Shadows Among the Peaks (The Shephard Chronicles Book 1) by R.D. Smithson is a modern-day story of the fight against institutional corruption and cartels in Mexico. When a well-respected and lauded not-for-profit organization that focuses on uplifting children’s lives in education, welfare, and food security...

Sara Verrall’s Mexico Amiga! is a captivating memoir that describes four consecutive winter escapes to Mexico with her Swedish husband, Jan, whom she affectionately calls “My Viking.” The memoir takes readers on a journey that ignores the typical tourist trail and traverses the Pacific coast:...

Cyberpunk 1876 by Stephen Kagarise is a collection of poems inspired by words and phrases from The Daily Astorian, a historical newspaper. These poems wander through a world chasing after shiny prizes like gold bracelets, falling into habits like opium, and losing people along the...

‘It’s a matter of degree, that’s all. We all prostitute ourselves when it suits us; we only differ in how far we’re prepared to go.’ Two stories for the price of one await readers in The Seven Stars, a novel by Simon Leighton-Porter. And in...

River Cameron has been early-retired from the military, and a piece of her memory is missing. Trying to start a new life for herself, she finds a place to live and decides to go for a run in the park—she thinks she might like running....

When Breaks The Maelstrom by Eugene Barnes is a collection of dark fantasy and science fiction stories. The book takes readers on wild rides into the minds of people about to commit murder, to the American Old West to investigate a sharpshooting case, and to...

Greyse and Garbanzo Meet the Space Cats by Agnita Rose follows the adventure of two twin tabby cats in Paris. Greyse and Garbanzo have been given a fascinating tour of Paris by their middle-aged cousin, Pierre, a Ragdoll mix. Garbanzo shows off his physical abilities...

William Short’s The Griffin’s Ring: Beginnings follows Griffin “Fin” Short, an Australian teenager whose move to Clandesnoir, Maryland, begins with his mother’s disappearance and a gold ring she leaves behind. The ring transforms Fin’s body overnight. Soon he can hear animals, while its griffin emblem...

The Warrior Spirit Murders is the fifth book in the Leilani Kealoha Island thriller series by Chuck Morgan. Three bodies are found at Kaena Point, a place whispered about as where everything ends. The bodies are staged in positions that resemble ancient burial rites. The...

Mean people are passing out unkind letters at night. They’re part of the Unkindness Club. But, in Jill Ammon Vanderwood’s The Unkindness Club, two friends, Persephone, a ten-year-old deaf girl, and Rowen, who moves around in a wheelchair, are set to make things right, to...

David Pinkston’s The Untold Story of Satan’s Seed is a theological study that gives readers an argument over spiritual authority. Using the King James Bible, the author posits that every person must measure religious teaching by the words of Jesus because no church leader can...

What does freedom really mean when others won’t let you be who you are? In Mountain Freedom by Johny Weber, Molly is living what appears to be a comfortable life on a successful Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1880s. She’s married to the driven Jackson,...

In R.L. Gemmill’s Doomsday, siblings Kelly, Jon, and Travis Bishop are orphaned by a devastating car accident. Seven years later, they are living in Chantilly, Virginia, with their foster parents, Chris and Angie McCormick. When they visit Pandora’s Cave, an earthquake thrusts them into a...

In The Doomsday Shroud by R L Gemmill, after a rescue team enters Pandora’s Cave in Virginia, Kelly Bishop becomes the target of demons that can copy human bodies and return from death. Living in Angie McCormick’s fortified home with her younger brother Travis, Kelly...

When the World Dies by D.E. Davis captures various evil deeds that have occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of the rise in totalitarianism and total war. The First World War was the first major world war, which cost millions of...

Celine Arceneau’s Bon Voyage party ended in disaster when all the guests were struck by food poisoning. Thanks to the quick actions of Chef George, paramedics arrived swiftly and managed to stabilize everyone—but Celine’s symptoms were far worse. Within twenty-four hours, she was dead. Dr....

Battered is the first book in the Whipped and Sipped mystery series by G.P. Gottlieb. At the heart of the story is Alene Baron, owner of the vegetarian café Whipped and Sipped. When Gary Vanza, the man who once owned the café before selling it...

As a business matures, the founder can become an unwitting constraint to further success. David Grau Sr. explains how to avoid this in The Founder’s Treadmill. The author is all too aware of how easy it is for an entrepreneur to want to control every...

Love sometimes appears in the most mysterious places. In The Stranger I Love by Anneka R. Walker, Estelle Lowry makes the bold decision to leave home. Set in England in the 1850s, her choice becomes clear after her brother arranges a marriage for her to...

Jo-Jo Soars and Scores by Jon Selzer is the second book in the Jo-Jo’s Art Adventures series. Jo-Jo is an athletic duck-billed platypus who loves playing lacrosse. But when he joins a team, his short legs let him down, and his teammates tease him. Doubts...