“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...

A Winter’s Disgrace by Kathleen Buckley begins with a chance meeting on a snowy road. Rosamund Fortescue, who has been forced to leave her home, is trying to reach London on foot but is on the verge of giving up. Cyprian Law, the Earl of...

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...

Drowning the Flames by A.L. Wyss is a young adult fantasy that follows the adventures of Vivian Carmine, a teenage girl thrust into the secret world of mythical beings. Vivian continues her journey of self-discovery and growth as she has to face the Greek god...

Prince Michael and the Unicorn, written by PG Badzey and illustrated by Meadow Holt, is a fantastical and magical story about a boy who hears about and would like to meet a unicorn. Prince Michael was visiting with his dwarf, elven, and sprite friends when...

Into Ashes is the final chapter in the Phoenix Rising Trilogy by A.L. Wyss. After saving the world twice, Vivian Carmine, a girl with Phoenix powers, finds herself at a crossroads. She has to go up against RISE, the secret organization for mythical creatures that...

Kip Cassino's Supplicant is a dystopian sci-fi thriller. In the 26th century, the world is divided into fiefdoms, with 200 powerful individuals ruling their territories and extending their lives far beyond the rest of humanity. KAX is a twenty-six-year-old supplicant who serves Grand Master Tyl...

Don’t Pet the Fluffy Cows! by Dee Dee Fox is a playful, rhyming picture book with a serious message about wildlife safety. The story follows Jimmy, who has waited nearly a year for his vacation to the grasslands to see the majestic bison. He is...

David L. Wadley’s Kamala 2028 follows Mika Johnson, an organizer raised on the legacy of the Black Panther community activism. She discovers an artificial intelligence system developed by the founder of Halcyon Labs, who intends to use it to ruin the upcoming 2028 election and...

Marianne Rabalais Suler opens a window into a period of little-known history with her debut novel, Like Snow Before Sun. Set in the mid-1700’s Acadia (modern-day Nova Scotia), the story follows the harrowing journey of Jeanne LeJeune, a woman of both French-Acadian and Mi’kmaq descent,...

Child of the Dragon by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley follows a world where dragon shapeshifters called the Rhaegynne are under the control of two tyrannical kings, unable to fully claim their freedom. The story kicks off in the middle of a brutal battle where Coleman and...

In Stefano Blackwood's The Cube of Dominium: Beneath the Veils of Power, years after a brief encounter between Napoleon Bonaparte and a tavern worker named Anne Blanchet, a girl named Claire grows up carrying a silver pendant given to her mother before Napoleon departed for...

Upon opening Paul Kaplan's The Thingy That’s Stringy (and Other Ridiculous Poems), young readers enter a playful world of everyday moments and familiar objects that turn into ridiculously silly rhymes. This book is full of short poems that bounce quickly from deli counters selling laughs...

In Jermaine Bell Jr.’s Zodiac Defenders: Virgo Rising, a woman named Serenity lives quietly in the coastal city of Drokeo Bay until a supernatural encounter awakens a power linked to the Virgo zodiac spirit in her body. Dante, a messenger from a higher realm, informs...

Anne Boleyn is off on another adventure. Having left her training at Margaret of Austria’s court, Anne is now entering the French court as one of Mary Tudor’s most trusted ladies’ maids. In Rozsa Gaston’s The Queen’s Maid, Anne, with her fluency in French, is...

Liberty Landing by Gail Vida Hamburg begins with the story of Gabe Khoury, a determined young immigrant who arrives in the Midwestern town of Azyl Park with little more than resolve and a fierce will to survive. Once a displaced young man stepping off a...