The Sky Is Different Here by Shivani Malik is a must-read. Shani is ready to start her PhD program in biochemistry and molecular biology at Southern Illinois University. Her parents, especially her mother, wholeheartedly support her in achieving her dream of building a fully independent and purposeful life and...

Memphis Freedman had married Johnny right out of high school, believing that, with all his charm, he was her dream come true. However, now ten years into the marriage, she had known nothing but pain and suffering. There seemed to be no end to Johnny’s...

Emma Madison: Master Meddler by Pat McDermott Michener follows Emma Madison, a sharp, strong-willed widow in 1950s Medford, Ontario, whose quiet life unravels when her niece Jasmine Holmes returns home after years of disgrace. Once the town’s beauty, Jasmine is now sick, divorced, and shunned....

Window of Lies by Lilly Collins is an intriguing novella that blends women’s fiction, psychological thriller, and crime mystery. Sarah Hill wakes up from a dream of running with a baby on her back. It has been a year since she moved out of her...

Elena Vasquez, a high-end fashion model, was accustomed to a life of fashion shows, red carpets, and paparazzi. However, when she divorces her unfaithful husband, Manuel, she decides to live a quieter life. Eleven months later, at thirty-nine, Elena experiences acute breathlessness while alone in...

Saving Cottonwood by Lisa Page follows a recently divorced middle school librarian named Iris, who was seeking a fresh start in an old adobe house near the bosque. This landscape of cottonwood trees and winding riverbanks seems to hum with its own quiet spirit. In...

Echoes of the Timeless by Catia Batalha follows Sofia, a woman who leaves a conventional life behind to join a multi-year program of spiritual and experiential learning. She travels all over the world to accomplish this, including New Zealand, Jamaica, Portugal, India, Peru, and Nepal,...

Lunch Tales: Teagan by Lucille Guarino is the second in a projected four-book series on sisters in a small-town suburb of New York City. The setting is contemporary, and the story covers a dramatic one-year-or-so period in Teagan’s life. She is an educated woman in...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Little Amish Girl by Viola Estrella shares a similar thought process. It centers on Ivy, an Amish girl who must endure going from one foster home to another...

When Dreams Float is the first book in the Black Love Series by Dorothy Elizabeth Love. When Dr. Winston Knight, a Texas-based medical practitioner, attends a medical conference in Papeete, Tahiti, he meets Melanie McDae, an adventurous travel blogger and writer. From the moment Winston...