Saving Marietta: Journey to Freedom by Joy E. Held opens with a violent attack on the Applewood family in Kentucky, where young Romney and his little sister, Sarah Jane, are abducted from their home and separated. Years later, Romney—now living among the Delawares and known...

In Alexander Semenyuk’s Sea Diary of Johnny Unknown, Johnny, an orphaned factory worker hoping for a fresh start, boards a passenger ship filled with migrants, businessmen, and families on their way to a distant shore. On his very first night at sea, he hears the...

Snakeroot & Cohosh by Cathy Schieffelin begins when Eva Hoskins leaves her husband, Luther, after years of escalating violence in mid-century Kentucky, disappearing into the hills near Creech. In Helton, she assumes a new identity and gets government work guiding researchers through Appalachian forests, drawing...

Song of the Chimney Sweep by Tamatha Cain traces the life of Betty Van Disson, nee Langdon, from a winter night in Florida in 1969 through decades shaped by obligation and secrecy. As a teenager, Betty meets singer Dominicus Owens and imagines a future beyond...

Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes by David J. Mason is a historical novella that traces one young man’s path from enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia, to the uncertain promise of freedom during the Civil War’s final years. Parson Sykes begins as a skilled laborer on Jacob...

Sailing Against the Tide by Cindy Burkart Maynard follows Jeanne Baret from rural Burgundy in the 1740s into the expanding world of French science and exploration during the 1760s. After her father’s death forces her off the land, Jeanne relies on her botanical knowledge to...

Scribe of the Heart by Floresta Báz is set in 1893 London, where Haley Richardson’s orderly life ends when her father Walter, a bookseller and printer, is imprisoned over debts connected to the powerful Daily Mirror. Removed from her home and placed among families tied...

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” In Sincerely, Mildred by Ashley Rea, Mildred is a dreamer. So much so that the 19-year-old sometimes gets into trouble with her wandering mind at the cannery job...

In She Reincarnate, Sam Siciliano has incorporated Sherlock Holmes, Rider Haggard, and ancient Egyptian mythology into an adventure story. The famous detective of 221B Baker Street and his cousin, Dr. Henry Vernier, are engaged to discover the cause of the strange behavior of Miss Jane...

Serenade of Sirens: The Lost Boys of Tosa by K.D. Allbaugh is a historical “whodunit” that will draw readers into its clever and twisting plot arcs, fascinating characters, and period setting, leaving them intrigued and satisfied. Addy St. John has married into wealth and power,...