Is it too early for me to say that The First Harm by Steven Piskula is the best medical thriller I’ve read this year? Perhaps…but it’s going to take a far more chilling and better-written novel than this one to supplant it. Firstly, too many...

The Final Secret: A West Virginia Mystery is a mystery thriller by Storm Young. Honors student Jessica Bloomer's vibrant life in New York City comes to a grinding halt after an alarming call from her grandfather. Encouraged by her best friend, Hastings Jennings, Jessica decides...

From Where I Sit: A Collection of Short Fiction by Ray LeCara Jr is a touching anthology of five thought-provoking short stories. Titles include Scent of Jupiter, A Life Lost Living, Goldie, One Night in Bangkok, and Old Lang Syne. As the titles indicate, the...

Dark Awakenings: A Collection of Haunting Short Stories by Ray LeCara Jr. is a compilation containing five independent stories, each having a unique terrifying plot. The Awakening takes readers on a transformative journey with a young woman out to right a series of wrongs. The...

The Wallace House of Pain: A Novelette centers around Xander and his estranged father, Jim. S.M. Stevens uses this short story to introduce us to Xander and his uncomfortable dinners with his father and his second wife, Kathy. Xander and Jim don’t seem to see...

Dean Nowotny has hit a grand slam with Dear Maggie: A Letter From Santa. This is the best children’s Christmas book I have ever read. Not only does the author deal with the work that Santa and his elves do, but he also reminds children...

Get ready for a bellyful of laughter and embrace the Christmas spirit like never before with Nicholas Rose's Kiss My Carol! A novella parodying A Christmas Carol, this book follows the famous Ebenezer Scrooge and all the other beloved characters of Charles Dickens's timeless story...

The Geography of Belonging: A Love Story by Oriane Lee Johnston is one the best books I’ve read this year. It is a smart and conscious book, written by a woman aware of who she is, the natural world around us, and the socio-political realities...

Dear Children of the World: A Gentle Conversation Starter for Elementary-Aged Children Following Tragedy in our World by Cynthia Tatum Robinson is a children’s picture book designed to encourage and inspire children to share their thoughts and feelings after they go through a traumatic experience....

Special Agent Miles Ronan’s father is on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in The Rio Affair by Micah Barnet. Miles is called in to identify a body in Brazil after a husband and wife are killed. The body on the morgue slab is his father...

Hazelet’s Journal: A Riveting Alaska Gold Rush Saga written by George Cheever Hazelet and edited by his great-grandson John H. Clark is a fascinating account of George Cheever Hazelet’s Journal as he hunted for gold in the remote, unforgiving wilderness that was the Alaskan Goldfields...

The Algorithm Will See You Now by JL Lycette is a prophetic medical thriller set in the year 2035, where artificial intelligence serves as a medical diagnostician. One doctor questions its efficacy and ramifications, and it doesn’t stand well with her superiors. Doctor Hope Kestrel...

Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze is a children’s book by Sheryl Bass. The book follows a baby dragon as he flies over a town. He seems carefree until he catches a bad cold that makes him sneeze, causing him to breathe fire onto the town. Conscious...

This Book is Perfect! A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7 by Ron Keres is a hilarious children's storybook featuring Finn the frog, who is a tad bit neurotic about cleanliness. Unlike other swamp toads, Finn prides himself on the appearance...

In The Girl and the Lock on Her Heart by Lauren Lee, a girl who lives by herself is on a mission to find the key that will fit the empty lock on her heart. One day, a boy who has a key to his...

Disenchanted (A Lay of Ruinous Reign: Book One) by Brianna Sugalski is a fantasy adventure filled with romance and intrigue. Princess Lilac has a peculiar curse. She can communicate with the magic folk in her kingdom. Her parents have kept her locked in their castle,...

Seven Ghosts is the final installment of the Matt Preston Novel series by Paul Shadinger. Matt Preston was enjoying his hard-earned but humdrum retirement when a newspaper report of a hit-and-run incident involving his former friend and fellow "ghost" Trey embroils him in a deep...

Will There Be Wine? by Whitney Cubbison is a fun rom-com. Austen Keller moved to Paris with her husband. Two years later they divorced and she decided to date French men exclusively. After many disastrous experiences, she started a blog to talk about them. Thanks...

Whatever the Future Holds: A Story of Grace, Resilience, and Love by Heidi E. V. McCann is an up-close and moving glimpse into a real love story more powerful than any travail encountered, including death. For all its devastating effects, it leaves a lasting inspiring...

The Silver Sphere Trilogy is a collection in the science fiction, adventure, and action subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by David Gittlin. The work gathers all the action of the trilogy in one volume, following the exploits of...