In Winnie - Daughter of Azania by Ade Ajibulu, Winnie has a deep connection to Azania, an impoverished community just outside Pretoria. Just like Nelson, her late, well-respected father, Azania and the people who reside there are entrenched deep in her soul. Azania is plagued...

Katz' Cat by Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the first book in a new cozy mystery series. Jimmy Katz is done with the Big City and is ready for a change. After being robbed at gunpoint at a gas station, Jimmy is ready for something small-time,...

Rehumanizing the Workplace: Future-Proofing Your Organization While Restoring Hope, Well-Being, and Performance, by Rosie Ward and Jon Robison, takes a powerful, practical, and compassionate look at how to fortify your business or organization while putting people first. This inspiring guide could save your organization and...

Opening with the now-retired military protagonist, Jackson Joseph MacKenzie, suffering from a potentially deadly snakebite, Forged in Fire and Blood is a flashback to his extraordinary career, from the teenage soldier in combat in Korea to his appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at...

Call My Name by Jenni Ogden is an impressive and complex novel, especially concerning friendship, motherhood, and grief. It follows Olivia Newman, an orphaned girl who is raised by her mother's best friend, Cathie Tulloch, and her husband. Now aged 22 and a newly graduated...

Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons opens with an unusual event, the experience of a toxic fog that covers the town of Slippery Elm, Pennsylvania on Halloween in 1963. Eleven-year-old Chuck Coolidge’s brother, Danny, goes missing after the fog that leaves most of the town...

Mirror Wars: Double Jeopardy is a work of fiction in the science fiction, crime, and adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author Alan Bayles. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and contains the use of some explicit language throughout as well...

War Story by Rolf Margenau takes us on a journey through WWII with four young people who are faced with the horrors of a world at war and learn to grow up quickly because of it. All four participants are linked to each other either...

A 68-page book of poetry, Aegis of Waves is a short collection of verse written by Elder Gideon. A high school English teacher for underserved students, Gideon uses the knowledge gained while securing an MFA in poetry to craft each page specifically as intended. Aegis...

The Fleeing Felon by Daniel Maldonado begins with a brief introduction to the protagonist, Fredrick, underdressed and uninvited, sitting alone in a far corner and sticking out like a sore thumb at a party at the luxurious Regal Phoenix Resort and Spa. Freddie is fresh...

(Mostly) True Tales of Birchmont Village begins with a fire. Peter J. Stavros describes the plight of the Johnsons, a family whose presence is missed when their house catches fire not once, but twice, on the same day. The family is discussed at length by...

The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing is a work of non-fiction by Marlene Cullen. As Christine Falcon-Daigle writes: “The safety of the blank page has been where I go to find myself whenever I feel lost and alone or spiritually bankrupt. It’s...

Axel’s mom is in the military. He is okay with that. Shermaine Perry-Knights—a child of a military parent—understands the difficulty children have when a parent is assigned to a new base. In I Move a Lot and That’s Okay!, Shermaine shares with military children what...

Tammy Fortune has authored an excellent children’s book about the hard-to-handle emotion of anger. In Alpacas Don’t Get Angry, Apollo the Alpaca feels he has been wronged and becomes angry. His friends all give him pat answers, but none of them takes time to listen...

The Bedtime Story Race by Shel Curry is a fun and fast-paced picture book for young children. The book focuses on two siblings, Ethan and Sophie. Ethan is eager to show off his reading skills to his older sister but when their mother says, "The...

Fatal Pose by Barna William Donovan is a murder mystery with a twist. Gunnar Marino is an ex-bodybuilder who works as a private investigator. Being his own boss is better than he expected, and his job came with its perks. He has seen a lot...

Into the Violet Gardens is a work of science fiction and cyber-thriller writing by Isaac Nasri. The work is suited to a mature adult audience due to the inclusion of graphic violence, explicit language, and sexual references. A pair of diverse protagonists lead the way...

In the Fullness of Time by Carolyn R. Russell takes us into a world ravaged by climate change, overpopulation, and by humanity eager to get rid of mankind’s most dangerous foe: mosquitoes. Unfortunately, the extinction of mosquitoes unbalances the ecosystem, and the world has been...

Jazmine is very sad. She misses her Daddy. She misses all the things they used to do together: the books they read, the fun things they did at the park. It's not easy losing a loved one, and Jazmine is having difficulty understanding why her...

Screenwriting for Storytellers: How to Take Your Story from Idea to Script by SherLann D. Moore is a must-read manual for anyone who wants to convert their novel, novella, or short story to the silver screen. If you think this transformation is a simple process,...