In This Kindness Prepares Another, Keith Thorn isn't interested in giving us a polished, ego-driven victory lap. Instead, the book feels like a quiet, almost startlingly honest dismantling of the person he used to be. Thorn deconstructs the defensive walls he spent decades building, looking...

Open Hands follows Keith Thorn as the wound left by the father who abandoned him continues to shape his life well into later adulthood, until the painful distance that forms between Keith and his own children forces him to face the fear that has guided...

In What’s Your Nineveh? When Running from Your Calling Becomes Its Own Kind of Hell, Keith Thorn turns the biblical account of Jonah into a question of what happens when a person keeps refusing the duty God has placed on them. In the Bible, Jonah...

Embodied Grace by Stacey Webb begins with a moonlit night in India, where Webb hears a call to stop withholding love from herself. From that moment, the author presents grace as something the body can receive before the mind has words for it. The guide...

Don't Tell by Teresa Schapansky is a deeply personal and harrowing memoir based on the life story of Troy Edward Eklund. The book walks you through Troy’s painful childhood, his addiction, and his fight for a better life—all before his sudden death in 2025. Troy...

Yvonne deSousa is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The only way to deal with it is to face facts and take each day as it comes. The various signs and symptoms of the disease make her day to day life progressively difficult. She ends up quitting...

Magelica’s Voyage is a fantasy children’s book written by Louise Courey Nadeau. Curious about her parentage, and where she’d come from, twelve-year-old Magelica runs to the cottage from the forest, in order to seek shelter from a sudden storm. At home, Magelica's carer, Gri, runs...

Surrender: A Memoir of Nature, Nurture, and Love by Marylee MacDonald is a moving coming-of-age story about adoption straight from the heart. From the first few paragraphs, you will be touched by how adoption shaped her--from birth, through her formative years, and later, as a...

Vuk: Legend of a Fanged Guardian Angel by Dan Božinov had me spellbound. In New York in 1983, Alex inherits two unusual legacies from his late father. One is a big dog, and the other is a mysterious journal. In the journal, he discovers the...

A World of Unbreakable Love is a children’s picture book written by Melissa Garin with illustrations by Ale Tadeo. It follows two siblings, Emma and Elliot, who want to come up with a great idea to hold on to the memories they make with their...

Flotsam by Patricia Boomsma is a murder/mystery, crime story that takes place in the Pacific Northwest and sheds a spotlight on the mysterious yet regular disappearances of women on both sides of the Canadian/American border, especially indigenous women. Kelly Flynn is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney...

Soul Shattering Sex: What All Women Deserve and How They Can Achieve It...Every Time is a non-fiction self-help book written by J. William Laundre. In his introduction, the author shares his philosophy that enjoyable and fulfilling sex is something that both men and women have...

Shocked Silent by Judith Driscoll is the perfect psychological thriller, making this a really good story from the very beginning until the last page. Susan is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital, helping as many people as she can; feeling their pain and trying...

Dare Not Tell by Elaine Schroller is a beautifully written and psychologically engaging historical novel that follows a couple as they deal with trauma from war. It has been two decades since Joe Parker, an Australian war hero, left the trenches of war, and while...

Author John Russell's 20 Ways to Increase Your Psychic Abilities is a work of non-fiction in the supernatural, spiritual, and advice and guidance subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience. In this interesting and insightful work, the author offers practical guidance and...

Letter writing is a lost art. It used to be that everyone knew how to craft a well done letter and they did it often. Letter writing was not considered odd or unique; it was simply an everyday thing. If you have ever had the...

Deception by Heather Walsh mixes romance with suspense to introduce readers to a thrilling story that features lies, secrets, and scandals, a story that is every bit as entertaining as it is engaging. The story begins with action and a powerful hook. I enjoyed the...

In Bella's Dash by Jo Dibblee, you will also read about many more rescue dogs that find their forever homes with people who love them, as well as Bella's story. There are many different breeds or mixed breeds in different sizes, but to their people...

Growing up is a lot of work. There’s so much to learn. Little Jeffery has to learn about manners, like saying please and thank you and helping others when the need arises. He has to learn to be excited about going to church and learning...

Questions about God and Life I Wish My Grandchildren Had Asked features Ezra Stuyvesant responding to deep spiritual inquiries with clear, practical explanations. He explains emotions like anger and worry as ego-driven illusions masking the divine self and champions prayer and meditation for reconnecting with...