It is 1373. John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, is leading a chevauchée through France. Owing fealty to the duke, Haukyn of Flintborne has no choice but to join the campaign. After months of hunger, fatigue, combat, and bloodshed in the wake of the...

The Path of Saints and Sinners, the fourth book in J.F. Collen’s Journey of Cornelia Rose series, finds Cornelia “Nellie” Wright and her family at a crucial crossroads in 1857, having just survived the rigors of the Overland Trail to reach Great Salt Lake City....

The Teacher Inside Me by Anthony Auswat is about obsessive love and embracing your true identity. Liam is in love with his high school teacher, Mr. Hilton, who’s happily married and completely oblivious to it. Being a closeted gay and crushing on someone you know...

Herb Guggenheim’s The Nothingness Imperative is an unconventional work of speculative fiction that blends science, memory, and existential humor. At its heart is Skip Gershwin, a weary adjunct professor whose life is as cluttered and frayed as the canvas shopping bags he hauls to class....

In The Room at the End of the Hall by Susan McCormick, Dr. Michael Baker is a respected surgeon at Cascadia Medical Center and a strong contender for the coveted chairmanship. Michael’s ambitions are complicated by his mother, Margaret McGillicuddy, who struggles with alcoholism and...

Have you ever come across something like an old quilt or photo and thought, “What’s the story behind this?” In The Recollection by Cherie Dargan, college teacher Gracie MacNeill wonders the same thing about a Crazy quilt that once belonged to her mother. Instead of...

Michael Jarvis’s The Location Scout introduces the reader to Lucas Sloan, an American rum-drinker who lives the dream life, according to everyone around him. Scouting the locations is just the tip of the iceberg. He also needs to negotiate contracts, check with local authorities,...

Author Babak Zamanian brings readers an absorbing short mystery with The Hotel Coma. A wealthy financier funds the experimental Project Coma Camp, seeking to examine neural activity during rest, and puts himself among the first group of volunteers. Mr. Armstrong backs Professor Newman's groundbreaking Hybernax...

The Final Shelter is a dystopian mystery by Rob Ramos. The world order has collapsed. Cities are overpopulated, power cuts have become normal, riots are common, and citizens live amid poverty and squalor, barring a privileged few who live in protected areas. Phoebe Jones, a...

The Wedding Worries by Bonnie Engstrom is a heartwarming story about second chances and the value of supportive friends. Megan has always been the one seeking advice from her older friend, Scoosy. However, this time the roles are reversed. Scoosy confides in Megan that she...