No Teacher Left Standing by Jeffrey Penn May centers on Sarah Morgan, a dedicated first-grade teacher navigating a tumultuous year marked by workplace politics, strained relationships, and the impending arrival of her baby. May masterfully intertwines Sarah’s professional struggles with her personal journey, creating a...

Now Entering Alaska Time by Ken Waldman is a richly textured novel that captures the rugged beauty, emotional complexity, and raw humanity of life in Alaska. The story follows Zan, a musician and teacher, and Melinda, as they navigate themes of love, loss, identity, and...

NO! A Response to Donald J. Trump by Barry Robbins is a penetrating critique of authoritarianism by giving voice to objects and abstract concepts that bear witness to America's democratic decline. It’s a wildly creative take on politics, where everything from a coffee bean to...

Night Lasers is an action-packed science fiction tale by David Serra that follows two friends, Lawson and Wyatt, as they encounter an unexpected challenge in the woods. After a night out at a party, they stumble upon a group of reptilian aliens known as reptiums,...

New American Café by Richard Sanford is a vivid slice of late-seventies life, capturing the chaotic blend of ambition, art, and the hustle of city life. The novel is about Mitch Lanier, a young musician who finds himself navigating the often-turbulent waters of love, music,...

“The Mistress had always envisaged the kennels as a club for like-minded dogs who would frolic during the day and sleep soundly at night with minimum supervision.” Hmm! Really? And what about the incessant barking? You can’t expect to fill a kennel with dogs and...

Imagine knowing where the gold is located, only you have to cross a desert, starved and dehydrated, to find the abandoned town and the abandoned mine. It’s difficult not to get excited at the prospect of instant wealth. And then there’s a young boy who...

Gloria Zachgo's historical novel Never Waste Tears is the story of five young people who settle on the Kansas prairies after the Civil War. The five characters, Nathan, Rebecca, Carl, Hannah, and Sarah, are the narrators. The title Never Waste Tears comes from the story...

No Way Back Today by Eric Shoars is a tale of a midlife crisis. Eric is fast heading for 50 and he still has things he needs to do, things he should have done years before. Not willing to give up on his dreams a...

I so enjoyed Don Trowden’s Normal Family, the first book in this trilogy, that I didn’t think twice before grabbing No One Ran to the Altar. The 10-year-old narrator of that first book, Henry, had me laughing and crying throughout the entire story. I was...