Lunch Ladies by Jodi Thompson Carr is an ensemble story following multiple connected characters. Crystal works in the school district’s lunch department and organizes a contest for elementary students to help distribute cookies at the Fourth of July parade. She also has a unique hobby:...

Mitch Engel’s Looking Back on Tomorrow is a gripping narrative that explores personal tragedy during a global catastrophe. The protagonist, Josh Chandler, a former news anchor, undergoes a profound transformation after losing his fiancée in a mass shooting. His grief propels him into a career...

Let’s Go Out on a Date by Joel Wapnick is a unique, darkly humorous, and unexpectedly reflective novel that takes readers on an unpredictable journey. The story begins with the protagonist, Julian, planning his suicide in Montauk, New York, only to have his plans comically...

Stephen Deck’s Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems is a diverse and captivating anthology that pulls the reader through various experiences, periods, and emotions. The book’s long journey to publication feels like the culmination of an author’s dedication to observing life...

Love and Protest by Nancy Klann-Moren is a poignant historical novel that intertwines the stories of two young women separated by generations. Seventeen-year-old Harper Warner discovers a diary in a thrift shop, chronicling Libby Carlson's personal ‘Summer of Love’ during the Anti-Vietnam War Movement in...

Author Vince Wetzel demonstrates his love of baseball and his writing talent in his novel Lose Yourself. A prologue reveals rookie Brett Austen’s debut as a minor league baseball player and his contentious relationship with his demons. The next section begins nine years later and...

Like No Other Boy by Larry Center is a poignant novel that explores the deep bond between a father and his autistic son, Tommy. Chris Crutcher, facing a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, is determined to protect Tommy's unique world, where he finds joy...

In Lightning in the Desert by Jan Ferrigan, Kalyah had been a student before the Civil War. Things were good with so much hope but had taken a dramatic turn since the war had begun. Her family had been murdered, and Kalyah was trying to...

Detective Sergeant Sean Delaney was not having the greatest time at the county force in Luton. When he is deployed to the Criminal Investigation agency to help fight crime bosses that had taken the town by storm, he hopes the “bigger role, bigger league” will...

Lookin' for Love is a work of fiction penned by author Susen Edwards in the Christian, interpersonal drama, and slice-of-life genres. Inspired by a true story, the plot follows Ava, a young mother, from the 1970s go-go bars to the heart of Florida's drug trade,...