Life is unpredictable and full of surprises. Anything can happen at any time. Emerging From the Dark by Terence Ang shares his story and that of other stroke survivors. Their stories acknowledge that the journey is not easy, but it's possible, and they have overcome...

Holy Parrot is a work of fiction in a literary style in the interpersonal drama sub-genre. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Angel A. In this fascinating cross-cultural novel, we meet Leo, an Australian student working...

Long Enough to Love You by Kirsten Pursell is Jenn’s story on finding your own happily ever after. Fifty-four-year-old Jenn feels like a donut; whole on the outside but empty inside. With her children away living independent lives, and a husband that doesn’t see her...

In Lenna's Music Adventure: Spread Love Magically with Piano by Lele, we learn that Lenna loves music. She loves to hum, sing, and dance and is an active little girl. At the age of three, her mother takes her to visit a potential daycare, but...

The Mystic Swords of Love and Innocence: Reclaim Your Magnificence by Elizabeth Upton is a wonderful, honest, and inspirational book about love and innocence. In it, with great candor, Elizabeth Upton dismisses the idea that once we turn into adults, we lose our innocence or...

A Decade Aborning by Keith Julius is a social issues novel and the fourth book in The CASA Chronicles, preceded by book one, Catch a Falling Star, book two, Born for Adversity, and book three, The Robber of Youth. This installment revolves around a suicidal...

The Uninviting Forest by Nikita Kapoor is the first book in the Pack of the Lost series. Living within a small, crooked mountain is a pack of majestic wolves facing the collapse of the cave they call home. The loss of their home separates the...

The Miracle at Assisi Hill by Pat Camalliere invites us to dive into the intricacies of riddles. Cora Tozzi, an archivist with a historical background, visits a convent of Franciscan sisters, Assisi Hill, situated in Lemont, near Chicago. Cora was about to assist Sister Lorita,...

Awkward Avocado and the Interrupting Raptor, Awkward Avocado Series, Book 2 by C.J. Zachary, is a children’s illustrated book. It’s about two avocados (think big and little brother), and it’s written from the big avocado’s perspective. In a humorous fashion, he asks you, the reader...

The death of Oren Appleton was puzzling to all. How could he die from a hit-and-run on an uphill road? Why did someone place clover leaves around his head instead of informing anyone about the accident? Soon afterward, Oren’s beloved grandson, Olly, moves to Littleton...

Sacred Vengeance is a work of fiction in the fantasy and action subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Evangaline Pierce. The book follows Alle Vengega, a woman with a happy family and an idyllic life whose world...

The Outcast is book two of the Techboys Series. This is a sexy, modern love story by Eve M. Riley. Dr. Kate Thurman and Fabian Adramovich are two very different people with completely different lives. They happen to meet one fateful day at the hospital....

Cassiopeia, aka Pia, and her friend Samsara had just graduated from the University of New York when they decide to go on vacation to Vieques Island. While on the island, Pia experiences strange events that she can’t explain. Apart from having the same dreams as...

I remember my mother saying that “children are only with us on loan.” Yes, they are a gift, but the gift is temporary because ultimately, children grow up and move on with their lives. Even though children are with us short-term, they always have us...

Klippe the Viking (Little Viking) by Bjorn Fyrre is a moving and inspirational children’s picture book about learning to love yourself and not be afraid to try new things. Klippe is a young Viking who feels out of place in her village. She’s struggling in...

Augie the Therapy Doggie: A Tale of Becoming a Therapy Dog by Heather Vina is the story of Augie, a Golden Retriever who is a pet and the business partner to the author. Together they spread joy to the elderly, people with disabilities, and young...

Author Melissa Jacobus has raised two adopted children, both diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), an invisible but preventable developmental disability. FASD is caused when a mother consumes alcohol during her pregnancy which can present in the child in various ways. The main factor...

Bunny the cat’s adventures around the globe continue in Hello, My Name is Bunny! Paris by Matt Bloom. Bunny Simmons-Bloom is back and this time she’s in the city of love, Paris, France. As Bunny gets a taste for fresh air in Paris, she takes...

The magic continues in The Madigan Chronicles series by Marieke Lexmond, who has delivered book four in The Cup. Lexmond has a flair for cinematic landscape no matter what world[s] the characters inhabit. The Cup traverses London, Boston, New Orleans, the land of Fairy, and...

Her Own Revolution by Debra Borchert is an immersive historical story set in the 1790s during The French Revolution. Though the new French government’s motto includes freedom for all, Geneviève Fouquier-Tinville believes the only thing women are free to do is to starve. She wishes...