Lorraine Haas writes about the struggles Margaret “Maggie” Rose Locke faces during World War II in her novel The Scent Of Gardenias: A Strong Woman Overcoming Circumstances Novel. Maggie wants to leave behind her childhood home and oppressive father. One afternoon, Maggie’s younger brother James...

The strength of the human spirit weaves a magical spell in The Puppet Maker’s Daughter, a mesmerizing work of historical fiction by Karla M. Jay. It’s March of 1944 and like most Hungarian Jews, nineteen-year-old Marika Tausig and her family don’t seem overly concerned that...

The Missed Kiss by Nicola Lowe is a fresh and flirty contemporary romance novel about a young woman torn between two lovers. Lily is twenty-seven and works as a legal secretary at Draper & Hughes. Lily is perfectly content with her life, but she has...

The Drago Tree by Isobel Blackthorn sees Anne Salter, a woman fleeing her failed marriage, find refuge on an island called Lanzarote. There she attempts to come to terms with her failed marriage and find some sort of solace through writing. Through her journey on...

The Mommy Clique is a comedy-drama novel by Barbara Altamirano. When Beth and her husband Rick move back to her hometown in Connecticut to take care of her ailing mother, she hopes to make a few friends in the neighborhood and have some better memories...

The Superhero’s Mask is a work of fiction in the drama genre and serves as the final installment in The Pandemic Series. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Lisa Creech Saleh. The book follows the author's grief at...

In equal parts humorous and poignant, The Elephant Tooth of '95: An Enchanting Story of Family, Romance and New Beginnings by Rana Baydoun is a novel that beautifully portrays the Lebanese culture through the story of a young woman working to build her career. It...

It was in the fall of 1985 that Laura’s woes began. She was only nine years old, the last child of loving parents who traveled. Laura always stayed at her cousin’s place whenever her parents went on their trips, but it soon became a nightmare....

As a love story, The Dreaming Beauty: An Enchanted Regency Romance by Anneka R. Walker is refreshing and idyllic. Marcus Taylor is brother to the Duke of Westmorland. He is expected to marry a woman who could provide him with the means to become a...

The Things We Left Sleeping is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama subgenre. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Kathryn Lund. The book follows Evie and Stevie who share their whole lives until they suffer...