California was in the death grip of a drought when endurance athlete Heather “Anish” Anderson set out to hike the 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail faster than any other hiker ever had. To do so, she would have to walk at least forty... Read More

With the importance of a free press and the rule of law rightly in the national conversation, Dan Bernstein’s "Justice in Plain Sight" is a timely release, detailing a California paper’s Supreme Court battles over the press and... Read More

In Becky Citra’s historical young adult mystery, "Murder at the St. Alice", Charlotte ventures from her home in British Columbia to the St. Alice, a Canadian resort hotel. Too poor to be a guest, Charlotte hopes to find work in the St.... Read More

"Mallko and Dad" is the tender, honest, and life-affirming personal account of a father and his boy, who has Down syndrome. "Mallko and Dad" strikes quickly and with searing frankness, as Gusti writes: “Sometimes having kids is like... Read More

Ian Roberts’s historical novel, "A Land Apart", mixes history and art to comment on how technology changes societies. In New France in 1634, somewhere along the banks of the Great Lakes, Totiri, an Iroquois war chief, trades with... Read More

The stories in Richard Wiley’s new collection all take place in the same city among characters who share connections. They are creatively mixed and span decades and tones. "Tacoma Stories" is a compelling whole formed of memorable... Read More

Sarah M. Eden’s masterful romance "Healing Hearts" is a story of love, forgiveness, and friendship in which dangerous secrets prove impossible to keep. It’s 1876 in the small, tight-knit frontier town of Savage Wells, Wyoming.... Read More

Oakland Ross’s "Swimming with Horses" is a multilayered adventure that is part mystery, part coming-of-age tale. The story vacillates between apartheid South Africa in 1962 and a small Ontario town a year later, when Hilary, a... Read More