South of Little Rock by George Rollie Adams is a novel set in a small town called Unionville in Arkansas during the forced desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Changes are coming and not everyone is happy about them. Hatred is being...

There is something startlingly but identifiably satisfying about Cindy Burkart Maynard’s historical fiction novel, Soyala: Daughter of the Desert. Because of the inherent mystery and widespread interest surrounding Native American stories and legends, much of which has become embedded in the greater inclusiveness of a...

Song Hereafter: 1153: Hispania and the Isles of Albion is a work of historical fiction penned by author Jean Gill and the fourth book in the Troubadours Quartet series. In this stunning finale to a complex tale of European politics, war, love, peace, knights and...

As daughter of the mukarrib of Maryaba, Makeda's life could only ever be atypical. Her mother's status as a slave diluted the prestige Makeda's birthright possessed, but even that is irrevocably changed when raiders sweep through the fields of Maryaba, their presence and the destruction...

Imagine having to change schools in your senior year of high school and move from a large city to the middle of nowhere. That’s exactly what Kee Lawson has to do in Surviving Doodahville by Ashley Fontainne and Lillian Hansen. Even Kee’s mother is not...

The three witches cast an eerie aura on the story of Macbeth, the story as told in Shakespeare’s play. Written and first performed in 1606, the tragedy dramatizes the physical and psychological effects caused by greed and ambition (particularly political ambition). As with all Shakespeare’s...

Samatya: An Egyptian Woman Among the Children of Israel by Mohamed Adly is an original and interesting take on the story of the Exodus from Egypt at the time of Moses. It is the story of Samatya, the young and beautiful wife of Hori, a...

Oh, the good intentions of friends and family! Stealing a Rogue’s Kiss by Amanda Mariel puts Lady Daphne Rosamond in an intriguing predicament because of a fortune told by a gypsy. Daphne must be kissed within the fortnight if she ever wishes to marry. Shy, plump,...

Saltwater Joys by Dianna Brown begins in the 1960s in Ireland's Eye, a town situated on the edge of Newfoundland and Labrador. During the controversial Confederation with Canada which centralized people into growth areas, the inhabitants of this fishing outpost were offered relocation to the...

Scandal Comes to the Bingleys by Margaret Lynette Sharp is a short romantic story of a young couple that wishes to be married after a short relationship. Edgar, the best of the suitors, asks Maria’s father, Charles, for permission to take his daughter’s hand in...