Five Years by Teresa Tennyson is a captivating story about Middlewich, a small town that is cut off from the rest of the world after the Sequestration, an event that happened years after the Change that caused the world to fall apart. There is climate...

The Standing Stone on the Moor is the fourth book by Allie Cresswell in the acclaimed Talbot Saga, and while the series is not published in chronological order, my best effort in the lead-up begins with The House in the Hollow, where Jocelyn Talbot rejects...

Turn Around by Carole Wolfe follows Heather Ramsey, a high school vice principal who expects to be promoted to principal at Stadium High but is abruptly passed over for outsider Shannon Parker. Reassigned under Shannon’s rigid leadership, Heather’s workload increases without compensation while her husband...

Amir's Lifelong Journey by Dokali (Duke) Megharief is an expansive and heartfelt novel that follows one man’s path through the shifting landscapes of life, love, and loss. We travel from early hardships to moments of clarity and triumph with Amir on a journey that spans...

The Olive Grove by Deborah Rohan is a sweeping historical novel that tells the story of one Palestinian family’s journey through love, loss, and displacement across the twentieth century. Hamzi Moghrabi is a young boy growing up in the coastal city of Akka in 1913,...

The Orchard by Joseph Kinnebrew is a haunting and ambitious work of literary fiction. We find ourselves in a symbolic, often surreal meditation on morality, sin, and the soul’s pursuit of grace. It is structured through layered metaphors and an abstract narrative style, as the...

The Hag Stone by W. J. Small, set in late medieval England, reveals societal forces that frighteningly still shape women’s lives in subtle, systemic, and sometimes deeply personal ways. Cecily Heaton has just received news of her husband Ellis’s death on the battlefield of Calais....

The Strangers Saga: Baton Rouge by Ana Ban tells the story of Sadie Nichols, a young woman who returns to her hometown to open a store and take care of her troubled cousin, Eva. Sadie’s decision to adopt Eva sets the story in motion, showing...

In The Vulnerable by Ed DeJesus, after entering a relationship with Robin O’Rourke, Dan DeCosta is driven into a dangerous situation involving her violent former partner, legal consequences, and the threat of financial and physical collapse. His father, Dick DeCosta, a targeted climate activist who...

Lips: Kiss the Lips that Lie by Peter Gooch is an exploration of relationships and the secrets from our past that can define our lives moving forward. Selene is a beautiful young Englishwoman who works as an au pair for a wealthy Chicago family. When...