The Baby Factory by Donna Walo Clancy is a thought-provoking story that explores human trafficking; it is dark and poignantly written. Meghan Clark and Sarah Tolan have been best friends for as long as they can remember, and it’s been four years since they had...

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt has died and her body is secretly moved to a hidden location by devoted subjects who remain true to their religion and leader in The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra by JT Osbourne. While the ancient drama plays out, the story fast...

The World Behind Us by Thomas Trang is a splendid meld of crime and time travel, an intriguing story with a powerful setting between two time lines and with strong historical elements. Ray Ranglin sees himself as retired from the Corporation, but a visit from...

The Outback Musician's Survival Guide is a non-fiction autobiographical account by author Phil Circle, described as ‘One Guy's Story of Surviving as an Independent Musician’. The book is compiled as a series of stories, some in a storyteller, fictionalized style whilst others are more anecdotal...

Elizabeth Stevens brings us passion and love in the young adult romance novel The Trouble With Hate is… Leilani Granger and Casper Drake have known each other forever. They live next door to each other, and their fathers are best friends. Casper and Brett, Lani’s...

The New Startup: A Modern Guide to Launching a Business Quickly and with Minimal Cost by David Pike is a useful tool that provides a concrete step-by-step guide to starting a business. This book is not the usual read when compared to the many...

The Little Encouragers - Ellie: New Town, New Mom, written by mother and daughter authors Mariah and Tallula Sebastien, talks about Ellie and her magical friends. After her parents’ divorce, Ellie and her mom moved to a new town. She also had to go to...

Set against the backdrop of the summer of 1956 on a farm in Michigan, with reminiscences of WWII and the threat of nuclear war, The Cherry Pickers by Gregory C. Randall is a coming of age story that follows the life of Howie, a teenage...

The Vow is a dark paranormal fantasy novel written by Laura Daleo. Claire Mathews was puzzled at not seeing her dad waiting for her at the airport. He was always very careful to be on time for any family activity. She grew even more confused...

The Jack Creek Horror: A Novel by CJ Coombes is a great treat for fans of horror fiction, a narrative with powerful environmental themes and great potential for entertainment. Harold Sweeny owns the County Chronicle and when he invites his friend Cory Ballard for dinner,...

So it turns out that there’s not just one tooth fairy, there are lots of them! Everything is explained in The Tooth Collector Fairies: Home from Decay Valley by Denise Ditto Satterfield. The fairies attend school at Oral Academy under Crown Mistress Molar in Brushalot,...

The Unleashed Entrepreneur: A Kick-Ass Guide to Harnessing Your Inner Ninja, Working Less, & Creating Your Perfect Lifestyle by Mitche Graf is a business book that motivates and inspires you. Mitch Graf gives you tools on how to figure out what you want out of...

The Devil's Bookkeepers is a historical fiction novel based on an actual Jewish chronicle of the declining conditions in the ghetto of Lodz, an industrial city in Nazi-controlled Poland, during World War II. Lodz was the second largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe, but very few...

The Guardians: Inheritance by Rebecca Rock is an engaging urban fantasy with a beautiful setting in Seattle. Nico Means is a native of the Seattle area and part Chinook Indian, and just like many kids his age, he has heard stories about Sasquatches and seen...

The Contest and Other Stories by Joe DiBuduo and Kate Robinson is a beautiful collection of stories that are exquisitely written, stories that deal with art, love, family, and other themes that readers can easily relate to. What makes this collection an exceptional one is...

The USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a moment of tragedy captured in beautiful writing and telling images. It’s December 7, 1941 aboard the USS Arizona. People look forward to the Sunday morning service usually held at the quarterdeck, some had just returned from leave...

The Secret of Altamura: Nazi Crimes, Italian Treasure by Dick Rosano is part of a series of mysteries set in Italy. The plot knits two different time lines together through parallel stories with intersecting points. Colonel Bernhard, a corrupt Nazi officer tasked with confiscating Italian...

The Grumpy Catfish by Mary Esparza-Vela relates the story of a lonely catfish who is bullied by younger fish. Grumpy lived alone on the bottom of the ocean. All his friends were gone, captured by fisherman. Grumpy had advised them not to grab a hook,...

Little Donny has two dogs: Snookie, an Australian Sheepdog, and Bitsy, a bulldog terrier mix. Donny loved his dogs. When Bitsy had four puppies, fathered by the dog next door, Donny loved them as well and helped Bitsy care for them. He checked on them...

The Scared Bunny by Mary Esparza-Vela will grab a child's interest. The amazing artwork will provide the young reader with reflections and added discussion. Robby, who is a rabbit, teases others to the point that they won't believe him when he really needs them to....