Fear of public speaking is a common phobia, and this is especially true for individuals who aren’t fluent in the local language. In Carla the Conqueror by Anna Maria DiDio, we meet a young immigrant from Colombia who only learned to read and write in...

Desire in Dairyland is a crime drama romance novel by Michelle Caffrey. After being accepted into med school, Ruth Markson returns to her childhood home in the small town of Eureka, Wisconsin, hoping to make enough money for her tuition. She joins the Golden Years...

In My Venus Fry Trap by Mr. Sun, a girl receives an alien pet called a Venus 'fry' trap from her parents. She is excited to have this new pet, but a problem arises when she tries to feed it fries… it won’t eat them!...

Dash and the Fibonacci Fungus, written by Seth Daugherty with illustrations by Adam Maguire, is a wonderful children’s book that centers on math. One day, fifth grader Dash went to live temporarily with his Uncle Tim due to his parents’ top secret jobs in D.C....

Utopia Falling: A Darkness Rises by R.C. Vielee is an epic fantasy story. Reyne is a modest nut farmer with dreams who only wants to marry Mithany. Reyne is unaware of his ability to jump between realms or his significance in Tartica's destiny. Meanwhile, compassionate...

The idea of traveling to the future is exciting, but also terrifying for 18-year-old Margaret, but she’s certain that it’s the answer to all of her problems. But the 21st century is nothing like the 19th century that she left behind. Not the city, not...

In Light of the Magos: The Spark Within, T.A.C. Wilson creates a world that is both familiar and alien. Modern Ireland is a land of magic, both good and bad, but among the magic wielders are two distinct sides. The Intellects are the hereditary traditional...

In The Longest War: A Psychotherapist’s Experience of Divorce, Custody, and Power, author Catherine Harrington offers a personal and moving story about a taboo in society that to this day is still hidden in dark corners. People try to pretend that it does not happen,...

David Cook's Unforgettable reviews the lives of three young women, Gabrielle, Althea, and Stephanie, who were adopted by Dr. Daniel Ross and his wife after tragic events caused social services to take over their care. The couple raises the children, and they become well-adjusted adults...

Blue Ridge is a crime thriller by Peter Malone Elliott. Christopher invited his twin brother to smooth things over and prevent him from going to the press. Christopher is running for governor, and he needs Cillian to keep quiet about the terrible secret they share....

Adam Unrehearsed by Don Futterman is the poignant tale of a young Jewish boy coming into manhood in the tough, unforgiving streets of urban New York in the 70s. Adam Miller is on the cusp of entering manhood through the Jewish tradition of the Bar...

Six Moons, Seven Gods is a work of fiction in the fantasy, action, and adventure subgenres, and forms the opening novel to The Legends of Baelon series. It is best suited to the adult reading audience owing to some scenes of violence and sexual violence....

Sworn Shift is the third book in The Wolves of Rock Falls series by AJ Skelly. Raven Rivers is a 17-year-old werewolf who is marked by her mate, Bowen, mere seconds after he'd tried to kill Raven's brother, Cade. She'd had no idea that her...

Verlaine Crawford created her own secret garden, one to rival the garden that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. I have a secret garden, too, created similarly out of love and respect for all that is beautiful and profound in nature. Crawford’s Endless Shades...

Confession by Nicholas Antony Parisi tells the true story of the "King of Bootleggers" Murder. The story of two mob families fighting each other for control and the murder of the "king of bootleggers" took the world by storm. Told by a member of the...

In The Only Way Through Is Out, a memoir by Suzette Mullen, she tells us of her battle within herself and the frustration of knowing something in her life is missing. One day, her book coach helps her discover a possibility: she might have sexual...

The Redemption of Kings by Mark Castleberry is set in the land of Connacht, where the Ghel people face divine punishment for straying from their faith in the Lord of Light, while King Nazzar of Ash seeks to conquer and enslave them. Four young Ghel...

Tammy L. Brown’s Dear Anne... is a poignant and timely epistolary novel that explores the emotional trauma of the Israeli/Hamas conflict through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl named Rachel. Living in a kibbutz in Israel, Rachel is constantly surrounded by the sounds of gunfire...

Love With the Five Senses by Carmen Parets Luque starts with a child called Rose pondering what love is after seeing her lovesick older sister. Her mother tells her that there are different kinds of love; it is not limited to romantic relationships alone. She...

Whether or not you’re a Trump fan, the possibility that you have been following developments in the many indictments that Trump is facing is pretty high. Perhaps you, like me, have wondered whether the man will end up in prison. While we all speculate on...