The Aloha Spirit by Linda A. Ulleseit begins in 1922, with a heartbreaking opening line stating that seven-year-old Dolores is deemed useless by her father. He never said it to her directly, but this is what has been running through his mind. This is because...

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...

Shlok's Dad: A Father's Perspective of Parenthood by Vivek Sharma is an engaging book that looks at parenthood from a father's point of view with a humorous and entertaining perspective that will bring a smile to the faces of readers. The author introduces parents to fatherhood based...

I think I can recognize my dog’s nose and the noses of the rest of my family. But the other noses? I’m not so sure. All living, breathing creatures have noses and they’re all different. How observant are we of the actual nose of an...

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,...

Scott Stokely: Growing Up Disc Golf, written by Scott Stokely and Aaron Rath, is the first-ever autobiography detailing the life of a professional disc golfer. Through the eyes of the man who lived it, we get to see how the sport develops through the years...

Open Heart: The Transformational Journey of a Doctor Who, After Bypass Surgery at 61, Ran Marathons and Climbed Mountains is an inspirational instructional manual. Author Akil Taher, M.D. underwent open-heart surgery at age 61 and realized he had to change his lifestyle. Only eight months...

Theorie of the Storm is the first entry in the Forgotten Fae series by Jane Delaney, a compelling young adult fantasy with impeccable world-building and a dark reality to explore. Theorie du’Ambrine nears her nineteenth birthday and she is worried. Of course, everyone in Dynas...

People come in all shapes and sizes and, yes, colors, too. We are all different, unique, original. Can you imagine what the world would be like if we all looked exactly the same, if we all liked to do exactly the same things and we...

Dynasty of Summer: Part One by Ticana Zhu is an epic historical novel that revolves around Princess Summer and the Zhenxun Empire. A lighthearted and naive girl by nature, she was oblivious to the ways of the world. Her first introduction to the world’s cruelty...

Ren Ellis's Confirm Humanity and Other Stories is a collection of short stories, flash fictions, and microfictions filled with questions, intrigue, tears, and hope. Ranging from familiar to fantastical, the settings and the characters are diverse. 'Deluge' starts the collection, set in the far future...

In Meredith Johnson's Just Momma, Ethan and Tyler love to play pretend. They are having a sword fight when their mom comes to their room to check on them. She decides to play with them and, with their imaginations, they go on adventures as Vikings,...

Imagine the world as only being one in an infinite string, like a length of pearls. Nan has such a string of pearls. When Leanna and her younger sister, Violet, lose their parents, they go to live with Nan. Strange things happen, things Leanna doesn’t...

Wolf Hunter Inquisition: The Freeing of Chiropteran by Miller Thomas is a hugely entertaining story for fans of the paranormal. Danny Roberts is a detective in the real human world who wakes up in an unfamiliar world to discover that he is in thrall to...

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...

The Chase: A Christian Psychological Thriller is a work of Christian fiction in the thriller genre and is part of the Clary Austin series. It is aimed at adult readers owing to some mature subject matter and dark references and was penned by author Charles...

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,...

The Day the Screens Stood Still written by R.L. Ullman and illustrated fabulously by Buhmi Loupito is a book all middle grade kids should read—and parents too. With all the blessings home computing has brought us, some bad things have come along. Like taking us...

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...

Who does not love penguins? In Marybeth Wishart’s book, Parker the Purple Penguin, she has written a timely story about bullying. Parker enjoys all the things most penguins love; snow, sliding, water, and swimming but he does not look like all the other penguins. The...