“I don’t think about what I should be doing because I don’t know what I want to do or what’s keeping me from doing it.” Last Call at Smokey Row, a captivating novel by Pat Camalliere, beautifully portrays a slice of life from a recently...

Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard I. Levine is a beautifully emotional and yet bittersweet romance that will have readers weeping. Mitchell Brody and Jessica Ramirez had fallen deeply for each other as early as fourth grade when Mitchell had stood up to...

Leonie’s Leap: A Liberation Journey by Marzia Pasini is a self-help book with a real difference. A fifteen-year-old orphan acrobat runs away from his cruel, oppressive orphanage, where his skills as an acrobat are exploited as a means to generate revenue for the orphanage and...

Like Embers in the Night by Andrew Goliszek is an emotional tale that unfolds amid World War II, during Joseph Stalin’s ruthless political authority. It depicts the harrowing encounters of Janek and Wanda, a Polish couple whose lives are mangled by war as they struggle...

Lily and the Mocking Bird by John Ellington explores love, loss, memory, and the quiet unraveling of a relationship strained by grief, personal ambition, and unmet expectations. At its heart is Brenner Miles, a young veterinarian who is plagued by haunting dreams and long hours...

In Locust Hill, Carl Parsons weaves a passionate narrative that follows Cassandra Clark, a popular city girl, as she falls for Jim Russell, a hardworking farmer from the rural community of Locust Hill. Set against the backdrop of agrarian struggles, the story explores themes of...

Louie on the Rocks by Meredith O'Brien is a look into Louie Francis’s life, which is unraveling due to alcoholism and his relationship with Cristall Baldwin, a woman who is financially exploiting him. Louie’s estranged daughter, Lulu, seeking to protect her father, attempts to gain...

In the novella Love Blooms in the Garden by Luis Ammerman, Lily, who has just arrived in Chicago for a fresh start, discovers an abandoned, overgrown community garden in an alleyway and decides to revive it. After obtaining permission from the community welfare office, Lily...

Lunch Ladies by Jodi Thompson Carr is an ensemble story following multiple connected characters. Crystal works in the school district’s lunch department and organizes a contest for elementary students to help distribute cookies at the Fourth of July parade. She also has a unique hobby:...

Lunch Tales: Suellen by Lucille Guarino tells the captivating story of a successful 28-year-old female attorney working in a reputable law firm. Suellen gains tremendous support from her work friends through their lunch conversations. She is a firm believer in living large. Having inherited generational...