In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s scintillating historical novel "Mutual Interest", an unconventional arrangement leads to business success in post–Gilded Age New York. Determined to escape the confines of upstate New York,... Read More

Zoë Gadegbeku’s lyrical hybrid novel "Blue Futures, Break Open" draws on colonialism in the Americas and Africa in addition to the history of the African diaspora to create a slant mythological response to some of the greatest... Read More

A group chat spawns the idea of a ten-year class reunion in Beth Reekles’s lighthearted romance novel "The Reunion", about reinventions and roles that never changed. Ten years after graduating, Bryony, who was supposed to become a... Read More

In Sarah M. Eden’s romance novel "The Tides of Time", a seamstress fleeing persecution is cast eighty years into the future, where she faces unresolved pain from her revolutionary past. In France, Lili smuggles people to safety from... Read More

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