The 1900 Galveston (Texas) Hurricane was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, although it’s much more distant than events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Lucy Davila Hakemack, in her novel, Remembering the Storm, shows the Galveston tragedy through a human-interest...

A Foolish Proposal by Kasey Stockton is the first book in the Regency series, The Gentlemen’s Gamble. What started as a foolish bet among friends, when survival was uncertain, became a serious wager that Tristan Shepherd could not afford to lose. He had to find...

Dance of the Owl Woman: Patya's Journey by K.M. Huber is the powerful spiritual odyssey of a young woman on the quest for her life path. Patya, a 15-year-old Nasca girl, lives in sixth-century Peru. The story chronicles her quest to reconnect with the spirit...

Born in the Aftermath by Ian Griffin follows the events toward the end of World War II in Germany. Gerd Huber, a young man who lives in Seelow, East Germany, leaves his home after an attack by the Soviet forces. He travels with Emilia Weber, who...

Under an African Sky by Elene Catrakilis is a powerful, sweeping novel set on the edge of monumental change in South Africa. After decades of apartheid, the legendary revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela was set to be released from prison after twenty-seven years of captivity, and...

Gambit of Our Forefathers by Ryan Pearcy traces the life of Devira Levin. As a teenager in Missouri, Devira meets Trition, an emissary of the remnants of the Bankan Tey, after witnessing the deployment of ancient devices seeded across Earth. Those devices are part of...

When Emperor Chengdi of the Han dynasty orders an envoy to travel to Rome to establish a trade agreement between the two dominions, a young couple, Prince Liu Qian and Princess Huang Hua, are picked for the task. Forced into her position and marriage to...

The Finder's Keeper by Leon Kildea is a fantasy drama that covers many years and family generations. In the modern day, Edda and her grandfather, Don, discover a wooden chest in a hidden gold mine in south-eastern Australia. Inside are a gold ring, a letter,...

Yasuke: Dead Man Walking by Braxton Cosby tells two connected stories set in 16th-century Japan and across the Indian Ocean. Oda Nobunaga starts as a young, carefree, and rebellious lord, jokingly called the “Fool of Owari.” Still, the death of a friend and family betrayals...

Two years after serving in the war, Henry Miller decides he cannot remain in his troubled marriage to Lydia and moves with his daughter to a small town, hoping life will finally calm down. But quiet doesn’t mean easy. Henry still fights through nightmares and...