Honor, glory, and unrivaled grace define Placement by Kimberly Van Sickle. The protagonist is young Charles George Trammel IV, a privileged lad whose background straddles both sides of the proverbial tracks. As Charles sits aboard a Higgins boat (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, or LCVP) on...

Passion's Child (Jane Digby's Diary) by C.R. Hurst is a captivating historical novel that introduces a 10-year-old named Jane Digby, who yearns for freedom and adventure. Feeling stifled by her structured life at Holkham Hall and eager to escape her new governess, Jane sets off...

Parisian Detective Tales: A Trilogy (Part One: Two Sisters) by Marcel Marquié is the first installment in what promises to be a fascinating series based around private detective Toni Bonnet. Set in Paris not long after the end of World War II, this story revolves...

Pompey Hollow Road by Julie Oleszek is a poignant literary novel set on a tobacco plantation in the 1800s, exploring the unlikely friendship between privileged seven-year-old Charlotte Worthington and Simone, a young slave girl. Despite warnings from Simone’s older friend, Rachel, Charlotte’s kindness gradually breaks...

Pursuit into Darkness is the second book in the War of Destiny series by Theresa Van Spankeren. This vampire novel takes place in 1582, in London, and focuses on the main character, Julia, and the vampire Resistance group, the Ka-tet. Julia and her lover, Adam,...

Jane Austen and Regency-era aficionados will, without doubt, enjoy Pride and Perjury by Alice McVeigh. This collection of twenty Austen-inspired vignettes are variations of the 19th-century classics, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. The author delves deeply into Austen’s arguably two most popular novels to uncover...

In Petawawa by G. A. Scibetta, the Bucci family lives in Agrigento before immigrating to Canada in search of better fortunes. In Agrigento, things are hard, but Mr. Salvatore tries his best to provide for his family. Things become worse when his primary employers leave...

Prairie Dog Cowboy by Vivian Zabel is a heartwarming coming-of-age tale. Set during the dawn of the early 20th century in Oklahoma, the story follows an aspiring cowboy named Buddy Roberts. Buddy is a young boy whose mother severely mistreats him while coddling her other...

"Quintili Vare, legiones redde!" Unfortunately for Augustus, his legions never returned, having been annihilated at Teutoburg Forest. Prince of Death by Leah Moyes is an account of the man responsible for handing the Roman empire a crushing defeat and stopping its expansion at the Rhine. Arminius,...

Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown is a work of fiction in the recent historical, psychological drama, and intrigue subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers owing to the presence of some explicit language, instances of violence, and the subject matter of mass death....