In The Elementals by Michelle Knohl, Mia had never been a normal girl. From the time she was little her mother feared her ability to tell a person's future, keeping her away from peers her own age. At her wit's end, Mia’s mother takes her...

In The Little Ouch, we are introduced to a little girl named Penelope who doesn’t want to go to the doctor. She has to get her flu shot which is something she doesn’t want. The little girl makes a scene, kicking and screaming at the...

The Duke Meets His Match by Karen Tuft keeps the reader engaged as sparks fly between Susan Jennings and George, Duke of Aylesham. Susan first meets the duke while reading in the library of an acquaintance. Because of his sensitive meeting, he assumed Susan was...

Elle has discovered something troubling at the German military base where she was recently assigned. It has something to do with the high-tech drones the military has built. Concerned about international safety, she reaches out to the only person she can truly trust, her sister...

I loved the twists and surprises in The Strange Tale of Miss Victoria Frank by Kelly Evans. Nikola Tesla is the real-life star of this fiction story set in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Victoria Frank is a young girl who grabs Tesla’s attention...

Campaigning Can Be Deadly: A Discount Detective Mystery #2 by Charlotte Stuart is the second entry in the series. It reads well as a standalone novel, a wonderful meld of murder, mystery, and sleuthing that will have readers on the edge of their seats. The...

In August of Deliverance by Michael Cameron, a twenty-one-year-old woman takes a break from college to explore herself and indulge in her obsessions in the most unlikely of places. As a middle-school girl, Kristi Lou was unusually tall and frightened by her height, as her...

In Elephant, Please! by Maureen Kauzlarich, when a little boy decides that the perfect pet for him would be an elephant, he thinks finding one will be easy. He dreams of all the exciting things he and his new elephant pet can do together. He...

The Misted Mirror: Mindfulness for Schools and Universities is a work of non-fiction in the advice and guidance, educational and mental health sub-genres, and was penned by doctor and author Peter Mack. As the title suggests, the work puts a particular focus on the importance...

A love story blossoms between Lilia Bennett-Parker and Mathew Campbell in Roberta Carr’s The Things We Don’t Say. In the first book, The Bennett Women, we witnessed how they grew up together and how they dealt with their feelings for each other. Now Lilia is...

Loving Two Women by Matthew Lutostanski is based on a true story. Tadeusz and Maria have been happily married for over 30 years. Since immigrating to England from Poland after the war, they have lived an idyllic life while trying to forget the traumas they...

Triumph: A Novel of the Human Spirit by Jodi Lea Stewart is a historical fiction novel that paints a picture of how small fissures can change generations of lives through the vivid imagery and storytelling of Stewart's characters. The book begins in 1903 with two...

How I Saved A Planet! is a work of fiction in the science fiction, adventure, and comedic sub-genres, and was penned by author Stephen Quatro. Taking a highly tongue in cheek approach to the genre, the work is best suited for adult reading audiences due...

For Those Who Weep by Rev. Richard Ames combines autobiography and theology. The early chapters outline the author’s background and path from abuse to Christianity. In later life, the author was faced with the challenge of illness. The only way he could resolve this was...

The Ink is a work of fiction in the gritty drama, horror, and psychological sub-genres, and was penned under the author name Antigone. Written for adults due to some extremely impactful scenes, as well as the presence of graphic violence and scenes of a sexual...

BFF: A Story About Bullycide by Lindsey G. P. Bell is the story of a young teenage girl named Abby Feldman. With her mother gone, Abby and her father unilaterally decide to leave the San Francisco Bay Area in favor of a massive house in...

Everywhere But Home: Life Overseas as Told by a Travel Blogger is a work of non-fiction in the travel, memoir, and slice of life sub-genres, and was penned by author Phil Rosen. After packing up and heading to Hong Kong straight after his graduation, Phil...

Heart Songs: A Holocaust Memoir (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII Book 4) by Barbara Gilford is a poignant memoir of a family that survived the Holocaust and she captures the ambiance of the pre-war and pre-Shoah Moravian bourgeoisie with great expertise. The author speaks about...

Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg is a suspenseful psychological thriller that will have readers flipping the pages as fast as they can to find out what happens next. Wyatt wakes up in the present day feeling out of sorts and finally realizes he had been...

Climate change is one of the most serious threats we and our planet have to face in the third decade of the 21st century. What could still be considered a matter of secondary importance until a few decades ago has definitely become a priority following...