I love stories that shine a light in dark corners, promoting awareness of social issues we too often seek to turn away from. Grace and Serenity, by Annalisa Crawford, does just that. Focusing on the challenges of a young girl’s unplanned pregnancy, domestic violence, and...

An insightful, compelling exploration of the challenges and intricacies in the current tech landscape, Still Needs Work by Ellen Barker follows its engaging lead character as she navigates the uncertain and often harsh corporate world. While attending a conference in San Francisco, Marianne learns that...

Kit Wilson, RN by Beth E. White is the story of a young nurse starting her first year of residency after nursing school. Kit Wilson graduated from TSU and passed her NCLEX exams with flying colors. However, joining the Thompson Memorial Hospital as a registered...

A Young Woman From the Provinces is a work of fiction by author Jo Ann Kiser in the interpersonal drama, slice-of-life, and literary subgenres. It is best suited for the general adult reading audience. This beautifully penned novel documents the transformative journey of Geneva Clay,...

The Piano Lover is a work of fiction in the cultural writing, interpersonal drama, and intrigue subgenres, and it forms the opening novel of the Piano Lover Trilogy. The work is best suited to mature readers owing to one explicit scene and some adult themes....

Fracked is an outstanding novel by Morris Denton. Rand Holub was left at the front gate of The Ranch, a school for troubled boys. Rand was autistic, and his parents no longer wanted to look after him. Souter exposed Rand to as many different mechanical...

Whispering Winds of Appalachia is a work of fiction in the literary style and in the interpersonal drama subgenre. It is best suited to adult readers owing to some explicit language usage and reference to drug use and sex. Penned by author John Ellington, readers...

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap by Teri M Brown is a moving, multi-generational story of three rural North Carolina women at the end of the nineteenth century. Maggie McCoury is a healing woman, known as a Granny Woman, and is much sought after around Green...

The Unconventional Path of Thelonious Aubrey by Gwen Banta is a coming-of-age tale that follows the journey of two friends finding their place in the world in post-World War II America. Having grown up as an orphan in the French Quarter of New Orleans, seventeen-year-old...

All Daniel Robinson ever wanted was a normal loving family. To escape an abusive father and mentally ill mother, he leaves home at sixteen to seek refuge with a pastor. But a man he believed would protect him — a man he should have been...