Coal Dreams by Annette Oppenlander is a historical novel that sheds light on the harrowing experiences of forced laborers during World War II. Set against the backdrop of the Ruhr region in Germany, the story follows Marie Heinrich, a resilient farmer’s wife, and Adrien Rocheau,...

Set in 1843, Louisiana, Fox Creek by M. E. Torrey is a captivating historical novel that examines the painful experience of slavery and explores the emotions and lives of the characters with forensic clarity. Six-year-old Monette, the beloved daughter of a French Creole sugar planter,...

This is Bob: A Guide to Not Dying (Mostly) by Robert J. McCartney is a psychological exploration of chronic suicidality, self-harm, and existential resilience. Part of the Willborne Saga, the story centers around Bob, a character who repeatedly enacts suicide attempts only to reset and...

Written Just For You by Lincoln James is a love story with a twist. Will had grown up in the small coastal town of Depoe Bay on Oregon’s Pacific coast. Having just graduated from high school, it was time for him to leave behind the...

Hoping For A Family by Mona Risk is the nineteenth installment of the Love Plans series. When Lisa Miller -- a nurse practitioner at the Fort Lauderdale Winston Clinic -- is unexpectedly called upon to be a bridesmaid by her former college roommate, Briana, at...

In The Rabbi’s Suitcase, Robert Kehlmann vividly combines family history with historical facts in a cohesive and emotionally resonant narrative that anchors history in personal experience. Beginning with the family’s migration from Eastern Europe to Jerusalem in the 1880s, he depicts their struggle to preserve...

Greenville: A Collection of Short Stories by Jayla Hall Cabrera is a captivating collection of interconnected short stories that touch upon the challenges of growing up, sisterhood, parenthood, friendship, and more. Narrated in the first person, each story illustrates the joys and sorrows of childhood...

F*ck That by Joshua Ericson is an unflinchingly honest memoir-style narrative exploring identity, race, and the exhausting realities of growing up mixed-race in a world obsessed with labels. Ericson invites readers into raw, personal stories about being both too black and too white, revealing how...

Mike Trippiedi's historical novel, Abraham Lincoln's Traveling Medicine Show, recounts the historical events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, blending them with fictional elements that add emotional depth to a story deeply rooted in the turbulent events immediately following the end of the nineteenth-century Civil...

How does a suburban community respond when it uncovers a predator hiding in plain sight, operating within the very school system meant to protect its children? In Pinned, Rebecca Chianese reflects on the dissonance between a community’s desire to safeguard its children and its instinct...