Racial prejudice drives the action of this historical novel. In "The Cottoncrest Curse", the debut novel by Michael H. Rubin, an old family curse explains a murder-suicide on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation. The official explanation... Read More

A strong main character with a mission is someone for girls to look up to in this compelling teen-fantasy novel. When her entire race is threatened, seventeen-year-old Emi knows it is up to her to save them all, even if it means risking... Read More

This mix of crime thriller and road-trip story sends three friends on a psychological excursion into everpresent danger. About a quarter of the way in, Leonce Gaiter’s novel "In the Company of Educated Men" takes a significant turn... Read More

With equal parts insightful and humorous, this soul-searching venture blurs the line between reality and insanity. "Song of the Vagabond Bird", by Terry Kay, is the story of a man desperate to forget the woman he loves. Five men on an... Read More

From the Paris setting to the autopsy scenes, Molay’s descriptions add believable imagery to this page-turner mystery. Jewelry heists and murders keep police busy chasing the bad guys in Crossing the Line: A Paris Homicide Mystery, by... Read More

MariNaomi cuts to the quick with her emotionally resonant comics collection that offers variety and a comforting voice. A practiced hand at personal, tell-all comics, MariNaomi collects comics from her ongoing online feature Smoke in... Read More

Romance and history blend in this story of a 13th-century queen. Despite her significance in the history of Turkey, Mahperi Hatun is not a familiar name in the West, nor is that of her husband, the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I.... Read More

Weir takes a traditional romance to the next level by not glossing over the delicate choices involved in starting over at love and commitment. In "A Foolish Consistency" by Andrea Weir, recent divorcée Callie Winwood unexpectedly... Read More