Return to Me by Carolyn Menke is a historical romance taking place in America during World War II. On the way to basic training, James Pasko has an encounter that will forever change his life. Sadie Stark never expected to see the young boy who...

Susan Appleyard’s epic novel, This Sun of York, begins with Richard of York’s unsuccessful challenge to the House of Lancaster at Blackheath and ends with his son’s triumphant victory at Towton nine years later. Today, we know the conflict as the War of the...

In an absolutely wonderful work of fiction with a very interesting true historical basis, Scarlet Letter Lives by author Maureen K. Wlodarczyk follows the story of the owners of three copies of an 1850s release of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The books start...

A Very Good Life by Lynn Steward chronicles a tumultuous period in twenty-nine-year-old Dana McGarry’s life that begins the day after Thanksgiving, in November, 1974. Dana’s a bright and well-liked public relations junior executive at B. Altman, a high-end department store in Manhattan. She’s been...

Broken Threads by Ingrid Pfeiffer is the story of a post-World War II romance in U.S.-occupied Italy and its consequences. Maria, a young Tuscan woman from a wealthy family, meets and falls in love with Richard, an American officer. Eventually, they get married and are...

Life tends to lead all of us on a journey down an unknown path, a road to somewhere or to nowhere at all. It can be cyclical and lead us back to where we began, or can continue on indefinitely, ending up who knows where....

Nola Gals by Barbara J. Rebbeck is the story of two girls who are very different from each other, but they have a great influence on each other's lives. Essence LaFontaine lives with her mother, grandmother, and her younger sister Chardonnai in New Orleans. Things...

In a simply lovely and engaging story by author Gudrun Mouw, From Ashes into Light tells a unique story through the voices of three separate and special voices. Ruth, a young Jewish woman living in Austria during Kristallnacht; Saqapaya, a Native American man living in...

The Girl from Berlin: Standartenführer's Wife is an historical novel written by Ellie Midwood. When she was growing up, Annalise Meissner was not interested in going to school with the other children her age. She’d much rather practice her pirouettes and dance in the square,...

I really enjoyed reading The Thing with Feathers by Anne Sweazy-Kulju. This story starts off in the 1920s and is about the lives of Blair Bowman and Will Marshall. Blair has been abused by her father since she was a little girl. Will decides to...