When Lieutenant Caitlin O’Connor answers her phone in the early hours, the news is shocking. As Death in the End Zone by Lynn Slaughter begins, the reader is jolted along with her. Upon her arrival at the crime scene, two Franklin High football stars —...

DayDreamer by Michael D Chapman should be on everyone’s shelf, as a friend who is there to help in a crisis. Mental health has been hidden behind closed doors and spoken about in hushed tones. It is even considered a scandal if you know someone...

Adrienne N. Neary’s Silent Crow's Cabin tells the story of Jesse Caldwell, a Rhode Island law student who enjoys many privileges in the care of his manipulative mother, Celia. His mother wants control of the billion-dollar Caldwell Foundation. Jesse’s emotional lifeline is his beloved show-jumping...

Rachel Elwiss Joyce’s Lady of the Castle is set in late 12th-century England, where Nicola de la Haye is Lincoln Castle's hereditary constable while raising a household formed through two marriages. When an earthquake destroys part of Lincoln Cathedral and kills her young son Tommy,...

Constellations of Love by Patricia Leavy follows Tess Lee, who has finally found the peace and happiness she spent most of her life searching for. Settled into married life with Jack, she begins looking forward to celebrating Christmas in a way she never could before....

Sparks by Jae follows Willow Greene, a reserved and socially awkward administrative employee whose unusual tendency to short-circuit computers and other electronics has earned her a reputation around the office. Her constant technical mishaps regularly bring her into contact with Scottie Prescott, a friendly and...

Some journeys change far more than your destination. In Forsaking All Others, Jo Horne takes readers back to 1858 Missouri, where Annabelle “Belle” Carrington's life appears carefully planned. However, as her engagement approaches, she begins to have doubts. At the center of her world is...

Russ Colson’s Minding Earth is a fascinating anthology that pulls readers right into a series of thought-provoking scenarios where science meets human nature. In one standout piece, a skeptical geologist named Nate decides to investigate a time-travel company, convinced their dinosaur tours are a corporate...

In Fractured Memory by Robbie Sheerin, the year is 2045, and it has been twenty years since the UN and WHO established the Human Preservation League (HPL). HPL was tasked with enforcing a government ban on AI and digital technology. Since microprocessors and CPUs were...

In Caryn Green’s Better Angel, a sixty-six-year-old Chicago journalist sets out in 2017 to cross America by train while researching a story about the Transcontinental Railroad. Lost in Washington, DC, she meets a lanky thirty-one-year-old man who claims to be Abraham Lincoln, physically returned from...