September 15, 2023
Cram Down: A 3J Legal Thriller book #4 by Mark Shaiken
A deeply engrossing and riveting legal thriller… Shaiken’s fourth installment in the 3J Legal Thriller series features a winding crime plot that’s enriched and deepened by touching on issues of human greed, power play, violence, class, and race. James and…
September 13, 2023
Cruel Lessons (Lessons in Peril Book 1) by Randy Overbeck
A thoughtful, character-driven mystery… After a group of children die in a terrible car crash, a troubled assistant school superintendent seeking redemption finds himself entangled in a murder investigation. When four fifth graders die in a terrible accident during a…
September 13, 2023
The Night the Stars Went Missing by Arthur J. Gonzalez
Refreshing, beautiful, and meaningful; A stunner. A young boy learns he can change the world one small step at a time in Gonzalez’s whimsical and winning picture book. Winston loves watching the stars glimmering across the night sky. But one…
September 12, 2023
Emerging From the Dark: Wish I Knew About This by Terence Ang
A thought-provoking look at recovery from stroke… Ang offers a collection of moving stories from people in all stages of stroke recovery in his inspiring latest book. After his stroke in 2020, Ang was invited to speak at the 2022…
September 11, 2023
BISENTIENT: The Realm Series – Book 1 by Patrick O’Connor
Simply un-put-downable … In O’Connor’s debut installment in The Realm Series, the life of an enquiring cameraman takes a bewildering turn after a work trip to a “Dead Zone” ward of a hospital sends him slithering into an alternate world…
September 11, 2023
The Burning Bandit by Lauren Louise Hazel
Vivid, imaginative, and emotionally insightful… A page-turner. Set in a unique fantasy world, Hazel’s engrossing story follows Kai and Rayan, two boys from different backgrounds who become friends under unusual circumstances only to be separated by an unexpected twist of…
September 9, 2023
Your Heart Can Hold the Whole Universe by Rebecca Atanassova
Inspiring, gentle, and celebratory; a remarkable feat. Atanassova’s young narrator tells his best friend “Your heart is bigger than the universe!/ I’ve seen and know it’s true,” and to prove his point he decides to conduct a quirky experiment. After…
September 7, 2023
Futility of Defense (A Paladin’s Journey, #2) by Bryan Cole
An expertly spun epic fantasy adventure featuring combat, magic, and intrigue… Spectacular worldbuilding, breathtaking action, and well-realized characterization mark Cole’s engrossing second installment in his epic sword and sorcery series, A Paladin’s Journey, taking readers on Krell’s journey of growth…
September 7, 2023
The Dao: A Sigma Chronicles Book by J. W. Bell
An absorbing, character-driven thriller that will keep readers’ attention through many twists and turns… An intelligence officer in the US Army is caught up in an international conspiracy in Bell’s latest thriller. Kim Jong-un is determined to fire his secret…
September 4, 2023
Alpha and Omega: Awakening by Peter J D Woodruff
A page-turning dark fantasy with a compelling cast… Woodruff presents a dark fantasy series starter, featuring an unlikely hero struggling to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. The Earth has become an apocalyptic hell, with legions of…