In Echo From a Bayou by J. Luke Bennecke, John Bastian, a Californian whose personal and financial life is in shambles, goes for a much-needed ski break with his friend Kevin. It ends with John in a coma, awakening with a new outlook on life...

The black diamond hung high up in the sky. People had named it the Anomaly. It had plunged the world into disarray ever since it appeared in the sky seven years before. Cars no longer worked. Roads developed deep cracks. Humans were forced to live...

Plausible Liars by Lin Wilder is a medical drama inspired by actual events and information on transgenderism, based on studies of material found on medical gender-affirmation websites. Dr. Lindsay McCall contends with transgender politics and becomes caught up in a provoking and challenging situation. Kate...

Gilm! by Brian Corley revolves around Geoff, a teenage musician. High school is tough, and Geoff tries to balance his daily life with helping at his dad's occult shop, Curio City. Geoff does not share his father's supernatural beliefs but still ends up turning to...

Random Husband is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, romance, and suspense subgenres. It is best suited to adult readers owing to the presence of explicit language and scenes of a sexual nature. Penned by author Janie H Gordon, readers are invited to...

Quantum Mind by MD Hanley is a science-fiction thriller that will surprise and intrigue. Kat and Pat are twins who have discovered something amazing; the earth itself is alive, it is sentient. They meet Alder, a visitor from a distant planet, who was sent to...

Dan Flanigan’s An American Tragedy plunges readers into the intense and controversial era of the Satanic Panic of the late 1980s. In the scorching summer of 1988, private detective O’Keefe is unexpectedly drawn into a harrowing legal battle when Virginia Montrose, known affectionately as “Miss...

Into Dark Corridors by Constance Hood is a memoir beginning in 1986, when Hood embarked on a project to restore a historic house from around 1910. Facing serious financial constraints and logistical hurdles, she and her husband, Don, negotiated to relocate the house against threats...

Summer of 93 is a work of fiction penned by author Archana Somvanshi in the coming-of-age, interpersonal drama, and cultural genres for young adult and adult readers. In this compelling and emotive tale, three siblings venture into their ancestral village where they uncover secrets about...

Rosemary, Now and Then by Christina Larson is a moving and honest memoir about caring for a mother with dementia. The narrative follows Rosemary, a lively and creative woman, as she faces the challenges of multiple strokes and memory loss. Her daughter, Chris, a retired...

Dare to Dream by Amanda LaPera is the first book in the Desert of Dreams series. In it, Kiara ends up in the ironically named desert environment of Lake Los Angeles after her parents’ divorce. Her mother calls it affordable housing, but to Kiara, it’s...

When Tethers Fray by Rajiv Mittal is a deeply moving novel that follows Uma, a hospice nurse who cares for people in their final days. Through her eyes, we see the quiet struggles of patients and their families as they face the reality of death....

Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life by Orvin T. Kimbrough is an inspiring memoir that follows Orvin's life from trial to triumph. Orvin starts by sharing 23 personal growth principles that guided him throughout...

I was hooked from the moment I read the Prologue of Just a Common Lady. Karen Pirnot knows who she is and she is proud of it. She does not have to put on airs and pretend to be one of the elite. Pirnot cares...

Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Award Winner"A Colorful Day" by Karen Hutchins Pirnot is a delightful book for young children. Each page rhymes and has a corresponding picture. Purple cows, turquoise horses and a bright red dolphin are among the animals that adorn this book. Taryn...

Khaya Dawn Klanot clearly expresses the definition of a real friend in her poem "A True Friend". In "A Rainbow of Moods", the author expresses the emotions and moods that she associates with colors. Parents will appreciate the words in "A Very Busy Family". "My...

If I Should Die is the story of war torn Africa when nations were determined to throw off the last vestiges of colonial rule for self-determination. It is a story of violence set against the breathtaking beauty of the fictitious nation of Nyanga. Students of...

Dead Man Falls by Paula Boyd is book two in her Jolene Jackson Mystery series and I have to say it’s as hilarious as the first book. Once again Jolene is back in Kickapoo, Texas this time for her mother’s big birthday bash. This is...

Orion by A.S. Johnson is truly a lovely story of two friends who find out that they are really meant for each other in the most adorable and beautiful way. Commander Susan Davis is the pilot of the space shuttle Orion. Chance Walker is an...

No Greater Freedom is a page turning thriller set in Africa. From South Africa to Kenya, unscrupulous characters involved in gun running and animal poaching are intertwined and cross paths with the good guys who are investigating their goings on via land and water. Add...