American Heart of Darkness: Volume I, 2nd Edition by Robert Kirkconnell offers a compelling look at how the United States has shifted from a democratic republic to what the author calls a "pathocracy." Through thorough research and personal experience, Kirkconnell examines the darker aspects of...

Why do people leave their homes to work in a foreign country, and what do they find? Eileen Cahill explores this theme in Piñatas for the Year of the Dragon. She shares 12 stories based on her own experiences and interviews with others who crossed...

Elena Vasquez, a high-end fashion model, was accustomed to a life of fashion shows, red carpets, and paparazzi. However, when she divorces her unfaithful husband, Manuel, she decides to live a quieter life. Eleven months later, at thirty-nine, Elena experiences acute breathlessness while alone in...

Hedgehog's Halloween by Sara Louise Kelany is a lovely children's picture book about a grumpy hedgehog who is ready for his long winter retreat. It's late autumn, and Harry Hedgehog is about to hibernate. Yet what he doesn't know is that it's also time for Halloween. Thus,...

A true leader must be able to create conditions where employees feel empowered to be ambitious. In The Exception Code, Johnathan Johannes offers a roadmap for leadership that focuses on clarity, stability, and core cultural values of the organization. If you're a leader in any...

A Fine Scottish Time: The Magical Matchmakers of Seven Cairns, Book 1, by Maeve Greyson, follows Jessa Tamson as her life is falling apart. After a devastating breakup, the loss of her dream job, a stolen car, and a sudden rent increase, she’s one disaster...

In The Portal by Lou Pugliese, after an unfortunate water skiing accident puts her in a coma, Vicki Roadcap discovers she can see beyond the real world. In her unconscious mind, Vicki roams the realm between the afterlife and Earth known as the Portal. She...

Dragons of Janaidar and Elijah is book one in author Robert Dean Holland’s science fiction fantasy Stolen Man series. Set on planet Janaidar, Adept Alahna breaks sacred law after confirming a coastal, intergalactic slaving operation that the Huan Long Shui Sisteren governing council refuses to...

Born and brought up in London’s East End in 1952, Steven James Foreman longed for adventure and headed for Africa in 1992 to follow his dream. He was to stay for 30 years, returning to the UK in 2024. He recounts his experiences in From...

A Strange Sound: Friendly’s Universe by Olive Green is a children’s story about a toad named Terry who is driving a truck full of berries. She is singing aloud in her truck when she hears a series of strange sounds along the way: whistles, squeals,...

In Excess Baggage by Jodi Culliney, readers are introduced to Tess, who is a baker in Brooklyn. She is preparing to marry Josh, her longtime partner. But in the meantime, she is headed on a cross-country trip all the way to San Francisco by train...

Cutting Losses: Love, South Dakota Style by Jodi Culliney pulled me in immediately with its compelling premise. A man ditched at the altar has a lot to deal with emotionally and psychologically. Josh Livingston is left at the altar by his fiancée for his college...

Mixed Messages by Jodi Culliney is a heartwarming love story about Lana Miller and Liam Livingston, who met by fate. Unaware that Lana’s former colleague and crush at the hospital is Liam’s cousin, the two meet and have a magical night together. Their relationship is...

RATS With Backpacks by J.N. Courtney is the true story of a young girl from Glasgow, Scotland, who beat the odds to become an animal behavioral scientist. Raised by a single mother in a poor neighborhood, Donna was fond of animals since childhood. Inspired by...

The Secret Code of the Gospels: The Earthly Story by Albert Seidel is a serious and scholarly effort to critically examine the Gospels of the New Testament. The author asks the pertinent questions: Did Jesus truly exist? Are the Gospels a truthful retelling of actual...

Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn deliver a mesmerizing time-travel thriller in Forward to Camelot and re-imagine the events surrounding the murder of JFK. Cady Cuyler is a thirty-six-year-old soap opera actress in 2000, who is abruptly fired from her long-running role. She is enlisted by...

Have you ever imagined if something other than rain or snow could fall from the sky? In Rich Follett’s The Day It Rained Popcorn, not only does something different fall, but it also draws out the bravery of some of the townspeople. This book is...

Spun by Glenda Toews is the true story of what happens when a con man finds his way into the life of someone who genuinely believed in him. Glenda is a bartender at Corky's Pub in British Columbia, a woman of sharp instincts and warm...

Benjamin & Honka's Backyard Adventure is a children's picture book by Sergio Teodoro. Benjamin is a six-year-old boy. All he wants is to play by the pond in his backyard. After he comes across a cute woodland duck who has a quack unlike any other...

In Cynthia L. Clark's Being Laramie Buchanan, after earning her art history degree in Boulder, Laramie Buchanan takes a gallery job while grieving the loss of her mother, Maggie, and the absence of Vick Varela, the man who vanished after asking her to follow him...