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...

It is 1891. Richard Carnby, Terrence Alexander “Axel” Hastings, Percival Wallace, Dr. Stanthorpe Whitehall, Emma Westover, and Jane Halifax each receive a letter offering membership in a clandestine organization. To accept, they must appear at a specific address. As they heed the invitation, they meet...

Admitted and Afraid is a memoir by Maggie Boday, a trader whose sudden throat pain becomes a medical emergency after swelling alters her voice, then makes swallowing almost impossible. Her sister brings her to the emergency department, where a CT scan rules out a throat...

Nursing Her Fractured Family by Louis Tong is an enthralling novel. Penny's father has just died, and from now on, she has to take care of her mother and younger sister. Penny, at twenty-four, thinks more about her sister, how to protect her from their mother, who...

The Divine Spark, written by Lida Wyatt, is a picture book for young readers. A young boy named Luca wonders who he will become. One night, in his blissful sleep, he dreams something wonderful. He feels he is as thin as air and flying like...

Intrinsic by W.H.B. is a literary saga that follows the fall and redemption of Christopher Franklin. We meet Chris in the middle of his shift as a New York City taxi driver, steering his 2004 Ford Crown Victoria through Lower Manhattan, but he is a...

Ready for some giggles? Ron Rich's 365 Limericks You Won't Find Anywhere Else will offer you a chuckle a day for an entire year. Open these pages, and you’ll meet Patty Price, who falls on ice; Terry Westin, who asks questions; Danny Dirk, who’s late...

Glenn Hurst is a fifty-six-year-old ghostwriter in dire financial straits who also faces a bitter divorce. When crypto-millionaire Brad Thorsen hires him to write his "origin story" at the remote Mattison Alkaline Works, the "Maw," in rural Virginia, he believes it is the lifeline he...