In The Friendship Breakup by Annie Cathryn, Fallon Monroe worries about menopause, her upcoming fortieth birthday, and her best friend, Beatrice. In addition to her current struggles within her friend group, she decides to research a part of her past she’s kept a secret from...

Anna Caine is a retired teacher living in a small house in Nova Scotia with her two dogs. She deserves a calm, cozy place to spend her senior years. Anna has endured many trials and tribulations, losing loved ones and healing her broken heart. Also,...

In Rich Amooi's novel The Backup Groom, the protagonist Amber faces a life-altering decision after her great-uncle's death. The will stipulates that Amber receives a large inheritance only if she marries her former high school sweetheart Ryan Scott within a few weeks. However, her ex-boyfriend...

The Tragedy of Medusa by H Roberts is a fascinating retelling of the Medusa myth. Readers relive the moments just before Medusa’s birth and how she came to be raised by mere mortals. Sadly, the girl who wasn’t monster enough to be accepted by her...

The Beautiful Misfits by Susan Reinhardt is the story of Josie, a mother suffering as a result of her son's drug addiction. She spirals out of control and loses it while appearing live on television, pouring out her heart to the world. Thinking her life...

Tree of Lives, written by Elizabeth Garden and with artwork by Barbara Brose, is a work of women's fiction in a hybrid historical-contemporary setting that follows the account of one woman's journey to self-empowerment in the face of immense adversity. Through the detailed life of...

The Blue Iris by Rachel Stone is a fascinating novel that follows a young woman’s story as she faces her past and discovers a new future. Tessa is forced to return to the street in Toronto where she grew up to attend a friend’s engagement...

When things get hard, we try to find refuge in many things, yet the best source of comfort can be our own home where our loved one is. All of us deserve to be valued and feel at home in our relationships. Allie, the protagonist,...

The Walled Garden by Robin Farrar Maass revolves around gardens and the language of flowers, which always has interested people since Victorian times. The characters are so real that the reader will find themselves relating to them, and the story is woven throughout the most...

The Good Time Girls is the first installment in the Wild-Willed Women of the West series by K T Blakemore. Set in 1905, the story follows the vivacious Ruby Calhoun, an ex-dancehall girl who has turned a page in her life. Happy with living a...