Good Tales For Bad Dreams, a series of re-imagined fairy tales, presents the fourth standalone installment in the series with Setsuko & the Seven Samurai by V.M. Sawh. Set in 16th-century Japan, Setsuko is the daughter of the daimyo who controls the surrounding lands, and...

Battle to Save the Bay is an environmental drama novel by Ron Chandler. Recently graduated from high school, Donna Burgess joins the Chesapeake Bay Coalition, which aims to stop the pollution and environmental decay of the Baltimore harbor due to the dumping of excessive waste...

Saving KC by Grinnell Desjarlais is Kelly Chase’s story of redemption from an abyss few could contemplate. Having met his perfect match in Rita Siva, Kelly, a half-blood Blackfeet Indian from Montana, is swept into the insanity of the Vietnam War; a course change in...

In J. R. Wirth's The Institute, seventeen-year-old Melissa Jenkins wakes up from a terrifying, recurring nightmare. In her dream, Melissa encounters the same individual each time but cannot identify who he is. Melissa decided to volunteer at the Serenity Institute, where she began assisting Scarecrow,...

Imagine finally going to the school of your dreams and being told you could choose for yourself what subject you wished to study. Imagine seeing things you shouldn’t be seeing, things that aren’t normal. Imagine, too, becoming the host of a restless ghost. That’s the...

Light From the Dust by Matthew William Frend is a compilation of the author's original science fiction short stories, each independent of one another within the genre and each reading entirely as a stand-alone. Frend's stories embody a full range of speculative themes, from Introduced...

The Reluctant Ninja: How A Middle-Aged Princess Became A Warrior Queen is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and inspirational writing subgenres. It is intended for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Cheryl L Ilov. In this explorative and motivational...

A mother always wants the best for her children, so she seeks to help and advise them in the best possible way. I Love You So Much That... talks about why suggestions and requests are made to children. A mother asks her son to go...

In the epilogue of her autobiography, After All, Maria Trautman concludes that forgiveness is not about excusing behavior, such as abuse, but about “letting go” so that her “soul would be free of bitterness.” If only all victims of parental and sexual abuse could embrace...

Cherishable (An Illuminating Guide for Caregivers and Patients) by Julie J. Wylie is a non-fiction audiobook that would be best suited for those who have received a terminal diagnosis, those who know someone who has received a terminal diagnosis, and those in a grief-related field...

Not Your Child by Lis Angus has a shocking prologue that describes a motor accident in which the parents were killed and the baby seat was empty. Years later, Daniel Kazan sees two girls in the park. One child reminds him of his deceased daughter....

Touch the Dead is a sleuth murder mystery novel by E.S. Thornton. Nineteen-year-old Eden Sinclair returns to her Aunt Billie's Fox Dunes Lodge in Florida, determined to solve the mystery of the disappearance of her beloved cousin, Jess. But things don't go according to plan...

In Nema and Clow: A Friendship Under the Sea, Amina Ouchen explains the complex concept of symbiotic relationships clearly, so even children can understand them. I taught science at the secondary level and had difficulty explaining symbiosis to the students. However, Amina makes it look...

Death is a fact of life. Grief is hard. Wilfredo A Vargas addresses these difficult issues in Dad Rides in Heaven Now! When a child goes through grief, they often feel all alone. They feel they are the only ones who have experienced such an...

The State of Emergency is the second installment of The Adventures of Rug Bug series by Kay M. Bates. After defeating the Ratty Army and freeing Mousetopia from the clutches of Rat City, Rug Bug, a beetle, enjoys his days as the newly promoted assistant...

Which natural food is better to eat? All of them have their advantages, either for their vitamins, minerals, or proteins. To help us choose we have The Superheroes on Your Plate, where we see an interesting contest between various foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and...

Sarah and the Crows Clean Up is a children's picture book written by Joanne Russo Insull and illustrated by Kelly Artieri. Every morning, Sarah wakes up and grabs a handful of peanuts and a bowl of water to treat the crows stationed outside her house....

Spinner is a lively, playful young dolphin. There are lots of things he loves to do and he’s not afraid to try something new and even more adventurous. Playing far from his pod – his family and friends – Spinner finds freedom, but he also...

In Leading in A Social World, R Aaron Templer turns our perception of social media marketing on its head. He considers social media the area of leaders and customer service, not marketing. He sees building social capital as a leadership skill, and the goal of...

Leah Busboom's Forever You is the twelfth book in the Connor Brother series. Laci Vandervolt is a famous country singer who travels in time from 2021 to 1855 when a storm rolls her out from her concert. Laci needs to deal with this perplexing situation...