Opposites attract in "The Secret Science of Magic", a charming and witty story of individuality and what brings people together. Joshua is an indecisive, magic-loving teenager. On the brink of being thrust into a world he isn’t ready... Read More

From its very first outrageous sentence, Paul Noth’s "How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens" is hysterically funny. An evil grandmother, an oblivious father, an absent mother, and a group of siblings with various odd skills and... Read More

In Jessica Levine’s absorbing and entertaining "Nothing Forgotten", a middle-aged woman’s past intrudes upon her present, despite all of her efforts to leave it behind. Anna Stark leads a calm, seemingly happy life in California. She... Read More

Humans “imagine every adoption of their behaviors to be an advancement. I see it otherwise, as downdrift, the seepage of traits across species.” So posits the Archaeon, the 3.8-billion-year-old creature who narrates Johanna... Read More

In this side-splittingly funny action mystery, a retired wrestler becomes embroiled in a strange kidnapping case. An old wrestling buddy calls on “Hammerhead” Jed Ounstead for a favor. It seems someone has kidnapped his pet snake for... Read More

Linda A. Curtis’s memoir captures a religious family grappling with the aftermath of one of their own questioning her faith and choosing a new path. "Shunned" is about family, self-discovery, and spirituality; it explores the... Read More

Kathleen Y’Barbo’s "The Pirate Bride" is a lavish eighteenth-century romance that details the power of a young girl’s prayers. Set on the high seas, on an island, and in New Orleans, the story of a chance meeting between a young... Read More

Jan Yoors achieved international fame as a tapestry artist in the bohemian New York scene of the 1960s, but that barely qualifies among the most interesting parts of his life. In "Hidden Tapestry", Debra Dean dives into the artist’s... Read More