The Imperial Orchid by Nicola Italia is a historical romance set at the end of the Victorian era. Orchid mania has gripped England, and Lord Holloway is no exception. Having been sent a drawing of an elusive specimen, he enlists the reluctant help of his...

Heaven Bound Amid Pandemics: The Road All Runners Come by Ken Rolheiser is a powerful book that communicates hope in the midst of despair, written by someone who has ministered to the sick and the dying. Written within the context of the pandemic, this book...

A jilted attorney and an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD encounter each other in the wilds of Wyoming, changing their lives forever in the heartwarming romance, Heart of the Mountain by Kay Wolfe. Lara is a successful attorney, but when her love life falls apart, her...

Murmuration by Sid Balman Jr. follows the lives of a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds who find their destinies entwined together while fighting on behalf of the United States. In the early 90s, Charlie Christmas, a Somali translator hired by the US Army, helps...

Fair Helen’s Midnight by D.L. John is a short story written in a free verse style of poetry and is about a woman connecting and discovering the deep love she feels for her island, culture, and traditions. Though the world may have looked down on...

Bending to Break by A. L. Hartwell details the life of Olivia, an English girl who lived in New York. She was a budding lawyer and tried to get through each day because dissatisfaction plagued her. Olivia’s clients were the wealthiest in society, guilty of...

In Chasing Home, a splendid novel by Marianne Holmes, Dustin Upshaw is a twenty-something college dropout who gets into trouble nightly. Finally, he takes his delinquent life a step too far and is sentenced to 30 days in jail. But due to his family connections,...

A man puts his life on the line to make the company that destroyed so many people's lives pay for their hubris in the dystopian novel Kill Zone by Damir Salkovic. Despite that the environment they live in is only comfortable and secure for the...

Prisoners of war stories evoke tremendous interest and empathy with their tragedies and triumphant survival. Sally Brandle has written a fictionalized account in Sapphire Promise of Annike’s survival in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Japan overran Indonesia in 1942, interning and then imprisoning Annike...

Memoir of a Nerd: Humorous Essays and Short Stories by Hank Mancini is a hilarious memoir that made me think about the fun, carefree moments of my childhood, formative years, and early adult life when it was not considered abuse to prank people. This book...

Your Future, Your Dreams: How to Retire Anywhere in the World by Angie Brimer is a retirement destination guide. This book contains all the information you need to find the perfect retirement spot. The author gives well-detailed facts on the various retirement programs offered by...

This book is not for the casually curious! Home is Where Heart Is: Tiny Houses, Vans, and Living Your Best Life by Kristine Hudson is an extremely detailed introduction to life on the road, either part-time or full-time. It’s not a how-to book necessarily. It...

Outstanding illustrations will draw children into Adam’s Atomic Squirrel, and the story will keep them turning the pages. What will happen next? Who’s downstairs making that noise and how will they solve the problem? Author Florence McNeil Jones kept my curiosity at its pique and...

Katina Chimney’s Keilah West: The World’s Greatest Klutz is a children’s picture book about a little girl named Keilah who stumbles a bit through the book, trying to find something that she’s good at. Whether cleaning the house or participating in outdoor activities, she just...

Curse of the Furies is the first installment in the Furious Legacy series written by Meadoe Hora. High school teenager Erin feels reluctant to take her rightful place as one of Hades' Furies alongside her aunts, Tis and Meg. Trouble ensues when on her first...

The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey is a cultural work of art. It follows Luna and Lucien with different backgrounds and family ties, but who come together out of fate. Lucien finds Luna’s moleskin journal in a coffee shop. His interest is...

Common Kindred by Isaac M. Lawton is a character-driven story that explores the importance of a supportive community in personal growth and strong themes like purpose, finding meaning, friendship, family, and love. When Joe decides to do what he really wants, he is unaware that...

Spiral is a work of fiction in the thriller genre. It is aimed at older readers and was penned by Khaled Talib. The book follows pharmacist Laurence Turner who is seeking a fresh start in South Australia after the death of his fiancée and the...

Imagine being nine years old and told you are going to leave not only the only home you have ever known but your entire country! Agnes, her mother, sister Elizabeth, and brother Robert take a journey from their home in Scotland across the ocean to...

Pastoring through a Pandemic: Battling the Second Wave of COVID 19 by Reginald Bernard is a look at the author’s pastoral journal entries. It highlights the sixty-five-day period in the collective life of the King Solomon Baptist Church that began in the summer of 2020....