Remembrance: A Time for War by A.K. Stauber is a compelling story of the life and survival of Anna Krasynyk, a young Polish girl caught up in the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi extermination methods used against Jews. None of us...

Watermark by Sari Sikstrom is the story of a young woman’s search for her own identity. Vela lives in the shadow of her famous opera singer mother and was raised by her grandparents. Although her mother was often away when she was young, Vela has...

Yancy by Tell Cotten is the latest installment in The Landon Saga. This book focuses mainly on Yancy with a side spotlight on Cooper Landon. Yancy has been a lawman most of his life, with his latest job as peacekeeper being in Midway, Texas. Politics...

Passing through Perfect: The Wyattsville Series, Book 3 is a historical fiction novel written by Betty Lee Crosby. It's the story of Benjamin Church, a young African American who grew up and lived in Grinder's Corner, Alabama, in the 1940s and 1950s. He served in...

Ruined by Thomas Macy is the follow-on from First Fury. Escaping with her life and a man named Coonie from a cargo ship mutiny, Ann finds herself in California. With all her money stolen, she sets up a shop, trading in salvaged goods, alongside a...

As Dig Two Graves: Revenge or Honor by Nick Vellis begins, we focus on AJ “Ajax” Pantheras, a high-powered lawyer of somewhat questionable ethics who is preoccupied with money and status. Suddenly, his father, in whose law firm he works, is murdered. An elderly Greek-American,...

Secrets Mothers Keep by Linda J. Bettenay is a well-written, fascinating fictionalization of a real-life murder in rural West Australia in the late 1920s. The plot brings together two people who couldn’t have had less in common. One is Harold Smith, landowner, businessman, devoted husband...

Teresa’s War by Margaret J. Carr is the story of Josef, his wife Hilde and their two daughters, Teresa aged seven and her younger sister Liesl, who are living in Austria in 1942. Teresa is now a very old woman and is sitting on a...

Whore of Babylon by Azaria Frost is a beguiling tale of love and loss during the time of oppressive conquerors and rulers in ancient Sumeria. Growing up in Nippur, Eliana and her sister, Kisha, have their lives shattered when Samsu, an invading prince from Babylonia,...

Water Lessons is a contemporary fiction novel written by Chadwick Wall. Jim grew up in a small town not far from New Orleans, and defied his father in order to find and make sure his old friend Freddy was prepared for the storm. Freddy's family...