Cedar Springs High students Zelda, Sabrina, Andrew, Gabby, and Justin are the ones everyone around them－peers, parents, and teachers－deem as lost causes, which rightly gives this YA mystery thriller its title. Two undercover FBI agents, Ryan Nash and Patricia Nichols, summoned them to a ‘group-therapy...

“Inside my head, I see his broken parts. Inside my head, I feel his pain.” Those words hooked me immediately. Healer by Susan Miura shares the story of a young girl named Shilo coming to terms with the gift of healing. She’s different. Why? Is...

Walking Shadows: Stories of Tragedy, Love & Triumph by Chijioke Dikeocha is a collection of nine short stories that deal with the various emotions associated with life and living. Each story exposes the complexities and unpredictability of human life and relationships, and deals with relevant...

The Moon Warriors by Kayla Krantz is a short paranormal tale of the war between witches and demons. The war has lasted for many centuries but, right now, a tentative peace exists, a barrier between the two sides. The peace treaty states that neither side...

Nonni's Moon by Julia Inserro is one of those feel good books for kids and parents alike. Beanie misses her grandmother who lives far, far away and wishes she could see her grandmother more. They settle on a new way to send messages to each...

Petro and The Flea King is an adventure story for children written and illustrated by Kenneth Kit Lamug. Petro’s story has its origins in a Philippine folktale called Juan Tamad at ang Pulgas. In it, Juan breaks a cooking pot and goes off to buy...

FBI Trackers Adrian Dillard and Cat Morgan are drawn into a case involving a fellow law enforcement officer with the disappearance of Laredo ATF agent Stuart Dyson in A u 79 by Anita Dickason. Without much to go on, the pair have to depend on...

Cloud Whispers by Sedona Hutton is the powerful story of one woman's fate and the design of second chances. The book starts with Katie Callahan learning of the death of a distant relative named Gwen, with a call from an attorney to notify her that...

Spontaneous Combustion Vol. II is a short fiction collection that features delectable and, at times, mouthwatering tales from a selection of writing talent, including Maxwell Reagan, Claudia Ionescu, et al. The composition of this collection came about in a very interesting way. The editors gave...

A man lives in his luxurious high rise apartment, and awakes with a daily routine that only lasts one hour every day, with five minute intervals for every activity. However, there’s always something out of place; a Bible that is supposed to be in the...

Expectations: The Real World behind the Curtain of Time by Sarah K-N is an inspirational story that explores the battle between the darkness of the occult and the light of faith. Pastor Ace Cadman has just learned about a very dangerous secret from his twin...

A memoir that brilliantly explores women’s issues, A Rubber Face with a Stripper's Name by Katja Berg is both hilarious and utterly touching, a tale of motherhood, womanhood, and family, laced with powerful lessons for self-growth and parenting. The first shock was getting pregnant. The...

Balance is book one in The Amped Series and I can say that it’s a great promise of what readers should expect in the entire series. The opening takes readers on a rollicking ride into the hearts of two powerful and genuinely flawed characters. Aidan...

Author Terrie Christine’s The Secret Power of You: A Guide to Mastering Your Inner Greatness has a comforting, straightforward narrative style. It reads much like a friend you’ve known for many years who is about to tell you something about yourself that you may be...

Witch Heart: Gray Girl Book 3 by Susan I. Spieth is a mix of the author’s real life events and a suspense-filled mystery. The main character, Jan, is entering her training at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning. With few other options to get...

Willis is a bear with a destiny. He is a friend, a keeper of secrets, and a sharer of worries, fears and tears. Or at least he will be. Upon his shelf he waits until he is taken to a child who needs him, and...

Thuy Rocco's The Last Surviving Child is a story of grief, survival and hardship. War ravages Vietnam and people are fleeing in droves. And as the Communists emerge victorious, Thuy's father, fearing certain death, leaves the country on a small boat with his three sons...

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrated by Marnye Young is a fiction mystery audio book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy Sherlock Holmes' stories. A man’s body is found in a house...

Nothing But Blue: A Summer At Sea by Diane Meyer Lowman is an adventurous and fascinating memoir that takes readers on a trip along with the author when she travels on a German container ship on a working stint abroad. As a nineteen-year-old Middlebury College...

The Adventures of Camellia N.: The Rainforest by Debra L. Wideroe is the third in a series of environmentally-focused educational books for young readers between the ages 5-9. The story unfolds when Camellia N., after saying good night to her beloved grandmother, awakens deep in...