Mt. Moriah’s Wake by Melissa Norton Carro is a gripping tale about JoAnna Wilson, an aspiring writer from the countryside, and her inner struggles to reconcile her unspeakable past with the possibilities of the future. Jo, as her family and close friends lovingly call her,...

Margaret Lynette Sharp’s A Ball at Longbourn opens with Mrs. Bennet pitching the idea of throwing a ball to her husband by making it sound like it was his idea. He, like any doting father or husband, relented and allowed the women to throw a...

October Storms by Amanda Collins Beams is set in the late 1800s in central Illinois, although the first and last parts are set in the 1970s. October Storms starts off with two friends looking forward to sightseeing at Robert Allerton Park, which has a Georgian-style...

Scarlet was used to watching men leave her mother. Marie was an alcoholic with a shopping addiction to match. She excelled at manipulating people, including causing Scarlet to feel guilty for leaving for college. Scarlet made friends with a librarian. Amy was deaf and Scarlet...

Lizzy Baby by Sarah P Blanchard is a somber coming-of-age novella about Elizabeth Walters, an impressionable and quiet ten-year-old girl living with her churchgoing parents in a rural farm town. There really isn’t much to do in the town but Liz has fun hanging out...

Fear of Flying by Kate Allen is an absorbing coming of age drama. It's big on characterization and has enough inner conflict to have you completely involved as the story develops. When the main character, Liz, loses her last surviving relative, it throws her into...

A Foreign Crown by Jen Johnson takes you back in time when Napoleon’s crazed ambition to rule the world struck horror in large and small countries. England was the one of the few countries that had the manpower and resources to aid Oldenburg. Prince Layton...

The (Un)fortunate Fall by Tracy Krimmer should be your next chick-lit read. One can never go wrong with romance, comedy, and books (preferably all in one). Vivienne James is an eager entrepreneur running her business, Exquisite by Viv. As a personal shopper, she knows how...

In Corfu Capers by Joy Skye, Kate Delaney only has her son, and her whole life is wrapped around doing things for Scott. So the story opens up with Kate making arrangements for her and Scott and his girlfriend and a few others to go...

Conflicts of Interest by Diane Kessler is an engrossing novel about taking chances and making life-altering decisions. Meet the main character Claire Petersen, a lobbyist from Boston who has lost a big client, but it may just be a blessing in disguise because it leads...