Outcasts of Essex by Jane Hulse is a wonderful historical tale of war, romance, and patriotism, set in the eighteenth century during the Revolutionary War. Sarah Barrett is just fifteen and is often required by her midwife mother to assist in the births of local...

A House Full of Strangers by Diana Stevan is a collection of two novellas and eleven short stories set in Winnipeg, Manitoba, during the 1940s and 1950s. The book focuses on landladies, their families, and the tenants who pass through their homes, offering a view...

In Chicago, Warren Stevick, a prominent tax and corporate attorney, had been the go-to guy for every crook who had a problem with the law and their money, and was a favorite among the mob. Life and business had been good until he was forced...

Getting Ready for a Tornado by Fei Zheng-Ward is a children’s book that talks about tornadoes and how children can stay safe if one appears. It explains that tornadoes are spinning windstorms that look like funnels reaching down from the sky. Some tornadoes are thin...

In Damion Hamilton's quasi-autobiographical work of fiction, Weirdo, Damion spends his days inside a book warehouse where the production speed dictates his worth, then goes into the city each night carrying books and notebooks as he tries to pass within spaces that were never built...

The Power to Say Yes! by Christine Assouad aims to help career women find meaning and balance in life. Women in business have to deal with issues like motherhood, managing a home, and societal pressures that make them feel either not enough or guilty for...

Max and Charlie's Highland Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter is another gripping adventure in a middle-grade series that will appeal to readers of all ages. Max is being sent on another special mission by the Guardians of Time, but on this occasion, he is not alone....

Mastering the Game of Servant Companies is a business book that treats business as a “game” rather than a war, and asks you to choose and play that game in a very different way. Alaauldin AlFar walks you through three big stages: Prepare to Play,...

Sweet Ridge Hearts by Susan Bagby is a story of human frailty, prejudice, heartbreak, strength found within, determination, hope, and love. It is a romance between two souls that need to make peace with what life has thrown at them and to forgive not only...

Step by Step is the second book in the Desperate Hearts series by Twila Mason. The story follows Chrissy as she is ready to take control of her life and fight for the future she always wanted. Landing the opportunity to paint a mural for...

When Lynn Davenport hears about the Veritas cruise, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to bond with a father who has been anything but that to her. She did not expect that, shortly after boarding the vessel with several other passengers, she would be...

Ivar's Mackinac Weekend by Meg Welch Dendler is a delightful true story about a service dog named Ivar who goes on a trip with his Mama Mindy to visit relatives in Mackinac Island, Michigan. Ivar helps Mama Mindy calm down when she struggles with anxiety...

Qiu Qiu's Toy Mountain is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Lili Roarke. It follows Qiu Qiu, a young boy who shares with his mother the inspiring story he learned in school. He tells her about Yu Gong, a 90-year-old man who lived...

In Rae Knightly’s Doomstar, after surviving imprisonment aboard the battleship Grimstar during the Remnant assault on Enillon, Trinket emerges from the wreckage of war with far more than the memory of the Doomstar crash. A dying prisoner has entrusted her with living beads linked to...

In Sophia Kouidou-Giles’s historic Ariadne, when Cretan princess Ariadne is sent to Athens as part of a fragile alliance, she enters a city strained by famine, political unrest, and rising hostility toward her family. Her brother Androgeus arrives to compete in the Panathenaic Games, but...

Ksenia Ivanova’s Pink Slippers and Other Bad Decisions drops you into Kaya’s rollercoaster of life as an immigrant in Israel. From settling in a small town to navigating low-paying cleaning jobs, disorderly clients, and impossible bosses, Kaya's days are a non-stop mix of survival. On...

In Pafel Dubois’s Spark Chase, Jace Jinks Keller lives on Helix Seven, where he keeps a hidden fragment of a wormhole known as the Spark that maintains a telepathic link with him. When armed operatives breach his quarters and take the Spark, Jace sees the...

“What truly matters isn’t the outside, but what’s inside.” Sometimes life doesn’t make it easy to accept these simple words. In Kateryna Dronova’s The Ring of Beauty, both Tilda and her father, Tobin, have important lessons to learn. The two have been cursed, all because...

Nick Chambers is grieving the recent deaths of his older brother, Alex, and mother, when his estranged younger sister, Deidre, asks to meet with him. He shows up at the rendezvous, only to be attacked by a man, whom he later learns is a demon....

Fifteenth Summer by Laura Campbell follows her fifteen-year-old self, who is sent to the Norris Home after her mom finds out she is pregnant. It all happens really fast, and she’s nervous, embarrassed, and unsure of what's ahead. The Home is all about routines—chores, meals,...