Despite the stinging cold and short days, given the superb and majestic scenery, who wouldn’t want to live in Switzerland? Newly married Rose Blackwood, that’s who. Rose is The Expat Wife referenced in the title of Courtney Hargrove’s latest book, a protagonist who, bit by...

Trigger Point is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, grief and loss, romance, and disability representation subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience, although it does contain some sensitive content around death and loss. Penned by author Juliet Rose, this...

The River Remembers is a work of historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and cross-cultural themes. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by Linda Ulleseit. In this poignant and compelling historical drama, we find ourselves in the early 19th century...

The Stories We Cannot Tell by Leslie A. Rasmussen is the story of two 30-something women who were brought together by fate. Katie was a devout Christian woman who became pregnant out of wedlock. Unhappy and desperate, Katie had no idea what she would do...

Poppy Shaw, a not-very-successful forty-six-year-old actress, moved to a splendid guesthouse in Topanga Canyon for a ridiculously low rent. She then learned that the urn with the remains of a famous healer named Dalia, who had lived in the house, was buried under the olive...

The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson is the story of Nan Nethercott, a fifty-year-old librarian looking for a change. With her love life restricted and nonexistent, Nan focuses on her career and moves to the small town of Pinetree, New Jersey. It isn’t the...

In The Space Between Dreaming by Cherie Burbach, two women with different dreams form a wonderful friendship and learn to embrace new paths. Going through each miscarriage reminded Grace of the feeling of abandonment she experienced while growing up in foster care. For two decades,...

The Miracle at Assisi Hill by Pat Camalliere invites us to dive into the intricacies of riddles. Cora Tozzi, an archivist with a historical background, visits a convent of Franciscan sisters, Assisi Hill, situated in Lemont, near Chicago. Cora was about to assist Sister Lorita,...

The Color of Frost by Kasey Rogers is a delightful novel exploring themes relevant to modern life. It follows Nina DeMarco, a twenty-seven-year-old woman, as she contemplates the futility of her life. After almost five years of being happily married, her husband informs Nina that...

Although the adage “history repeats itself” isn’t usually applied to fiction novels rooted even loosely in fact, it most definitely applies to the characters and plot of DF Kennedy’s The Whole Truth. This novel is the sequel to Kennedy’s previous book, The Truth, in which...