In Evelyn M. Exley’s Guardian of the City, we follow Farguhar, a young nobleman who grows up in a harsh society built on violence and control. Raised by a mean, pragmatic father to be a cold killer, Farguhar secretly wrestles with a silent desire to...

Roman and Niko: Everyday Heroes by DJ Stutz is a remarkable children's picture book. It follows Roman, his dog Harley, and his little brother Niko as they make a difference in their home and community and become superheroes. Roman wants to be a real superhero,...

How far would you go to help someone? Rue is about to find out in The Pirate Doctor: Rue Sets Sail by Lindsay Gizicki. She’s a twelve-year-old who dreams of being a healer and caring for others. She spends her free time imagining faraway places...

In R. Weir's Justice For The Accused, retired Colorado detective Donnie Steel arrives at his family’s Minnesota resort expecting time with his parents until lawyer Ann Myles asks him to investigate the unsolved murder of Brie Ivory. Nearly a year after Brie was found beaten...

Talking to children about cancer can be a complex task. There’s a lot to explain, and it needs to be done gently. To help us with this, Fei Zheng-Ward shares Strong Like Me: Understanding Cancer. She begins by explaining what cells are and how they...

Pip and the Hungry Chipmunk: How Giving Grows is an adorable book for children and part of Aeva’s Little Wonders book series written by talented author Zaher Arbash. The story takes us to an autumn meadow. As the meadow’s animals prepare for the cold, a...

Shane Curtin’s The Mirror Thesis follows Vivian Prespertine, a wealthy young woman raised among the manicured estates and social rituals of Barrow Island. At her father’s birthday party, she notices Patrick Weilston, a brilliant young broker whose reputation has already secured him a place among...

Kritanut Wattana’s After Us follows Owen, a programmer living in a near-future where artificial intelligence has become part of everyday life. Recently laid off and separated from Jordana and their child, Rowan, Owen is alone in his apartment when every screen delivers the same order:...

Arshes is going after the Monster, her father Daelen StormTiger, to accomplish her ultimate mission: to stop the Monster from annihilating Tempestria. But that’s not the only threat Tempestria is facing. Time is running out as the decaying pocket dimension in which it is trapped...

Perfectly Yours, Mrs. Wilcox by T.L. Forsyth is set in the 1950s in Willowbrook Heights, where Evelyn Harding arrives with her husband Richard, expecting a fresh start, only to discover that neighborhood life is governed by Patricia Wilcox, the homeowners’ association president. Patricia gives Evelyn...

If you are looking for a thriller with a lot of heart, Glorious Debris by Elisabeth Wathen is an excellent choice. The narrative introduces us to Ann Davenport, a 68-year-old cancer survivor who simply wants a peaceful life running her pier concessions and rental shop...

Tuesday in Trussville is Robert L. Mason's account of how he built SPOC Energy, a power conversion company in small-town Alabama, around a philosophy he calls "Lift Up." The book opens on a single dramatic morning when a company-wide drug test leads an employee to...

Brent Golembiewski’s Flick of the Switch follows fourteen-year-old Sydney “Syd” Yazzie, a Michigan gamer whose mother accepts five million dollars from a government recruiter to send her to an exclusive academy. Syd expects a school built around video games, but the students are called cadets...

Robert F. Glahe’s Rattz On The Prowl follows Christopher “Sludge” Dragoon, a veteran Frontier Space Marine whose mission on Genesis Minor ends with his squad dead and his body carrying ten young Rattz. The creatures are hybrids of Earth rats and Blazant biology whose spread...