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...

Of Diamonds and Vengeance: The Chronicles of Adamah, Book 1 by Rachel Fallon is a highly entertaining fantasy story. In the realm of Gemaria, there is nothing more important than the gems from which the Elves draw their power. Jacinth, a lowly street rat and...

Orphans of the Sea by Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan opens in a tranquil village featuring Sook Joo, a very determined martial arts trainee. She is busy mastering the traditional combat skills taught to her by her grandfather, Ryu. Things go sideways fast...

Jugular Vein by David Lasaine is about the struggles of families during the Great Famine in Ireland. It takes place during the years 1847 – 1848, and concerns the O’Sullivan family, Seamus and Elizabeth, father and mother, and their daughters Bridget, Catherine, and Mary. During...

Sincerely Yours... by Sonia D. Hebdon is set in 1989 in Haven Cove. Seventeen-year-old Josie Worthington is an intelligent senior high school student who begins writing the anonymous advice column “Soul Searcher” for the Haven Cove Gazette. Her carefully constructed world tilts when Blaine Cordwell,...

The Gift follows Butch Blackwell, a boy raised by his mother, Pansy, inside the strict world of the Jehovah’s Witnesses after his father, Ace Sharkey, disappears before his birth. Butch grows up in rural California under rules that shape his life, while rancher Steve Bultemeyer...

Midnight Ballerina is the first book in an enthralling fantasy series by Jhani Mills. The story follows a hybrid of Fae and mortal blood called Lysandra, who has endured brutal ballet training designed to suppress her magic and to be a weapon for the powerful,...

The Emergent Leader by Don Gregori is a battle-tested playbook for those who want to build, manage, and sustain businesses or organizations that succeed in their mission. Drawing on his twenty-five years of experience as a thought leader who drove transformation in business operations, the...

Lights & Sirens by Elizabeth Raum is a heartwarming tale about Annika “Anni” Sawyer, a quiet sixteen-year-old still dealing with her dad’s death. After seeing a poster in a store window for volunteers, Anni decides to join her town’s ambulance squad. At first, Anni wants...

Inside the Darkness: Eternal Book 4 by JP Ramzy picks up with former assassin Devyn and her companions, Isaac and Ryan, wandering a ruined Texas after the Blackout meteor strike. The atmosphere is terrifying, with winged monsters and human-faced beasts patrolling a sky that has...

GalactiCats: Showdown with Pickles and Roaches by Phillip Wolf follows Sergeant Smiley and his crew (Marble Games, Dixie Brains, and Chunky Monkey) as they jump from a rough mission on planet WARTHOLE straight into a galactic crisis. After a shaky landing on their home turf,...

Two Lefts Don't Make a Right by Dan Romanello is a sharp, entertaining thriller that drops readers right into the world of Dylan Tomassi, a self-made Florida investor with a generous heart and an uncanny ability to attract trouble. When Dylan travels to Connecticut to...

The Warrior in the Garden by Keith Thorn is a beautiful, reflective book that narrates the story of young Kaori. She starts her journey under the watchful guidance of her Sensei in a dojo. Most stories about any martial art focus on the discipline of...

Jennifer Allis Provost brings us an endearing fantasy romance in Phoenix Rising. Rosalie’s sister has been contracted to marry Lord Blackmoor, the Black Duke. Two nights before the wedding, Rosalie’s sister runs away with her personal guard, leaving their father no alternative but to have...

R.E. Davies’s The Necromancer’s Gift follows a young human woman who wakes in a dark forest after Ulve, a drow necromancer, attempts a spell he should not be casting. She has no name or memories, while Ulve discovers he has raised a living woman instead...

Kfir Luzzatto’s Encoded Minds is a biological thriller about Liv Scott, a university student whose brother Bobby is arrested after a young man is killed at a rave. Bobby says his drink was drugged, but the police treat him as the killer, so Liv turns...