Maribel has given her heart to Santiago and she will miss him terribly as he leaves to fight for independence for New Granda (Columbia). As Santiago is away fighting, Maribel spends her time taking care of things at home, especially her aging grandmother who is...

The Strange Marriage of Anne de Bourgh and Other Pride and Prejudice Stories by Skylar Hamilton Burris is a novelette styled like the classic Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Johnson is the new parson and Mr. Collin's successor. The Darcys are ill at ease in his...

A Heart at Home (Everlasting Heart Series) by Sara Barnard is the third book of the series. Sanderson, an Indian Agent is moved to California and his girlfriend Charlotte moves with him from Arkansas. She decides to follow her love. Charlotte and Sanderson meet some...

Those who read Kristina McMorris will immediately understand that The Pieces We Keep is probably her best work to date. It features seven decades of mystery, beginning with a couple in love at the outbreak of World War II. Vivian and Isaak fall in love...

The Korean Word For Butterfly by James Zerndt takes places in Korea during the soccer World Cup in 2002 and is about a few characters whose stories sooner or later intertwine. There is Billie who came to Korea with her boyfriend to teach English at...

Dawnflight by Kim Headlee is volume one in a series on the Arthurian legend. This is an ambitious work on a subject and characters that many writers have tackled. Ms Headlee sets herself apart by making the story about Gyanhumara, or as she is more...

The Blood of Titans by C. Michael Forsyth is a historical novel which takes place in the dawn of African history. It is also a romance between Halima, a princess from the coastal kingdom of Kali and King Shomari, ruler of a mysterious race of...

Domingo's Angel by Jenny Twist is about Angela, a frail and pale girl who is so tall and thin that villagers in the remote Spanish village where she lives think she is a fairy or a ghost. The story is set in that village and...

No Place Like Home treats the reader to a collection of stories about those who have wandered and those who feel lost. In each story, Christmas is approaching and there are ties to be made stronger and personal issues to be resolved if the main...

Israela by Batya Casper is the story of an Israeli journalist, Ratiba, who marries her childhood love, an Israeli Arab who is not aware that she is Jewish. Ratiba has no contact with her family. Her sisters, Elisheva and Orit, miss her a lot. The...