Set against the backdrop of the revolution against the Soviet regime in Cold War Hungary, Radio Underground by Alison Littman is a huge achievement for a debut novel and a gritty tale that follows a daring journalist determined to see the fall of an oppressive...

Aristide Delacroix is a puzzle of a character. Owner of a respectable gaming club, he is also in love with Genevieve. But his past catches up with him when he is accused of cheating at cards years back in Paris. The aristocratic Duke of Rockliffe...

They call it the theater of war. It’s an excuse for whenever something goes wrong and no one wants to take the blame. It’s also a metaphor for what it means to be in the action, willingly or not. Everyone is a number and everyone,...

Lacy struggles with the idea of going home after a fantastic summer with her aunt and uncle, their deck hand and the at-risk boys who sail with them to learn responsibility and team work in Love Waits by Judah Knight. Lacy will miss Kerrick desperately,...

Kelegeen by Eileen O’Finlan is a wonderful story, a tale of a people and a place in trying times. It is Ireland in 1846 and while engaged couple Meg O’Connor and Rory Quinn are happily preparing for their wedding, while they join other villagers in...

Highly atmospheric and elegantly written, The Brute: A Novel by Mike Klaassen is a young adult novel that is as mesmerizing as it is deeply affecting, exploring a young man’s journey to what really defines him when a tempest hits a campsite. On a prairie...

The Contest and Other Stories by Joe DiBuduo and Kate Robinson is a beautiful collection of stories that are exquisitely written, stories that deal with art, love, family, and other themes that readers can easily relate to. What makes this collection an exceptional one is...

Sour Life by Pablo Omar Zaragoza and Susan Giffin tells the life story of Mr. Melendez. A mass is found on his x-ray, so while in the hospital, he begins telling his grandson stories of his history, starting with his grandfather coming from Cuba to...

After the Fall by Brad Graber is a well-written story that explores the themes of family, identity, and the importance of being connected, with a strong appeal to readers who enjoy sleuth, adventure, and stories with emotional and psychological depth. Rikki aches to know who...

World War II is beginning and the boys are marching off to war, but Becoming Mrs. Smith takes a very different and enlightening look at the families and friends left behind in a very beautiful love story. We are not on the battlefields; we are...