Shaila Holmes: Fairy Detective by Lori Keating consists of five mysteries that take one clever detective and her sidekick on mini epic adventures. With help from her adorable hummingbird friend, Itsy, she searches for clues and closes every case. From helping search for a missing...

The impact of symbolic systems on human awareness provides the background to The Cosmological Mind by Anthony L. Canali. He reflects that the role of the media in forming opinions has led to media bias. It has also become a source of entertainment rather than...

Cinderveil by Jeff Bartrom starts with Seraphine waking up on a battlefield with no memory of who she is. All she has is the Phoenixfire, a magical relic, burned into her palm. It gives her strong fire magic, but her life is bound to it....

My Lovely Dark Summer is a sci-fi mystery by Tom Connelly. Laura Gibbons was just about to turn sixteen when her mother moved the family from sunny California to the small town of Fordington in New York. Curious about the "road to nowhere", where an...

Kristina’s Cache by Kristina Ahlnäs is a fun, easy-to-read memoir of a woman seized by the thrill of adventure and the unknown. Growing up in rural Finland in the 1960s was an amazing experience for the author, but she had dreams of becoming an oceanographer,...

I’ve read a lot of parenting books, but Keep Your Cool: Anger Management for Parents by Olivia Tanner Greene is a total knock-out. Usually, books about temper and triggers can feel a bit shaming, but the affirmational tone in this book is a breath of...

In Borderline Human: Persona by Oxsana Palatskaya, Lena Dyal works as an analyst inside Persona Tower, a corporate system that monitors cognition and behavior through an interface called Reflex. When her clearance is reduced after several unexplained legacy server accesses, she traces anomalies linked to...

Bad Americans: Part II by Tejas Desai continues the bold and unflinching exploration of American life that made the first volume so memorable. This time, the narrative unfolds through Olive Mixer's unusual pandemic getaway in the Hamptons, where twelve very different guests are brought together...

Secrets and Silk is the third book in the Delcinia Diaries series by Dania Voss. Growing up on her family's dairy farm in Orville, Ohio, didn't stop Natalie Wilson from becoming a runway model at Delcinia, one of the premier lingerie companies in New York....

Sugar Sand Land by Patricia Leavy is a love story for the ages. Emerson Blue is one of the most famous social media influencers in the world. She appeared to come from nowhere and announced her arrival with the question: “Who is Emerson Blue?” Her...

Choosing the right career, or making the right move, can be daunting, particularly in volatile times. Navigating Your Next by Julian Lighton describes the steps to decide, arrive, and prosper. A career is more than just earning money. It provides a sense of identity. The...

Elizabeth Kellam's Chopin’s Last Manuscript begins in 1971, when a Polish craftsman renovating Eugène Delacroix’s Paris studio discovers a hidden leather portfolio beneath the floorboards. Inside are a manuscript signed by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin and a diary that appears to chronicle his private account of...

The Necessary Goodbye by Peter D. Banko is a well-written book that offers readers essential leadership tools for finding, developing, and nurturing talent; selecting the right people for their team, and firing team members who do not contribute meaningfully to organizational goals and fit the...

Aaliyah and Amelia in the Garden of Whispering Wings by Christel Finley-Harrell begins with two sisters playing in their backyard. The girls find Zoe, a friendly butterfly, who tells them about a hidden garden where the butterflies have faded colors. Zoe tells them that only...

The Cheeky Capybara is a children’s picture book written by Kateryna Dronova with illustrations by Dara Karei. It is the story of Tito—a capybara with a big personality and an even bigger ego. He struts around the marshes and green meadows, convinced he’s better than...

We Live in a Fallen World by Lance Dickson is a helpful guide that aims to help believers find ways to remain faithful to God in this world that is full of sin and corruption. The author reminds readers about the origin of sin and...

Shirley Murley is a little girl who loves her faithful dog, Trevor. In Su Murley’s Shirley Murley and Clever Trevor, the twosome is inseparable as Trevor is the ideal four-legged companion. There are many things that this clever dog can do: he is good on...

Arklight: Templar Underworld by J.M. Myrick is a deep dive into the secrets, myths, and mysteries left behind by the Templar Knights as well as the modern-day Templar Secret Orders that keep those traditions alive. It is 1990, and thirteen irreplaceable masterpieces are stolen from...

Robots, Please is an eclectic collection of loosely connected short stories by Jared M. Bentley. A newly created forestry robot unwittingly causes unrest among politicians, military strategists, and environmentalists alike, until it unexpectedly gets a promotion. After offering a ride to a hitchhiking andro sapien,...

Orlando Chavez's Portrait of a Hollow Man follows a man who ends up trapped in the same routines, glued to technology, and mentally checked out from the world around him. He wakes up early, goes through his phone, eats breakfast, takes care of his aging...