Woe is Me...It's Spring! is a sweet, fun, and informative children's picture book. Penned and illustrated by Amy Dua, this book teaches children about spring and what animals do when new life emerges after the challenging winter months. It shows how each being, such as...

Dog communication. There's an app for that. At least there is in Dog Talk by LuAnn M. Rod. George Theodore, or GT, is tasked with caring for his mother’s bratty poodle, Fifi, for the entire summer as punishment for an incident involving the principal's car....

Frizzle's Funky Day at the Zoo by Rhonda Goodall is a kids' picture book. Frizzle lives in Happy Town and Saturday has finally arrived – it's the day Frizzle and Mr. Owl are planning a visit to the zoo. They'd never been before and arranged...

Lesser Demons is the first book in the Way Reader Series by Rose Card-Faux. In this young adult fantasy, protagonist Zanny Monroe was just a regular 18-year-old before Rishi and Dylan walked into her life and shattered everything she ever knew. The boys reveal to...

Members of the Del Rio drug cartel destroyed Elizabeth Sanchez's village seven years ago in an attempt to set an example for other towns that defied their brutal rule. All her family members perished that day except her. After learning that someone survived his vengeance-fueled...

The Last Single Couple in America by Martin Sacchetti is an utterly delightful and occasionally zany account of two years in the life of Jude Giacolone – gay, attracted to anything with a pulse, about to turn thirty, unsure of his purpose in life, having...

Ava the Monster Slayer: Sleepover Superheroes, written by Lisa Maggiore and illustrated by Ross Felten, is a fun read that children of all ages will enjoy. Ava and her friends, Emma and Ashley, are excited to attend their school's sleepover event at the gym. This...

Red, white, and blue are significant in our culture, symbolizing freedom and honoring those who have served and will serve. In A Patriotic Day at the Rodeo by M.D. Ford, we follow the story of a young girl named Dee, an avid horse rider who...

Gregory Urbach’s Dashiell Hammett vs Sherlock Holmes: In Search of Jack the Ripper is a well-researched and well-crafted mystery. In the novel, the narrator is Dashiell Hammett. In 1929, Hammett visited London to find more information about the Maltese Falcon at the British Museum. He wakes...

In his memoir, Always Moving Forward, David A. Jones recalls growing up in 1930s-40s Louisville, where he excelled in academics and athletics despite the financial insecurity his family was up against. As a Navy ROTC scholar at the University of Louisville, he met Betty, his...

Emis Rindar is an experienced diplomat from the Dras Rindar clan. He arrives at Dras Sayve, another clan on Knyadrea, the moon of the planet Axis. Emis hopes to choose a student among the juvenile Dras Sayve's knyads, as he is a skilled tutor and...

It’s been said that home is where the heart is and for many of us who share a special bond with a family member, quite often a grandparent, home is with that special someone, either in person or in spirit. Kara L. Zajac shared a...

Medicine has a purpose – to heal. It’s not a treat; it’s not candy. Too much medicine can be harmful, just as taking someone else’s medicine can make you sick. In Dr. Kathleen Humel’s Sweetie, That’s Not Sweets!, a young girl, sick with a...

Afloat: A Raft of Water Poems by Sheryl Massaro is a flowing river of poetry. Although each poem leads gracefully into another, each one can also stand alone, as would a pond or puddle. This collection will appeal not only to those who enjoy poetry...

The Space Between Us is a hilarious romantic comedy by Melanie Summers that centers on two prospective lovebirds, Gwen Fox, an astrobiologist, and Ty Sterling, a wealthy CEO. Ty wants to cut funding for Gwen and her research team, but Gwen isn't about to let...

Our Bodies Electric by Zackary Vernon is a coming-of-age story that follows a young teenager's journey of self-discovery during his adolescent years. Josh is a sixth-grader raised in a very conservative household with his two sisters on Pawley's Island, South Carolina, in the mid-1990s. Whether...

It had been seven years since Layla Ray, an NFT expert and white hat hacker, had left her toxic relationship with her ex-fiance Julien, a black hat hacker, and moved to Seattle to hide from him and start over. Were it not for the support...

The Love Knot is a heartwarming children's picture book written by Vassi Rombis and illustrated by Pei Jen. The story follows Ollie, an otter who's very anxious after learning that he has to change his sleeping spot as he's grown up and can no longer...

In Bloodwoven: The Binding Tenets Trilogy (book one), G.J. Terral skillfully narrates the adventures of Lin, a resilient Ferrucium soldier. Lin must safely guide two escortees (Margaret and Aemun) to a secure, assigned location. A quick stop in a small village results in an unexpected...

Call Me Adam is a work of fiction in the dark fantasy, supernatural, and interpersonal drama genres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to the deep discussion of themes such as self-harm and suicide. Penned by author Jo McCarty, the plot follows Louie,...