By Aliya Whiteley ** Publication Date 16 March 2021 ** 3.5 stars Skyward Inn is a locals bar run by Jem, a local Protectorate born, and Isley, a Qitan. Jem met Isley when she was enlisted and stationed on Qita to spread a message of peace. When Jem’s time served had ended, Isley returned home …
By Emily A. Duncan ** Publication Date 7 April 2020 ** Nadya is a cleric from Kalyazi. Clerics are holy people who can speak to the gods. Only Nadya’s gods have stopped speaking to her lately. She is trapped in Tranavia with the young king Serefin, who is having trouble holding onto both his throne …
By Jess Kidd ** Publication Date 4 February 2020 ** Bridie Devine dabbles in forensics. Of course this is Victorian London and women do not dabble in the medical nor the detective realms. Yet Bridie is an imposing woman who has been raised both on the streets of Ireland and a fine estate in England. …
By Sam Hooker, Seven Jane, Alcy Leyva, Laura Morrison, Dalena Storm, Cassondra Windwalker ** Publication Date 5 November 2019 ** A Midnight Clear is a book of six short stories, all themed around the winter holidays. But these aren’t your “Hallmark” style of holiday stories. These are more likely to end up on Twilight Zone …
By Lisa Goldstein ** Publication Date 25 October 2019 ** Maeve is a pseudonym for Adela Martin, the renowned author of the folklore novel, Ivory Apples. Maeve changed her name and moved to the middle of nowhere, because her fandom became more than she could bear. Ivory Apples was not only a success, it created …
By Thomas Wheeler & Frank Miller ** Publication Date 1 October 2019 ** Many times has the story of Arthur, Lancelot and Merlin been told. Arthur is nearly always the receptor of the magical sword that makes him the one true king. This time around the sword belongs to a girl, Nimue. Nimue is a …
By HG Parry ** Publication Date 23 July 2019 ** Did you ever want to be able to have tea with one of your favorite book characters? Or visit a street in Victorian London? In The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, you can do those things. Dr. Charles Sutherland is an English literature professor with …
By Erika Swyler ** publication date 7 May 2019 ** Do not wait to read this one. This is a book that kept me fully engaged from start to finish. I finished wanting more! Florida 1986 and the start of the Space Shuttle program. Meet Nedda. 11 years old and far smarter than her years. …
by Melanie Golding ** Publication Date 30 April 2019 ** Do you like dark, scary fairy tales? Stories where the twists shock you and leave you breathless? Read Little Darlings. This is a modern take on ages old fairy tales that were more frightening than enlightening. Lauren Tranter is a brand new mother of identical …
By Aubrey Hadley ** Publication Date 16 July 2019 ** What would happen if you found yourself all alone in a quarantined neighborhood where all your neighbors were dying of sleeping sickness, and your mother and brother and sister had escaped prior to the quarantine? What if you started noticing glowing creatures out in the …