Bewitched Moon: Emergence by C. R. Stephens is a fantastic debut novel. Samantha Luna Thorp is a twenty-year-old witchy yoga instructor with a profound connection to the moon. For Samantha, moon rituals are always a must, but right now, she craves clarity and inner peace...

When children's books address topics that are usually difficult to explain to little ones, they offer tremendous value to all of us. This is why I suggest you read Meeting Exceptional Friends by Lindsey Larsen. In this illustrated children's book, the author invites us to...

Dogfish Just Be You! by Rita Reed celebrates individuality. Dogfish is enjoying his time in the ocean off the coast of California when he hears the songs of humpback whales. He asks if he can join them in their journey northward. Dogfish is hoping to...

As a victim of childhood sexual abuse and someone who has mentored other abuse victims as they struggled to write their painful memoirs, I thought I'd heard it all. I believed that nothing else could shock me. Then I read Thirty-Seven-Year Abduction by Milan Sergent....

Riding with Forrest: The Memoir of John Barrett, Escort Company, Forrest’s Cavalry, CSA, during the War Between the States by L. E. Denton, is one of those rare historical novels that has used an actual character’s journal as the basis for creating the story. Nathan...

What Mae Brings is a gripping young adult mystery novel by Melissa L. Berger. The story unravels as Mae goes through the ads and rental listings in the paper. The young woman is in a new town where she will be attending college. Hoping to...

Christine Macdonald shares a personal account of her life story and challenges in finding her self-worth. As she recalls, operating within the adult entertainment industry was one of the most difficult experiences she had to endure. The storyline unfolds by drawing on some of her...

First Bullet by Andrew J. Ceroni Jr. is a brilliantly written espionage thriller. Roy and his wife are eating dinner when he notices a group of men sitting near their table. His suspicions are aroused and he questions the manager. Soon after, CIA Agent Dave...

Adventures of Stewie & Veronika is an adventure book for children. Inspired by his own family, Louis J. Scavone's short story follows the tale of a little girl named Veronika and her beloved dog, Stewie. Veronika and Stewie are the best of friends. They do...

Addiction is one of the most insidious illnesses plaguing society. It can come in various forms and through different substances, such as drugs or alcohol, and behavioral addictions, like gambling, food, or sex addiction. Often, recovering addicts fall back into their old destructive patterns and...

Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect is a work of fiction in the horror, supernatural thriller, and suspense subgenres. It is best suited to mature reading audiences owing to lots of graphic horror content, including gore, violence, abuse, drug use, and explicit sex and language. Penned...

Render Me Bountiful is a collection of inspiring poetry by Pamela K. Yarborough. It is divided into Rhapsody, Stars and Dust, and Labyrinth. I find the poem Butterfly particularly uplifting, celebrating one of the wonders of nature as follows, "Tall Ivory towers, meteorite showers/ Amazed...

The Other Side of Nothing is a literary drama novel by J.L. Pete. Struggling to let go of her traumatic past, Olive Owens has lost her will to live, leading her to seek the services of Russ James Beckett, a hitman who takes up to...

In The Way of the Goddess, Ananta Ripa Ajmera, a spiritual teacher, shares her experiences of overcoming sexual and narcissistic abuse, codependency, betrayal, and eating disorders. She also shares her journey to connecting with her higher Self to help us connect to the divine feminine...

Meet Clay Brown by Christina Milliner relates the story of Clay Brown, a nineteen-year-old teenager who contracted HIV at birth from her mother. After her mother's death from the same disease, Clay is left alone to take care of her drug-addled and abusive father Jimmy,...

Sanditon on Reflection is D B Thomas’s impressive continuation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel, Sanditon. This magnificent story is set in Regency-era England and chronicles the life of Charlotte Heywood, a young woman from a small village who hopes to explore more of the world....

Best-selling author Whitney Dineen gifts all rom-com lovers with a cozy friends-to-lovers romance in Pity Date. Faith Reynolds has had several unsuccessful relationships over the years in this romantic comedy, but she is certain Astor Hill is The One and eagerly awaits a ring from...

Get ready for an absorbing sleuth story with Charlie Avera and Pam Shanahan's Winter Haven: Lake Secrets. When a dead body rises to the surface of the local lake of the small ski town of Winter Haven in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, Detective Brad Sanders once...

Rachel is pregnant. Her boyfriend, Chris, would be thrilled if he knew. But, instead of telling him, she runs away to have the baby and gives it up for adoption. Anna wants nothing more than to be a mother, but she has been unable to...

Within the span of about 24 hours, Dan Wilcox finds that his mother has been murdered, his long-lost father is dead, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead has had a fatal heart attack. It is the last of those three that finally makes him...