Born to a fundamentalist Christian Baptist Republican mother from Texas, Donna Stoneham's relationship with her mother had its share of ups and downs. However, with the passing years, it evolves into a relationship based on mutual understanding, acceptance, and love. Catch Me When I Fall...

Under the twinkling stars, one orca dives into the sea while another leaps into the air. These orcas live in a family pod called K, one of the three Southern Resident orcas of the Salish Sea. Sequim and Lea, the two oldest females in the...

Double-Time out of Taos is a work of fiction in the mystery, suspense, and action subgenres, and it forms the second novel of the Nash Running Bear Mystery series. The work is best suited to the general adult reading audience owing to some instances of...

Tomorrow We Will Know: A Novel of Imperial Constantinople 1453 by Sandra Worth is set in the last days of the Byzantine Empire, specifically during the siege of Constantinople in the early 1450s. The story follows Emperor Constantine XI and his struggles to keep the...

Blackberry Road by Jodi Lea Stewart is historical fiction at its finest. Biddy Woodson comes from a large sharecropper family and has had to learn life the hard way, with no small amount of cussing along the way. One afternoon, a neighbor is found dead,...

How Do I Get To Be Me? is the second book of the Choosing New Ways Forward Series by Elizabeth Jo. Building on the ideas discussed in the first installment, Shifting Our Relationship With Trauma, this book offers a conversation on moving beyond trauma. As...

Shifting Our Relationship with Trauma is about cutting ties with trauma. As the first installment in the Choosing New Ways Forward series, Elizabeth Jo refers to trauma as a relationship we have built on fear as a means of survival. These relationships fill us with...

Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus by L.T. Caton starts with a harmless game of hide-and-seek that turns into a magical time for young kids, discovering something so amazing as a tree house that hides cool tricks to encourage kids to create their adventures. With...

Slipshod is a murder mystery by David M. Cameron. Peter McAdam was nicknamed Slipshod at school for his lack of enthusiasm and determination. Rupert Maddox interviews Peter to join his private investigation business, and after a few months, Peter becomes a partner. Rosemary, the daughter...

We Belong: An Anthology of Colombian Women Coffee Farmers by Lucia Bawot offers a unique perspective on an under-recognized job. Bawot is a photographer who grew up hearing stories from her grandmother who was a coffee farmer. Thanks to her connection with this world, she...

Throughout the DI Amy Winter thriller series by Caroline Mitchell, Amy has had to build her life around the knowledge of her family history, and a career of relentless criminal investigations. In book one, Truth and Lies, Amy must confront her psychopathic serial killer mother,...

Zero Sum Conclusion by Thomas Lopinski is a dystopian tale set after the Second Civil War reformed the American government. A scoring system based on demeanor and the Solid Start Initiative eliminated poverty and debt. After the death of Edgar’s wife, a doctor put out...

Broken Pencils by J.R. Rice is the story of a Black high school teenager diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The story starts with him preparing to go to his prom in San Francisco. Many elements resulted in the catastrophe of this night. His prom is on...

In the paranormal mystery Whatever Happened to Emmeline? by Nicole Schubert, Clara is haunted by recurring dreams, suffers from severe asthma attacks, and is emotionally weakened by infertility and loss. Clara leans on therapist Dr. Goldberg for support in all of this, as well as...

Once Upon a Wonderland by DJ Stoneham is the second book in the standalone Wonderland stories. Alice realized that she agreed with her parents’ assessment of her character - headstrong and living in a dream world. She certainly used more double negatives than other girls....

In Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet, by Anthony C. Delauney, Rohan’s big sister Nyra teaches him an important lesson about finances. Nyra bets Rohan that she will give him a dollar every time he catches the football she throws to him, but she...

Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work by Anthony C. Delauney shows that it's sad to watch Mom and Dad leave for work every day. Sisters Lilly and May don’t understand why they have to work. They’d much rather Mom and Dad stayed...

Soaring Through Adversity by Renee J. Breazeale is a memoir of the author’s personal experience in finding peace through the most challenging season in her life. Being told that you have a brain tumor is terrifying as is, let alone a tumor the size of...

Naked Truth: A Fight Against Racism, Religious Discrimination, and Retaliation in My Federal Government Career is a memoir written by Jean D. Francis, Ph.D., that offers readers an intimate and insightful perspective on workplace discrimination within the U.S. federal government. In the lead-up to the...

All That Glisters by Topper Jones is a mystery that would appeal to young adults and adults who enjoy fast-paced mystery stories and don’t mind a bit of graphic violence. Forensic consultant Thaddeus Hanlon is left suspicious when his best friend dies after becoming involved...