In Oil and Water, Lara Ann Dominick presents a female protagonist that is as real as she is fun to follow. Elsie Taylor lives a normal life, but she’s always had fantasies of embracing danger and doing something out of the ordinary. At twenty-eight, she...

In Jane Ver Mulm’s delightful historical romance novel, Finding Paradise, Ellen Schmidt struggles against the repressive social norms of her era. During her childhood, Ellen forms close bonds with her father’s slaves. Unlike most people in her circle, Ellen abhors the practice of slavery, an...

The Underground Toy Society's Coloring and Activity Book by Jessica D. Adams is an adorable activity book that accompanies Ms. Adams' Toy Society children's books. It has a bookplate where children can put their names in the front of the book. There are lots and...

The Underground Toy Society and the Annual Toy Drive Coloring and Activity Book tells the story of Murry Mole, who helps abandoned toys find new homes. One night in December, while digging his tunnels, he accidentally comes across a toy store where he meets Billy...

Halloween Coloring and Activity Book is a fun activity book that features the characters from the Underground Toy Society. The toys combine to give us a festive experience with activities such as coloring, drawing, finding words, solving mazes, number exercises, and more. The book includes...

Loneliness (Roman Ruminations, Volume One) by Norman Weeks is a deeply contemplative text about the author’s state of existence: loneliness. His escape is the craft of writing where he provides commentary on some of the greatest academics and philosophers to substantiate or explore his own...

Amelia the Mouse: Inventor Extraordinaire is a children’s educational picture book written by J.W. Kohler and illustrated by Kate Fallahee. If there’s one thing that excites Amelia about getting up every morning, it’s the new day’s opportunities to create even more ingenious inventions. Amelia sees...

Christmas at Mistletoe Ridge by Angie Ellington is a sweet and clean cozy Christmas story that is beautiful to read during the holidays. Cole Stevens is in the small town of Birch Falls for only as long as it takes to make a land deal....

The Life and Times of Fuzzy Wuzzy is a children’s animal picture book written by Craig Sidell and illustrated by Evgeniya Kozhevnikova. Sidell takes the Rudyard Kipling poem and expounds upon it until the reader no longer notices the lack of hair on this bear,...

What a wonderful twist! I wasn’t expecting the gift that Jacob chose to give in the children’s picture book A Gift for Santa. I love the way Santa thanks him every Christmas for the gift. What would you give Santa for Christmas? I love the...

In Overland by Ramcy Diek, Skyla is a young woman working in her father’s insurance agency. She has a happy family life, a boyfriend, and life is good. Until that rainy Thanksgiving eve when she is kidnapped. Rikkerson, the kidnapper, took Skyla to his shack...

Meet The Sun by Ruth Finnegan and Claudio Vita-Finzi gives readers glimpses of the fascinating world of the sun and its majestic beauty. Where did the sun come from in the first place? The pre-solar cloud of dust and gas was supplying the solar nebula...

Journey to Jumbalot by Ryan Wakefield takes readers on a gripping adventure with many wonderful creatures. Professor Wizoom is excited to build a doorway into another world, but his cat, Alby, is afraid to lose him since he had lived as a stray cat for...

The Unicorn Princess, written by Alyssa Schermel and illustrated by Marina Saumell, follows a young girl named Emma who is having nightmares about a scary witch. Her grandmother gives Emma a necklace and encourages her not to be afraid and to find magic of her...

Nelson's Fun Fair Holiday is a children’s educational picture book written by Claire Carey and illustrated by India Danter. Nelson was beside himself with excitement over his trip to Ross-on-Wye. He would be staying with his Aunt Claire in her caravan at the carnival and...

Joyous Lies by Margaret Ann Spence is a bittersweet saga about deception and those mistruths or half-truths we sometimes concoct within families to protect ourselves and others from what we think may harm them. Maelle was a Ph.D. botany student with a deep and abiding...

Scamper and the Magic of Appreciation written by Michal Y. Noah, Ph.D. and her daughter Loren Noah, and illustrated by Favreau, is an entertaining picture book in verse about how daily self-affirmations can positively impact your outlook on life. Focusing on the daily appreciation of...

Layla is mortified when she messes up her ABC’s at school. All the children make fun of her, tease her and laugh at her. Even though she started her day on a positive note, doing yoga with her parents and building her inner strength, she...

In an unfortunate life-altering tragedy, Kellie finds comfort and strength in responding officer Deputy Lance Malloy. Following in his father’s footsteps, Lance is the paragon of what an officer should be; professional, passionate, and committed. He and his fellow officers are more than family, and...

A Dog Named Trouble Goes to a Forever Home by Anthony Gonzalez is a feel-good story about a huge Saint Bernard. Trouble starts out at a shelter where his new Mom and Dad pick him up and bring him home. Trouble has some anxious moments...