Obesseus: Feast of Legends, The Slam-Fu Edition 1 by D.T. Tucker takes young readers on a journey through Buffetland, a world where food is not only sustenance but also a source of power, conflict, and identity. The story centers on Obesseus, a larger-than-life hero whose...

Earth’s Secret Visitors by Lisa M. Nelson is an exploration of extraterrestrial encounters, spiritual growth, and the mysteries of the universe. Nelson shares her extraordinary experiences with interdimensional beings, offering readers a glimpse into the enigmatic world of alien interactions and advanced technologies. The book...

Just as Loved as You by J.J. Carter begins with a young girl who starts to notice how all the memories and stories, especially those of her two sisters, seem to be only from “before she came along.” The family laughs over inside jokes, shared...

Born of Shadow: Empire of Blades by Nicole Conway follows Violet, a young Viperi, caught and jailed for the murder of a blacksmith. Having no hope of anything other than the executioner's block, Violet seemingly has no choice but to trust the cloaked man offering...

Bart Carroll’s Bolted to the Bone is an exciting, gritty, and tightly interwoven tale of fantasy and science fiction. The story is set in the Emerald Remanant, a broken fragment of Earth, when Earth was fractured to its very core. Emerald is in orbit around...

At the center of Lake Anamizu, there was an island. It was home to an elderly couple referred to as Grandpa and Grandma Maru by the people who lived along the shores of the lake. The couple was kind and generous, and they had a...

The March of Ink by Edgar Dixon Rodriquez is an informative and deeply moving account of the author’s war deployment to the Persian Gulf in 1991, including 43 letters between him and his new bride. The author was a member of the Army Reserve and...

In Picasso's Hidden Legacy by Beatrix Koch, Marilyn Hendrickson, a New York art historian, time-travels back to 1925 Antibes with Boris Latsky, a brilliant scientist and her longtime partner. The goal? To persuade Pablo Picasso to paint one hundred secret works that would be buried...

The Secret Cookie Caper by David Horn follows Eudora, a girl living aboard the AstroLiner Athena, where school days end in a cafeteria and ship announcements carry as much weight as homework. When the chief chef decides to base a full week of meals on...

In Smoky Blue Sunrise by Lucille Guarino, Jolie-Mae Buckley leaves her South Carolina hometown in the aftermath of her sister Katy-June's death in a car accident. Jolie takes a live-in nanny position with Amanda and Jesse, a physician and an attorney with two young children...

What Really Happened to Marion and Candace by Cynthia Cook is the true story of the collapse of a sister bond after dementia enters a family. Marion Horsell, an aging artist living in Park City, depends on her adult son, Shane, and his partner, Sunshine,...

The Incredible Adventures of Casper the Cat Who Got Lost in Africa is the fifth book in the series by Jennifer Ussi. Each book features a different African animal in addition to the star, Casper, the house cat. This humorous children’s story has a large...

In A Second Chance by Asher Frend, Oak Haven teenagers Mikaila Emery, her older sister Kaitlyn, and their best friend Chara Wilson move through the same town under very different pressures. Mikaila believes she has been given limited time to protect Chara after a disturbing...

Runika “Run” Long, a young woman born and raised in the Lower East Side of New York, knew what it felt like to exist and not be seen and heard. It was the reason she had chosen life in foster care over one with her...

Birds Gone Wild by Janelle Molony is a comprehensive look at ostrich farming, originating from the 19th-century South African feather boom, and the creation of captive breeding systems that expanded rapidly under colonial administration. Molony follows the transfer of this model to the United States...

Jennifer Gauthier’s memoir, Through Her Eyes, introduces a woman raised in the north-eastern United States by parents whose marriage was shaped by alcohol and conflict; she learns self-reliance long before she understands its cost. As a teenager, she becomes a mother to her son Amir...

Sambisa Sunrise (Olive and Arrow) by Scott R Hofmann is a spine-chillingly realistic terrorist thriller, directly based on the infamous schoolgirl kidnappings in Nigeria by Boko Haram in 2014. When the world was horrified by the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians in Syria by the ISIS...

After the Quiet: Stories to the Edge and Back by Carl Lakeland is a tightly constructed collection that examines moments when ordinary lives brush up against violence, moral fracture, and irrevocable choice. Across its interconnected stories, the book moves through intelligence work, personal loss, and...

And So It Goes by Gary E Smith is a mystery/thriller novel that takes readers to Italy as our protagonist tries to survive. Jenny Stone is a prosecuting attorney who has just concluded a money laundering case when she becomes a target herself. A thumb...

Little Deaths All in a Row by Elizabeth Earley surprised me in ways I never expected with its depth and the author’s ability to communicate complex thoughts so that readers not only understand but also enjoy it. The author examines the paradoxical relationship between sex...