Holly and Grace are enjoying a lengthy discussion about holiday traditions. They argue about the restrictions placed on society to express their joy of the season, like saying “Merry Christmas”, and the weight of the political correctness society has been burdened with. The conversation comes...

Hey You! The Story of a Special Love & Friendship Between Generations... by David Liam Michaels is an engaging tale of love and friendship that brought tears to my eyes. In this novel, the author explores an angle of relationships that is hardly present in...

House of Seven is a satire on how life was in 1913 Mississippi. The central character, Beth DuBard, was a twenty-six-year-old spinster and writer, living with her parents and crotchety aunt, Miss Genie. An African-American couple, Trousdale and Rosa Linda Miller, lived in the same...

How to Make a Life: A Novel by Florence Reiss Kraut is a beautifully written historical novel that explores family themes and the challenges of emigration. It starts with the migration of Ida and her daughter, Bessie, from Ukraine to America in 1905. They believe...

Her Cumberland by Susan Paisley is an imaginative historical novella that chronicles Rebecca Sevier’s life as her family arrives in Tennessee in search of better prospects during the late 1700s. The story highlights her resilience and follows her continuous determination to honor her father’s dreams....

Hinterland by L.M. Brown is an engrossing and emotionally rich story that explores themes of love, family, and parenting. Nicholas Giovanni drives a taxi at night and adores spending time with his five-year-old daughter, Kate. His wife, Kathleen, has been unstable, health-wise, even before their...

Harvest Moon by Jenny Knipfer is one of the best books I have read in 2020. In fact, it is probably one of the best historical fiction novels I have ever read. I have come away deep in thought, feeling somewhat like I’ve had a...

The Darling Brothers – James, Andrew, and Nathan – grew up in a middle-class Australian family. When James was nine years old, their parents became “saved” and the family started to attend church services several times a week. Their Uncle Alwyn, an arrogant, narcissistic man,...

Ever since I watched the movie The Godfather decades ago, I’ve been curious about the mafia and what it would be like to be born into La Famiglia. Is it as dangerous as the movie depicted? Well, after reading Hitman by Theodore Valley, I have...

His Most Italian City by Margaret Walker takes place at the dawn of the fascist era in Italy. After the Great War, a piece of land previously part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is given to Italy. For thousands of people, it meant changing nationality and...