Hemlock Reefs by Darice Fetcher opens in a future where the Earth’s surface has been destroyed by war, climate collapse, and human ambition. Humanity now lives far below the ocean, protected by vast living walls known as the Hemlock Reefs. These reefs permit only approved...

All Fired Up by Carmine Valentine follows Marianne, who must complete a dare that, as she will soon discover, involves secrets, threats, mysterious events, and falling for a man. Marianne just moved into a mansion in her hometown on Orcas Island to fulfill a dare...

The Captive is the fourth book in the Heroes of the Empire series by Israh Azizi, but it can be read as a standalone novel. Honzio Hartinza has only one mission: root out all the traitors in the empire and rebuild. But he must first...

Mancala Moon by Asa Bowers is a fantasy about breaking a cursed cycle of pain. The story is about grief, the overshadowing presence and influence of ancestral ties, and inheritance. Micah is a 21-year-old struggling with the loss of his parents. He can’t come to...

In Hello Humans by Momoko Uno, for decades, Earth has been under quiet surveillance by offworld governments who believe the planet is nearing collapse. Princess Cupcake, sovereign of the Feline Federation, launches a program that embeds cats into human society to steer behavior at close...

Dying With a Secret by Tj O'Connor is about Detective Oliver Tucker, better known as Tuck, who is dead, but comes back as a ghost and lives with his wife Dr Angela Hill Tucker, helping her and his friend Captain Theodore “Bear” Braddock to solve...

Coming Alive on the Ride by Michael Yang is a memoir of Yang’s life, beginning with his childhood in postwar South Korea and continuing through immigration, family life, and a career in Silicon Valley. The book alternates between extended motorcycle journeys across North America and...

Demon Seed by W.D. Kilpack III is the third book in the acclaimed New Blood Saga, following Crown Prince and Order of Light. Previously in book one, Natharr serves as the Guardian of Maarihk, a role originating in the Firstborn Age, where his Firstblood grants...

Real Talk, Real Hope: Breast Cancer Your Way by Dr. Loren Rourke walks readers through the cancer journey, from screening to treatment and everything in between, grounded in clinical practice. Rourke describes how mammography functions and how screening schedules are determined for patients at differing...

In Honeycomb by R.A. Van Vleet, thirty-two-year-old realtor and part-time actress Sam Williams is in danger long before she realizes how precarious her life has become. Unbeknownst to her, two men are surveilling her on the orders of her jealous and manipulative agent, Ray Calderon....

Blood on the Hills is an epic gangster thriller by Andrew Velasco. The Mancinis are the most powerful mafia family in North Beach. While the Orlovs ply their trade on Russian Hill, the Triads rule over Chinatown. Tone Mancini is the apparent heir to the...

In The Lost Ballerina by Deanna Lynn Sletten, seventeen-year-old Maddie Carlson needs to earn money fast. Her boyfriend, Caden, crashed her car, and her father insists she pay for the repairs herself. Maddie takes a job mowing and weeding the lawn at a big, mysterious...

People can be annoying. Some slurp their drinks, some burp loudly, there are interrupters, those who pay no regard to time, people who stare, and those who snore. But none is as annoying as the narrator’s pet, Peeve, who is not your typical animal but...

Frantic by Brent Bradley is a psychological technothriller of astoundingly high quality for a debut novel. The story takes us to Texas and unfolds over 72 hours of a deadly race against time and the world’s most powerful and wealthy techno-titans. Formerly friends, two genius...

“Being different is a gift, … Trust your heart. It will always guide you.” In Wizard Penfield’s The Christmas Leprechaun, a young leprechaun named Finn knew he wasn’t like the other leprechauns around him. They were full of mischief and greed. Finn sought to be...

Getting Ready for My X-Ray, written by Dr. Fei Zheng-Ward and illustrated by Moch. Fajar Shobaru, is an educational journey into the world of X-rays, making it an excellent resource for children and families. The author skillfully explains the science behind X-rays in an easy-to-understand...

The Myth of Aldez by Steven Trifiletti is the story of Aldez, a cheerful orphan from Kanuku Village in the land of Hillian. He spends his days running errands and finding lost things for people, always with a grin, and carries two wooden swords everywhere...

Elco Parks by Sandro Laudadio is one of the most unusual stories I have read in a while, and it resonates with its themes and atmosphere. The setting is Vancouver in 2008, where a new religion has taken hold in the belief that glacial striations...

Life in the West was tough in the early days of pioneering. In C.C. Harrison’s The Women of Bandit Bend, this life is particularly tough for the women struggling to make a life for themselves on an isolated homestead. Tally and Ivy Tisdale live on...

Rosie the Silkie Hen is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Marian Gardner. It follows Rosie, a black-feathered Silkie hen who wishes to wear clothes. She knows this has never been done before. Chickens did not wear clothes, but she was about to...