The third book in a series, "Embracing Bewilderment" is a globe-trotting adventure memoir with hints at a personal search for purpose. Cory Mortensen’s travel memoir "Embracing Bewilderment" chronicles his freewheeling round-the-world... Read More

The epic historical novel "The Grand Promise" covers a grand vision, human resilience, and the enduring power of love. Rebekah Anderson’s compelling historical novel "The Grand Promise" covers the construction of the Grand Coulee... Read More

"Unyielding Destiny" is a page-turning mafia thriller in which two men from opposing worlds fight for their own kind of justice. Spiros Gratsias’s suspenseful mafia tale "Unyielding Destiny" focuses on honor, revenge, family, and... Read More

"High Desert High" hews closer to perceived reality than many metaphysical journeys, giving it broad appeal. In Steven Schindler’s thoughtful and sometimes trippy "High Desert High", Paul Santo, retired New York City police lieutenant,... Read More

This is a joyful and instructive look at how early American settlers held on to their values. Michael Gorton’s "Forefathers and Founding Fathers" is the fictionalized account of a group of early American settlers who refuse to bend to... Read More

A dank roadside motel plays a central role in this murder mystery involving teenage girls, competition, and festering secrets. In this well-written atmospheric mystery, Juliet Townsend has never left town after high school. As a runner... Read More

Falkin animates this dystopian YA novel with timeless depictions of what often feels like uncharted terrain bridging childhood and adulthood. "Contract City", Mark Falkin’s YA novel, set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, renamed “The City of the... Read More

For Deputy Sheriff Charley Scott, his job at the sheriff’s office in Powell County, Virginia, “is to work for justice … justice, pure and simple.” His boss, Sheriff Hargis Fielding, tells him, “That’s a good answer. But I... Read More