The Color of Acceptance by Carol Siyahi Hicks is the compelling narrative of a young woman’s journey toward self-knowledge. It is also a time trip through the sixties and early seventies, and I felt Gabrielle’s hopes, her dreams, her successes and failures, and her eventual...

The Moments Between Dreams: A Novel by Judith F. Brenner is an unforgettable story of a woman who rises above the confines of society to overcome abuse and find happiness. Carol’s hopes for a marriage grounded in respect and teamwork are quickly dashed soon after...

The Cabala of the Cushite, Zephaniah by Beverly C. Prince is a tale of a mystical journey connecting the Divine, the self, and the pragmatic in ways that many of us have never discovered before. In a colorful combination of spirituality, science fiction, and esotericism,...

The Chiaravalle Family by Natalia Settembrini Casillas centers around the Chiaravalle and the Cavalieri families. Even though the Cavalieri family was very wealthy, and the family of Chiaravalle was not, they each faced the same love and loneliness, secrets and tragedies that life throws at...

With a Yorkist husband and a Lancastrian family, Lady Elysabeth St. John is caught between two sides of the war for the crown. In 1470 Lady Elysabeth becomes godmother to Edward V and she is thrown into the middle of political turmoil. Centered around historical...

The Girl Who Counted Numbers: A Novel by Roslyn Bernstein is a well-written and well-researched historical work that chronicles a young woman’s quest to solve a family mystery. Seventeen-year-old Susan Reich graduated from high school early and wants to take a break by going out...

The Roots of the Bayou by Chad J. LeBlanc is the story of Honore, a successful man living in Pisiguit, who is forced to leave his homeland after British soldiers claim his properties. The people of Pisiguit were loyal to the French government, and the...

The Feathered Crown: A Windflower Saga Novella by Aleksandra Layland follows the life of Kahutane, High Chief of the Kimbrii people, a character that first appeared in the book Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart. Queen Consort of Kimbria, Aolani,...

The Reluctant Baronet: A Regency Romance by Elizabeth W. Watkins has all of the elements needed to pull readers into this historical novel. Russell and Selina are very much in love, but whether will they ever find a way to be together is the main...

Forbidden love features prominently in Paolo G. Grossi's The Tiergarten Tales. Take a journey along the streets of Berlin when it was the heart of the great Prussian empire and feel the pulse of the men who longed for companionship of a similar kind but...