Rob Samborn’s The Swordsman of Venice is set in 1589, when Angelo Mascari, a gifted Venetian swordsman from humble origins, flees the city after the Ancient Order of the Seventh Sun destroys the woman he loves. Isabella Scalfini, a nobleman’s daughter, has been used in...

Be Kind and Loving Out Loud! is a children’s picture book written by Isaiah A. Tisdale with illustrations by Mary Saeed. It aims to help children nurture loving-kindness and compassion not only for others but also for themselves. The book includes short stories about children...

Clear Vision by Freddie Floyd Jr. is a faith-based personal development book, but it is not a workbook about quick fixes. The author listens through his writing, and we all want to be heard. It is a slow and meaningful walk through twenty-one chapters. Floyd...

Loving, Caring, and Healing Yourself (Restoring Your Eternal Frequency) by Isaiah A. Tisdale is a self-help book that invites you to discover who you really are and show yourself some real love. Tisdale calls out the way society teaches us to follow someone else’s idea...

The Playbook: Switched On by Alex Almosawi sneaks up on you. It gives us an overview of Zaki's world. He is an eleven-year-old desperate for a pair of expensive sneakers he can't quite afford. Zaki is the kind of kid whose brain never really switches...

Voices on the Wind -- Assault by Helena P. Schrader is an epic story of courage and defiance in the face of a relentless enemy and incredible deprivation. The first of a series based on the historic defense of the island of Malta by the...

In Making Safety Happen, Brian L. Fielkow argues that workplace disasters usually develop slowly, where dangerous behavior becomes repetitive when employees stop seeing warning signs because nothing bad happened the last time. The book examines how ordinary business pressure influences judgment during daily operations and...

The Doll House Brides: Soleil is a fantasy romance novella by S.M. Webb. Soleil and her sisters grew up in the Northern Nymph Lands, raised by their adopted father, Cherub, a wizard. Cherub arranged marriages for his daughters. One of them is Soleil, who married...

The Zone: Fallen Son is the second part of the series by Stu Jones. It follows the story of Chance Griffin, a former super cop turned fugitive after he brought down the corrupt Conglomerate known as the Glom in Neo Terminus. While his wife Hannah...

Pruning a hydrangea begins long before the first cut, because the shrub’s identity determines where its next flowers are forming. Lorraine B. Ballato's Hydrangea Pruning guides readers from identification to the appropriate pruning moment, explaining how buds on last year’s stems follow a different calendar...

Down to Earth is Book 2 of The Attuned series by Jessica Natalie Reino, but it can be read as a stand-alone as well. On the face of it, Sarah D’Antonio is a typical high school junior. But her home is the fictional New England...

Cedrela is a wealthy city with a deep history. Most know it as the city of high elves, but people from many races call Cedrela home. This includes Boris Dragonheart, a dragonborn who is proud to serve in the Royal Guard, protecting the people and...

From Spark to Story: Vol. 1 is an eclectic collection of short stories by Tina Harden. It took just one night for the legend of a queen of a parlor house in Dakota Territory to be erased from people's memories. A young musician finds stardom...

What would you do if you turned up for work one day and your access card didn’t work? Add to that the security guard you’ve known for years doesn’t recognize you, nor do any of your co-workers as they walk past. Would you think that...

In R.G. Edwards's Eafin Lokdore and the Magician's Lost Medallion, after young border scout Eafin Lokdore discovers that the armies of Maggoria are advancing toward the peaceful hamlet of Qualdor, he carries a warning across the dangerous wilderness to the leaders of the Realm of...

In Rob Phayre’s Reepaman, Jimmy Brown, known online as Reepaman, is a drone engineer with an illegal AI companion named Thalia and a hidden past at MIT that begins with Nathalia’s death. After a Pentagon demonstration draws Defense Department interest, Jimmy gains money, contracts, and...

In The Twilight Walker by Nic Minnella, eleven-year-old Finn Garcia is on a camping trip with his family and his magical guardian cat, Pepper. They’re joined by their friend Maya and her family, the Cedars, but they’re not happy campers. His parents keep arguing, and...

What would you do if everyone laughed at something you wanted to learn? In Dazzling Legs, Ruth Thomas introduces readers to Sparkle, a tiny peacock spider with a big dream. He opens the School of Spin and tells all the insects in the garden that...

Your Actions Change the Score by Megan Halstead is a well-written book that provides readers, particularly those battling trauma, with practical tools to recover their emotional well-being, calm their nervous system, and live a more meaningful life. This book consists of five chapters, each representing...

The Coal Room by Brenda Lyne is a must-read for any lover of the paranormal and mystery genres. The Coal Room tells the story of Delaney Black, whose life is in shambles. Her husband threw her out of the house because he had an affair...