On the 100th anniversary of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, Sheryl Massaro offers a fresh and accessible interpretation of the profound themes within the work, accompanied by evocative pieces of art. The book intricately weaves a tapestry of human experience, exploring profound themes such as...

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...

“We all dream of an honorable world,” but the world depicted in the novel Win Condition by Libby Schultz is anything but honorable. It is a techno-hell on steroids run by a self-serving decadent elite. A world where players of a strategy game called Break...

Catbird Winter by Monté Hill is a historical fiction novel set during and after World War I. It follows Trevor Middleton, an ambitious ambulance driver with dreams of becoming a pilot, and Annie Conner, the daughter of a tyrannical preacher in rural North Carolina. After...

The Company She Keeps by Zelmer Wilson is a literary fiction novel that delves into the complex life of Isabel Mathews, a successful Tulane University professor. Isabel's seemingly perfect life is jeopardized by her secret affair with a student, Raymond Walker. When a family emergency...

The Moon, Her Crown by Christine Meade is a new adult novel that explores generational relationships and expectations. Twenty-year-old Lacy and her older brother Stephen live with their grandmother who is the owner of Martinique’s Mystics in San Francisco. While Lacy’s mom Chartreuse has been...

Marc Fletcher and Christina Nicolschi Orlov are spies and a fake married couple on a serious mission in Europe in 1941, a time marked by war and the increasing threat that Nazis pose to the rest of the world. Though Marc is happy to accept...

In The Ties That Divide by Sandra Preisler and Taylor Preisler, Zoe and her mother escape from France amidst the slaughter of aristocrats. Settling in London was not easy for the two, but Simone worked hard to provide for their needs. After some time, she...

A Thousand Tiny Stitches by Stephanie Claypool is a poignant and heartwarming story that follows Lily as she navigates the depths of grief and the challenges of starting anew after a tragic accident takes the lives of her daughter and son-in-law. Left with the responsibility...

The last words from Hinda’s father (Tatae in Yiddish) were: “You will live, and you will tell.” It has taken many years for her story to be written from eleven audio tapes that Hinda Mondlak Goldman recorded before she died in 1985. Tatae’s Promise by...