A wild heroine is at the center of this screwball, frenetic story. Kendal Taylor’s "Once Upon an Apple Martini" is a frenetic novel powered by copious amounts of alcohol and one woman’s desperation to hang onto her job. All Calyssa... Read More

A sustained voice of unapologetic intellect holds this book of poetry together. "The Essential Travis Lane" features selections from the work of an American-born Canadian poet whose talent has remained—according to fellow poet and... Read More

Trudeau’s personality and charisma leap from these pages. Pierre Trudeau made an indelible mark on Canadian history as its longtime prime minister in the 1970s and 80s, and George A. Walker encapsulates the famous statesman’s life in... Read More

"Mexican Journal" is a snapshot of a particular moment in North American life, captured from the perspective of an artist and an outsider. "Mexican Journal", the second volume in a three-volume series of the poet, artist, and... Read More

Oil money meets redneck in a Texan tall tale that’s engaging and funny. A remarkable time period and cast of characters come together in "Redneck Opera", by Margaret Mooney. The oil underneath the red clay earth of Texas snakes through... Read More

"Preschooled" is a fun-house mirror of bizarre human behavior, and a commentary on just how far people, especially the rich, will go for their children. Anna Lefler’s "Preschooled" follows three different characters as they struggle to... Read More

In this gritty, fast-paced mystery, a New York detective must solve the murder of a former lover before the killer strikes again. Somewhere in a Manhattan apartment, a woman has died, apparently by suicide. However, not everyone is so... Read More