Night Shift by Allie McCormack is the ninth book in the Magic of Wishes & Dreams paranormal romance series. The story is set in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City, where shifters have been exposed to the world, and anti-supernatural extremism is quietly...

In Bruce L. Thomas's American Insurgent Ukraine, after CIA Director JoJo Brunel orders a secret killing in Ukraine, the disappearance of Lubosh Chumak, a government employee selling American secrets, threatens to expose a hidden arrangement with Catalan, the alias of arms dealer Bart Westinghouse, who...

Cucina Italiana Comes to Brooklyn by John Agresto is by far the most interesting cookbook I’ve ever read. This isn’t just another Italian cookbook; it’s a memoir of John’s culinary adventures as he learns all there is to know about his national heritage. Before he...

In Tracey Magruder’s Between the Lines, Sadie Reed accepts a temporary editing assignment in Great Missenden after leaving Nate, her controlling ex-fiancé, in New York. Her job is to help Corbyn Pearce, a reclusive British mystery author, finish Echoes of Ash before his publisher cancels....

Sun, Sea, & Blueberry Tea by Kerry Evelyn follows Zaki Marsch, a professional hockey player, his fiancée Arwyn, and his twin daughters Isla and Amelie as they travel to the charming seaside town of Crane’s Cove in Maine for a friend’s wedding. What starts as...

Alex O. Harb’s To Spare A Dragon follows Celia of Rellan, a paid monster hunter whose sister Emilia is dying from orange plague. Celia wants money for a healer, and has no interest in royal ceremony, yet King Talbert names her Dragon Slayer after Tallanor...

Quest for the Code by Heather Bradley follows two girls, Brenda and her best friend Arpita, as they try to decode a note they found by coincidence. These two best friends liked to play detectives, and having this strange note blow their way was like...

Math Is A Blast! by Wendy Chen is a well-written book that teaches maths, numbers, as well as other mathematical operations, in a fun way to children through rhymes and repetition. Wendy starts by presenting the concept of math, which involves positive numbers, negative numbers,...

The Itch of the Middling Cat by R. S. Vern is for fans of literary fiction and novels about animals. Haee is a black cat with a crooked tail. Rescued by Tom and Jane when he was a kitten, Haee wants to be useful to...

Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts begins with an introduction to Daniela Rojas, a former Army Ranger completing her final FBI training exercise under intense physical and psychological strain. From the opening scene, where Dani fights through pepper spray and multiple attackers, the story...

The children’s book Max’s Fudgy Friends: Island Adventures with Mackinac Max by Debbie Nellis follows a cheerful turtle named Max as he sets out on a simple but joyful mission across Mackinac Island in search of fudge. Max wakes with “only one thing on his...

In Psalm of Grace by Dennis E. Roumm, some unexpected heroes appear from surprising places. The story begins with Grace Quinn, a bookstore owner in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, meeting two men who tell her about an interesting opportunity. She tells her boyfriend, Ben Marcus, a Jewish...

In Daniel P. Douglas’s Blood Wing, Jack Morrison, a former police officer turned private investigator in 1951 San Pedro, is approached by Samuel Wilkins, who refuses to accept that his brother Ezekiel died in an accident inside a restricted aircraft plant building military cargo planes....

Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs is an enthralling story that I rank among my top reads of the year, so far. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is on vacation and has just been promoted to News Director. While on a two-week vacation in California,...

In Flora Wilder's How to Write a Life, Willow Carter writes historical romance in Haven under the pen name Arabella Wynn, but her newest book stalls when she cannot imagine the man at its center. Her friends push her toward dating-app research, hoping real dates...

Get ready for a dose of cozy supernatural mystery with Tessa Silver's Knit One, Purl a Secret. In the magical town of Quillhaven, Nettie Silverloop, owner of Yarn To Be Wild, is planning something special for the auction at this year's Valentine's Day. Nettie and...

Peter Van Oossanen’s When Mercy Died introduces Sam Stanton, who is an extraterrestrial raised on Earth. Sam is plunged into despair after his fiancée, Michelle Bennett, and her family are killed in revenge for his dismantling of the Scorpion cartel. He experiences grief and retreats...

Long Leg is the second book in the Blighted Earth series by R.M. Tembreull. It introduces the eponymous character, a gifted burrowing owl named Long Leg, who doubles as Keeper to the dying Earth Elemental Okaraxta. In times of uncertainty, the only thing that grounds...

Macee McNeill opens Everything I Never Wanted with a setup that could have come straight out of a sitcom. Defense attorney Connor Merritt is on a working vacation at Whispering Sands Island when he hears his new neighbor screaming through the wall. He rushes...

Wolfgang One by Shanti Hershenson tracks a teenage musical clone named Wolfgang who has spent years training under the strict eye of a global regime. Living on a remote island outpost, he finds a genuine human connection and a brilliant artistic muse in a clone...