Therein Lies the Pearl by Catherine Hughes is one of those historical novels that I devour with great pleasure. Set in Normandy and England in the eleventh century, in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest in 1066, it focuses not so much on...

After inheriting Thornberry Manor, thirty-two-year-old Paisley Venne and her mother, Molly, had been busy transforming the property into a vacation retreat. However, this had set Paisley on a path of mystery and secrets. After putting on an emerald necklace she found at the manor, she...

In Color for Canvas by J. M. Huxley, Jane Campbell grows up in Cape May, New Jersey, in a household that defines her future while overlooking who she already is. On her twelfth birthday, she begins experiencing vivid encounters with a man called Mac who...

Double Shot of Living by Natasha Von Imhof is a thrilling read that will make you think. Lynn Roberts was 51 when she died in a car crash, but instead of heading to the afterlife, she found herself somewhere totally unexpected—inside the body of a...

Love and Laughter in Ransom Canyon by Mary Lou Cheatham and Christie Marie Underwood follows Olivia, a widowed schoolteacher in Ransom Canyon, whose daily life is disrupted when a family heirloom tied to her late husband is mistakenly mailed to a stranger. The return of...

Ballot by Dan Mulvagh is a powerful anti-war novel that follows the exploits of four Australian servicemen (Diggers) called up to serve in the Vietnam War. Mitch Masters' career in motorcycle speedway racing is derailed by a call-up in the 1969 Australian draft ballot. Three...

In the fourth book of the Chronicles of the Threlphax series, Of Kith and Kin by Laura Lee Dooley, Tae-hee Kim is a nurse whose life extends far past a normal span. When a man named Kit claims to be her twin brother Tae-soo, declared...

When Lieutenant Colonel William W. Harris, a World War II veteran, is assigned to the 65th Infantry Regiment in Puerto Rico in 1949 as commander, he sees it as a demotion and the end of his promising military career. Composed almost entirely of Puerto Rican...

Searching for John Smith by Joan Glase is the story of Julia, a twenty-six-year-old woman struggling with grief and a growing sense that her life has gone nowhere. After her aunt’s death, Julia leaves Ohio and travels alone to Baja, Mexico, hoping the distance will...

The Aspirants by J. Loretta takes a look at a near-future where politics and reality TV have merged with the concept of assisted dying. The story starts right in the middle of a livestream called “That’s EnterAttainment!”, where terminally ill people—dubbed "Aspirants"—turn their final moments...