The Best Part is a historical novel based on Alessandra and Chiara Tumolo's grandparents, Bepi and Gelmina. In remote villages outside of Verona, Italy, with the backdrop of World War 2 horrors, fascism, and poverty, their grandparents' love story came to life. Each chapter features...

Espresso Talks: The Woodbridge Italian Bakery by Ozzie Logozzo is an absolute masterpiece of observational storytelling. If you’ve ever sat in a local bakery, inhaled the scent of fresh flour and sugar, and just listened to the world go by, you’ll know exactly why this...

The Fixer: The Shape of Her by Ozzie Logozzo is one of those books that hits you with its intensity right from the very first page. It isn't just a story you read; it’s one you feel. I was completely floored by the prose here....

I wasn't totally sure what I was getting into when I picked up The Romanov Episode by Clive Radford, but I’m glad I did. It’s one of those books where you realize pretty quickly that you're holding something special. It isn't just another mystery; it’s...

In J.S. Scheffel’s Kith and Kin: The Last Kitsune Book 3, Tai relocates from the Louisiana bayou to New Orleans under the supervision of Strigoi governor Benjamin Durand after a powerful artifact called the Key of Wealth becomes embedded in her tongue. The move puts...

The Girl Who Counted Numbers by Roslyn Bernstein is a fast-moving story of discovery, growing up, acceptance, and romance. It takes place in 1961 during the time of the Eichmann Trials that were held in Jerusalem. The main character is Susan Reich, who is sent...

“How could I have been so obtuse, so neglectful that my dying son hated me until the end?” For Joe Fredericks, the protagonist of Wayne Feinstein's novel, Turning, it took little effort to be such a sleazeball. Joe is the definition of success in one...

Crow: The Luck of Charm by Surya Prakash Shrivastava is a short story about the connection between a boy and a crow. Yash lives in an urban environment, with chaotic traffic and construction noise just outside his window. Inside, chaos comes from his arguing parents....

Kalyani Adusumilli’s The Invisible Canvas begins in the throes of a medical emergency caused by an overdose, where Jansi, a wife and mother living in Texas, is admitted to a psychiatric facility for evaluation and treatment. What begins as a brief hospitalization becomes an extended...

In The Boy with the Butterfly Mind by Lorelei Brush, readers meet Julie, a math teacher juggling her job, marriage, and the nonstop energy of her four-year-old son, Patrick. She feels deeply proud of him, but also worried. His moods range from exuberant curiosity to...