Cavalier, by award-winning author Christopher Hepworth, is a fascinating historical novel blended with a political conspiracy, a light touch of paranormal mystery, and clean romance. First, the story transports us to Britain in 1658. Sentenced to death by Oliver Cromwell’s regime, royalist Sir Henry Slingsby...

The Amazing Adventures of Awesome the Opossum is a delightful children’s picture book written by Dee Bien, with illustrations by Athena Panthera. The story follows a curious and playful opossum who gets lost during a game of hide and seek with her rowdy brothers. The...

Sam in the Clouds by Cameron De Jong is inspired by the profound connection the author shared with his sister and their first and most beloved dog, Sam. Days after Sam is buried, William sees a dog's head nestled in the curve of a billowing...

Big dreams and bold questions fill the pages of this imaginative story. What Would You Do? by C.K. Willie is an engaging story for young readers. Told in playful, age-appropriate language, it asks a series of “what if” questions, inviting kids to imagine wild adventures—like...

Falling Apart by Jan Turk Petrie is a fascinating and disturbing novel about a near future that might happen in one European country. Two protagonists, Ash and Guy, both with military backgrounds, try to navigate through dangerous and unpredictable terrain, on the ground and over...

Don’t Be Mean to 13 by Douglas Harris is an exploration of superstitions, particularly the fear of the number thirteen and Friday the 13th. Written in a lighthearted tone, it aims to demystify these irrational beliefs and encourage readers, especially older children, to think critically...

Kevin D. Miller delivers a captivating environmental thriller in Blood of Yarumaya. Isabella Delgado is two weeks late in arriving for her assignment with Dr. Dominic Quinn in the Amazon. This was her opportunity to write her thesis on botany with firsthand rainforest experience, but...

Mr. Wiz and The Dragon by Alex Stears tells the story of Mr. Wiz, a wizard who lives in the land of Moo, nestled within Windy Wood. Mr. Wiz is an unconventional and caring wizard. However, he is not particularly skilled, as his spells often...

Children of Nemia by Michael Goe follows fifteen-year-old Van as he prepares for the sacred Journey of Patronage. It is a rite of passage meant to prove his worth to his tribe and to his demanding chieftain father. Hoping to return as a blooded warrior,...

Sambisa Sunrise (Olive and Arrow) by Scott R Hofmann is a spine-chillingly realistic terrorist thriller, directly based on the infamous schoolgirl kidnappings in Nigeria by Boko Haram in 2014. When the world was horrified by the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians in Syria by the ISIS...

Perimenopause Clarity is a practical guide for women seeking to understand the bodily changes that occur before menopause and to place those changes within a defined biological process. Karen Herrera explains how perimenopause is an extended transition driven by hormonal variations and shows how recognizing...

Sugar Sand Land by Patricia Leavy is a love story for the ages. Emerson Blue is one of the most famous social media influencers in the world. She appeared to come from nowhere and announced her arrival with the question: “Who is Emerson Blue?” Her...

Terry McNiff’s Why Breakups Are So Hard: How We Can Help explains how separation between parents can turn family life into a court-centered process that many people enter before they understand its consequences. Written for parents with children, the book presents one central message: adult...

It is 1941, nine years after the devastating Holodomor in Ukraine. Two years earlier, fifteen-year-old Konstantin “Kostya” Lysenko had missed out on the mass recruitment of the Red Army for boys over the age of eighteen, unlike his older brothers, Petro and Grisha, when World...

In Anne M. Kennedy’s The Baku Inheritance, book one in The City of Winds series, in 1890, Anton Nikolayevich Sabroski arrives in Baku with tanker plans that could open a new route through the Suez Canal. He learns that his father has died, and the...

The Marauder and His Daughter is Linda S. Cunningham's memoir built around her father's 1944 diary from his time serving with Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II. The book opens in 1992 as the author drives to interview her father, Larry W. Stephenson,...

Breakfast at Bernie’s: Waffles and Wisdom by D. L. Norris is a delightfully charming tale of small-town, rural America and the inhabitants who keep it alive and functioning. Columbus, Wisconsin, is the epitome of any small, rural settlement, where the social center is the local...

In an interesting and intriguing work by author Steven Burgauer, The Grandfather Paradox is a book that will keep many reading straight through to the very end. Follow the story of protagonist Andu Nehrengel as he careens from the 25th century through history, including to...

Confessions of an Unlikely Runner: A Guide to Racing and Obstacle Courses for the Averagely Fit and Halfway Dedicated by Dana Ayers is a great read. I'm not a runner, though I used to be before life caught up with me. This work is full...

“Imagine: Africa!” by Amos van der Merwe is a collection of short stories about Africa, but it is also so much more than just a collection of short stories. When reading these tales, you really will imagine Africa. The tales include humorous anecdotes, allegorical comparisons...