If you’re looking for a book that makes you think and feel at the same time, The Paradox of Pain by Mariela G. George is definitely it. Be prepared for a book that doesn’t just tell you about suffering—it makes you question it deeply while...

There is a sense of loneliness when reading Ana’s words as Confessions of a Female Dominant opens. Every page and every word reveals it in a multitude of ways. She is a woman desperate for something, which she cannot name, not while in Russia and...

Dead Man’s Gospel by Reno Bachman is a riveting psychological Western that introduces us to Timothy Gospel, a man scarred by violence since his childhood and who then, as an adult, inflicted it. Timothy is on the run, seeking sanctuary in the hills and forests...

In The Orphans of Nilad by Erich and Daniella Sanchack, driven by a sealed letter, EoC leads Kaida, the blue-eyed barbarian Dinger, and the half-elf Kekron ashore to Nilad, a mountain town shrinking under fear after miners vanish, and strange messages begin appearing in the...

Maddy's Towers is a children’s picture book written by Inbal Alon with illustrations by Mandira Biswas. It follows Maddy, a young girl who returns home in tears after a sad betrayal. Her best friend, Mei, just revealed Maddy’s secret to everyone. While Maddy’s mother comforts...

Sometimes the people who seem the most guarded are the ones with the heaviest history, and in For You Always by Hannah Jordan, Cammie knows that better than anyone. She left her hometown in search of a fresh start and happened upon Peace Falls, where...

Reunion in the Desert by Leslie Rager is a skillfully written story about finding your way back to who you are. For most people, losing their way does not seem entirely likely; for Quinn Goode and Colton Carson, losing themselves seemed like the only way...

Dona Masi’s The Taking follows Vera Diparma, a girl in rural New England whose childhood is marked by lights in the sky and missing hours she cannot explain. Her father, John, raised her in an old house near Pangea after her mother, Suzy, disappeared under...

Vietnam's Modern Day Boat People by Shira Sebban follows Vietnamese asylum seekers returned from Australia after arriving by sea, beginning with Tran Thi Thanh Loan, a Catholic mother facing prison in Vietnam after officials sent her family back. Sebban enters the case through a newspaper...

Don't Tell by Teresa Schapansky is a deeply personal and harrowing memoir based on the life story of Troy Edward Eklund. The book walks you through Troy’s painful childhood, his addiction, and his fight for a better life—all before his sudden death in 2025. Troy...

In The Long Journey Home, Wes Lewis opens up about the exact moment he realized his decades of military discipline and career success were just walls hiding a deep emotional distance. After a lifetime of constant moving, broken marriages, and a chaotic phase where he...

When There’s Skin in the Game by D. A. Williams is a thrilling read. David Allen Winston, better known as Win, was a dedicated Navy officer with a promising career; that was until the death of his sister, Laura. She was the accidental casualty of...

Bodies of Water by Marylee MacDonald is a collection of original short stories. Each story ranges in length and content, but all are about people whose lives change when water enters the equation. In The Ark Encounter, Pearl loses her house to a hurricane, then...

Carol and son Adam Kunz have newly entered the publishing market with their novel The Childe. The book features Catherine "Cat" Colvin, a tall fifteen year old who is transferring from a private academy to the local high school. Cat is a teen...

Rico Austin's book My Bad Tequila is declared to be "a work of reality (80%) and fiction (20%)." As a student at Boise State University in Idaho, Rhet Austin decides to go on spring break with a busload of students to the Club Med...

I loved this book. Henry gives his testimony of how he came to know Jesus as Lord of his life. He started off in a pit of depression, and he did not know what to do when it came to life's circumstances. ...

This is a witty and entertaining book made up of entries in a diary written by a fourteen-year-old girl named Melissa. It depicts her life after she is given a diary by her twelve-year-old sister, Megan. She started it right before she begins her first...

The Magic of Finkleton is a captivating novel written by K.C. Hilton. Siblings, Robert, Jack and Lizzy, are thrown into a bizarre world of mystery and intrigue when their house is burned down in a disastrous thunderstorm, which happens precisely at the same time their...

Joel and his young friends are pot smoking, carefree people with little thought for their futures. Worried about the Grimm Reaper and his threat to unleash a nuclear holocaust, the group goes on a camping trip. Rain forces them home where they find the town...

"The Royal Sheikh" is a classic story of fantasy and fiction. Sheikh Rafiq Kahil is known as the "Playboy Prince". He is the ideal guy for many of the ladies in Arabia; he has the looks, intelligence and the cash to attract many women. Claire...