SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Tree Pose by Susan Rogers & John Roosen
Deadly secrets from a buried life threaten to disrupt one man’s brief peek at happiness in Tree Pose by Susan Rogers and John Roosen, a high-octane adventure Down Under.
Ric and Elaina are finally settling into something resembling a relationship after a tumultuous and traumatic year, but as his past threatens to catch up with them both, a multipurpose vacation with friends makes for a convenient escape. Little does he know that a trip to Tasmania will all but guarantee a bloody collision with a devil from his past and lure a calculating killer on a relentless hunt. Navigating his […]


A genre-hopping work of speculative fiction, A Wildflower in the Dark by Michael E. Kozak is a wholly inventive mixture of dystopian and supernatural fiction.
Morgan Sterling’s Stellar Harmony: A Celestial Love Story beautifully captures the unlikely romance between Langston, an astrophysics professor caught between the worlds of academia and his South Side Chicago roots, and Aurora, a talented musician healing from past betrayal.
In The Last Show on Earth, author Tim Galbraith presents a riveting exploration of a post-rapture world where humanity grapples with its place in a universe abandoned by God.
In the dark and lonely spiral of grief following the death of his beloved wife, Aaron returns to old comforting demons, even as his friends and children try to pull him back from the brink of crushing sorrow in Diary of the Broken by Malachi Lambert, a raw and relentless tale of loss.
The City of Angels is in dire need of saving from an undead apocalypse in The Bureau of Undead Investigation by Connor Mackay, a whip-smart buddy cop zombie thriller.
A captivating exploration of self-discovery and transformation, Wholly Naomi: One Woman, Nine Numbers, and a Cat Looking for Love by Louise Gilbert is a captivating combination of fiction and self-help.