Nancy Hayes Kilgore’s Pennsylvania Love Song blends historical fiction with family history by including characters drawn from her own family tree. It is (mostly) a true story of a mother and daughter separated by death. Dual timelines alternate between Florence, a young woman living in...

What would you do if you could live your life over? What changes would you make? They’re the questions Diana Penn asks herself at 80 years old, when an unexploded WWII bomb goes off, sending her back in time to 1944. She opens her eyes...

In Outer Demons: Backseat Demons Book 1 by J.P. Barnett, Evelyn was on her way to present a project when she had a near-death experience. After this experience, Evelyn was unsettled and on edge. She began to have violent outbursts and haunting dreams where she...

The Belly of the Anaconda by C. Arthur Ellis, Jr. blends history and fiction, offering a vivid portrait of New Orleans during the Civil War. The story focuses on Rachel Durand, a widow whose life has been shattered by war. As Union troops take control...

K.M. Huber's Call of the Owl Woman carries readers into ancient Peru among the Nasca people. Patya, the protagonist, is a 15-year-old girl caught between her personal desires and her duty to her people. As drought engulfs her homeland, Patya's people begin to turn on...

“Only much later do you realize that all the maturity forced upon you has robbed you of something precious.” In Martyn Burke's novel, The Gossip Columnist, many characters experience loss, with innocence being just one of the things taken from them. As the Weimar years...

The Little Men by Ami Tikekar follows Amitarth/Ami, an introverted IT professional in Pune, as he moves through the routines, relationships, and hierarchies within a mid-sized tech company. Through his friendship with Prabhu and his growing connection with colleague Mitali, Ami becomes increasingly involved in...

Wayward: The Valley War by Antonio Journie is book one in the Wayward Series. Journie holds readers’ attention with great one-liners, equally dark and compelling characters, and heavy moments that add depth and symmetry to the story. I finished reading Wayward in a few days...

Prayers on the Shower Door by Phyllis McNaughton follows Therese, a woman determined to recover her lost childhood memories. On the surface, she has built a beautiful life for herself. She has a secure marriage to Paul, a great job as a social worker, and...

R. Morello’s Upside Down is a one-of-a-kind, beautifully layered work that merges grief, trauma, and redemption in a surreal mirror world setting. The story follows Caleb, a man shattered by the loss of his sister, who finds himself literally living beneath the world he once...