Seventeen Parcels (The Moorhouse Trilogy) by Mic Lowther is a mystery story with a difference. Xander Moorhouse is a billionaire, and his three children are set to inherit his fortune when he dies. Eleven years before, he hires Austin Somerfeld, a delivery driver, to hide...

Selena Flowers and the Phantom Tides by Ella English is the second installment in the Merblood Saga, following the adventures of Selena and her friends as they explore the mysteries of Madderly Bay and its supernatural undercurrents. In this novel, the story deepens with a...

Shell Shocked by Kathleen Welton will appeal to young adult fans of mysteries, adventure, and coming-of-age stories. Alex looks forward to a new challenge on her sixteenth birthday. She starts her internship at the Myrtle Turtle Rescue Center. Alex loves these beautiful sea creatures and...

Somewhat Before: A Bookland Prequel by Kate Lexie is a charming novella that smoothly fuses comedy and thriller elements with emotional depth. This story is set during the pandemic. Charlotte is an energetic girl with a huge imagination that sparkles in her confined world. Overprotected...

Richard J. Kendrick brings us clockpunk young adult fantasy in Squawk of the Were-Chicken. Deidre has many 'oops' moments wherein her “thinky” bits have time to catch up. To Deidre, it seems this is all a part of becoming a grown-up. Between her tinkering, going...

Superficial by Diane Billas is a YA adventure. Lea is visiting a superhero fan convention with her ex-girlfriend and another friend. When she gets stuck in a lift with Jake, Hollywood’s Amazing Boy, she thinks she’s trapped with a stuck-up actor until she realizes he’s...

Slip of a Girl is the third book in Linda S. Browning's A Parlor Game Mystery series. It is a captivating tale about Olivia Honeycutt, a girl with the gift of communicating with the dead. The story begins with Olivia sitting in her Nashville townhouse,...

Songweaver Lost by David E. Gaston drew me into the story from the first page. Twelve-year-old Jessica Blackwater has more to deal with than the typical middle schooler. One morning, while struggling with her anger, she decides to skip the bus and walk to school....

Several decades ago, eight-year-old Hannah Moreland disappeared from her home. Her sister, Maureen, who now lives a severely agoraphobic lifestyle, was only fifteen at the time, yet still holds herself accountable for the incident, and so do her parents. She believes that Hannah’s ghost is...

Sister Bevenlee and Mother of Pox is a work of fiction penned by author Charles Brass in the coming-of-age, dark fantasy, and adventure subgenres, and is the third novel of The Tower of Sephalon series. The work is intended for young adult readers. In this...