Carry on Smartly by Wayne Westphal Barrow is a collection of six original short stories, where the characters experience moments that require immediate decisions, which define what follows. In The Kind-Hearted Stranger, a teenage real estate agent receives unexpected news and turns to Mr. Kippens,...

In Midnight Reverie by Hermione Lee, Cyndi Osmond wakes up from a dream of a royal wedding to the nightmare of her real life as a housemaid. In this version of the Cinderella story, there was no magic to get her to the ball, so...

In Joshua Becker’s Soul Mission, Ephraim teaches Spanish in Milwaukee while living with mental health issues that detach him from his wife Rachel, their young son Ari, and the ordinary rhythm of daily life. After horrifying visions connected to the Holocaust death camps begin pulling...

Sometimes, toddlers find it difficult to sleep in their beds alone. I Am Brave: I Sleep In My Own Bed! is an empowering picture book designed to help children master the art of sleeping in their own beds. Author George Toolan tells the story of...

In Stagnation Assassin: The Anti-Consultant Manifesto, Todd Hagopian describes how a business can appear stable while losing money each day, then shows how that condition develops through decisions that delay action even when leaders know what must be done. He centers the book on a...

The Duckling in Boots by Camelia Kuhn is a bilingual children’s story about a young duckling named Ducky who struggles with feeling different because of his glowing feet. The story begins on a farm where Ducky lives happily with his mother, but his unusual feet...

How do you move forward when wounds from the past are still open? Crooked Lines by Sally Barclay Faddis begins as Dahlia Charles gets ready for a family reunion at her inn in Coyote Creek, hoping for the weekend to go well. As she organizes...

It is fall 1974. Emily Wells and her partner, Thomas Findlay, an ex-lead member of a popular band, have arrived in Alaska seeking a fresh start. The couple had had enough of the chaotic life they lived in San Francisco, which was full of parties...

Dr. Theresa Y. Wee’s My COVID-19 Diary is a day-by-day, raw account of her experience of the first nine months of the pandemic. She captures the turmoil of lockdowns from March to December 2020. As a pediatrician in Honolulu, her memoir examines professional challenges, such...

Elisha, Man of God by Charles R. Reed tells the story of one of God’s most beloved prophets, Elisha. Documenting his life and special relationship with God, Charles paints a vivid picture of the man God entrusted with delivering His most important messages. Having been...

Healthcare Warriors: Why and How to Become One by Dr. Ira Williams is a heartfelt and passionate account of the medical malpractice that has plagued the American healthcare system for many years. Thanks to her long experience in hospitals across the country, Dr. Williams witnessed...

Debra Lee Fader's Walk by Faith with God as Your Compass is a memoir that details her extraordinary arc as a Las Vegas singer and Broadway veteran who faced a devastating physical collapse at the moment her political career just began. The book opens with...

In Steve C. Posner's Questioner, attorney Martin Bavarius takes on the defense of Mark Ryder after the shooting of fellow lawyer John Mudge. The case turns on a disturbing claim: Ryder believes the killing began inside QuestGame, a hyper-immersive virtual reality simulator. As Bavarius works...

In Kristen A. Peters' Me In Every Other, a fictionalized Kristen Peters has become the person her university relies on whenever something must be fixed. When a last-minute accreditation file is placed on her desk late on a Friday, she expects a difficult weekend. Instead,...

The Unbeautiful Butterfly is a children's picture book by Curtis Wright. It follows the journey of a little caterpillar into a butterfly. When a strong gust of wind blows a caterpillar egg from the leaf of a tree, it falls to the ground with a...

In her memoir Who Will Name the Bees?, Sarah Church Vosburgh recounts the period when her mother’s memory loss begins to affect her safety at home, leading to a decision that changes their roles into caregiver and dependant. Vosburgh arranges a care home placement in...

In Tinker by Jennifer M. Lane, the main character, Caroline, wrestles with her beliefs and the fear of acting on them. The story begins in 1794. She is the daughter of the local tax collector. She finds herself caught in a growing dispute between the...

The Soufflé Also Rises by Lauren Johnson is the first book in the Lizi Cleverly Midlife Badass Detective Series. When divorce takes Lizi’s husband, best friend, and even her dog away from her, she’s left with nothing, and losing her job shortly after is...

In her self-help memoir The Elephant in the Pool: Reflection Distorts Reality, Julie Renae Smith uses the image of an elephant moving through water to show how a life can be directed by beliefs first learned long before they are consciously chosen. Using memories and...

Misconstrue by Denise Forsythe propels you straight into Cassie Nichols’ reality, and it is not a comfortable place to be. Cassie has been incarcerated for nearly four years for her husband Jake’s death. She’s stuck inside Palmer Women’s Correctional Facility, while her son, Lucas, is...