Parisian Detective Tales: A Trilogy (Part One: Two Sisters) by Marcel Marquié is the first installment in what promises to be a fascinating series based around private detective Toni Bonnet. Set in Paris not long after the end of World War II, this story revolves...

In The Wounds That Linger by Sandra Preisler and Taylor Preisler, Zoe has just returned from America with her uncle, and everyone is happy that they are back. Everyone is surprised when Zoe mentions she has been invited by Mabel Anderson to her house. Things...

In Lady Wallflower in Love, a historical romance by Georgia Sutton, the story follows Lady Evelyn Pricewinters, who after public humiliation and heartbreak with Lord Nigel Sedley, is disillusioned with the concept of marriage and society’s expectations. Wanting to escape the ton’s gossip temporarily, Lady...

This week I’ve been thoroughly engrossed by Charles Paul Collins’ historical novel The Remembering: Of Leather & Stone. A fictional account of the lives of real members of the author's family throughout the ages, this book manages to give a compelling insight into the history...

Drausin and Josephine: We Too Shall Pass by John H. Wulsin Jr. is a powerful historical novel that examines the complex reality of racial passing in pre-Civil War America. The story follows Drausin Valsin Bacas and his family as they grapple with the profound implications...

Loki's Daughter by Linda and Michael Cahalan is a masterful blend of historical fiction and Norse mythology set against the backdrop of World War II resistance efforts. In 1943 Norway, as two women and their team of commandos wage a desperate battle against Nazi forces...

A Quest for God and Spices by Dean Cycon is a wonderful historical novel that takes us back to the Crusades when Christendom was at war with Islam and the Holy Church was riven by a division between Rome and Constantinople. Nicolo is the second...

Forecast by Aaron Ryan is an enthralling thriller that follows one man with extraordinary abilities and his struggle with responsibility. Roland Bishop is a weatherman who gains the unsettling power to preview impending tragedies and glimpses of the future after a lightning strike. His visions,...

Beth Ford has written a second part to Dickens's classic, A Christmas Carol, with After the Spirits Come. The new story picks up after Ebenezer Scrooge has been enlightened by visits from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to change his selfish ways....

The Legend of Valentine by Sheldon Collins follows Valentine Romanus, a Roman soldier in 3rd-century Rome, who saves an empress during a raid. Pining over a prior love, Valentine sleeps with a married noblewoman with connections to power players like General Claudius. He also forms...