The Queen's Spy by Ruth S. Daigneault is a romantic novel set in England before, during and after the historical event of the Spanish Armada. The backdrop of the story covers a period when the country saw a lot of unrest and there was much...

The Trip Into Milky Way, a historical coming of age story set during the late sixties and early seventies, is written by Gary Paul Corcoran. Clay is precipitously bounced out into the world when he decides to buck authority one day and wear moccasins without...

The Mind's Eye is a young adult historical, coming of age novel written by K.C. Finn. It's set during WWII. Fifteen-year-old Kit Cavendish and her younger brother, Leighton, are on their way to Wales when we first meet them. They're part of a massive evacuation...

Weddings, births, pursuits of better lives in a post war depression, aging parents and death are the seeds sown in The Seeds of Sorrow. One family’s story is told, spanning through generations - children grow up, get married, dream dreams and follow them. Lisa Brown’s...

Too Much Left Unsaid profiles the lives of two American women from 1917 through 1969. Lee Collins’ characters, Mattie and Kathy, share similar childhood losses that have an emotional impact on their adult lives and their decision making. Both women dream of becoming well-educated and...

The Portsmouth Alarm: December 1774 by Terri A. DeMitchell is a fictional story based on the actual events leading up to the Revolutionary War. The story is told through the experiences of several young men like Andrew Beckett, who dreams of being a doctor, and...

The Ox-Boy of Ur by Rose Shaw is a brilliantly researched and developed book for young adults. Set in the year of 2000 BCE, we find a thirteen-year-old boy who has just been sold to a slave trader to pay his father's debts. The young...

The Story of Hunadi by Mokoka Klaas Mashishi is a wonderful depiction of a few African families living on a farm during apartheid in South Africa. We are introduced to twins Sello and Hunadi, and Gerrit, the son of the white farmer, Kruis. Gerrit is...

Deplorable living and working conditions, low pay and diseases are just a few things the lower classes endure in Manchester, England. These attributed to Thomas Berry’s death and his grieving widow, Sarah, finds herself struggling to survive with five children. She’s a talented dressmaker who...

In The Gomorrah Principle by Rick DeStefanis, Brady is a man on a mission, a mission to discover what happened to his best friend, the brother of the woman he loves. In order to accomplish his mission he’ll have to go to the last place...