Evan Rail follows the trail of a clever and creative fraudster in "The Absinthe Forger", an engrossing true crime story. The word “absinthe” alone is enough to conjure images of tortured artists, fin de siècle decadence, and... Read More

A woman has another chance for love in Ann H. Gabhart’s nostalgic romance novel "The Song of Sourwood Mountain". In 1910, Mira is a schoolteacher. She was once in love with a classmate, but he died of tuberculosis. Resigned to being... Read More

Rachel Trethewey’s "Mothers of the Mind" is a studied, reflective analysis of the relationships between three literary icons and their mothers. Virginia Woolf’s mother, Julia, is presented as a woman of remarkable beauty who rejected... Read More

An aspiring comic book artist tries to preserve his dream in the graphic novel "Left Turns". David is twenty-five and working in a comic book shop; he’s looking for an opportunity to break into the comics industry. He maintains a close... Read More

In her beautiful, mesmerizing memoir "Otter Country", Miriam Darlington traces her year-long exploration of rivers, estuaries, and marshlands in Great Britain in search of the provocative, secretive otter. An entrancing storyteller,... Read More

Paranormal horror and true crime elements blend together in Terry S. Friedman’s haunting novel "Bone Pendant Girls". Andi has been clairvoyant since her childhood; she is used to being followed by spirits. But when a force urges her to... Read More

In Lauren E. Rico’s emotive novel "Familia", two distant sisters receive life-changing results from a genetic DNA test. Gabby is an aspiring writer who lives in Brooklyn and works for the feature magazine Flux, where she and other... Read More

The future-set science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom" paints a grim but intriguing picture of a climate change-ravaged world in which the truth is hard to find. In Thomas R. Weaver’s science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom", a... Read More