The Chronicle of the Versemaker by Craig C. Charles is a compelling historical novel that examines the turbulent lives of intellectuals during the siege of Leningrad. The protagonist, Joseph Orbeli, is a museum director tasked with safeguarding the precious artifacts in the Hermitage Museum as...

The Missing Years by Kathy Haynes tells the story of Norah, a woman looking for new experiences twenty years after her divorce. Upon meeting Allen online, they feel an immediate bond, and their first date ignites a strong attraction between them. When Allen relocates, Norah...

The Gentleman's Miscalculation is the third book in Laura Beers' The Lockwood Family series. It's 1813. Lord Winston Lockwood has established himself as a barrister in London and provided his Aunt Sarah and her son Matthew with protection from Sarah's abusive husband, Isaac Blythe. After...

Pudgy, the central character in Jay Matthew Korn's The Things of a Child, is dying but not before he bestows upon his adopted son Angel one last act of love. In 1984 Pudgy is returning from his annual vacation and notices that things have changed...

I was thoroughly engrossed in the mythological revenge drama The Red Fiend by Ranjit Moore. Telling an engaging and dramatic tale of a demon king set on a path of vengeance against the divine being who killed his mother, this book uses Eastern cultural touchstones...

The Broken Fife by Gary C. Demack transports readers to the American Civil War, where Junius Hart's determination to rescue and free his love, Ruby, drives him through the chaos and moral complexities of a nation divided. This historical narrative weaves together themes of love,...

Can war ever be justified? Can war prevent further wars? Bauder sets out to dissect these questions using a series of short stories. Each reflects an aspect of warfare and prevailing attitudes to it, from misplaced patriotism to the reasons that soldiers enlist and the...

In There Ain't No Justice, Norman Shabel portrays the journey of Joshua Gordon, an ambitious Assistant County Prosecutor overseeing a case that intersects with his personal life. Joshua grew up under the guidance of his single mother, Sadie. Life for him and his other siblings was...

Michael A. Greco's 33 Frivolous Pricks of Time takes readers on an imaginative time-travel adventure that masterfully blends dark humor with high stakes. Eight travelers shatter time's delicate fabric after a catastrophic mistake, sending them tumbling through history's most horrific disasters and infamous crimes. As...

A Tiny Piece of Blue is a historical drama by Charlotte Whitney. The story is set during the Great Depression in rural Michigan in 1934. After a fire burns down their decrepit home, thirteen-year-old Silstice "Silly" Trayson suddenly becomes homeless, leading her to seek shelter...