Caramel and Steel by Long Temple follows Marlie, a 53-year-old divorcee, who is ready to date again after creating a dating app profile. She meets Trunk, a 55-year-old psychologist, and they build a deep connection, moving from early dates to a committed relationship. Simultaneously, Marlie...

Rhythm and Design: A Platinum Chocolate Romance by Long Temple is an inspiring love story that follows Claire Baldwin, a talented aspiring architect on a journey of legacy and self-discovery, and Oliver Graham, a soulful musician. Claire's and Oliver's families have been friends for years,...

Not every love story starts with a magical first meeting—some begin with a packed suitcase and a brave goodbye. The Colors of Us by Long Temple reveals that anyone, at any age, can start over. Olivia, a middle-aged woman, decides to take the chance on...

A Hearts Anchor: A Platinum Chocolate Romance by Long Temple is a heartwarming romance novella. Rushing to her post-surgery voice therapy, Kianna collides with Marcus, a police officer. Much to her surprise, Kianna meets Marcus again at her next therapy session. These fleeting encounters lead...

Success Against the Odds: What Interesting People Did by June Raleigh is an exploration of historical and cultural figures who overcame adversity through courage, ingenuity, and faith. The book is divided into two parts: the first focuses on remarkable individuals from ancient Israel and surrounding...

The HEALing Revolution Diet by Dr. Randall S. Hansen is an enlightening and useful self-development and health book. As a teacher and mother who is enthusiastic about education, health, and critical thinking, I found this book original, as Hansen challenges us to reconsider how we...

Before highways and motels, there were wagons and campfires, and for one determined young bride, that meant seeing new land and building a new future. Rodantha’s Road by Joyce Stotts begins in 1856 with 18-year-old Rodantha and her new Welsh husband, William, leaving Virginia for...

In the Shadow of Silence by Rae Dumont examines the complexities of family relationships, mental health, and the lasting effects of loss. The story focuses on Eva, a psychiatrist, mother, and widow, as she deals with the aftermath of her husband Lyman's suicide. Through her...

The Shattered Weave: The Song and Forge Chronicles Book 1, by A.M. Lavender, is epic high fantasy with dark fantasy and mythic elements. Readers are brought into a world sustained by the mysterious Weave. But their reality is beginning to fracture. This leads scholar Elara...

When the Sky Turned to Dust by Catherine Matthias is an engrossing MG novel that takes the reader into the life of a family fighting to survive the dust storms affecting their home in Kansas. It follows 12-year-old Caroline, who, along with her 9-year-old brother, tries...

In Anthony Lange’s Birds in a Land of No Trees, astrophysics researcher Quentin Narmast expects nothing more than an awkward evening when an eccentric stranger named Conrad Lyzachootri arrives at his Boston apartment, claiming to represent an interstellar council. Hours later, Quentin awakens inside the...

Life is so much more than caring for oneself: it’s really about caring for others. In Brandy Clark’s Vivian’s Perfectly Imperfect Picnic, young Vivian enjoys a day at the park with her Bubba. She rides the swings, enjoys a picnic, and walks around with Bubba....

Robbie Shell’s Bees on the Roof, as the title and beautifully designed cover suggests, is a children’s book about a colony of bees being cultivated by children on the roof of a building. The venue is the Meadow Hotel, where Nick the Head Pastry Chef...

When sixteen-year-old Michael and his younger fourteen-year-old brother, Max, came up with the plan to build the National Hall of Champions and Learning Center on Childhood Cancer, they hadn't realized their idea would lead them to become champions of hope. Dream Big: The Hall of...

Rick and Bobo was written by brothers, Nick and James Ventrillo. This unique book is well written with an imaginative plot, while still firmly based in reality. It will appeal to young adults and adults who are young at heart, especially if you have a...

In Days of the Dead by Anastasia Amor it is Oktoberfest - the evening celebration before the Days of the Dead Tour. Drinking, dancing, party fun and murder. Just what Adie Sturm needed, a murder just before the tour to Cozumel, and the murderer may be going...

Dao is one of ten children. She wants to go to boarding school in hopes of someday living in a country where she will have freedom from responsibility to her family. She goes to school and finally makes it to America only to discover that...

Adie Sturm is back in Cozumel. The last time she was here was when she had to take a group on the Days Of The Dead tour.  Now she is back to be a bridesmaid for her friend Janine. Due to problems with the plane,...

Ordained minister, Chariss K. Walker begins her book, Make a Joyful Noise, by sharing her story. She hit bottom in her early forties. An incurable illness, a divorce, a death in the family was all devastating events. Walker began to search for more. She sought...

The setting is Rome, during Nero’s reign. The narrator is Rusticus. He was once a great gladiator that saved Nero’s life during a chariot race. He worked his way up to one of the top ministers in the imperial court. He was in love with...