The Further Adventures of Erig the Earwig by Andy Evans is a well-written book that takes children on a trip into nature to learn about insects, their unique behaviors, and features. Andy begins by introducing two best friends, Erig, an earwig, and Bob, a copper...

In Robbi Sommers Bryant’s Last Breath, after learning that her boyfriend Edward Olson is the serial murderer known as the Copycat Killer, Seattle nurse Caitlyn Derry attempts to disappear before Edward escapes from police custody and resumes hunting her across the Pacific Northwest. Using false...

The Rogue's Confession by Serge R. Pospelov carries an unusual disclaimer on its opening page: all the people are fictional; all the events are real. That tension is what makes this book so gripping. Written by a former Russian Army officer who later escaped from...

Life is so much more than caring for oneself: it’s really about caring for others. In Brandy Clark’s Vivian’s Perfectly Imperfect Picnic, young Vivian enjoys a day at the park with her Bubba. She rides the swings, enjoys a picnic, and walks around with Bubba....

The Adventures of Jimmy Crikey: Tangled! by Wallace E. Briggs continues Jimmy Crikey’s imaginative journey as he navigates friendship, loyalty, magic, and adventure in the hidden world of Roombelow. At the start, Jimmy struggles with the emotional distance between himself and Annison, who no longer...

In Eli Quinn’s Godless, every child is branded by a god at age nine, but Cal receives no mark and is cast outside the city’s sanctioned paths. Years later, while working near the Bone Market, he handles a relic taken from a corpse and awakens...

Helyn Dunn’s Valor is the riveting and well-crafted story of Ena, a young Druid, and her quest to find purpose and meaning in her life. This is Book 2 of The Evensong Enchantments Trilogy, and many details of Book 1, Sacrifice, are interwoven. The story...

Neanderthal Sunset is a historical fiction novella by Steven Burgauer. Strong Arms is the leader of his increasingly depleting clan. He strives to fulfill his duties as mate to Big Curl, father to Wide Smiles, Fast Foot, and their siblings, as well as hunting and...

Sometimes the people who seem the most guarded are the ones with the heaviest history, and in For You Always by Hannah Jordan, Cammie knows that better than anyone. She left her hometown in search of a fresh start and happened upon Peace Falls, where...

In My Shyness Won’t Stop Me: Amara Makes Friends by Kay B., readers meet Amara, a young girl who feels overwhelmed about starting a new school. The minute she arrives, everything and everyone feels unfamiliar, causing her shyness to take over. She wants to make...

It is the summer of 1984. Instead of sending his fourteen-year-old son, William “Will” Timmons Junior, to summer camp like his peers, William Sr., a high-flying executive at Walton B. Woodward’s Sons, a brokerage firm in the heart of Philadelphia, brings him to his workplace....

When Lieutenant Lily Starling, of the United Earth Union fleet, is summoned by Caris to her lab on Bimini, she is shocked by Caris’ revelation about the dark truth behind the planet’s renewal cycle. Shortly after, through a tip from Datch’s digital backup, Lily heads...

Stay Thirsty by Mark Haertzen, with Mike E. Brown, is a self-help business memoir that explores Haertzen's series of ventures, using each one to determine what can produce a dependable income and what isn't going to work. From his early attempts at selling small goods...

In Teri M. Brown's novel, Peg, Unhinged, Peg and her husband have split. He left her. She credits the decline of her marriage to many things – his lack of contribution, both emotional and financial – but also to her change of life. Her son...

Shameful Silence: What You Don’t Know About Domestic Violence by Alexandra Lozano examines an often-overlooked aspect of intimate partner violence: male victims and the barriers they face in seeking recognition, support, and justice. Drawing on her experience as an immigration attorney, Lozano shares stories of...

Kids Show Kids: Phonics, Kindness & Confidence! by Christine Pierre is a well-written book that offers children practical intellectual skills, positive morals, and confidence. Christine introduces three best friends, Ronen, Morley, and Billy the frog, embarking on a mission to spread kindness and take readers...

Butterfly Pinned by Leslie Liautaud is a dark psychological thriller that tells the story of college junior Marin, who enters a respected Chicago university with the hope of escaping her broken Midwestern family and reinventing herself. She quickly becomes enchanted by Bette Winston, a wealthy,...

In Gypsy McKnight’s Escape from the Shadows, Lola Ward was raised in a mountain cabin by Dr. Preston Ward, the scientist who taught her to pass for human before telling her she was built in a secret government lab. When Agent Rowena Thorne resumes the...

Lynn Hesse’s Part of the Stars begins in 1878, Arkansas, when midwife Myra Logan vanishes after visiting the McCurdy family and wakes inside a mountain cave ruled by pale beings. Her husband Zepeda searches across the winter frontier while Myra’s aunt, Nellie Gatewood, presses officials...

Rabei A. Wazzeh's The Masterpiece of Nature takes a deep look at how people slowly shape their lives, and do it through repeated action, even when certainty has disappeared. Using real figures, including Nelson Mandela during imprisonment under apartheid and Malala Yousafzai after surviving political...