Morning of a Crescent Moon by N. J. Schrock is a closely observed work of historical fiction set in Virden, Illinois, at the close of the nineteenth century, where everyday life unfolded during mounting labor unrest. The novel opens with striking imagery that establishes place...

On a Sundown Sea by Jill G. Hall is a historical novel that blends social conscience, spiritual inquiry, and a sense of place. Set in late nineteenth-century New York, the story follows Katherine Tingley, a woman driven by compassion and guided by inner visions, as...

Runika “Run” Tamara Long, a prominent figure in government reform in New York City and a businesswoman, had tried her best to stick by her brother’s side through his struggle with addiction until she couldn’t anymore. When she receives the dreadful phone call announcing that...

Ralph E. Jarrells’ Jesus and Judas: Best Friends Forever is a work of Christian fiction that begins beneath an extraordinary sky and unfolds into a thoughtful exploration of companionship before destiny takes shape. The novel opens on a night so clear it seems endless, with...

Vuk: Legend of a Fanged Guardian Angel by Dan Božinov had me spellbound. In New York in 1983, Alex inherits two unusual legacies from his late father. One is a big dog, and the other is a mysterious journal. In the journal, he discovers the...

Jeffrey L. Carrier’s Coal Dust on Purple Asters is a short historical trilogy about three families surviving in the rough mountains of Kentucky through wars and the Great Depression. In Rain on Chinquapin Holler, Wiley Hicks, a coal miner, is torn between providing for his...

Malve von Hassell’s The Amber Crane is a gripping, suspense-filled historical fiction and time-travel story. The story is set in Germany, in and around the harbor town of Stolp in Pomerania along the Baltic Sea, in 1644, during the closing years of the Thirty Years'...

Miburn by Don VanLandingham Sr. is a well-written book based on historical events about the civil rights movement in America, particularly in Mississippi, in the 1950s. The book is divided into four parts, which begin with a description of the political tension, racial injustice, violence,...

A Fine Scottish Time: The Magical Matchmakers of Seven Cairns, Book 1, by Maeve Greyson, follows Jessa Tamson as her life is falling apart. After a devastating breakup, the loss of her dream job, a stolen car, and a sudden rent increase, she’s one disaster...

Anna of Arimathea by Susanne Blumer gives readers a unique perspective on what it might have been like to follow Jesus Christ and to walk in the footsteps of the Messiah during the time of His ministry. Anna is a gifted healer with a big...