Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
A heartening tale packed with perseverance, loyalty, and interstellar fun. A year on Earth for Orin, Juna, and their friends feels like an excruciatingly long time when their home is limited to a cave system. Guarded by human soldiers with questionable intentions, these refugees are getting antsy, the excitement of Earth having lost its appeal. […]
It is the end of the world and it seems that Joy didn’t get a heads-up. Without any idea of what is happening to the country and nobody to turn to for answers, she finds herself in a precarious position. Hundreds of people are being herded onto trains destined for an undisclosed location and Joy
A story not just about surviving under the weight of expectations, but about embracing ourselves. Everyone longs to be understood and wants to find their voice, but these things don’t always come easily. That’s especially true for Jobert E. Abueva in his unguarded memoir, Boy Wander. From Manila in the very early 1970s to Michigan
Nuns with Shotguns is a humorous memoir set in the early nineties, at a time when Paul Mountain is determined to finish his novel and nothing is going to stop him. Well, a few things might get in the way. A dalliance here, a bender there. Plus the daily grind in Eldora, Colorado, which is
Those working toward a healthy marriage will appreciate the grounded advice. Can you remember the happiest day of your life? Maybe it was a milestone of age, education, or health. Perhaps a perfect vacation or closing on your first home. What about your wedding day? Certainly a happy event, but has marriage been the wedded
A delicate treat infused with glittering Roman sunshine. An enduring feature of the Eternal City, the Palazzo Brancaccio has been a landmark for some 120 years. For Sophie Nouri, it’s been over a decade since she last experienced the sights and sounds of Rome, but a speaking engagement brings her back to the city and
A spectacular tale rife with rebellion, hedonism, and political intrigues. Odma is a vast world filled with landscapes that are as varied as its inhabitants. Elves once ruled the land but those days are many millenia gone. Now, the realms are controlled by kings and the Worthy Assembly. The Silver Walls, a palace in the
A visionary novel that is as complex as it is compelling. The starry skies above are closer than ever before thanks to human innovation and sheer determination. NASA is ready to send a team to Europa to discover what the faraway moon has to offer and, while the potential is limitless, not all humankind is
Miami brings the sunshine but Griffin Knight brings the heat. Hector Ruiz is dead and the facts just aren’t adding up. Officer Ruiz was a good friend and an even better man, one who would never take the coward’s way out. While a casual observer might believe that a suicide note, paired with a live
Get ready for some high-seas capers introducing a scoundrelly cast you’ll love like family. They say the devil is in the details, but for Essimore Darkenchyl, the details are in the devil. Those details equal endless rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures overseen by the Blessed Agency, and Essie is their newest fully licensed bureaucrat. Proud
A tender tale that will steal your heart. For most people, life is a tapestry woven with meaningful moments and swirling memories, but these have all been lost for Vickie. When a terrible accident leaves her suffering from retrograde amnesia, nobody seems to care. Nobody except the Hollywood heartthrob who accidentally hit her with his
A clever story of second chances and clock-stopping fun. Astrophysicist Fred may be the smartest of the Robinson brothers, but his IQ tends to get in the way of his social aptitude. Nowhere is his disagreeable nature more evident than among family. After a funeral, Fred tries his hand at brotherly love by reuniting with
A book that is so authentic and incisive it will feel like going back and reading your own diary. Constance Marie Baltimore knows exactly who she is and precisely what she isn’t. She isn’t a Constance, so Connie will have to suffice. She is smart and determined, ready to start her college career on a
Will leave an annoying song stuck in your head and a smirk plastered on your face. Elvin is one angsty elf, but in all fairness, he’s seen a lot of shady things and has even been party to more than a few himself. If his many decades living under the influence of peppermint sticks and
A touching read with the poignant message that love starts within. You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family, as the saying goes. Unfortunately, good choices and solid decision-making are two skills Kim Kincaid has yet to master. Her best friend happened by accident, her boyfriend happened by surprise, and her only
A collection that will tug on heartstrings while leaving readers with a sense of longing. A progressive story told in unpretentious verse, Loving Strays by Franco Cardiello is a collection of poems that explores life’s tempestuous journey with a grain of salt, a dose of truth, and the benefit of self-reflection. Divided into cleverly named
Wildly suspenseful and impressively innovative. When a person is unsure of what he is or how much he is truly capable of, how can he ever trust himself? How can he love himself? For Thomas, these questions form the violent storm swirling in his troubled mind. After a nuclear explosion at an underground testing facility,
A beautifully illustrated story about friendship and collaboration. There are few things better on a beautiful summer day than strolling on the beach, playing in the sand, and splashing in the water. Thus, when three young friends, Leigh, Tara and Cosmo, decide to take their dogs for a walk in their seaside town, it isn’t
Everything is thoughtfully crafted to make Larkspur the perfect fictional destination. It’s hard to deny the beauty of autumn in Wisconsin and there’s no better place to enjoy the season than at the Larkspur Fall Festival. Thanks to an exclusive feature in a regional tourism magazine, this year’s event will be extra special for the
Westover takes management strategies to the next level. You can likely recall a generation of workers who often started out at a company, possibly their very first job, and stayed on until retirement. Known as lifers, those hardworking folks would put up with a lot on the job but employers could count on their dependability.
With an indifferent end to his marriage comes the opportunity for Professor Anton Bauer to start something new. Just what that is, however, will take some time for this well-learned man to figure out. Anton has a circle of friends and family with beliefs that seem to align with his, and they share many common
Wonderfully unique and wildly satisfying. Kole’s fifteen years have not been easy. An orphaned refugee with no memory of his childhood, he lives in fear of the Warden’s tyranny while hunkering in the shadow of an insatiable and all-consuming fire, the Black Wall. Still, his life in the magical forest of Solpate is filled with
To enjoy the beautiful blooms of the iconic sakura, timing is everything. Love is the same. At least, it might be for Soichiro Toshibana and his intended, Tafui Le. Intelligent and brave, yet impossibly stubborn, Tafui won’t be told what to do or coerced into any relationship. A powerful CEO with endless riches and a
A gripping tale of sacrifice, deception, and devastating secrets. Chinasa at birth, First Lady Zayani Ada is now in a unique position to help her Ijun people. A revered philanthropist and wife of the president, Zayani is outwardly the picture of grace and an example of human triumph. But those outward perceptions stop when the
