Due to the One Child Only mandate, Fen, a Chinese woman, is forced to give her newborn second daughter Ning up for adoption. She does not know what will happen to the child and whether she will be treated well by the adoptive parents. In...

Out of the Darkness by David A Jacinto takes place against the backdrop of 19th-century Britain, set among the Yorkshire coalfields in the north of England. The Wright family has mined coal deep underground for many generations. It is expected that Tommy, on his seventh...

Our Lesser Angels: A Novel of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and American literary subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author Mary Frailey Calland, this fascinating...

Overlap: The Lives of a Former Time Jumper by N. Joseph Glass revolves around Marcus Hollister, whose wife Ellie was fatally shot during a mugging, leading to a reclusive existence and a desire to change the past. In an interview with reporter Jessica Matthews, Marcus...

On the Wings of the Red-Tailed Hawk by Gail Combs Oglesby is set in the founding days of colonial Massachusetts. Told in the voice of a fictional Mayflower passenger named Sarah, it vividly depicts the tremendous challenges, hardships, and suffering the colonists faced as they...

On Love and Death and Belonging by Daphne Wright is a story told in vignettes and revolving around three characters, Fiona, Brice, and Adelina. Brice, diagnosed with ALS, grapples with daily struggles, including a weakening body and emotional turmoil. Fiona, a medical professional, reflects on...

Patty Friedmann's One Knife, One Fork, One Spoon is the story of a woman's troubled family life and the mistakes she makes along the way. Renna Newman's humdrum life with her husband, Richard, a lawyer, and their four children hit a snag when, one day,...

Only Oona by Tamatha Cain begins in 1927, when playwright Eugene O'Neill's family experiences newfound affluence due to his success, while young Oona O'Neill adapts to her parents' volatile moods, arguments, and eventual divorce. Oona prioritizes reading over formal education and bonds with friends Carol,...

Debbie Schrack brings us an amazing story of hope and courage in Over the Fence. At the age of six, Eve was abducted from in front of her house by a man known as "Papa." That was eleven years ago. She is now seventeen and...

Set in 1867 in Bantry Bay, Ireland, Out of Ireland by Marian O'Shea Wernicke follows sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Donovan, who, due to her family's financial hardships after her father's passing, is reluctantly married to a 40-year-old widower named John Sullivan. The prospect of an arranged marriage...