Butterfly is the third instalment in Stacy Goforth’s Lancaster series, a bittersweet conclusion to the family saga readers have grown to love. The book follows Dylan, the second Lancaster sibling, as he struggles with grief, anxiety, and so much anger. Leaving his small town behind,...

Long Lost Midwife by Skye Smith follows Pamela Dorset, her marriage to Franklin, and their early domestic life in St. Louis, and Pamela’s insistence on maintaining a relationship with a Black midwife, Minerva McDuffie, despite Franklin’s objections. After giving birth to Frank Jr., Pamela unexpectedly...

Short Stories from Faraway Places II by Kevin O’Flaherty is a collection of short stories set in varied locations and time periods, examining characters’ interactions with their environments and communities. In Bizi Posa, the story follows Rory in Bilbao as he moves through relationships, work,...

It’s 1872 in Limestone Cove, Tennessee. Twelve-year-old Ezekiel Gouge watches his Uncle Zeke make sour mash whiskey, and despite his father’s protests, dreams of one day operating a legal whiskey still. Over the course of 67 years, Ezekial marries Panthia, has 13 children with her,...

When a Phoenix Rose Nevermore is the second book in the Cycles of the Phoenix series by C.A. Nicholas. This standalone book is an anthology featuring interconnected stories, poems, and comedy sketches. Dahlia Noelle has battled with anxiety and depression for most of her twenty-three...

To Love a Baron (Courting the Unconventional Book 3) by Laura Beers is a sweet, slightly unconventional romance set against the backdrop of Georgian aristocracy. Dominic Stevens has returned from war, for king and country, wounded and a little lost in his own mind. Rewarded...

After a near brush with death at the hands of an assailant they barely know, Nashville PI Ethan and his wife, Michelle ‘Mickey’ Jenks, are left shaken and with a ton of questions. The assailant, later identified as D. J. Burnett, had demanded that the...

Friday at Four by Gert Richter is a deeply introspective novel that explores the complexities of human relationships, mortality, and the search for meaning. The story follows David, a professor whose life is thrown into turmoil by his wife Alice’s terminal illness and his growing...

A Single Season: A Nashville Notes Novel by Katie Daniels is an engaging debut novel that combines baseball, personal growth, and a hint of romance. The story follows a Nashville baseball team’s quest for the World Series. Mason Rollans, a veteran catcher nearing the end...

The Book of Outcasts by Matt Nagin presents a collection of stories that all read independently but share a creative leitmotif of testing the boundaries of people in extreme, often horrifying, realities. In A Triumph of Humanity, a male patient undergoes invasive medical care while...