Every now and then you find yourself in a rut. These come in the form of well-laid plans that you are not able to implement because your creative muse refuses to perform. Then self-criticism besets you and aggravates your creative inventions and you just cannot...

Side Steps Terrorizing Sound Bites Part 2: Some Things are Black and White by Amy Jean, with illustrations by Eric Savage, is a non-fiction poetic memoir that follows Jean's first book and its shared title. Many of Jean's work correlates to her own life and...

While trying to get his bearings after a vehicular collision, Damien Winters finds himself facing what resembles a giant, eyeless mountain lion launching itself like a lunatic linebacker at him. Think of Leonardo DiCaprio’s bear attack in The Revenant, and you get an idea of...

Seeds for Sharing, written by Carissa Lovvorn and illustrated by Joshua Wichterich, is based on 1 Timothy 6:18-19: “Verse 18. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, (verse 19.) storing up for themselves a...

In Far From Fearless, Rebecca K. O’Connor, author, artist, falconer, life-wanderer, survivor, lover of life just the way it is, weaves all these challenging themes into an inspirational tapestry of full engagement regardless of risk. As a raptor trainer, author O’Connor has firsthand knowledge of...

Notorious by Sudha Kuruganti is the first book in the Legend Valley Academy series. Mal Jones works a side hustle making fake IDs but she still hasn't earned the money for a car and has plans to go bigger with her business. Mal's faced with...

Dang Near Royal by Milan Sergent is a feel-good British comedy. The Gurneys are poor, there’s no two ways about it, and when Derek and Sukie arrive in their limo at the Gurneys' downtrodden doorstep, they come with news that is hard to believe. A...

Dead to Life is another installment of the Sara Mason Mysteries by Mary Deal. On a tour of Vietnam searching for missing persons, Sara Mason and her partner, Huxley Keane, stumble upon a long-lost key belonging to Huxley's older brother, Rocky, who went MIA in...

The Three Tamaracks camp near the Orenda lake is an unusual place. The air is full of magic for those who can perceive it, and the area is teeming with talking wildlife if only you can hear them. When Martin spends the summers there with...

A young woman embarks on an adventure with her husband and friends that comes to an astonishing end in the dramatic short story Marlee's World by Gerard Bianco. Marlee is unusual in that she secretly converses with inanimate objects and distinguishes people by their auras....

If your idea of a fantastic read is one that has you turning those pages so fast you’re almost disappointed when the story’s finished, then you will love Don’t Kill Me Because I’m Beautiful by H. Gewirtz. What an excellent read for psychological thriller fans...

Winterset Hollow is a work of fiction in the urban fantasy sub-genre, penned by author Jonathan Edward Durham. The book is generally suited to mature readers owing to the presence of scenes of violence and the use of explicit language occasionally during the story. Combining...

L.O.V.E.: Lessons On Virtually Everything by Amber Whitted is the fourth volume of the poet's A Collection of Words and Thoughts series. The titular acronym is the perfect descriptor of both the size, strength, and theme of the work itself. Whitted has organized her original...

Fruit Is Fun includes a description of fruits in terms of variety, color, flavor, and shape. The book even talks about categories such as citrus. In some cases, the text also explains the type of region where these fruits grow. Through the pages, children will...

Westland is the second novel in the Essie's Roses series by Michelle Muriel. Set in the years after the Civil War, the novel continues the story of Evie and Essie Mae. The two girls, now women, come back to their plantation, to Miss Katie and...

Rules of Falling by Leslie Tall Manning tells the story of a teenager's unique struggles and how her entire life is defined by the one thing she can't control. Erica is a high school senior, but she hasn't had a normal high school experience ever...

Crossroads Moments of My Life by Gabriela Casineanu is a very short memoir of a well-known life coach who has written many books for introverts. She tells a few stories about how she went from being an engineer to being a life coach, even though...

Death Unmasked by Karen Neary Smithson is book 2 in the Beth Getty Mystery series, set in Venice, Italy. Beth is on her honeymoon with her new husband, ex-detective Shane. Beth’s sixth sense has never let her down – until now. She didn’t get one...

A Life Cycle: A Guide to Healing and Rediscovering Yourself by Nicole Asherah is a thoughtful, resonant collection of poems that searches the human soul to uncover depths of trauma and instill a sense of hope. The collection follows the process of renewal from an...

In Rubie Woodland’s Eternal Dark, up before the sun, safe before the dark, follow instincts, and keep moving. That philosophy had kept Zade Kinston safe as an orphan since his mother’s death. The world was brutal, and ration slips were barely enough to get by....