The Dance of the Spirits, by Catherine Aerie, is the story of Jasmine Young who is raised in a well-to-do home in China. Her life is punctuated by experiences of wealth and plenty on the one hand, and family misery on the other. Throughout Jasmine’s...

The Volcano That Changed the World, by James W. Mercer, is a fascinating amalgam of Geology, Archaeology, the legendary city of Atlantis, and World History. All this occurs within a milieu of attempted murder, marital infidelity, and the underhanded shenanigans of a Professor doing everything...

The Korean Word For Butterfly by James Zerndt takes places in Korea during the soccer World Cup in 2002 and is about a few characters whose stories sooner or later intertwine. There is Billie who came to Korea with her boyfriend to teach English at...

Ancient Enemy by Mark Lukens is an exquisite tale. Stella, a specialist in Anasazi culture, had been recruited to join the team on what some thought may have been the greatest archaeological discovery of all time. What they found instead was evil incarnate. Dating back...

If I Never Went Home tells the story of two Trinidadian women, Bea and Tina, and the separate yet inextricably linked lives they lead in two separate places. Told mostly through flashbacks switching between Tina and Bea, we learn just how tumultuous their lives were...

Bringing back retro dance music from the 1930s was perhaps a greater challenge than Frank had intended to take on at first in Second Wind, by Ray Hobbs. TV and film composer Frank Morrison decides to bring a grey-haired set of master musicians back into...

Israela by Batya Casper is the story of an Israeli journalist, Ratiba, who marries her childhood love, an Israeli Arab who is not aware that she is Jewish. Ratiba has no contact with her family. Her sisters, Elisheva and Orit, miss her a lot. The...

Travels in Elysium by William Azuski is an amazing tale, mixing ancient legend and modern psychology as Nicholas Pedrosa tackles his first real job on an archaeological dig on a Greek island. With an interesting cast of characters led by the chief scientist, Marcus Huxley,...

The Whiskey Creek Water Company by Jan Walker is set in 1932. The name Whisky Creek Water Company attracts stranger Farley Price to the place. The local Indians gave the name 'Spirit Water' to the natural spring in the forest. The Scandinavian settlers gave the...

Charity Bright is on the cusp of change - she had never really taken time for courtship because she always felt her dad needed her at home to help with her brothers and take care of the home. She had made a promise to herself...