Cutting Losses: A Redemption Story 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 best...

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...

Futureproofing Humanity by Robert M. Geraci examines how modern scientific discoveries changed the way people understand the fate of human civilization. After geology and evolutionary theory revealed that life emerged through natural processes across immense spans of time, the possibility that humanity might also disappear...

Thank You for the Shoes by Raffaela Marie Rizzo follows the life of Michelangelo Rizzo, a young boy growing up in the rough mountains of Calabria at the turn of the twentieth century. The story traces his father’s difficult decision to leave Italy for America...

A Life Without You by Rose Roberts is a well-written book that emphasizes the importance of love, commitment, and appreciating what you have in the moment. The story begins with Claire, a thirty-two-year-old woman, having a session with her therapist, Nadine. Claire is married to...

Wrong Bird by Matthew West-James is a memoir built around moments when his confidence and his reality collided. The book begins with his teenage decision to mark a turning point in life with a phoenix tattoo that later proves to be nearly identical to the...

In Colleen Hoskins' Crossing in One Piece, after nearly a decade at HarborPoint, senior analyst Cary Valente is whom executives rely on for numbers. Her models shape forecasts, performance reviews, and strategy across the company. When a long-expected promotion stalls during a corporate reorganization, Cary...

Tears of the Flames is a dark fantasy novel by Sisi Zhao. Mira Murphy's life turns upside down after a brutal assault in the woods awakens something dark and powerful within her, summoning a mysterious green vortex over her hometown. A couple of years pass,...

Danny Can Read by Diana Paola Navarro Gomez follows two dinosaur siblings, Danny and Lily, who are also best friends. They love spending time together, and with their pet parrot, Poli, they enjoy going picnicking and dancing. Danny and Lily have always worked as a...

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...

Moondust by Kahlani B. Steele is an evocative collection of poems that explores the delicate spaces of nature, memory, and the human psyche. The book is arranged in thematic chapters, and it begins with the section called “Nature,” where the author gives human qualities to...

Billy struggles to cope with his mother's passing to the point that he becomes miserable when his father remarries. All attempts to draw him out of his shell fail, as the young boy prefers to comfort himself with memories of his late mother. When his...

In Pafel Dubois’s Spark Chase, Jace Jinks Keller lives on Helix Seven, where he keeps a hidden fragment of a wormhole known as the Spark that maintains a telepathic link with him. When armed operatives breach his quarters and take the Spark, Jace sees the...

Katy Farber's What If It Wasn’t My Fault follows Indie Watson, a teenager trying to navigate life after being sexually assaulted at a party. She wrestles with memories and a relentless sense of guilt. On top of that, she is burdened by her family's problems,...

When a catastrophic flood threatens a community of animals, they have to adjust their prejudices to survive in the compelling novel, Redeeming Rhubarb by Bob Richley. Rhubarb has hated rats since one killed his brother. When a rat, Barnabas, and his family move into their...

Dear Nora by Karen Berkey Huntsberger is a historical novel with a unique twist. It is composed of letters written between a nurse, her parents, and her best friend during World War II. Nora Russell has just had her heart broken by her soldier fiancé,...

Becoming a Mom: An IVF Story by Liz Jauvtis chronicles the author’s deeply moving journey into motherhood. After being a babysitter to a single mother in her teen years, Liz decided she also wanted to be a mother someday. However, she did not expect to...

Broken and Content by James A Hale explores the book of Ecclesiastes and the words of King Solomon. Offering a fresh perspective to readers, James teaches us to tread with caution, so that we too may gain wisdom. Yes, terrible things do happen, but they...

Careers by the People by Mike Wysocki is a compilation of over 100 first-person interviews, placing readers inside the working lives of those in a wide array of positions. These include the likes of a Vice President of Information Technology, who recalls learning computing through...

Advent Blue by Roland Allnach is a riveting psychological technothriller. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the interplanetary conflict between Earth and its Mars colony. Will Fortner is a hardworking recluse who is a navigator at the CHOICE Institute. His dream promotion to a...