The Moose Smooch by Stacy Taylor is a picture book about Moose, a lovable dog whose one favorite thing in the world is a big doggie smooch. From the opening pages, Moose is shown enjoying hugs and scratches, but it is his joyful kisses that...

Confessions of a Problem Seeker by Howard Steinberg is a memoir that begins with his childhood in Queens, molded by parents who survived the Holocaust. His early life is marked by inherited fear, silence, and responsibilities that predate his own experience. A juvenile diabetes diagnosis...

Gin Crow by Jason Hill follows Willy Knight, a widowed father living with his daughter Christy in 2005 San Antonio. Willy has spent years studying the death of Helen Ruth after recognizing parallels between her disappearance from public memory and his own wife’s death after...

Babymaking by Vincentia Schroeter is a memoir that follows the author from a moment of settled adulthood into a years-long pursuit of parenthood, bound to marriage and prolonged medical care. After meeting Steve during a family gathering, she builds a life with him that turns...

The Serpent's Fall is a thrilling action novel by JD Zeeman. In Cape Town, South Africa, a former police officer lost his family in a tragic grenade explosion and left the force. Jack Dunning now works at a diner. However, when a young woman fleeing...

Olga Alexeeva did not move to America when her younger sister left Russia; it was only years later that she took the opportunity to leave the country of her birth. She shares with us the memories of her younger days in the Soviet Union, the...

The Cat Owner's Guide to Health Emergencies by Dr. Gal Chivvis presents feline emergency care as a matter of owners' readiness, recognition, and timely action, explaining that cats often mask an illness until their health is impaired. Chivvis teaches us how a crisis will usually...

Monkey Morales: The True Story of a Mythic Cuban Exile, Assassin, CIA Operative, FBI Informant, Smuggler, and Dad by Sean Oliver and Ricardo Morales, Jr., is an expansive biography that follows the extraordinary life of Ricardo “Monkey” Morales, a figure who moved through some of...

After King Anu’s death, Prince Anton emerges as the heir at the very moment Aries comes under threat. While Queen Falani works to keep the court united and the kingdom stable, Anton is pulled into direct action when attacks on a vital river crossing place...

Traveling the world is bound to make the traveler aware of some of the world’s most memorable historic moments. In Kirk Ward Robinson’s Hiking Through History, the author takes readers on an epic journey through Scotland, Spain, France, and Italy, sharing fascinating details of the...

In The Second World by Jake Korell, Flip Buchanan grows up inside a Martian colony where power is exercised through ceremony, media displays, and corporate rituals. While adults hold authority in public, Flip builds his real life with his friends Pepper, Rizz, Pockets, and Cheese,...

Qarsoon by David C. Jeffrey, Space Unbound book four, is set in the 23rd century. Book one sees Earth’s decline, and a failed Martian settlement threatens humanity. The discovery of a living planet becomes central to human continuity through Aiden Macallan’s direct linkage. In book...

Everywhere She Ran is a fast‑paced mystery novel by A. Eveline and a gripping read. Communications lawyer Leyla James is no stranger to intrigue. But in the middle of the COVID pandemic, she’s determined to keep her job while many others join the unemployment line....

All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Emily Rose Brubaker follows Willow, a girl who lives in Alaska. She is drawn to the light during long summer days and winter nights filled with northern lights. When Willow receives a rather plain gray cup at breakfast,...

In Of Gods and Ruin by Jonathan D. Lambert, after a forbidden gate is destroyed beneath Brethefen, Desnia is imprisoned and accused of causing the fire that devastated the city. The Sapphiric Court orders silence while Lord General Rosethorn enforces martial law and suppresses reports...

Things I Saw: A Funny Animal Alphabet Book, written and illustrated by Britt Joanna, is a charming, hilarious book for children that depicts various animals from A to Z performing antics that begin with the first letter of their name. This book is a great...

The Name and the Key by Kristina Elyse Butke is about Lily Bellamy, a teenage girl whose world slowly falls apart after her mother vanishes and is later found drowned in the marshlands near their home. Lily has grown up in the shadow of her...

The Christmas Starfish by J.B. Auchter is a holiday picture book that takes readers beneath the waves for a seasonal adventure in Cape Cod Bay. Framed as a story shared on a winter night, the tale imagines Santa’s sleigh gliding not only through the sky...

A Brief History of Wasting Time by Gary C McAuley follows Cyrus, a man who decides that doing as little as possible will govern his days after finishing a long-postponed physics book. He stays indoors, organizes his hours around television, minor contests, and talk, then...

In Thomas and the Magic Violin by Tuula Pere, a young boy is determined to get a difficult composition for his school’s concert just right. While his friends are outside, Thomas is practicing inside with the windows open, worried that his neighbors are tired of...