Gregory Diehl breaks new ground with The Heroic and Exceptional Minority. He explores the concept of heroism with all its positive attributes and links it to the search for something beyond mediocrity. There are intelligent and talented people in the world, but they are a...

Westland is the second novel in the Essie's Roses series by Michelle Muriel. Set in the years after the Civil War, the novel continues the story of Evie and Essie Mae. The two girls, now women, come back to their plantation, to Miss Katie and...

The Knife Thrower's Wife is a murder mystery thriller written by Sheila McGraw. Julia Green is a hard-working freelance illustrator, dutiful wife, and mother of boomerang twins. Her suburban life is turned upside down when she discovers her husband, Austin, cheating on her with an...

What Is Your Story? by Lynn Deiulis is an educational book that uses the lives and activities of caterpillars and butterflies to explain parenthood, adoption, and other ways families are often created. Families can be connected by more than just blood, and there are so...

Sanctum: Forests of Avalon by C.S. Kading and Tony Fuentes is the second book in the magic, myth, and legend high fantasy series The World of Sanctum, preceded by book one, Sanctum: Sands of Setesh. This installment sees the Knight Wanderer Isolde of Avalon and...

In The Long Nights, the first book in the Carthage City Ghosts series by Tom Mock, a talented telepath faces the most challenging situation of his life. When a dead body wakes up in the most unexpected place in Carthage City Oldtown, Joe Kellerman faces...

Life On The Edge by Sandesh Singh is the story of the Tamhankars, a middle-class family living in the slums of Mumbai with an average income. Ganesh and Ramya Tamhankar are blessed with three daughters; Mrunali, Shruti, and Jaya. Though both wanted one of their...

The Aquamarine Surfboard by Kellye Abernathy deals with themes of love and loss, both personal and communal. Condi and her grandmother live in the beach town of Dipitous Cove. It's a surfer's paradise, and Condi has hopes of one day being able to surf with...

Standing at Water's Edge: A Cancer Nurse, Her Four-Year-Old Son and the Shifting Tides of Leukemia describes Brennan's journey with leukemia and how it impacted his mother, Janice Post-White, and the rest of her family. Diagnosed at four and a half, it details his...

Psychology of Horror Villains, Survivors, and Victims: Volume 1 Movie Edition by S. L. Yarbrough delves deep into the psyche of numerous fictional and non-fictional characters. The book has sections with a mental affliction as their main theme, so for instance, if the mental disorder...

Another Way Over by John J. Michalik is the tale of a Slovak immigrant who travels to America on the brink of World War I in search of a better life. Inspired by Michalik's paternal grandfather's life story, the book follows Jan Brozek, son of...

Howl of the Ice by Christian Raymond is set in Hillson Falls, Michigan. On his way home from school, fourteen-year-old Falc must cross the frozen Blackbird Lake where he is later found hypothermic and frostbitten. Sheriff Chappell explained to Falc’s parents, Alista and Bodhi, that...

The Lost Son is a young adult adventure novel written by James Ungurait. The book is an exciting journey of a young man named Phoenix who goes in search of his missing mother and in doing so uncovers dangerous institutional secrets and the strength...

The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Dreamed She Could Fly is a work of fiction in the fantasy and adventures subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience and was penned by author Tom Hoffman. Written as the third novel in the...

Princess Lily and the Hair Fairy is a very imaginative story that will have children and parents wondering if it’s true. If you believe in the Tooth Fairy collecting lost teeth, you’ll believe in the Hair Fairy, who collects hair from children who lose theirs....

Sheila McGraw's Sketchy Characters is a page-turner about a character who has to question the sincerity of everyone around her as she strives desperately to escape the schemes of a serial killer. Jobless, broke, and homeless, Marilyn finds new opportunities to advance her life beyond...

Dani has lived through horrors that nobody should have to experience, and she exists apart from everyone else because of it. She is missing her memory from several major years of her life, and she doesn’t expect to ever get them back. Dani lives by...

Amber Graham was an orphan Christian girl with no roots. She longed for a family, and fate smiled on her. A sudden Valentine’s Day invitation to the Wright mansion introduced her to Trey Wright and Ryan Pierce. These two men resented each other but adored...

Have you ever had a day that seemed upside down and topsy turvy? How about totally backward? That’s what happened to Alycat. It all began with a breakfast of seafood gumbo (usually what she ate for supper) instead of the eggs she usually ate for...

Only a few 4-letter words with “u” in them conjure up more visuals than the word “cult.” And how accurate are those visuals, most of which are based on what we read in newspapers and online? T.O. Paine subtly explores the perceptions we have of...