Turn self-criticism into self-kindness using V.K. Munn’s Be Kind to You: The Quiet Practice of Self-Compassion. Munn emphasizes that mistakes, grief, and difficult days are part of life and deserve kindness. This guide covers how to forgive yourself, take time to rest, deal with guilt,...

What happens when someone is kind to adults but mean to kids? In Sticky Hands and the Wibbly Wobbly Whopper Cake by Gary Trew, the children of Hallyburton know exactly what kind of pastry chef Dominic Crumble really is. While the grown-ups admire his cake-making...

Ghosted Buried Gone by Angela Grey and Paige Peterson is a gripping murder mystery. The story unfolds in the Black Hills region. Laci O’Neil is worried about her sister Willow, who suddenly disappeared after promising to be back from a quick bite before midnight. She...

In Chris Stevens’s Untimely Deaths, history teacher Dan Parker unwittingly discovers a mysterious brass time-travel device beneath the Harrington House Museum in New Chapel, Ohio, and his life spirals into chaos. What starts as a curious exploration quickly turns into a time-altering catastrophe when he...

A Sense for Memory by R.H. Stevens is an imaginative and exciting science fiction novel combined with stunning illustrations of alien worlds and species. Stevens uses elements of mystery, psychological thriller, cosmic horror, and political intrigue to create a truly captivating story. From the very...

In Infanticide by Christopher Everidge, Jacob arrives at Rose and Miles’s wedding slightly confused and very distraught. His name isn’t on the guest list, and the only woman he has ever loved is getting married to someone else. But Jacob has not come unprepared; he...

In the book Lena…Galatea by AJ Kohler and Susan Lynn Solomon, Roger Packton has spent years building a house-sized computer system, expecting a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. The breakthrough comes as Lena, a self-aware mind inside the machine, has been watching him, learning from the...

Vietnam's Modern Day Boat People by Shira Sebban follows Vietnamese asylum seekers returned from Australia after arriving by sea, beginning with Tran Thi Thanh Loan, a Catholic mother facing prison in Vietnam after officials sent her family back. Sebban enters the case through a newspaper...

Debra Maria Flint and Paul Murphy-Sanderson deserve credit for addressing a painful and long-neglected subject within Roman Catholicism in their book, The Sins of Mandatory Celibacy. Anyone who reads Murphy-Sanderson's testimony will sense that this was not an easy book to write. It gives voice...

Don Schechter’s Ascendants is set in Boston in 2060, twenty-five years after The Jacobs Institute has turned death into a blood test and divided society into Ascendants and Biomasses. Dr. Rebecca Teller works inside the Institute hospital while trying to protect her daughters, Maya and...

Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews is an anthology of original fiction about women who turn to food and the alchemical art across the continents and centuries. Escape to the Peaceful Valley by Christy Matheson follows Ailbe, a senior attendant in third-century...

Dr. Christian Marcolli has played football for FC Basel and has been a psychologist and performance coach for business leaders and elite athletes for over two decades. According to Marcolli, top leadership is key to drawing out top performances from talented individuals. With Winning Match,...

The Preachers in the Land of Uz: The Dorothy and Pete Story by Keith Peten centers on Dorothy Peal, a bright high‑school senior whose life is abruptly upended after a traumatic event. Her parents send her to stay with her aunt and uncle, hoping distance...

Transcendent by Laren Ruby is a gripping dystopian novel set in 2051, weaving two storylines into a single, deeply compelling story. In one thread, Dr. Marielle Stevenson is a scientist at Fort Hood watching her Super Soldier serum project produce results that terrify her, as...

Clifton Wilcox’s The Black Ledger of Salem follows Eliza Harrow, whose father, Nathaniel Harrow, brings the family to Salem after leaving Andover in search of work and lodging. The town is already caught in a witchcraft panic when the Harrows arrive. The men on the...

Shakespeare once wrote, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” That quote perfectly captures the heartbreak, betrayal, and lasting love at the center of Sarah by Shanna Hatfield. This World War I historical romance centers on Sarah, her longtime love Brett, and his...

Jerry Morton’s memoir, Finding My Way, traces a remarkable life across the American landscape, from being born into a roving Coast Guard family through the rough Wisconsin subdivisions, Pittsburgh suburbs, and Illinois trailer parks, to college in Kentucky, Army service at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,...

David James’s Escala’s Wish follows Escala Winter, a pixie princess from the Court of Dreams whose curiosity about mortal love breaks the fey Oath. After she crosses into the forest outside Dunwell and charms Jonathan Graves with a kiss, a wolf attack turns her forbidden...

Lessons Learned by E. Nigma is a unique erotic romance that follows Asante, a single man in Las Vegas who is tired of toxic dating and looking for uncomplicated pleasure. That is what pushes him to infiltrate an exclusive couples’ retreat run by Shayera. She...

In Carole Wolfe’s Run Around, attorney Angela Laing seems to have a perfect life and career as a partner in a Texas law firm and as a devoted volunteer for CASA until her past catches up with her. While in law school, she and her...