One unexpected moment can change everything. In All That I'm Asking by Ellen Halter, those hits just keep coming for one young woman. The novel takes place in New York City during the late 1960s and opens as Alice Kaplan escapes an attempted sexual assault...

Let Me Lead by Seger S. Morris blends a memoir with a leadership guide. It is based on the author's own path from a difficult adolescence in Central Texas to a career in medicine and as a healthcare leader. He uses his journey as the...

The Communal Heart: A Return to Belonging in a World Pulling Us Apart by Claudia Dommaschk offers hope for our fragmented world. Using her knowledge and experience as a marriage and family therapist, Dommaschk presents a multi-faceted look at what prevents us from creating community...

Some people hit rock bottom. In Alaskan Humble Pie by Natasha Von Imhof, rock star Ryder Hartley hits it on stage, in front of a crowd, blanking out on the words of his own lyrics. He flees the stage only to run straight into a...

The Retire Sooner Method: The 5 Secrets Behind America’s Happiest (and Unhappiest) Retirees by Wes Moss is a must-read for everyone seeking financial freedom. First on the list of secrets is the need to reach a realistic financial level that allows you to live free...

Luv Tulsidas reminds readers that AI is no longer some futuristic concept; it is here right now and changing life as we know it. He shares his views in Up, Up, and AI: Strategies to Lead, Adapt, and Thrive in Changing Times. The book sets...

A Yankee Airman and his Southern Belle by Rita Morrin opens at 3 A.M. on December 8, 1973, with a phone call in a cold Anchorage apartment that no military wife ever wants to receive. Rita's husband Ken, an Air Force man from upstate New...

Hungry Things by Andy Corbett follows Tom Hunt, a machinist in Poquoson, Virginia. His everyday life is affected by an ancient evil in the Chesapeake marshes. In the first part, Tom collapses at work and then finds out he has terminal cancer. He spends many...

Have you ever stopped to watch and listen to the birds outside? A Dance of Birds by Angela Blair is told through a series of short, lyrical poems exploring a variety of feathered friends. In this children’s book, there are familiar birds like a barn...

CatchEM by Julie Hodgson jumps straight into the lonely aftermath of an assault that the police simply shrug off. Grace Thorne is left trying to piece her life back together with large gaps in her memory after a university night out. But the authorities merely...

From Battlefield to Breakthrough by Kristina Gibbons is a well-written book for readers struggling with the feeling of emptiness despite efforts to fully experience all that life has to offer. It offers readers a guide to understanding the enemy's operations and to building a profound...

Deadly Dilemma by Anthony Gurley opens with a suicide letter the 73-year-old author wrote in May 2023 and never sent. Instead of acting on the thoughts, Anthony chooses to take a harder look at his life. What follows is a memoir that narrates a fascinating...

In Rise and Climb, Ben Barbic looks back on a childhood shaped by his father’s motorcycle world in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where racing trophies made ambition feel almost normal. A wildfire destroys the family home when he is five, then the Loma Prieta earthquake...

Imagine a society that suffered years of steady decline, in which trust was broken, and a sense of hopelessness prevailed. Communal identity had been lost, and society became divided. Most people had lost direction and grown weary. Tony Sunderland paints a bleak picture of the...

In Killer Secrets: Hudson Valley Series Book 3 by Bonnie Traymore, Victoria is struggling with the consequences of a deadly secret. Four years earlier, Timothy Sutton, a sexual predator, had victimized Victoria and several others. Sutton was shot to death, but his death ended up...

Adrienne N. Neary’s Silent Crow's Cabin tells the story of Jesse Caldwell, a Rhode Island law student who enjoys many privileges in the care of his manipulative mother, Celia. His mother wants control of the billion-dollar Caldwell Foundation. Jesse’s emotional lifeline is his beloved show-jumping...

Dania Voss brings readers another enthralling tale of love and romance with the sixth installment of the Cascade Springs, Texas, series. Payten's Patriot follows Payten Walsh, an accountant whose life turns upside down when she discovers her boyfriend cheating on her, causing her to quit...

The Selfish Shellfish and the Sick Sea by Andrea Harrison, with bright, engaging illustrations by Mariana Hnatenko, is a positive and meaningful underwater adventure that introduces children to the importance of caring for the earth and showing empathy. In it, we meet an Alaskan king...

Center Stage Confidence by Justin Guarini is a concise view of the author’s career, but also a guidebook on gaining confidence to pursue your own dreams. Personal experiences and mentions of well-known celebrities and mentors are part of this book. This inspirational book is easy...

The Touchstones of Leadership: Essential Principles for Business Leaders by Joseph Carleone delivers forty-five flashes of wisdom for leaders who manage and managers who lead. Imagine that the best leadership advice you ever needed could fit on a single index card, and you already have...