Sixteen-year-old Callie was only about five feet tall, but her guts stood eleven feet proud. She had big dreams but came from a family that thought women were too delicate to be more. Fortunately, her wealthy and doting aunt, Nancy, took her side. Callie was...

The Inked by Kristina Streva is set on the coast of Denmark. Yuri, Britt, and Tanis are “The Inked”, creatures born with tentacles because of an ancient curse. Kaleb, son of the king of Merfolk, impulsively trades healing balm for a tryst with Yuri. Unfortunately,...

The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes and Mysteries by Mitzi Szereto is a compendium of some of the many unsolved crimes and mysteries. We all expect crimes to be solved but many never do, going cold over time and raising plenty of questions....

Allergy Possible! by Monique Faella is a children’s picture book that helps children who have serious allergic reactions to feel less alienated by what’s going on in the world around them. The narrative is smart despite being mainly written in simplistic kid-friendly language. There might...

Encore: The Show Must Go On by Zane Pinner is a short horror story. Robin had a great job, working and living at the Majestic Cinema, a theater that he hoped to own one day. He thought he knew the place inside out but he’s...

Traveling through time has become a norm for the Holloway girls who can monitor the time jumps with their chronometers. However, a sudden unscheduled time jump transports Summer Holloway to 1692 Salem, just before the witch-hunting frenzy had started. In a parallel storyline, Sydney Monaco,...

Santa Borrows a Helicopter is a joyful and entertaining children’s book by Regina Puckett. It is Christmas Eve and just as Santa is getting ready to deliver the presents, he discovers that the reindeer are not feeling well and will not be able to fly...

Weightless, Woven Words by Umar Siddiqui is a collection of poems told from the perspective and experiences of an extrovert. The poems start with the depressive state and feelings that individuals go through during their lifetime. As you progress, emotions become more intense with greater...

Spencer Margaret's 52 Lessons With Finn is a coming-of-age tale. Thirteen-year-old Lola Thune's life turns upside down when her father abandons Lola and her mother to fend for themselves in a small Minnesotan town. Plagued by anxiety and mood swings, Lola enters the rebellious phase...

Everyone is familiar with America's war on terror which began after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers. What led to those attacks in the first place and was the war on terror successful? Through a series of essays and poems, Lies of an...

Songs By Honeybird is a work of fiction in the drama subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Peter McDade. The book follows doctoral candidate Ben and his ex-girlfriend Nina in the aftermath of their break-up following Nina’s...

Heaven & Earth is a work of fiction in the drama subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Joshua Senter. The book follows Ruth Christianson, wife of well-regarded Pastor Sam, following the incredible revelation that Sam has had...

No good deed goes unpunished is the perfect way to describe the theme of The Panacea Project by Catherine Devore Johnson. People had always targeted (or avoided) Calla Hammond due to their biases against her skin condition. Yet, things turned dramatically when the doctors discovered...

In Every Saint a Sinner, an audiobook by Pearl Solas, Veronica Matthews suffers the unthinkable. Her son Shaun is abused by a Catholic priest, Father Paul Peña, who is subsequently arrested and imprisoned. Not satisfied that justice has been fully served, Veronica, herself a lawyer,...

Every Saint a Sinner by Pearl Solas is a bittersweet story that defies and sometimes horrifies the imagination and yet captures the reader in its overall themes of love and forgiveness. When lawyer Veronica Matthews’ twelve-year-old son is raped by a Catholic priest at his...

Old Country Surprises is a reflective young adult adventure by Ken Saik. Mike Bennek accepts his ailing grandfather’s request to travel to Ukraine to research his origins. Mike, his siblings, and friends embark on this unique journey and become captivated by the old-world charms of...

What if you had an all-knowing advanced AI that brings out the worst aspects of your character and helps you bury your darkest secrets? The Hotchkiss by Pierre Lawrence may be the answer to that question. This sci-fi satire opens with Charles Crenshaw celebrating his...

Waiting 'Round To Die by Chris Grant is a thought-provoking novel about one man’s quest to find the meaning of life. The story unravels in 2016 in Little Rock, and what follows seems like a series of random reminiscences of a man’s life journey, literally...

In November 1978, Ben Lin sold the restaurant he had elevated from obscurity to fame. He then explored his joy of cooking by starting a one-man catering business that provided a service for clients from different institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania and the Curtis...

Just Another Dead Animal is a memoir by James Morris, a Vietnam War vet who tells his story about how he unwittingly joined a war he never wanted to be a part of. After graduating from high school, James had high hopes while joining Penascola...