Closure by Lindsey Todd starts with Morgan Wells singing to charm the audience. She is attracted to fellow musician Kyle in a manner that enables her to overcome her obsession with her former boyfriend, Wade. As part of the healing process, Morgan recounts the history...

Wrapped in Quotations: One Gay Guy's Commonplace Book by Tom Beattie is a collection work by the self-described “quotophile”. The anthology has stories of different lengths, primarily flash fiction, with several that are lyrical and wonderfully poetic. Each piece revolves around a quote or ten,...

Too Cute to Spook, written by Diana Aleksandrova and illustrated by Alicia Young, is the fourth book in their Special Monsters Collection, with the other three being Mon-staa, Thud! Thud! and an Activity Book: Monsters – Packed, Fun Activities. In Too Cute to Spook, Larry,...

MON-STAA (Special Monsters Collection Book 2) by Diana Aleksandrova is a simple and sweet story of a child finding a friend in an unlikely way. Right away, we meet a little girl, Nikki, and her family. Nikki, her baby brother, and their parents are having...

White Fire by Laurie Bell is the first installment in the Toni Delle Adventures series. White Fire follows the adventures of an interplanetary adventurer named Toni Delle as she undertakes a new and dangerous assignment with the aid of her robotic dog companion and ship’s...

Pulling no punches, Voices of Diversity is a powerful collection of statement poems by Vanessa Caraveo that does exactly what it sets out to do – it makes people sit up and take stock of themselves and the world in which they live. Characterized by...

Zippy and Zappy, two ladybirds, lived in a cornfield under a big green leaf and led a happy life. They ate the green flies that came to eat the corn leaves. As the months passed by, Zippy and Zappy started getting bored and they decided...

The Sky is Not the Limit: Talent is Only the Beginning by Maggie Richardson is a non-fiction biography of Ross Hutchinson, a man who wore a great many different hats through a diverse career. Hutchinson was the rare sort of man who not only dreamed...

Carl hasn't adjusted well to his new home in the city; he is stubborn, disruptive, and cantankerous. His owner wants to guide him towards becoming a positive member of the household as well as society. Carl's owner had dealt with many difficult children working as...

Fourth Strike: A Novel of Suspense is the fourth book in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla series by Judy Bishop, a suspenseful story that had me on the edge of my seat as I read from page to page. Retired Judge Martin Hendrix has just...

Barnabas Tew and the Case of the Hellenic Abduction is a unique work of fiction in the fantasy, mythological, and detective adventure sub-genres, and was written by author Columbkill Noonan. In this fifth book in the Barnabas Tew detective series, we find our protagonist getting...

Eris Rising: A Memoir of Finding the Warrior Within by Courtney Ramm is an unforgettable memoir about a woman who is abused by a relationship but comes back a winner. Being born from a genetic pool of genius doesn't make Courtney immune to the pitfalls...

Newark Minutemen by Leslie K. Barry is a historical novel that is compelling and deftly written to capture an important moment in US history. Based on a true story in the 1930s and during the Great Depression, the narrative follows Jewish boxer Yael Newman who...

Haskell Himself is an LGBTQ coming-of-age novel written by Gary Seigel. It was 1966, and Haskell considered his life to be as optimal as it could get. Granted, his single mom worked all hours of the day and night, so they never really did get...

Born and raised under the Communist regime in Sibiu, Romania before relocating to the United States, Dr. Aura Imbarus shares her personal journey to enlightenment. When she was the victim of a car accident, it was her wake up call to discover her true purpose...

Seeing Ceremony: A Novel With Recipes by Meera Ekkanath Klein is the heartwarming story of Meena, a young Indian girl who rejects the first suitors the Indian matchmaker presents and persuades her mother to allow her to travel. Over in America, Meena resides with her...

In I Have ADHD, So What by Michelle Bradshaw, we are introduced to a boy named Brayden who likes to be called B. He was diagnosed with ADHD and he’s okay with that. While people might think he’s different, his mother tells him that it...

Nikki Lee Taylor says, “The Secrets We Keep is a confronting look at the complexities of a family and the lengths a mother will go to for her child.” While I agree with that statement, I hope very few families are as complex as those...

Everything I Need to Save My Friend and Doom the Universe by Adrian Speed will take you to the far reaches of the universe and back with a story of friendship, aliens, and the stars. Victoria only wanted to sleep and had no intention of...

Love Among the Recipes by Carol M. Cram will appeal to fans of women's fiction, romance, and drama. When Genna McGraw's marriage falls apart, she leaves Vancouver for Paris, planning to write a cookbook with recipes for bistro dishes. Genna seeks inspiration while sightseeing; almost...