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...

Aiken Ponder’s The Safe Place Was a Lie follows Dr. Idris Bardot, an obstetric emergency physician who has spent years noticing young women return to his hospital with pregnancies that do not fit their records. When a teenage girl vanishes from the building, Idris learns...

Douglas J. Sloan's Morphers, Monsters & Mayhem: My Travels Through the Power Rangers Galaxy is a memoir by a former New York film student who becomes part of the television machine that turns Japanese superhero footage into the show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. As Sloan...

What a smart read for smart kids! Designed for young readers, So You Want To Be An Astronaut by Linda Soules offers the budding space explorer just about everything a kid needs to know about travel beyond our pale blue dot. From where they work,...

A doctor's job is akin to that of a detective. Doctors offer solutions to problems that afflict the human body. Linda Soules' So You Want to Be a Doctor sheds light on one of the world's most prestigious and important professions. In this book, young...

Did you know that almost every living thing on Earth traces its roots to life in the ocean? In Linda Soules’s So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist, many interesting facts will astound you and make you want to look deeper beneath the water’s...

Did you know that paleontologists travel all over the world hunting ancient fossils to study prehistoric life? In So You Want to Be a Dinosaur Hunter (Paleontologist), author Linda Soules describes the activities of a paleontologist, how they study fossilized plants, ancient pollen, insects trapped...

Nakiri's Last Stand is an epic fantasy novella by Brian Holshouser. Dragons are a rare sight in the Xi'Del'Nari system. The monstrous Din, with their razor-sharp claws, have caused devastation throughout the worlds of Del'Nari. Summoned by the Watchers, the two remaining Guardians are the...

Video games are awesome, right? But do you know who makes these games so much fun to play? It's the video game designers. Linda Soules brings young readers a book that delves into the world of video games with So You Want to Be a...