It’s August 2017, and Gabriel, a successful book editor living in Chicago, is on his way to Bogota, Colombia. He’s just suffered a personal loss and needs to get away. His decision to spend some time with his ex-boyfriend Diego proves to be a mistake:...

The Women Who Stand Between by Jeannee Sacken is a stunning novel of perseverance in the face of adversity. Top wildlife cinematographer Julia Wilde is working in Southern Africa when she finds herself in the line of fire. A tragic accident has left crew members...

Slipper Girl by Adele Royce is about Skylar Van Ness, a 27-year-old woman who discovers that her dark past has returned to torment her. Right before her father's wedding, Skylar reads a shocking email, and she learns that her mother knows everything about her and...

In the book In Jake's Shoes by Andrew C. Phillips, when Jake Gatlin is killed while serving overseas, his family gathers at their home in Oakton, North Carolina, as winter rain falls and Christmas approaches. During the hours following the funeral, his father, Marshall, slips...

Ideas People by Ward Lehmann is a campus novel set in the busy, often quirky ecosystem of an academic research library. The story follows Sidney Feldspar, an electronic resources librarian at Hill City University, as he navigates the daily pressures of budgets, journal subscriptions, and...

You-Gin One-Gin: Sort of a Novel by Douglas Robinson is a reimagining of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin that moves between stage script, campus novel, and literary commentary. The book begins with a theatrical adaptation of Pushkin’s verse novel, presented as a college production that immediately foregrounds...

Under Two Flags by Janis Robinson Daly is a historical novel set during World War I, inspired by the real experiences of Josephine Therese Marzynski, a young American woman drawn to music and possibility. In 1916, Josephine leaves Boston for Berlin to study opera at...

Amber Phil arrives at Eryden University to study medicine in Selecting The Wrong Love by E. Masson and Julie G. Henry. Soon after, she meets James McGill, a supremely nice business student who becomes a close friend and a part of her everyday routine. As...

E. R. Sanchez's Tell Them Goodbye follows Sino and his cousin, Martin, two teenage boys who run from their remote ranch in Michoacán after violence makes their home unsafe. Sino’s early life is marked by control, fear, and silence, and Martin ends up as his...

Blood on the Hills is an epic gangster thriller by Andrew Velasco. The Mancinis are the most powerful mafia family in North Beach. While the Orlovs ply their trade on Russian Hill, the Triads rule over Chinatown. Tone Mancini is the apparent heir to the...