Surrender: A Memoir of Nature, Nurture, and Love by Marylee MacDonald is a moving coming-of-age story about adoption straight from the heart. From the first few paragraphs, you will be touched by how adoption shaped her--from birth, through her formative years, and later, as a...

Open Heart is a work of fiction written in the literary style by author Gregory D. Williams. Self-described as a poignant and gripping historical novel about the enduring power of love, the work is intended for mature reading audiences due to some very moderate scenes...

Burning Water by Inge-Lise Goss begins another sleuthing job for Gwynn Reznick, a rookie investigator with a habit of snooping. Ruben, her boss and boyfriend, is scheduled to solve this case with Gwynn, but something called him away, leaving her with minimal supervision. An employee...

Where Is My Happy Ending? A Journey of No Regrets by Karen Harmon is the poignant and heartbreaking story of living in a family plagued by mental illness and how she leaves home at the age of seventeen and goes to Vancouver to embrace a...

Hinterlands Of Hope: A Lost Boy's Journey From the Southern Sudan War Zones by Daniel Yamun Ukang is the awe-inspiring journey of the author who fled his home in South Sudan. His village, Yabullu, was attacked by the Arab-led Khartoum government during the Second Sudanese...

Do You See the Giant? A Children's Picture Book by Srividhya Lakshmanan is an adorable book that will introduce children to animals by name, their sizes, and help them realize that everyone has their own place in this world, no matter what their size is....

Devine's Providence: A Novel by Stephen Reney is a crime thriller with a good plot and memorable characters. Harry Devine is a private detective and a former cop, a man who suffers from depression and alcoholism. When Chelsea Woodstern, a true-crime blogger who is not...

So-Called Normal by Mark Henick is a memoir of the author's struggles as he is forced to endure mental health issues as part of his daily life. From childhood Henick is at odds with his family, first his philandering father and then his subsequent step-father,...

This children’s book teaches a universal lesson – how children can manage their strong emotions, especially anger. Otto lives with his mother in England, and one day his father disappeared. Otto has had no contact from him and often feels angry. “He screamed, slammed doors,...

On the surface, Honest Endings: A Social Worker’s Life in the World of Hospice by Katherine Cullen is a book written by a social worker about her hospice work. In actual fact, the book is much deeper. It is written by a human being who...

The title So Long Bob: A Pennsylvania Farm Boy's Letters Home from the War perfectly describes what this book is about. Shortly before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Bob Berkey, who lived in a small town in Pennsylvania, was drafted and served his country. This...

Sinner’s Cross: A Novel of the Second World War by Miles Watson is a no-holds-barred account of one of the lesser-known actions in Europe of the Second World War. Prior to the well-publicized and dramatized Battle of the Bulge in the Ardenne Forest, an equally...

Arrival Mind by Louis Rosenberg is written by an expert in artificial intelligence (AI). It is an ingenious book highlighting the dangers of AI. There are two parts to the book. The first part is an illustrated story in which the illustrations are fabulously done...

Unraveled by Laura Cook Boldt and Tom H. Boldt is a non-fiction memoir co-authored by mother and son as they allow us into their journey out of addiction. The narrative moves back and forth between each of its authors in an interesting string of chapters...

The Dream Book by Lee Ann Rubsam asks whether God might still speak through dreams. Chapter two is full of biblical examples. Chapter three differentiates between “God-dreams,” which include colorful messages, and “self-dreams” influenced by our health. Chapter four deals with the fourth source of...

In the adorable story Do Ants Wear Pants?, Gabrielle Grice talks about different animals by asking questions about them. “Do foxes sleep in boxes? Do goats ride in boats?” These are just two animals that the author writes about in this book! There isn’t much...

Work and Rest God’s Way Family Guide: A Biblical Recipe for Finding Joy and Purpose in All You Do by Scott LaPierre is the perfect resource to equip families and parents to discipline children in becoming good stewards of work and rest. The book is...

Brain Drops: A Humanistic Approach Towards A Positive Existence by Jeannie Tyrrell is a fascinating book that will take readers on a different kind of journey. The memoir is also the author's personal journey of getting out of her detrimental escapism that ended up being...

Mementos by Theodore Jerome Cohen is an exposition of creativity. Mr. Cohen has penned an anthology of short stories inspired by photography. Included in this collection are imaginative tales of family, friendship, baseball, adventure, and nostalgia. Some of these tales are slightly taller than the...

Pathway to Home: A Becker Family Novel by Pat Wahler will appeal strongly to fans of contemporary romance with complex characters. Not long after casting the ashes of her mother into the waters, Mira is given a letter her mother left behind with her friend,...