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...

Zoey and the Magical Hummingbirds by Ebonie P. Fields follows a young girl as she discovers the joy of having a sibling and family through her adventures on the island of Jamaica. Jealous of her new sibling, Zoey runs away from home. She meets two...

A Private Heaven by Dave Eagleston is based on the true story of two brothers, Dave and Marv Eagleston, and how their volatile and abusive childhood affected them as adults. Reserved and sensitive Marv would shoulder the majority of the physical and verbal abuse from...

Jane the Astronaut: The Mystery of the Alien Dragons, written by Dianne Bateman and illustrated by Remesh Ram, is a children's science fiction/fantasy chapter book that follows a teen girl embarking on the adventure of her dreams. Jane comes home thrilled that she's won a...

An intense historical novel that spans decades, The People of Ostrich Mountain by Ndirangu Githaiga chronicles the life of a Kenyan family that begins in 1952. A 14-year-old girl named Wambui Karanja, who lives in the small village of Kiandutu, is witness to the oppressive...

Flying Free: Poems for Pilgrim Hearts is an 82-page book of poetry by Ruth Fanshaw. The book consists of many different types of poetry and the author makes a concerted effort to make this known from the beginning by adding a brief description of how...

The mother-daughter bond is a special treasure. Daughters look up to their mothers and try to copy their example, to do what their mothers do. Daughters are full of questions: “how do you get to the moon?” and “where do you keep your money?” With...

Are you good at solving riddles? Are puzzles easy for you to figure out? Are you good at decoding, unraveling mysteries? Ethan Murphy is very clever at all of these things and more. It’s something he’s inherited from his father and his grandfather. It’s part...

Mt. Moriah’s Wake by Melissa Norton Carro is a gripping tale about JoAnna Wilson, an aspiring writer from the countryside, and her inner struggles to reconcile her unspeakable past with the possibilities of the future. Jo, as her family and close friends lovingly call her,...

Let's Make a Rainbow: A Yoga Story for Kids by Susan Rose is a beautiful book inside and out. It was raining outside and Lilly wanted to use her imagination to take her away, so she asked her brother to do some yoga to make...

Mentoring Moments: 14 Remarkable Women Share Breakthroughs to Success, compiled by HR expert and Managing Editor of Enhanced DNA: Develop Nurture Achieve fame, Denola M. Burton, consists of the true stories of how 14 women succeeded in the business world, as well as in their...

The Palm-Sized Sky Written by Mr. Sun is a children’s book based on a Chinese fable. Jerry is introduced as a frog that lives alone in a well. He enjoys his life and his home until one day an unexpected visitor arrives. The visitor's name...

Heavy: The Weight Of It All is the first book of a young adult LitRPG series written by J.J. Thorn. Terrence Stine always wanted to be a Dungeoneer. At the age of sixteen, he gets his opportunity when the Goddess gifts him the Affinity, Weight,...

The world in the future is run by women since Manflu has decimated the male population. Author Simone de Muñoz sets the scene with her principal character Morgan busy working in a government-sponsored lab to find a vaccine that will combat the disease. At home,...

A wealthy woman's death in Chicago has become a cold case, and when a team of FBI agents from Cleveland travels to Chicago to solve her murder, local law enforcement and organized crime syndicates impede their investigation, provoking deadly consequences in the thrilling murder mystery,...

Madison has just escaped an abusive relationship and moved back in with her parents. With a failed marriage behind her and no job prospects, she finds it easy to connect with the animals she looks after as a volunteer at the local shelter. But her...

Cheryl Davies's story The Perfect Potion is about two witch sisters, Astrid and Luna. Just like Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Astrid and Luna seem very different from each other. Astrid is the older sister who makes amazing magical potions. Her little sister Luna never...

Sacred Life: Healing from the Virus in Consciousness by Bedri Cag Cetin Ph.D. is a book for anyone seeking to reach deeper levels of spiritual consciousness and experience an equally deeper level of fulfillment, happiness, and inner peace. It brilliantly re-establishes the missing link between...

At the Castle of Dreams is the fifth book in A Country Girl Empress series by A. Piper Burgi. Crown Prince Rudolph is found dead at his hunting lodge along with his mistress. Devastated and grief-stricken, Sisi and Franz have no idea what really happened....

Rae’s Rainy Day is aimed at younger readers and was penned by Julie Awerkamp and Holly Andreason. It also contains gorgeous illustrations by Jesi Yap. The story follows the Sun itself named Rae, who is usually a very happy sun that loves shining brightly on...