A plucky schoolteacher seeks to improve her community, earning the admiration of a fellow boarder, in the quaint romance novel Bertie’s Place. In Edie Goodwin’s optimistic Christian novel Bertie’s Place, a teacher in a rural Ohio... Read More

A whaler and his wife experience a tragedy and new beginnings in Cynthia Reeves’s poignant historical novel "The Last Whaler". Tor loves whaling. Each summer, he leaves his family in Norway and sails to icy Svalbard to hunt. But... Read More

In Afabwaje Kurian’s novel "Before the Mango Ripens", Nigerians fight against white American missionaries for control over their country’s future. “Transition [is] afoot in Nigeria” in 1971, just after the nation’s... Read More

The island of Cyprus is centered in Alex Christofi’s eye-opening historical exposé "Cypria". Situated in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, Cyprus is located at several crossroads: the European, Asian, and African tectonic... Read More

In Jay Neugeboren’s contemplative novel, a marriage is haunted by French existentialist Albert Camus. Tolle is a dancer who meets Camus—an intellectual titan who’s portrayed in dynamic terms—at a Paris bistro just before his... Read More

In the romance novel "Etch of a Promise", a burgeoning couple is compelled to work through their personal and psychological challenges together. In Ruby M. Holder’s romance novel "Etch of a Promise", an upbeat tradesman and a troubled... Read More

Funny and LGBTQ+ affirming, "Darts and Flowers" is a story about teenagers who are desperate to be loved, validated, and part of a community. In Dean Backus’s queer, comedic romantic novel "Darts and Flowers", friends reunite, and... Read More

The Witch’s Garden is a sexy science fiction novel about the possibilities and perils of becoming infected with alien life. In William Lyon’s salacious science fiction novel The Witch’s Garden, the bounds of human sexuality and... Read More