In M. Ainihi’s Patchwork, readers are plunged into a grim fantasy realm alongside a solitary outcast named Patricia. She finds a brass key in a mundane thrift shop. This magical item unlocks a gateway into Knowhere, a ruined, decaying landscape that actually resembles a shattered...

Students and Secrets, Another Murder by Christa Nardi follows an intuitive academic who must use her sharp observational skills to solve a campus tragedy. Sheridan Hendley’s simple trip to visit her stepdaughter Maddie becomes a nightmare when 23-year-old Neal Fox is found beaten to death...

Rustwater by J.G. Macdonald brings wedding photographer Jane Dougherty to a small Arizona town, filling in for her cousin who’s won a prize but can’t attend the ceremony. The first things she sees are the red fountain on Main Street and Greer’s Books & Little...

The Third Man by Malachi King is a novella about two young men lost in the Alaskan wilderness in the winter, and a mysterious third man who guides them to rescuers. Tom and Jarvis are high school students with a taste for adventure, which frequently...

Race Against Time is the second book in the StarNet Academy series by Rose Horn. Thirteen-year-old cadet Tori Winston is still on probation when she comes back from Adonell. When she returns, Tori meets Patrik, a new cadet who fits into her friend group almost...

If you are looking for a feel-good story, look no further than Purrfect Match: A Cozy Cat Romantic Comedy by M.J. Fox. In it, a distinguished lady cat of breeding meets a homeless black tomcat. Princess Purrfect is, well, perfect, while Maverick is decidedly not,...

In Ashes. Ashes. We Rise: The Velvet Warpath by Her Majesty Of Ink and Exit Wounds, the journey starts inside Velinwood Court, welcoming us into a fantasy kingdom shaped entirely by memory, lore, and the realm’s written files. The narrative centers on The Queen, a...

Lost in the Hall of the Mountain King by M. LaRose follows Laurel Grove as she spends a solo retreat in a national forest, hoping that hiking and meditation will help her figure out what she wants from life after struggling with her unfulfilling job...

It is early spring, 2017. Three twenty-two-year-old seniors at MIT—Charlie, Jack, and Nik—are due to graduate in a few months. Charlie wants to build something that makes a difference and believes it is the right time to act. Lately, he has been following digital finance...

Yance Wyatt’s The Watersmith centers on Jack Calloway, a handyman trying to stay sober while navigating one family heartbreak after another in the Tennessee Valley. He finds an old moonshine still his grandfather hid behind a lone cabin, and he and his rebellious teen son,...