In Mountain Destiny by Jane Catherine Rozek, Kate is raising her children with Dave on an isolated ranch deep in the Chilcotin backcountry, nearly a hundred miles from town, where the winter cold and distance make every ordinary problem dangerous. The family lives first in...

Mask of Romulus by Mark Jamilkowski tells the story of the first emperor, Caesar Augustus, and the seer, Kamala. When Atia remarries, Augustus is sent to live with his grandmother, Julia, who introduces him to her brother, Julius Caesar. Augustus and Julius form a deep...

Miracles of the Season by Susan Jean Ricci begins in NYC, where Chloe Twiggins reminisces about the life she used to have before meeting and marrying her husband. She’s late meeting him and their daughter, Lala, at the Rockefeller Center. One of his trees has...

Mariya is the first book in the Empty Mankind series by Milha Vek. Mariya grows up feeling abandoned by her father after he leaves the family for another man. This leaves Mariya with a hollow and empty ache in her chest. The Russians called this...

Morning of a Crescent Moon by N. J. Schrock is a closely observed work of historical fiction set in Virden, Illinois, at the close of the nineteenth century, where everyday life unfolded during mounting labor unrest. The novel opens with striking imagery that establishes place...

Malumdon Cottage by L.C. Williams follows two women connected by the same house, decades apart. In the 1930s and 40s, Kathleen Miller grew up on the Dorset coast, survived the loss of her sisters and her father, and entered wartime adulthood determined to build a...

In My Sister’s Keeper by Ralph Dellapiana, Bella Bravo finds herself in a nightmare situation. It starts when Bella leaves for prom night, looking gorgeous. But her selfish date abandons her in a dark and isolated place. Bella is vulnerable. Unfortunately, soon she is in...

Mate: A Novel in Twenty Games by Robert Castle provides a unique perspective on marriage through the metaphor of chess. The author takes a creative approach, connecting the strategic moves of chess to the intricate dynamics of a marital relationship. The story is conveyed through...

Meat My Uncle by James Jones and Tom Foster follows nine-year-old James, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, as he embarks on a road trip with his parent, Jake, Jane, Titus, Din, Dan, his uncle, and the family dog, Misfit. James' point of view alternates between real-world...

Domnica Rădulescu’s My Father’s Orchards is a multi-layered historical novel that masterfully blends memory, trauma, folklore, and political critique through an intensely personal lens. Told through the voice of Corina Angelescu, a Romanian-American woman who returns to her homeland in 2015, the novel excavates the...