In Love and Mercy: Up On Roan Mountain by Martha Arrowood Pelc, Ollie, the first character introduced, faces more in her short life than most adults face in a lifetime. There is a mix of love and major tragedy in each family that’s compelling and...

Annabelle Ross has lost so much to the Civil War and now she faces the fear of losing the plantation that had been her family home for generations. Having nursed countless soldiers when the house was turned into a hospital, she's not surprised to find...

Loggerhead: A Mary Fisher Novel by T.A. Peters is the story of a Scottish woman named Mary. When the novel begins, she is in Europe and the second World War is about to begin. She is imprisoned and alone and that is what encourages her...

La Casa 758 is a young adult literary fiction novel written by Kathryn Berla. Krista's dad is worried about her, and he'd be even more concerned if he knew she had taken to parking outside the somewhat run-down house where that man lives. She can't...

Letters From a Patchwork Quilt by Clare Flynn is set in the 1800s. Jack Brennan is different from his brothers. He does not want to be a parish priest like them. His father is angry but Jack runs away from his home, hoping to become...

Wow. Just wow. I’m not sure if that’s enough of a statement for a review, but those were my thoughts when I finished Don Gutteridge’s book, Lily’s Story. The beautifully wrought historical epic follows our protagonist, Lily, as she traverses through life, from her childhood...

Sigh. That was my reaction when I finished David C. Edmonds’ new work, Lily of Peru. You know, the type of sigh you emit after you’ve finished a book that has left you with a deeply satisfying feeling of having read a really, really great...

Born to the Sultan's concubine, Wasim ibn Baibars al-Bunduqdari was considered a lesser person, a bastard, and as such had really never been acknowledged by his father. He was, however, close to his older brother Barakah, who was destined to be the next ruler of...

Lantern in the Mist, Book One by Liliana Shelbrook is one of the best books I have read in an incredibly long time. I was pulled in and felt the joy and the sadness, and cried and laughed along with Kathleen from page one until...