The Lip Reader by Michael Thal tells the powerful story of Zhila Shirazi, the eldest of four children born to Solomon and Sara Shirazi, Jews who live in Tehran with their extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Solomon owns a small pharmacy while Sara...

Christmas In Whimsy by Clarissa J. Markiewicz is a feel-good holiday story. Lexi Moore is a reporter, and she works hard at keeping her life and work on track. She’s reporting on the Christmas spirit in Whimsy, but everything is about to come crashing down....

Warlocks & Sorceresses: The Timeless Grimoire is a work of fiction in the fantasy genre. It is aimed at young adults and was penned by author Antonio Galarza. The book follows the path of a young man named Victor Waltz who lives a life haunted...

Katie Death by EM Green is entertaining, clever, and humorous. Katie Death's life has been a series of moves and friends left behind whenever her family relocates to somewhere new. All she's ever wanted is to have a normal life with friends, but the last...

Banewind by Matt B. Chapman is a fantastic meld of young adult romance and fantasy. Eighteen-year-old Genevieve DeWinter is a normal high school girl whose world changes abruptly after she discovers a group of magical beings known as Formulists. They inhabit a world known as...

Polish Dragon P.I. – Midnight Cranes is a work of fiction in the mystery and thriller genres. It is aimed at the general reading audience and was penned by author Steve Zimcosky. The book follows private investigator Tom Sipowicz as he is hired by the...

Scorn of Secrets by B. Truly is a mesmerizing coming-of-age story with strong themes and elaborately developed characters. When Madison Guillory’s father dies leaving a huge gambling debt behind, her mother doesn’t wait long to start dating again. After just a few months, she introduces...

In the wonderfully conceived and magnificently presented Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How 'America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman' Helped Win Our Independence, Dorothea Jensen presents her theme in visuals and verse, alternating them page by page as she traces Gilbert’s (Lafayette’s) dedicated involvement in America’s Revolutionary War. The visuals...

Dragons Walk Among Us by Dan Rice is a mesmerizing urban fantasy with a gripping plot and sophisticated characters. Shutterbug Allison Lee is having a hard time in high school, bullied and abused by tougher, more popular girls. But she has something that gives her...

The Legend of the Stinky Sock is a short story by Laura Riley for young children. The story starts with Conner, a young boy who plays for the Little League baseball team called the Rockets. Conner was very upset by the poor performance of his...

Vestiges is the first book in Peggy Ann Shumway’s Faith, Freedom, and Posterity Series. A mysterious past will come back to haunt anthropology professor Oneida Graham when she is summoned to her dying grandmother’s estate in Hopewell. In her moribund state, Althea Graham makes her...

When We All Wear A Mask is an illustrated children's book, written in rhyme by Reesa Shayne and illustrated by Mehwish Aslam. With so many changes since Coronavirus entered our world, it is often very difficult for children and adults alike to understand the benefits...

In A Picture of Pretense by Christine Noyes, we meet a group on the Perth cruise ship and immediately wish we were on board with them. Holly and her dad Mike; Cate and her sister Sheila; Lynn, her husband Doug and wheelchair-bound son Bradley; and...

There Was a Crooked Man by Katrina Morgan is the story of how a bad relationship can not only destroy you but make your life a living hell. Jack and Katie started their love affair like any other couple; they met, they enjoyed each other’s...

A Rose for Grandma: A Journey through Alzheimer’s by Christiana Egi, the co-creator with her husband of a home for older adults with dementia, is an informative read that tells of the growing realization of the onset of Alzheimer’s in Annie’s grandmother. Annie has an...

Gina juggled three jobs until they were all threatened. With no way to get income except at Scott’s club, which she hated, Gina became desperate. She needed an opportunity to show the world her talent as a singer and performer extraordinaire. This came when her...

The Crossing Gate by Asiel R. Lavie is the first book in The Waltz of Sin and Fire series. Lenora is anxiously waiting for her third attempt going through the Crossing Gate which will allow her to enter adulthood. Her family is relying on her...

Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons opens with an unusual event, the experience of a toxic fog that covers the town of Slippery Elm, Pennsylvania on Halloween in 1963. Eleven-year-old Chuck Coolidge’s brother, Danny, goes missing after the fog that leaves most of the town...

A Crock of Sundries by Timothy R. Baldwin invites readers into the life and mind of the author in what is altogether an internally intimate way. From poetry to plays and splices of memoir to stories of mysterious fiction, Timothy R. Baldwin has cornered a...

Obscure Narrative: A Poetry Collection is a collection of poetic works in the introspective, philosophical, and psychological subgenres penned by author Heider Broisler. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and contains some subject matter that may be difficult for more sensitive...