Growing up is supposed to be a memorable journey for everyone. It is the stage where most people learn how to love, develop their personalities, and embrace their identities. But as many people realize over time, the reality is often disappointing. Unfortunately for some people,...

A Disturbing Nature by Brian Lebeau is the first novel in The Echo of Whispers Series. Set in 1975, the story follows Maurice Lumen, a.k.a. Mo, who was thrown out of his home in Virginia, the only home he ever knew. Arriving in Rhode Island,...

Susan Rogers and John Roosen’s Dead Man’s Pose is the first book of the Yoga Mat Mysteries. Tragedy strikes Elaina’s class when one of her students, Mario, dies when the class goes into a deep and tranquil state while transitioning into the final relaxation pose....

A Trophy Life is a short work of fiction by Robert E. Kearns. It opens in England where a retired company executive named Allister comes upon a trophy that has been discarded near a dumpster. Allister takes the trophy home and cleans it up, noticing...

Henrietta Hedgehog’s Prickly Problem by Carole P. Roman shares a beautiful story about self-acceptance. Henrietta is a charming hedgehog who is unhappy with her spiky quills and feels they keep her fellow critters from becoming close friends. While at school, some of the animals tease...

Cassiopeia, aka Pia, and her friend Samsara had just graduated from the University of New York when they decide to go on vacation to Vieques Island. While on the island, Pia experiences strange events that she can’t explain. Apart from having the same dreams as...

Loverless Love: Stories is a work of fiction in the romance and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to the presence of sexual scenes and frank discussions of sex, romance, and adult relationships, and was penned by author Christopher Guerin....

In Search of Rohan Chang is a work of fiction in the Christian sci-fi and fantasy, adventure, and cross-cultural writing subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience but can be enjoyed by adult readers and mature middle-grade readers too. Penned by author...

His Healing By Perfect Love by Ronteé Marshall is a Christian romance that revolves around Alex and Georgia, who share a passionate encounter in Costa Rica. Alex, still bereft and blaming himself for the death of his sister Kaitlyn, chooses not to pursue any type...

Jenni Ogden’s Dancing With Dragons is a beautifully crafted tale set in the late 1970s on Western Australia’s Coral Coast, where teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live a secluded life with their parents. Gaia is intensively trained by her mother, a former Principal Dancer...

Stork Lake: Tales From a Wall of Hats by L.C. Reid is a heartfelt, thoroughly engaging chronicle of a family’s experience as they establish, expand, and successfully operate a fishing camp in the wilds of northwestern Ontario from 1964 through 1979. L.C. Reid’s winning characters...

Twisted Fate by Adam Lewis is a thought-provoking, gripping legal thriller. Follow Jay Sutherland, the son of a runaway teenager turned prostitute. Before Henry, his grandfather and ex-Marine, took him in, all Jay knew was pain and darkness. Fortunately, Henry turned that boy into a...

Flight Across Waters by Ulla Håkanson tells the captivating story of Amy and Ben, a couple plunged into a complex criminal web after witnessing a plane crash on their honeymoon on Galiano Island. The crash victim, architect Eugene Sokalsky, is discovered to be the father...

When Banana Stains Fade by Frances-Marie Coke tells the story of the women in a Jamaican family across generations. When Zarah returns home to Kingston, Jamaica, from the United States, she is full of regret over the past three years. She feels she has fallen...

Literary writing and humor writing mesh together just as perfectly as the two unlikely protagonists in Starman After Midnight by Scott Semegran. Big Dave, a plumber by trade and conservative by political labels, spends his evenings enjoying a few brews on the patio with his...

Discovery of Geminus by Neil Orint is an all-age fantasy that revolves around fifteen-year-old Henry Brooks, who discovers Geminus, a magical twin world to Earth, in a vision. He travels there with his friends Kate, Max, and his dog Rocky, but accidentally reveals its secrets...

The delightful children’s book What Sammy Rose Loved by Nancy Ciammetti Short introduces us to Sammy Rose, a young girl who loves to sleep. From the time she was a baby, her parents were amazed at how easily she fell asleep, often joking about what...

Bus No. 7 by Mary J. Nestor is about Annabelle, a pregnant woman whose husband, Jake, is unable to pick her up, forcing her to take the bus. David, a man with his own troubles and looking for money to buy drugs, sets his sights...

Lewis Snyder, an American soldier on duty in Iraq, stumbles across an ancient Sumerian relic inside an old mosque but forgets about it in the turmoil and bloodshed surrounding him. A few years later, he is out the war zone and ‘retired’ from active duty....

For me a sign of a great author is one who is able to evoke compassion and sympathy when normally there might be none, and that's just what the author does for me in this story. He creates a serial killer who I actually felt...