I enjoyed Karen Janowsky’s romantic novel Dear Prudence, a delightful and engaging story about two people at turbulent crossroads in their lives. They are thrown together and forced to contend with their growing feelings for each other adding further complications. Straight out of the gate,...

The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson is a collection of twelve short stories featuring women navigating extraordinary situations. A mother struggles to control the wild tendencies of her son, a lycanthrope, only to realize they have much in common. A woman gains notoriety when she...

Her Own War is penned by author Debra Borchert in the historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and suspense genres, and is the third installment of the Château de Verzat series. Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's rise post-French Revolution, Geneviève LaGarde, imprisoned for impersonating a man,...

Line In The Sand is penned by author Liliana Rossi in the romance, cross-cultural writing, and interpersonal drama genres. Readers are introduced to Sophia Marasco, outwardly a vivacious daughter of a prominent family, but inwardly carrying scars from a past love. Her world is shaken...

Till Marriage Do Us Part by Bianca Bowers is a fun tale of love in the age of social media and the indomitability of the spirit. Bronte and Aden are running a successful vineyard in Queensland, Australia, in association with Aden’s father when the unthinkable...

In J.T. Tierney's Love, Literally, during the COVID pandemic, Hallie Bancroft finds herself without a roommate, boyfriend, or job. At her long-time friend Maria's insistence, she moves in with Maria and her husband. Maria's wealthy friends, Lisa and Paul, invite the trio to join them...

The Other Side of Nothing by Anastasia Zadeik is a powerful and moving novel. It follows Julia Reeves, an eighteen-year-old, as she tries to find a way to escape from the pain and guilt that consume her. Her father made her believe in a world...

Author Marj Charlier takes us back to the dying days of the Roman Empire in The Candlemaker’s Woman. Melia was sold into slavery by her own tribe as part of the deal to allow her people to move west, away from the hordes advancing from...

Behind the Pickle Jar by Wendy McQuaig is a delightful story set in two eras. Amy Hewston is tired and anxious. When she is forced into taking time off, her husband rents a farmhouse where they can relax and spend time together with their teens....

What an indescribable pleasure it is to find a novel that holds you captive not just with its clever, dark plot, but with characters so riveting, real, and relatable that it’s impossible to put the book down. Drawn from Life by Sarah P. Blanchard is...