The Beadmaker is generally a fast paced novel cataloging the effect of incest in Georgie’s life. Georgie, or Georgina, returns to the UK after many years. She is reunited with her dysfunctional family when she attends her grandfather’s funeral. According to Ms. Hemingway, she is...

Beautiful Evil Winter by Kelly K. Lavender speaks about international adoption and the complications that can arise if it is done from an unsafe country like Russia. Ethan and Sophia go to Russia to adopt a baby boy. When they arrive, they realize that they...

Birdbrain by Virginia Arthur is a sweeping semi-autobiographical chronicle (the author states in the foreword that many of the book’s events actually happened) of the life of a birder biologist/conservationist whose journey takes her to some of America’s most biologically diverse and unspoiled places. Protagonist...

Abandoned China Dolls by Maria Miller is a story that will tug at the heartstrings of any mother, or father. Brent and Ashley have a good marriage and both have jobs they enjoy, although they are unable to complete their family with a child. Brent...

While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax follows the lives of three Atlanta based women: Claire Walker, an empty-nester and struggling author; Brooke MacKenzie, newly divorced and struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered self-confidence; and Samantha Davis, who's seemingly...

Diving In Deep by Nora Ballew is a clever way of discussing the issues of weight many teens face. Kelly Eberly is obsessed with losing weight. She wants to be thin and attractive. She starts following a strict diet and she charts out a swimming...

In The Alien Mind by Virginia Jennings, a group of aliens, the Aruk, abduct Rivinaig and some children. Another group of aliens, the Aunantet, abduct another group of children. They raise these children as their own and teach them how to develop their brains and...

In Jenna Brooks's October Snow, a woman who was a battered wife witnesses the death of one too many battered wives, murdered by her husband. May, Josie’s friend, dies in her arms and the moment changes Josie forever. She steels herself to putting an end...

A pursuit for a better education, better wealth, and most importantly, a better life. Dan Liu, a university lecturer from China, set his foot on United States with sheer determination to earn a master degree in engineering, a citizenship and to land a better, well-paying...

Jewish and Protestant girls faced the various aspects of life with different perspectives, during the Nazi regime. Anna Mendel joins the resistance and Ingrid Brecht becomes a guard at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz. After fifty years of being an American rabbi's wife, Ingrid reaches out to...