Booksellers, publishers, and agents are encouraged to look at the 66 self-published titles listed below, with descriptions provided by their authors. Some of these writers are waiting to be discovered; others have a track record and a following and are doing it on their own. If you are a self-published author interested in listing titles in this section, please visit publishersweekly.com/pw-select for more information.

Fiction

Approaching Twi-Night

M. Thomas Apple. Kinoshita Kijitsu Press. $11.95 paper (228p), ISBN 978-4-905426-66-0; $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00TI3WVJ8

Mthomasapple.com, Amazon, BN.com

An aging baseball player is given one final chance at professional and personal redemption in small-town America as he struggles to come to grips with his past and his career.

Blue Sun, Yellow Sky

Jamie Jo Hoang. HJ Publishing. $9.99 paper (316p), ISBN 978-1-63443-371-6; $2.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-63443-370-9

Amazon, BN.com

When painter Aubrey Johnson learns she’s going blind, she travels the world in search of art and ultimately finds herself.

Flower of Iowa

Lance Ringel. Lance Ringel. $4.95 e-book, ISBN 978-1-310-94060-6

Apple iBooks, BN.com, Kobo, OverDrive, Smashwords

In 1918 France, naïve young American private Tommy Flowers tries to be a good soldier while dealing with an unexpected attraction to his best buddy, British private David Pearson.

Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics: The Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley

Michael January. Winged Lion Publications. $5.99 e-book, ASIN B00W6R8V0G

Amazon

In 1814, two teenage girls and the romantic poet of “free love” walk across war-ravaged Europe on a journey of self-discovery, sexual awakening, and literary inspiration.

Free Electricity

Ryan Rhodes. CreateSpace. $15.95 paper (516p), ISBN 978-1-4953-5601-8; $3.99 e-book, ASIN B00P81YTJO

Amazon

A deeply emotional study of one man’s staunch Mormon upbringing, and a traumatic collision with Brigham Young University as his true sexual identity surfaced.

The Great Oklahoma Elephant Hunt

James D. Fife. iUniverse. $12.95 paper (148p), ISBN 978-4917-4565-6; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-4917-4566-3

Amazon, BN.com, iUniverse

A teacher, enamored with a young sheriff searching for escaped baby circus elephants, joins his posse. Relatives and other busybodies hinder her efforts to attract his attention.

Hysterical Love

Lorraine Devon Wilke.

CreateSpace. $13.95 paper (314p), ISBN 978-1-50617694-9; $7.99 e-book, ASIN B00SLSQRCS

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Kobo, Overdrive, Smashwords

A jilted photographer reads a story of lost love written by his ailing father and sets off to find the mysterious woman, convinced she holds the key to happiness for them all.

The Illegal and the Refugee: An American Love Story

Ian Tremblay. Ian Tremblay. $10.75 paper (288p), ISBN 978-0-9936307-0-5; $2.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9936307-1-2

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Flipkart, Google Play, Kobo, Smashwords

A tale of tragedy and triumph that highlights the difficulties and the hardships of Latino immigration to the United States.

ISIS: Quiet Justice

Barry Kelly. Prose Press. $17.95 paper (290p), ISBN 978-1-941069-24-0; $6.99 e-book, ASIN B00VO2IG0O

Amazon, BN.com

Jack Brandon is back. Follow Jack and his team as they join the CIA to take down terrorists in America and Fallujah. This latest adventure pits Jack against the Fist of Islam.

The Lion Trees, Part Two: Awakening

Owen Thomas. OTF Literary. $27 paper (827p), ISBN 978-0-692-23590-4; $26.50 paper (802p), ISBN 978-0-692-24837-9; $3.99 e-book, ASIN B00N2JZCFE

Owenthomasfiction.com, Amazon, BN.com, IndieBound

A comical and poignant family saga about how you have to let go of your identity to find out who you are.

Near Somewhere

Edward Cozza. Pinot Dog. $28.99 hardcover (306p), ISBN 978-0-9881906-3-4; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00X6JKVZG

Amazon, BN.com, Books-A-Million, Ingram, Warwick’s

Actors, bartenders, doctors, musicians, writers, winemakers, and cads. Southern California, New York City. Connections with complications.

Pinnacle Lust

Michelle Dim-St. Pierre. BookLogix. $26.95 hardcover (354p), ISBN 978-1-61005-572-7; $9.95 paper (354p), ISBN 978-1-61005-571-0; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-61005-574-1

Michelledimstpierre.com, Amazon, BN.com

In a Tel Aviv hospital during Operation Desert Storm, a young nurse is having an affair with a married doctor. Her exciting life is ultimately destroyed by powerful mistakes.

Saluting the Sun

Mary Hutchings Reed. Ampersand. $16.95 paper (264p), ISBN 978-0-9905603-4-0; $3.99 e-book, ASIN B00THZ0JU0

Amazon, BN.com, Ingram

A street musician who plays the glass harmonica moves into a luxury high-rise with her cousin, and a life-threatening truth proves that you can’t start over, but you can start again.

We Could Fall

Kate Moschandreas. CreateSpace.$15.99 paper (424p), ISBN 978-1-5084-6288-0; $4.99 e-book (426p), ISBN 978-1-5084-6288-7

Amazon

A literary love story involving a therapist, her husband, and the famous actor who is her client. Desire competes with loyalty in this coming-of-middle-age story.

When a Drone Strikes

Alex Castillo. Alex Castilla Publications. $12.80 paper (278p), ISBN 978-0-9961407-0-6; $6.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9961407-1-3

Alibris, Amazon, BN.com, Ingram

CIA agent Annabella de la Cruz has it all—beauty and riches, and she is courted by countless governments and bachelors. Until a drone attack takes everything away.

Poetry

Chicken Soup for Betty Boop: A Book of Funky Poems

Tom Clements. Hit ’Em Up Publishing. $14.95 paper (40p), ISBN 978-0-692-24019-9

Amazon, BN.com, IndieBound

A book of funky poems with quirky rhymes, syncopated rhythms, and illustrations that resonate with the book’s pop culture themes.

Mystery/Thriller

The After House

Michael Phillip Cash. Red Feather Publishing. $12.99 paper (212p), ISBN 978-1-50060036-5; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00OGPJ3C6

Amazon

Will the after house be their shelter or their tomb?

The Bell Tolls Again: A Bruce Jorgenson Novel

Steven R. Kahler. AuthorHouse. $23.95 paper (392p), ISBN 978-1-4918-2359-0; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-4918-2360-6

Amazon, AuthorHouse, BN.com

An artifact is stolen from a sunken German battleship. An object of patriotic pride is swapped for a forgery. Four pieces of military history are not what they seem.

Cross Trained: Colter Bay Series

Heidi Amore. Stonebridge Publications. $12.99 paper (182p), ISBN 978-1-940473-29-1; 99¢ e-book, ISBN 978-1-940473-21-5

Amazon, BN.com, Stonebridge

An early-morning call leaves Caleb faced with the lifeless body of his beloved’s father and the realization that Carrie is missing.

Deceived: A Sam McClellan Tale

Laura Wharton. Broad Creek Press. $20 paper (348p), ISBN 978-0-9904662-4-6; $6.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9904662-5-3

LauraWhartonBooks.com, Amazon, BN.com, Ingram

Beach life isn’t sunny for Detective Sam McClellan, not after his partner is brutally killed. With help from a sassy sidekick, he uncovers drug trafficking in pristine North Carolina beach towns.

The Flip

Michael Phillip Cash. Red Feather Publishing. $14.99 paper (200p), ISBN 978-1-49734551-5; 99¢ e-book, ASIN B00KDOZY6I

Amazon, BN.com

Julie and Brad Evans are house flippers. As the house they’re trying to flip reveals its past, will the couple’s marriage survive the flip?

The Gay Detective: Nick and Norm in Chicago

Kenneth Michaels. CreateSpace. $9.99 paper (210p), ISBN 978-1-5086-2169-0

Amazon

On his TV talk show, The Gay Detective, Nick Scott interviews top gay celebrities who have endured many hardships, but many end up brutally murdered.

Linear Shift

Paul B. Kohler. Global Endeavor Publishing. $16.95 paper (450p), ISBN 978-1-94074006-5; $5.99 e-book, ASIN B00USJPRUQ

Amazon

A widowed father whose life is crumbling encounters a desperate general, who sends him on a risky mission to go back to 1942 to alter the conclusion of World War II.

Looking for La La

Ellie Campbell. Across the Pond Press. $13.30 paper (372p), ISBN 978-0-99153811-9; $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00BJH29QQ; $24.95 audiobook, ASIN B00OGW19FI

Amazon, Audible

Bored housewife Cathy investigates a love card sent to her husband, Declan. Is he having an affair? And with all her crazy friends hiding secrets, could one of them be a murderer?

Murder on the Menu (Nikki Hunter Mysteries, Vol. 1)

Nancy Skopin. CreateSpace. $8.99 paper (310p), ISBN 978-1-5089-5393-7; $5.73 e-book, ASIN B00WGW5HR6

Amazon

A sexy sleuth, a silenced stripper, and a sociopathic serial killer add up to murder on the menu.


On the Road to Where the Bells Toll

M.J. Williams. CreateSpace. $12.99 paper (278p), ISBN 978-1-5052-8685-4; $4.99 e-book, ASIN B00RB5MRKI

Amazon, BN.com

Emily and Stan’s Fourth of July vacation with the grandkids turns deadly when they stumble over one body on the Boston Esplanade and find another hanging in the Old North Church.

One Way Street

R.L. Herron. CreateSpace. $13.99 paper (282p), ISBN 978-1-4992-7945-0; $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00K1CT38W, BN ID 2940149349678

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com

Herron reprises characters from the coming-of-age novel Reichold Street in a thriller that follows them through love, war, and a murderous stalker.

Requiem for Rosco

Peter Gallagher. Ampersand. $17.95 paper (336p), ISBN 978-1-4675-4530-3; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00N1AVZR8

Amazon, BN.com, Ingram

A complex mainstream murder mystery set in Chicago. An intimate love story and mystery told with quick cuts among three male and three female viewpoints.

Snow Men

Andrew Ceroni. Outskirts Press. $34.95 hardcover (304p), ISBN 978-1-4787-4457-3; $7.99 e-book, ASIN B00UZ5VNQU

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Outskirts Press

Equal parts international thriller and wilderness survival tale, this novel chronicles one man’s harrowing struggle against the harshest that man and nature can offer.

Solomon’s Whisper

Sandra Brannan. Greenleaf Book Group Press. $14.95 paper (354p), ISBN 978-1-63299-022-8; $7.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-62634-119-7

Sandrabrannan.com, Amazon, BN.com, Greenleaf Book Group, IndieBound

As Liv Bergen investigates the long-ago murder of her niece, she uncovers a well-guarded secret and stumbles onto one the most prolific killers she’s faced yet. Book 5 in the series.

Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island

Michael Phillip Cash. CreateSpace. $12.99 paper (192p), ISBN 978-1-48419609-0; 99¢ e-book, ASIN B00DGYLHQ8

Amazon

Paul’s fate is intertwined with an old haunted mansion on Long Island called Stillwell Manor. Paul must find clues dating back hundreds of years to set his wife’s soul free.

Twenty Grand, A Love Story

Austin McLellan. Wild Caught Press. $12.95 paper (284p), ISBN 978-1-4961-1929-2; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00SJ0DYGA

Amazon

A modern noir story that opens as a murder mystery but quickly becomes a drama about faith and loss, class and race, love and betrayal—and finally, justice.

SF/Fantasy/Horror

After Mind

Spencer Wolf. BentStrong Books. $14.99 paper (378p), ISBN 978-0-9862175-1-7; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9862175-2-4

Amazon, BN.com, Indigo, Ingram

A hard-hitting adventure into the world of human lies, artificial intelligence, and robot dreams. No one can ever be the same human twice.

Genius de Milo

Russ Colchamiro. Crazy 8 Press. $14.99 paper (294p), ISBN 978-0-692-39573-8; $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00U9PGZV4, BN ID 2940151554602

Amazon, BN.com

Backpackers Jason Medley and Theo Barnes return in the sci-fi comedy sequel to Finders Keepers. Can they save Earth from disaster—again?

Graywullf (Dragonspawn Trilogy, Book 1)

Thomas Rottinghaus. AuthorHouse. $21.95 paper (366p), ISBN 978-1-4969-6751-0; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-4969-6750-3

Amazon, AuthorHouse, BN.com

In this dark fantasy, an ancient wizard with a shadowed past joins forces with the last surviving band of gunslinging lawmen known as magii’ri warriors.

Mythborn: Rise of the Adepts

V. Lakshman. CreateSpace. $19.99 paper (582p), ISBN 978-1-49360398-5; 99¢ e-book, ASIN B00H3K2TCW

Amazon

What does it mean to be a hero? Is it goodness, self-sacrifice? This is a dark fantasy about the choices a hero makes.

Romance/Erotica

The College Chronicles: Freshman Milestones

Kelly Owen. Boxer Publishing. $18.99 paper (572p), ISBN 978-0-9960617-1-1; $5.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9960617-2-8

Thecollegechronicles.com, Amazon, BN.com

A devastating rape and mysterious suicide, along with sex and sociology, beer and biology: Cadence Cooper learns about them all during her freshman year at Charlestowne College.

Exposed by Rage

Sherrel Lee. Sherrel Lee. $2.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9907490-3-5

Amazon

He has a dead body. She has the seedy connections. To solve the crime they are forced to combine their resources to find a brutal killer.

Looking for CEI: A Cosmic Love Story

Magda M. Cianciara and S.G. Masel. Magda M. Cianciara and S.G. Masel. $4.99 e-book, ASIN B00R2AJG5Q

Amazon

The energy of passionate lovers attracts the attention of the Cosmic Intelligence. By cooperating, they sacrifice personal happiness but contribute to the uplift of humanity.

A Love We Deserve (True Love, Book 2)

Betsy Anne. CreateSpace. $12.95 paper (288p), ISBN 978-1-50873247-1; $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00UNXM90S

Amazon

In this sequel to Mine, Not Hers, Melanie finally throws out her cheating husband, but what now? It will take a special man to melt her heart and let her trust love again.

To Tame the Wind

Regan Walker. Regan Walker. $10.95 paper (294p), ISBN 978-0692401729; $3.99 e-book, ASIN B00VO4DZYE

Amazon

A sea adventure in which an English privateer abducts the daughter of a French pirate to redeem his men and his ship, denying all the while she has captured his heart.

Waiting in the Wings

Nicole Kiefer. Nicole Kiefer. $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00USCUVGI

Amazon, BN.com, Kobo, Smashwords

Sara’s husband dies after 20 years of marriage. With 20 years of mental abuse finally over, Sara is set free. But her heart, her desires, and passions are locked away.

Nonfiction

Axiom: A Jar for Tog

William Fleck. CreateSpace. $17.76 paper (100p), ISBN 978-1-5030-0943-1; $8.64 e-book, ASIN B00U9RJKBO

Amazon

A new perspective as to why the Egyptian pyramids were constructed and who was the master architect behind them. Using geometry, Fleck takes the reader to a place in the middle of the desert. Why?

Baby Poop: What Your Pediatrician May Not Tell You... About Colic, Reflux, Constipation, Green Stools, Food Allergies, and Your Child’s Immune Health

Linda F. Palmer. Baby Reference. $17.99 paper (376p), ISBN 978-0-9753170-2-0

Amazon, BN.com

From a doctor of chiropractic, this book brings the hard-to-find facts that equip parents to resolve infant symptoms and optimize their child’s lifelong health.

Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare

John R. Patrick. Attitude. $17.95 paper (322p), ISBN 978-0-692-35736-1; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00VJ2B7RI

Amazon, BN.com

A look at the cultural, attitudinal, and technological barriers inhibiting a more affordable, accessible, and effective health care system.

Leadership Briefs: Shaping Organizational Culture to Stretch Leadeship Capacity

Dick Daniels. Beaver’s Pond Press. $24.95 hardcover (246p), ISBN 978-1-59298-901-0

Theldg.org

A continuing resource on how to shape organizational culture, stretch your own leadership capacity, and accelerate the leadership development of those who follow.

Bio/Autobio

Butterflies: The Strange Metamorphosis of Fact & Fiction in Today’s World

Daniel M. Harrison. Light Circle Books. $2.99 e-book, ASIN B00VKLHA9W

Amazon, Smashwords

An entrepreneur and journalist provides a guide to the millennial mindset. Harrison explores the themes of mass media, sexuality, spirituality, and political supremacy in the newly connected, globalized world in a blend of fiction and hard-nosed reporting, with a little theory thrown in.

Chiseled: A Memoir of Identity, Duplicity, and Divine Wine

Danuta Pfeiffer. Luminare Press. $29.95 hardcover (426p), ISBN 978-1-937303-44-0

Amazon, BN.com

Known to millions as the former co-host of The 700 Club with Pat Robertson, Pfeiffer explains her disappearance from the Christian world and explores her chaotic past.

East in Eden

Izabela Shopova. Inkwater Press. $15.95 paper (338p), ISBN 978-1-62901-233-9; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-62901-234-6

Amazon, BN.com

The heartfelt and hilarious story of award-winning travel writer Izabela Shopova’s six years’ living in New Zealand.

Paths Less Travelled of a Scholar Warrior (Spy) Teacher Healer

Hon K. Lee. CreateSpace. $13.69 paper (304p), ISBN 978-1-4947-5625-3; $6.80 e-book, ASIN B00MFTNL9G

Amazon, Baker & Taylor, BN.com, IndieBound, Ingram

Lee chronicles his real-life adventures from the streets of New York’s Chinatown to the battlefields of Vietnam, and from CIA headquarters to the acupuncture clinics of Shanghai.

Two Steps from Glory: A World War II Liaison Pilot Confronts Jim Crow and the Enemy in the South Pacific

Maj. Welton I. Taylor. Winning Strategy Press. $28.95 paper (436p), ISBN 978-0-9838677-1-5; $9.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9838677-3-9

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Kobo

A lanky kid from Chicago’s South Side with a genius IQ and a passion for flying fights World War II in a fabric-covered plane and proves that race is a poor yardstick by which to judge a man.

What I’ve Learned from You: The Lessons of Life Taught to a Doctor by His Patients

Scott A. Kelly. Art Heals Media. $26.99 hardcover (204p), ISBN 978-0-9912743-2-1; $19.99 paper (204p), ISBN 978-0-9912743-0-7; $5.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9912743-1-4

Amazon, BN.com

From an inner-city trauma center to the bedside of a dying cancer patient, Kelly explores human relationships and gives an intimate view of the human condition. Based on his journals, this is the story of love and pain, healing and sickness, birth and dying, and all the beautiful things in between.

Children/YA Fiction

Aftermath

(After the Fall Dystopian Series, Book 1)

Tom Lewis. Tom Lewis. 99¢ e-book, ASIN B00VD66QYO

Amazon

A sci-fi dystopian tale of a young girl’s struggle to survive in the wake of civilization’s collapse and humanity’s domination by an alien race.

The Baby Sea Turtle

S.A. Mahan, illus. by Deborah Mahan. Tate Publishing. $17.99 hardcover (24p), ISBN 978-1-63449-726-8; $8.99 paper (24p), ISBN 978-1-63306-537-6; $7.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-63185-664-8

Amazon

The baby sea turtle is scared, lost, and needs help. Is anybody kind enough to help him?

Captain No Beard: Strangers on the High Seas

Carole P. Roman, illus. by Bonnie Lemaire. CreateSpace. $9.99 paper (32p), ISBN 978-1-4801-7722-2

Amazon, BN.com

Captain No Beard welcomes new crew member Cayla to the ship. The crew bonds together and learns a valuable lesson when danger approaches.

Chrissie’s Run

S.A. Mahan. Tate Publishing. $19.99 paper (288p), ISBN 978-1-62902-501-8; $3.99 e-book, ASIN B00K7GZ6ZG

Amazon, BN.com

A Christian young adult thriller. It is a story of hard choices and even harder consequences for Chrissie and her doomed, unborn baby.

Esmerelda, the Gifted, Vol. 1

Merriel M. Chase. CreateSpace. $14.95 paper (406p), ISBN 978-1-4839-2373-4; $9.99 e-book, ASIN B00GNSD6HM

Esmereldamax.com, Amazon, BN.com

Loving parents discover Esmerelda’s gifts to stop time, detect lies, and break up disagreements. Esmerelda uses her gifts to fight crime and improve and protect lives.

The Kidnapping of Inda Jackson

Cher Foth. Southern World Publishing. $9.99 paper (256p), ISBN 978-0-9862145-4-7; $5.99 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9862145-1-6

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Ingram, Mobi

Attending Oxford, a southern belle falls in love with a fellow student of royal lineage. But their love is torn apart when she is kidnapped and her prince must battle for her release.

Let’s Go on a Letter Hunt: An Alphabet Adventure by Spell-It-Out Photos

Sue Tenerowicz and Lynn Champagne. Archway Publishing. $25.95 hardcover (42p), ISBN 978-1-4808-0781-5; $20.45 paper (42p), ISBN 978-1-4808-0780-8; $3.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-4808-0782-2

Alphietheletterhunter.com, Amazon, Archway Publishing, BN.com, IndieBound

Alphie, a charming and quirky alphabet hunter, takes children on a marvelous adventure of rhyming and finding letters in ordinary objects.

Looking for Redfeather

Linda Collison. Fiction House. $9.95 paper (230p), ISBN 978-0-9893653-0-7; $4.95 e-book, ISBN 978-0-9893653-1-4

Amazon, BN.com, IndieBound, Ingram

Three runaway teens meet up by chance and go on the road in a slightly stolen Cadillac, looking for an Apache named Redfeather. It ain’t Jack Kerouac’s road trip.

Mr. Gobble Chops and Lady in No More Bullies

Robert Burns, illus. by Amanda Erb. Mascot Books. $14.95 hardcover (34p), ISBN 978-1-63177-050-0; $6.99 e-book, ASIN B00X4WWGNA

Amazon, BN.com, Mascot Books

Lady is a little kitty struggling to adjust to her new life in the suburbs and to Oscar the bully and his gang. Mr. Gobble Chops helps her adjust and turn the tables on Oscar.

Pepper Parrot’s Problem with Patience

Carole P. Roman, illus. by Bonnie Lemaire. CreateSpace. $9.99 paper (38p), ISBN 978-1-4781-1355-3

Amazon, BN.com

Captain No Beard and his mates join together to help Pepper achieve her goals with patience and tolerance.

Pieces of Revenge

Valia Lind. CreateSpace. $12.99 paper (282p), ISBN 978-1-50310186-9; 99¢ e-book, ASIN B00PVQEXHY

Amazon, Apple iBooks, BN.com, Kobo, Scribd, Smashwords

Six years after her family’s brutal murder, Anastasia is back to avenge their death. Armed with a perfect memory and combat skills, she will stop at nothing. Not even murder.

Shadow Tears

A.J. Tupps. Halo Publishing International. $16.95 paper (302p), ISBN 978-1-61244-310-2; $5.99 e-book, ASIN B00P38DQ2S

Ajtupps.com, Amazon, BN.com, Halo Publishing, IndieBound

Have you ever wondered who lives in the shadows? Selena Goodwin knows it is not just the boogeyman but another realm.

Xs and Os for Gabby Ann

Petrell Marie Özbay, illus. by Mike Motz. Mascot Books. $16.95 hardcover (32p), ISBN 978-0-9908447-0-9

Amazon, American Wholesale, Baker & Taylor, BN.com, Books-A-Million, Follett, Ingram, Mascot Books, Partners

Gabby Ann loves kisses and hugs. But her daddy is far away, so how will his kisses and hugs reach her? Join the Xs and Os on an adventure that reassures children of a parent’s love.