A Place of Rest by Robert E. Kearns is the story of a man who is not happy about his current situation. Tuck is a man of habits and he hates to break them. He doesn’t like mornings, he doesn’t like the cold and he...

The consequences of substance addictions – opioids, prescribed medications, alcohol – are well-portrayed in this contemporary novel. The focus is on how these addictions affect the Wasson family – father, Emmitt; mother, Maggie; and their daughter, Lindsay. On baby Lindsay’s Baptism day in 1994, Emmitt...

A Rift That Lies Between Us is the debut novel from Nasiha Muna that explores the relationships in a strictly religious Muslim family and how that affects the children growing up in a secular, yet predominately Judeo-Christian United States. Farisa is the eldest daughter of...

Anna: Waiting for Redemption by Gail K. Bell is the story of a child brought into the world unexpectedly, only to face a harsh life. William, Anna’s father, is a mechanic who leaves his wife and child in search of a better job with better...

A Time to Reflect by Joanna Warrington is a family saga that spans three generations. Pandora and her brother Jules are brought up on a farm, their father commuting to work weekly and their mother in the shadow of her domineering husband. Pandora is a...

How do you tell a story of love, lust, and finding yourself in as few words as possible and in a way with which your readers, if they are honest with themselves, can identify? You write it honestly from the gut, as Emmalyn Danvers has...

Ashes by Sharon Gloger Friedman tells the story of a young Jewish girl named Miriam who lives in Czarist Russia with her parents and older brother Eli. During this time in Russia, there was a lot of hostility towards the Jews for many reasons. One...

If you’re not a fan of historical fiction but really enjoy reading about two people falling in love under difficult, even extraordinary circumstances, then don’t think twice about selecting Auschwitz Syndrome by Ellie Midwood as your next book. This is one of the most amazing...

Melina Druga’s Angel Of Mercy begins right before the First World War and we are introduced to our main character, Hettie. Hettie is a nurse who recently left the Royal Victoria Hospital to marry her childhood sweetheart, Geoffrey. The couple marries and Hettie retires from...

If you like a book that throws you into a deep hole and stirs you around in the dark a bit before it finally lifts you into the light, A Sun Drenched Elsewhere: Zoya Septet Book 4 by Murray Pura is for you. On one...