Jeffrey L. Carrier’s Coal Dust on Purple Asters is a short historical trilogy about three families surviving in the rough mountains of Kentucky through wars and the Great Depression. In Rain on Chinquapin Holler, Wiley Hicks, a coal miner, is torn between providing for his...

Limiting screen time for children has become a parenting nightmare for many. Arguments, frustration, and hopelessness are the norm in many parents’ daily lives. The Screen Switch by Anna Wells is designed with these parents' needs in mind. Finally, the antidote for the screen epidemic...

Home: A Memoir of Family, Forgiveness, & Healing from Complex PTSD by Amy Smyth Miller explores trauma, healing, and the power of hope. Miller invites readers into the intimate corridors of her life, recounting her journey from a chaotic childhood marked by neglect, addiction, and...

Lifelines by Patricia Haim will appeal to fans of historical non-fiction and memoirs. The book is based on the old letters the author's father, Walter Haim, kept since 1938. The correspondence between the Haim, Kurz, and Neuhaus families inspired the author to research the history...

Rodeo Requiem by G.D. Obermiller promises to take readers on a thrilling journey through the world of rodeo. Rodeo rider Colton Macrae is found dead at the San Antonio rodeo, but it’s not clear whether he took his own life or not. Nick Fisher’s name...

Angela Odusanya’s Amelia’s Loose Part Art: A Night at the Campsite continues the Amelia series with a story that invites young readers to see play, nature, and imagination with fresh eyes. As the third book, this installment feels comfortably familiar while introducing a new setting...

Runika “Run” Tamara Long, a prominent figure in government reform in New York City and a businesswoman, had tried her best to stick by her brother’s side through his struggle with addiction until she couldn’t anymore. When she receives the dreadful phone call announcing that...

Two Worlds: One Family by Felicia L. Kenny is a heartwarming children’s picture book centered on eight-year-old Jory, who loves her family dearly. Spending time with her big mixed family always brings her joy and comfort. Jory’s family is unique: her dad is White, and...

Sweetness & Light: A True-Crime Memoir by Melinda Worth Popham explores family, identity, and the complexities of human relationships in mid-20th-century America. Popham weaves her personal narrative with historical events, capturing the essence of a bygone era while examining the impact of family dynamics and...

Angel and Outcast by Tess Manchester is a supernatural thriller that emphasizes the thin line between good and evil, as well as the decisions that people make. Raven Close is a career thief. She is killed in a car chase while attempting to flee a...

Luna and Mark had been married for seven years when he suddenly said he no longer loved her. What follows is the dissolution of the marriage, which devastates Luna. She feels empty and lost, having done everything to make her marriage work. During the packing...

Sean Spurlock's The Red Fields of France is a World War II novel that places readers at the center of the chaotic early days of the 1940 campaign in Western Europe. Set against the rapid German advance through France and Belgium, the novel follows British...

Rhea’s Game by Dan Uselton is set in a dystopian nightmare future where entertainment is defined by the abuse and humiliation of game show contestants. Whilst most of society lives in poverty, a few elite owners, managers, and performers in the only gameshow in town,...

Just as Loved as You by J.J. Carter begins with a young girl who starts to notice how all the memories and stories, especially those of her two sisters, seem to be only from “before she came along.” The family laughs over inside jokes, shared...

In Smoky Blue Sunrise by Lucille Guarino, Jolie-Mae Buckley leaves her South Carolina hometown in the aftermath of her sister Katy-June's death in a car accident. Jolie takes a live-in nanny position with Amanda and Jesse, a physician and an attorney with two young children...

Jennifer Gauthier’s memoir, Through Her Eyes, introduces a woman raised in the north-eastern United States by parents whose marriage was shaped by alcohol and conflict; she learns self-reliance long before she understands its cost. As a teenager, she becomes a mother to her son Amir...

The Killer’s Remorse by Jimmy Ray Conner is a historical mystery set in 1960s San Francisco. The story follows homicide detective Holly Webb, who is the city’s first woman to be assigned to the division. Along with her partner, Grant Parker, she’s launching a cold...

Melody and the Magic Music Box by Tim Tivis shares the tale of an orphan girl named Melody who lives in the Kingdom of Song. She loves singing while walking through the Humming Meadows and dreams of becoming a Grand Songkeeper, a title given to...

Joy Michelle Austin’s The Cost of Sensibility tells a modern story about survival, responsibility, and choosing honesty when silence is easier. Rick Wentworth is rebuilding life after years of confinement and abuse, learning parenting, therapy, and how to approach marriage with Marianne, who expects openness...

Coming Alive on the Ride by Michael Yang is a memoir of Yang’s life, beginning with his childhood in postwar South Korea and continuing through immigration, family life, and a career in Silicon Valley. The book alternates between extended motorcycle journeys across North America and...