: The Diamond District Mystery Series is a sleuth murder mystery novel written by Rob Bates. Mimi Rosen didn’t want an ID card for easy access to the building housing her father’s diamond business. She had trained as a journalist and while...

The little boy and the little girl took Goldy to the park early because she had a puppy class. Goldy loved to run and bark there, and slowly her friends started arriving with their families. Though Goldy wanted to run, she had her training. Leash...

Goldy the Puppy was soon turning one and was going to have a birthday party. She was taken to a spa with lots of fun ideas on what to do with Goldy's soft fluffy fur. Goldy's fur could either be brushed to the top or...

A Black Rose Thrived by Rochelle Richey introduces readers to a little girl who is on the receiving end of her parents' dysfunctional relationship and which in turn haunts her and follows her throughout her entire life. The memoir chronicles her ups and downs, her...

Dog is a stray. He doesn’t have any other name. Just Dog. No one has owned him, so he was never given a name. He lives off food from the dumpster next to a local diner. And he sleeps on a discarded duvet in an...

Hitchin' Post and the 6B Ranch Kids, Book 3 is an adventure picture book written by Julie Barker and illustrated by Carolyn Altman. Hitchin’ Post and the crew of 6B know how to work around the long, hot summer days. They get their jobs done...

Optimize Your Immune System: Create Health and Resilience with a Kitchen Pharmacy by Marie Ruggles, RD, CN is an insightful and engaging book about wellness that supports the crucial function of the immune system, very helpful when it comes to maintaining health. The book is...