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...

Michelle Ray’s Lesson Unplanned: A Decade of Teaching, Travel, and Transformation narrates the author’s decade-long odyssey from Kansas to classrooms across Ecuador, Bahrain, and Dubai. She flees her restless life in the Midwest intending to reinvent herself in her twenties. What awaits her in the...

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...

Heidi Richards Mooney covers all the stages of publishing in her book The Expectant Author. Mooney developed a trimester-by-trimester publishing framework containing three key phases: conception and early growth, development, and delivery. But just because publishing has clear phases doesn't mean the journey is easy....

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...

Ready For Takeoff: For Children Seeking Courage and Confidence While Flying by Joy Marie Berg is a must-have children's picture book. It is Margaret's and Michael's first time flying without their parents. Margaret, at 18, is used to flying and isn't afraid, but Michael is only...

The Art of Losing to a Y-14 by Andrew Radu is a fascinating memoir that unmasks the psychological vulnerabilities of people who identify as high achievers. Drawing from his years as an elite Ivy League fencer and his current work as a psychiatrist, Radu explores...

Keith Thorn’s The Life I Still Want for You is a memoir of love written for the person who may one day have to keep living after his absence. Thorn begins with Melody, the woman whose presence taught him that love is happiness joined to...

Relationships can be complicated. Couples in the modern era are prone to all sorts of relationship problems. According to veteran couple therapist Jake Thiessen, working on "Tiny Shifts" can go a long way in ensuring healthy, long-lasting relationships between couples. Alongside illustrations by Robinson Smith,...

F.A. Calder's Tidestep: The Water Anchor opens the Saga of Arthios with the eighteen-year-old blacksmith’s apprentice, Zaphiel, aching for adventure beyond the sleepy village of Farin. He gets his wish when his master sends him to deliver a sealed scroll to the Water Master in...