H. Dawn Hunter offers readers captivating dystopian fiction in Thirteen Hands. Frank Clemens lives on the streets of Blackburn. Because he is witchborn, he was sent to the Institution and Marked by order of the president. The girls who are witchborn are killed. Frank has...

The Hag Stone by W. J. Small, set in late medieval England, reveals societal forces that frighteningly still shape women’s lives in subtle, systemic, and sometimes deeply personal ways. Cecily Heaton has just received news of her husband Ellis’s death on the battlefield of Calais....

In Jeffrey James Higgins' The Havana Syndrome, FBI Special Agent Nathan Burke is currently separated from his wife, Reagan, who has taken their daughter, Amelia, to spend a week with her. Upon his arrival, Nathan discovered Reagan lying on the floor of her office, surrounded...

The Strangers Saga: Baton Rouge by Ana Ban tells the story of Sadie Nichols, a young woman who returns to her hometown to open a store and take care of her troubled cousin, Eva. Sadie’s decision to adopt Eva sets the story in motion, showing...

In The Vulnerable by Ed DeJesus, after entering a relationship with Robin O’Rourke, Dan DeCosta is driven into a dangerous situation involving her violent former partner, legal consequences, and the threat of financial and physical collapse. His father, Dick DeCosta, a targeted climate activist who...

Will Clachan’s father and grandfather were stone cutters. This was the trade of his Clachan forebears: they used the stones their ancestors laid down long ago to rebuild Elgin for the next generation. It was a point of pride for their family. Unfortunately, Will did...

In The Place, E.B. Sullivan tells the story of Luella, who is a child when the novel begins but grows into a young woman navigating survival and self-worth in 19th-century Placerville. After a desperate act sends her down an unexpected path, she finds herself in...

The Others by T. C. Weber follows Will Myers, a marine scientist investigating the suspicious drowning of Galen Álvarez, a teenager with aquatic adaptations. With the help of Galen’s sister Andréa, who belongs to the secretive underwater Mazi clan, they uncover that Galen’s death may...

Carlita Kosty's delightful book Training Freddie is told from the narrator’s point of view, plus Merle, the very relatable heroine, and Freddie himself. With a different typeface for each, it makes every thought quite clear. A slightly misleading title, however, as Freddie does not take...

Through Hell With You by Anne J. Franklin is a suspenseful small-town romance. Guilt and pain torment Adrian. He can't move past the loss of his fiancée. He wants to heal, so he decides to go somewhere far away from his mistakes. Isabella is also in...