Being a kid can be frightening when the monsters are real people and ideas. In Final Girl: Surviving Church and Childhood, Debbie McNulty looks back on growing up in a household marked by conflict and a religion that taught her to be afraid of the...

Spirits in Plain Sight is a book for anyone who loves nature for the childlike awe and wonder it evokes in all of us. Joy M. Lundstrom puts her creative soul on display here through a series of beautiful photographs inspired by nature and life....

Larry G Carlson’s Galactic Altruism is a fascinating read that connects the worlds of ocean biology and outer space. We follow Thalassa Brown (Thal), a young woman from Washington who builds a budget-friendly deep-sea sub using Arduino microelectronic circuits. She ends up teaming up with...

The death of a celebrity sends a nurse spiraling into a chaotic world of deception and betrayal, and only one man stands between her and a killer in the thrilling suspense novel Duplicity by Debora Dale. Jaxton was secretly hired to guard Cassandra, a private...

Matthew Galgani’s Doubting Nikki follows Michael “Cami” Camigliano, a filmmaker whose dying grandmother secretly gives him a vial she says contains the Blood of Christ. Soon afterward, Cami’s wife, Nikki, suffers a head injury during a ski trip and later collapses, leaving doctors concerned about...

Are you ready for some short stories that will give you food for thought? In The Diversity Bridesmaid by Lilian George, that’s exactly what you’ll get. Here is a taste of what you’ll find in these pages. The bridesmaid in the title story has a...

Arthur and the Big Wild World by Charles A. Thomas is an appealing picture book that introduces young readers to different natural regions of the world. From deserts and mountains to the taiga, Arctic tundra, rainforests, oceans, and lakes, it takes us along as Arthur...

Paper Dolls by Kara R. Hunt tracks a huge collision between historical trauma and a family’s fight for survival. The story follows January Eller, who is navigating a hidden spiritual breakdown months after her daughter, Laynee, accidentally drowns in a backyard swimming pool. Her fragile...

It is the start of the MotoGP season, and thirty-two-year-old Catarina Navarro has just received the worst news: her father’s cancer is back. His condition is confirmed to be fatal. Catarina is currently working for twelve-time MotoGP champion, thirty-six-year-old Vince Vasquez, as his P.A., assistant...

Reed Pederson’s Rise of the AInimals follows Theorin Silverling, heir to Silverling & Sons Circus Extraordinaire, as he steps toward leadership of the famous family business. Theo has spent his life preparing for the circus, but shrinking audiences place its future in question as opposition...

Scott Shinberg’s A Promise of Lies and Violence follows Michelle Reagan, a CIA Ground Branch operative whose Paris rendition pulls her into a counterintelligence hunt reaching back into the Agency. Rookie case officer Todd Whitaker has spent months in France under non-official cover, yet someone...

If you are looking for a feel-good story, look no further than Purrfect Match: A Cozy Cat Romantic Comedy by M.J. Fox. In it, a distinguished lady cat of breeding meets a homeless black tomcat. Princess Purrfect is, well, perfect, while Maverick is decidedly not,...

Some books slowly creep up on you. I Burned My Tongue in Colorado by M.J. Fox pounced from the very first page. Samantha Li is a social media influencer from Los Angeles who makes her living from looking perfect online. She gets a big break...

Unwilling to Love is Ted Edwards’ deeply intimate look into his own life journey as he walks readers through his past relationships. We watch his emotional growth unfold, starting with simple childhood memories on Cedar Street and moving right into his adult life in busy...

Lewis Pennington’s The Memory Stones begins in Civil War-era South Carolina, where Mase Winslow grows up at Willow Creek Plantation beside his closest friend, Jeziah “Spoon” Campbell. As war reaches the region, events at home leave Mase carrying memories that follow him into military service....

Versions of Us by Frankie Alexander is a gorgeous sapphic romance set in the bright, busy city of Hong Kong. Charlie Blake is a brilliant creative mind, struggling to keep her position as she fights ongoing health issues. When sharp, polished advertising star Sienna Margot...

Stephen Panus’s novel, The Circles We Carry, is a heart-wrenching and profoundly thoughtful story of a family’s unexpected, deep loss and their harrowing journey through grief in search of a way forward. Jesse Brennan is 17, a junior in Naperville High School in Illinois. He...

The Holy Ghost is Like a Blanket by Annalisa Hall introduces children to the Holy Ghost with simple, everyday comparisons. The book takes objects children know, like a blanket, a dove, the wind, a flashlight, or even a rose, and uses them to help kids...

Nicholas Acker’s Pure Light: Shadows That Wait for Me follows Gem, a young woman who wakes beside a river with no memory of her name. A living orb of light she names Diamond leads her through the forest toward Sapphiria, where she discovers a land...

Sometimes fate intervenes when you least expect it. In Somewhere Between Rome and Home by John Reizer, Americans Nathan Wells and Stephanie Bentley both miss their flights home and find themselves stranded in Rome, Italy. He’s an architect from Boston, she’s a teacher from Seattle,...