The Valet by Bonnie Traymore is about Johnny, a struggling valet driver who has dreams of moving out of Honolulu. Johnny has a shady side hustle with his girlfriend and uses his position at work to get information about potential victims. Johnny parked Derek Anderson's...

The Lie by Jude Berman is a gripping thriller with compelling characters in very tight and compromising situations. Jedd is a top cybersecurity expert who wakes up in an unknown underground place, kidnapped and left without food or water. He struggles to remember how it...

Paddy and the Banshee by Marty Martin is a memoir about a boy named Paddy who grows up between rural Ireland and New York City during the 1960s. His life is full of constant change: moving from one place to another, dealing with his parents'...

In The Juror’s Secret by Jimmy Ray Conner, the shining star in the story is elderly widow Grace Tilley, who works at the Bay Savings Bank in Cow Hollow. While this upmarket suburb of San Francisco is a lively and thriving area, there are problems....

Did You Have the Life You Wanted? by Andrea Simon explores memory, identity, and the dynamics of human relationships. Through the camera lens, Anita Rappaport, the protagonist, intertwines personal reflection with historical and cultural moments, creating a portrait of a life shaped by the ever-changing...

It is disturbing when the people we entrust with our safety, whether family members or close friends, actively or passively participate in the abuse, or situations that leave us traumatized. This can also be confusing, especially to a child. Apart from not knowing how to...

Joan of the Arcane by Alexandra Fleder delves deep into the world of conspiracy theories and the internet trolls who spread them. Before she married and settled down to middle-aged, middle-class normalcy in Los Angeles, Joan was a rebel, a singer in a punk rock...

Nick and Clancy by C. C. Jirón is a wonderful tale of nine lives. When Nick survives what should have been a fatal heart attack, he realizes that he’s been given a second chance at life and must grab it with both hands. He’s under...

World War H by FX Holden is set in a near future where scattered incidents across major cities and strategic waterways begin to form a single operational picture. Lieutenant Siku Smith follows trails that point to a coordinated effort to draw civilians into disruptive tasks,...

It’s the summer of 1976, the bicentennial celebrations are nearing, and 15-year-old Daphne Ann Post is with her mother, Marianne, her brother Brandon, her aunt Beth, and her cousins Sammy and Margot. They’re staying in Daphne’s grandmother’s lake house in Carlson, Indiana, for the summer....

Ashen Lands by Tess Manchester centers on Randall Colt, a seasoned military veteran who must travel across a civil war-ravaged America. Bombardments have fragmented and reduced it into chaotic regions characterized by mass burial grounds, burnt-out woodlands, and ruthless armed groups. He must deliver a...

Set in the late 17th century in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, The Witch Hunter's Wife by Jessica Lunt follows the ordeal of a young, married woman during the Salem Witch Trials. It's been ten years since Caroline Choate moved to Salem with her husband, John,...

Set in 1983, Las Vegas, Sanctuary Row by Lamar D. Vine is a drama that follows the story of a young man on the cusp of adulthood. Thomas Joseph, also known as Joe, grew up in an impoverished family in Iowa. Joe's childhood was influenced...

Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays by Danielle Bainbridge is a collection of the author’s thoughts, poems, and experiences. Danielle is a Black woman with Jamaican roots, raised in the Bronx, and Yale-educated in the arts with a bipolar depression diagnosis. She takes pride in her...

There are leaders in every organization; some excel, and some fail. Leadership is earned, but it also needs to be learned. In Denola M. Burton’s Enhancing Your Leadership DNA, she breaks down the core components of leadership into bite-sized pieces. Section one on coaching covers...

Chasing the Bangkok Dragon by K. E. Karl is set in Thailand in 1984. Thomas works for the DEA in the United States and is seconded to the Orson Group, a charity that is a cover for investigating and destroying drug shipments bound for America....

In her memoir Reliance Road, Kate Winn describes growing up on a dairy farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, where daily life revolves around livestock, crops, school, and the constant work required to keep the farm operating. Her mother, Margaret Rasmussen Winn, a trained chemist who later...

When the Forest Dreams by Andrea Ezerins follows Emma Jablonski, who is living above her family’s Polish bakery on the Upper East Side. A favor draws her into another life. Asked to watch over Veronica Mason, a model recovering from addiction, Emma leaves the routines...

Nancy Hatch Woodward once said, “Snow brings a special kind of magic with it.” There’s definitely an aura of magic around Leo, a young boy in Little Leo and the Snowman Surprise by Akshay. One morning, he wakes up excited for the big day ahead...

Hysterical by Amber Dean is the first-person narrative of Jessie Anne, a sexually addicted bisexual woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder (DID). On the one side, she's in love with her best friend, Tinsel, who doesn't want to commit to a one-person affair. On the...