Surrendered Stories: With Photographs by Kristin Fouquet is a slim volume of four well-written and clever short stories embracing comedy, drama, tragedy, and suspense. Cocteau’s Ransom is a humorous tale about an ill-conceived dognapping. Nights at the Vestige is a poignant story about loneliness underscored...

Sessions: A Psychological Noir by B.J. Thompson is a dark, disturbing psychological thriller that forces the reader to stay put on their seat and keep turning the pages. It is intelligently plotted and deftly written, featuring two compelling female characters as they explore each other's...

Sudden Freedom: Home is Where the Heart Is forms the final book in Joseph Woodward’s trilogy, Lost between the Continents. Ernest Woodward’s family has grown on the shores of the Ohio River in America. Putting aside the trials of his childhood, Ernest focuses on the...

Toxic secrets that have the power to alter the course of lives is the basis for Seven Secrets, a coming of age story written by Theresa Konwinski. Mike Fletcher arrives in rural Arlington, Ohio at the age of twelve. A miserable summer in a strange...

Maurice Aldridge is a London-based antiquarian book dealer. Along with most independent bookshops in the age of the worldwide web, his business is struggling. He is surprised but cautiously optimistic therefore when invited to lunch at the Ritz by a rich American collector who entices...

Kristin Fulton's historical novel Sisters of the Soul is about the lifelong bond between Elizabeth Dumond and Sophie Washington. The story begins in Louisiana in 1837 and ends in California in 1906. Elizabeth is the adopted daughter of Hugo and Lucille Laurent of the Sweetbrier...

Sister Carrie by William H. Coles is a touching family saga of love in the midst of clashing cultures. When young Carrie Broward is orphaned and taken in by her sister Jessie, she experiences a difficult adjustment to life in her sister’s community and finds...

Sail to My Heart: An Adult Folk Tale about a Fisherman, a Mermaid, and an Unexpected Life's Lesson by Patty Lesser is a fantastic story that explores themes of rejection, anger, and a fisherman’s journey to beat failure. Jim Moore, commonly known as Dim Jim,...

Dwaine Rieves' Shirtless Men Drink Free is set in Georgia with the 2004 election race for governor as the backdrop. Dr. Jane Beekman and her husband, Dr. Price Beekman, are pathologists and co-founders of their biotechnology company Cellsure. Jackson Beekman, Price's younger brother, is...

Set in Long Island’s East End, Sparrow Beach by Shelby Raebeck shows the strain felt by locals as they try to keep up with the powerful force of commercialization while also exploring family relationships. As the real estate industry continues to grow, Willie, the oldest...