The Ugly Underneath by Carlos Rodriguez is a memoir that traces the author’s path from a restless childhood to a career with the Washington State Patrol investigating crimes against children. The book opens with his formative memories, including the sudden loss of his grandmother and...

Another Havana Hangover by Randy Richardson revolves around Tanner Ford’s attempt to bring down the treacherous political system he helped create. He is pulled into the world of espionage after becoming involved with Richard Swift, a powerful political strategist in Washington. Swift is not trying...

When Kash is offered a security gig by his cousin Steel, the owner of a security company, to be the live-in bodyguard of a rockstar’s father, Kash accepts despite the knowledge that the rockstar is Valon, his ex. The job was the perfect opportunity for...

The Beast, once a powerful and shiny car admired by all who knew it, sat abandoned for many years in an old shed behind Mr. Peter's garage. Johnny started working in Mr. Peter’s garage when he was 12; he did small jobs, such as sweeping,...

A Hollow Death by Colleen Dumaine is a historical mystery set in Adelaide, Australia, in the late nineteenth century. Bethany Durrani is a determined investigator trying to keepher Investigation Agency afloat while raising her young son and managing the challenges of daily life. Lydia Emerson...

Best Birthday Ever is the second book in the Axolotl Agency series. It is written by Adrienne Christin and illustrated by Kat Powell. Axolotl friends Amethyst, Aqua, Onyx, Pearl, and Jade run the Axolotl Agency, which solves mysteries in and around Fin Lake and helps...

Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote, "Home is the nicest word there is." That’s exactly what Brownie, a stray dog, hopes for in Brownie’s Adventures: Island Tales of a Dog from Trinidad by Manuela Giger. Every day, she wanders the beaches and sidewalks of Trinidad, hungry not...

It had been three years of daring missions for Onsan Vorga as an agent of Skaperen the Creator, and now he was ready to step aside from his duties and look after his pregnant wife, with whom he lived in the Trannsa-Eaglais Citadel. However, the...

In Galactic Passages: Planet 6333 by Dean and Anson Vargo, when miners on Planet Muudia uncover a buried alien structure beneath the frozen crust, General Thomas Krevety is drawn into a chain of events that exposes a covert interstellar operation targeting resource worlds. A convoy...

Life is full of twists and turns, ups and downs. How do we manage unexpectedly anxious moments? Unexpected Aldars is written by a group of authors called Oakland Community's Unexpected Altars. One of the many contributing authors, Brian Greenfield, writes comparatively about how life is...

What does it truly mean to be alive? Does it mean being safe? Does it mean living in one place where everything is perfect, and the world is merely something you can watch through transparent walls? In Darya Ahmadi’s The Glass House on the Hill,...

In Betrayed Valor, Dr. Sammie L. Young tells his life story. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. His mother, a single parent of seven children, taught her children the importance of work, faith, and responsibility. Sammie absorbed this from early on and helped keep his...

Savoring France: A Francophile’s Guide to Mindful Travel by Eric Kirchmann guides readers through a richly detailed exploration of Paris, Alsace, the Loire Valley, and Gascony, emphasizing slow travel. Instead of rushing between landmarks, Kirchmann contemplates what it means to experience France with purpose, curiosity,...

The End of the Sidewalk by Nancy Schutt McCorkle centers on a white girl named Gertrude, or Trudy, growing up in Mississippi during the early 1960s. Segregation and clashes over civil rights are part of her everyday life. Her mother, who serves on the state’s...

“The company engineered desire and sold it as experience.” But in Tobacco City, a novella by author Ricardo Novaes, the company did much more than that: it disguised a hellish dystopia as success. Meet Matheus Reis, a power-hungry corporate cog ravenous for advancement no matter...

Chance: Beginnings by Roberts Essex follows Chance from birth through adulthood, hitting plenty of highs and lows along the journey. Faith plays a big role in Chance’s life, but it’s messy and real, not sugar-coated or preachy. One such portrayal of this family’s faith is...

The road to personal empowerment can be rocky. This was certainly the case for Aiyahla Lo’Qtus, who describes her journey in Freedom: From Trauma to Conscious Power, which reveals how she awakened to the 16 Truths of Freedom. Despite being a successful fashion editor while...

Some people find a way to overcome the hurdles that life throws their way and use these as foundational pillars to help others. In Light Up Your Life, author Candace Gish presents inspirational stories of teenage girls who brought light into the lives of others...

She Was Here: The Marginalia of Rossana Averni by G. C. Marti is an exploration of the aftermath of a gifted teenager’s hospitalization following a suicide attempt. Set in Venice, the story unfolds over eight days, focusing on three of Rossana’s teachers as they...

The Wisdom and Wealth Solution by Feroz Ansari is a guide to understanding how personal fulfillment and financial stability intersect. The book begins with a simple yet striking question posed to a classroom of MBA students: would they rather receive $20 million or a Nobel...