A Campfire Story by Cindy and Gus Gee is the tenth book in the Boar and Family Books series. It is a children’s mystery book centered around a highly-anticipated camping trip. Adding to the anticipation is Boar's dad's announcement that he will tell everyone a...

An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze by David Scott Richardson transports readers to a vividly depicted 1943 Pacific Northwest, where the specter of World War II looms large but is filtered through the innocent yet perceptive lens of 15-year-old Scotty Johannsen. Richardson deftly weaves together the...

“And sometimes, in the darkness, you can still find peace.” Can you? Or is peace just an illusion that never materializes? Last of the Autumn Rain by Diana Webb focuses on a young woman, Julie Cromwell, who may never have the peace she believes is...

Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation by Ismar Volic is an extremely important book. The word ‘Mathematics’ in the title might discourage some readers from picking up the book, but it shouldn’t. Nothing more than basic arithmetic is involved, and...

In the novella Love Blooms in the Garden by Luis Ammerman, Lily, who has just arrived in Chicago for a fresh start, discovers an abandoned, overgrown community garden in an alleyway and decides to revive it. After obtaining permission from the community welfare office, Lily...

Wrenn Grayson is the Foundling Museum’s archivist. She works with a team to prepare the museum for opening next year. It's an old mansion that belonged to a family with many secrets. Wrenn finds a map showing a curious structure called a folly. Amazed, Wrenn...

Raven's Cry by Christian A. Brown is a young adult horror novel, the first in the Orphans series. Set in a dark, urban fantasy world, it follows four witches, known as the Aspects, who must defend Earth against the ancient, eldritch Outer Gods. As the...

“Behind closed doors, everything is invisible,” and as the novel The Black Raven's Song by Macklin Grey suggests, some doors are best left unopened. Chase Harper is a man of secrets who has lost the will to live. He hides behind his own closed doors...

Amanda Reou introduces the Opossum family and their nightly ritual in Goodnight Gratefuls. After a full day of playing and having fun, the three children—Opal, Otto, and Oscar—are called inside to get ready for bed. They do their night-time regular habits like brushing their teeth...

Millie & Marty Muldoon Miss Out by R.S. Prinzo is a children’s picture book. Millie and Marty don’t like bedtime because they think they are missing out on fun when they go to sleep. Every day, they find a clue that proves their parents are...

All hell was about to break loose for the CIA, but Agent Dave McClure was about to face the biggest challenge of his career. It all starts in Jerusalem, Israel, where after several abduction attempts on US embassy officials. Dave is sent to help the...

If you’ve ever worried about fitting in, you’ll be able to relate to this delightful picture book, Uh-Oh! Trouble at School: A Grumpy the Bird Story by Linda Mah. Grumpy the Bird is starting school soon. He is excited about all the possibilities, but he...

I’ll Call You Mine: Enderlin Calling, Book 1 by Sharon L. Clark is a romantic thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats in anticipation. Katie Parker left her small mid-West town of Enderlin to make a name for herself in the...

The Nickel Loop by Nancy Houser-Bluhm is a love story between the main characters—both of whom are from different timelines. Emmeline exists in the year 2022, whereas Nicholas is originally from 1898. Unexpectedly, they both time looped to the year 1938 and met in a...

The Legend of Valentine by Sheldon Collins follows Valentine Romanus, a Roman soldier in 3rd-century Rome, who saves an empress during a raid. Pining over a prior love, Valentine sleeps with a married noblewoman with connections to power players like General Claudius. He also forms...

The Soul Up North is a fantasy romance by Eenam Vang. In this world, soulmates have the letter "S" marked in red on their left wrists in proximity to each other and their right wrists have the same letter turned black when one of them...

Crimson Leaves by John Donovan Lambert blends timeless classics with contemporary verses to celebrate love in all its forms. The book offers readers a kaleidoscope of perspectives on romance, from the passionate odes of Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Burns, and Rabindranath Tagore to the...

Anne E. Beall’s Embracing Self-Compassion: Meditation Journeys for Self-Kindness is a practical guide offering deep reflections to help people cultivate self-compassion. She opens with a candid exploration of her personal struggles with judging and perfecting herself. Each chapter is structured with a different theme that...

Oscar Comes Home by Audra Shine is the story of a little boy who has been asking his parents for a puppy for months. After a talk about responsibility, the family gets everything they need: a collar, food, and toys. Then Oscar arrives, a miniature...

The Mystery of the Spot by Lynn Helton is a children's story following a mystery that Charlotte wants to solve. Charlotte wears eyeglasses and sometimes touches the lenses, which leaves a spot where she touches them. She doesn't mean to touch the lens, but when...