North of Familiar: A Woman's Story of Homesteading and Adventure in the Canadian Wilderness by Terry Milos is a memoir of the author’s experiences homesteading in the Yukon for 19 years. The story begins in 1974 as Terry meets her husband and they decide to...

Diving Catch by Gregory Saur is a gritty novel about a thirteen-year-old boy called Devon Horner who lives with his grandma in a less wealthy part of town. Preston Whiteside, the neighbourhood drug dealer, wants Devon to work for him. However, Devon is not interested...

Panterror! The Epic Babysitting Adventures of Rachel Pugsley, an action packed fantasy novel by Gregory Saur, begins with high school graduate Rachel Pugsley finding herself babysitting for two kids in a different state. With the rules of a babysitter drilled into her by her mother,...

Told in the words of an obvious cat lover, Kitty Kat, Kitty Kat, Tell Me What's New! is a delightful rhyme thoroughly describing a house cat’s activity. The aforementioned Kitty Kat plays with the narrator’s shoe laces, speaks, plays the piano, suns itself and chases...

Seducing Jane Austen by Peter M. Bollington is a dramatic comedy novel revolving around the life of the trailblazing English female novelist when she lived in a large cottage in the village of Chawton, with her mother and sister, Cassandra, in 1814. Life at Chawton...

Layers of Motivation is an autobiographical, uplifting work of non-fiction by author Michael David Feeney. As described by the author, this is ‘The Story of How I Stopped Being a Drunk Fat Sadface (And How You Can Do Awesome Things Too)’. Focusing on the topic...

The first tragedy in Morning Dove’s life was the death of her parents from smallpox, a devastating disease for Native Americans brought by the white man. Morning Dove, a twenty-year-old South Cheyenne maiden, and her eighteen-year-old brother, Black Beaver, were raised by the tribal chief...

Footsteps in the Attic by James P. Usavage is about a group of co-workers who go on a road trip to a wedding where one of the co-workers, the spiritually gifted Rita, mysteriously goes missing after her ability with tarot cards gets noticed by some...

Peyton was a true and devout Catholic. She loved God, and she loved her family. Therein was the problem. After a few miscarriages she was thrilled to discover her pregnancy, but then she heard the words that would forever change her life; the child had...

Ratlined is the first book in the Inspector O’Leary Series by Shane McCartney, a gripping crime novel with historical underpinnings and a setting in the period following the fall of Germany. We are introduced to a clandestine network of criminals from the fallen Nazis, running...

Ain’t Always Been a Preacher by Casey McDonald is a short but lively story of a man who tries desperately to keep his past from reclaiming his life since he has chosen to lead a now reformed existence as the preacher in a small town....

Onward the group proceeds through the Black Door. Onward in their quest and... around in circles? Surely that can't be right. But that is exactly what is happening. The latest Black Door seems to be a trap, sealing them within a strange labyrinth. Tempers rise...

Shadows of Aizai by Mary-Jean Harris is the second book in The Soul Wanderers series. Wolfdon and Toulouse have learned of their destiny to help form the paradise Aizai and work alongside a group called the Magicians. The creation of paradise is threatened by the...

Wholly Unmanageable is a heartfelt memoir by Angela Chase, self described as ‘A tragicomic memoir of rehab, rebellion and raging thirst’. Focusing on the extreme difficulties of living with alcohol addiction, this is the story of Angela’s visit to Paterson Place, an Ottawa rehab that...

Missing: Never Forgotten is a contemporary mystery novel written by Leila Kirkconnell. It was in 1952 when eight-year-old Hank Yates came home from school to find his family forever and tragically changed. While his mom was hanging laundry in the backyard, someone had stolen Hank’s...

An ingeniously plotted and expertly written political thriller with underlying themes of terrorism, political intrigue, and war, The Enemy of My Enemy by Richard Caldwell is a real masterpiece in the genre. Reflecting the reality of contemporary political and religious landscapes, this narrative follows Abdulla,...

Pillar of Frozen Light is a work of science fiction written by author Barry Rosenberg. Our central character is Jonan, a man for whom life is a series of excesses and pleasures. He certainly doesn’t live mindfully of others or of the greater purpose of...

The Extraordinary Tales of Melody Magic: The Mystic Video Game is a work of children’s fiction written by author Alex Woburn. Intended for children of the middle grade, 9 to 12 age range, this the third instalment of central character Melody Magic’s adventures interacting with...

A Daughter’s Secret by Jacqueline McDonald is a personal account of what a simple DNA test can uncover. Jackie’s biological mother and father have not been together since she was a child, having broken up and gotten back together so many times, no one ever...

Scabland by Adam Smith is a mind-blowing psychological thriller. What an engrossing and frightening read! This story is one where an original victim of gang rape, Melissa Cohen, is as much to be feared as the twisted rapist, “Spider,” who orchestrated Melissa’s sexual abuse some...