With Christmas right around the corner, Georgie is disheartened to learn that rough times mean Santa may not be able to deliver the ice skates he has been wishing for, in "The Santa Thief". Set in small-town Pennsylvania circa 1920, the... Read More

A literary fantasy, Robert Irwin’s "Wonders Will Never Cease" delves into the War of the Roses and enters a world where “genealogy and heraldry are the only two sciences worth knowing.” Chivalry and political expediency coexist... Read More

"Full Service Blonde" is a fantastic read—light on mystery, and heavy on romance and drama. "Full Service Blonde" is a breezy, entertaining mystery dealing with prostitutes, thieving cats, and the bustling Vegas strip. Christmastime in... Read More

Delightfully absurd, imaginative, and fun, W.B.’s adventures will make for great read-aloud fare. "The Splendid Baron Submarine" is a summer adventure story full of unexpected danger and wacky surprises, and is funny from its first... Read More

With her money troubles, an ex-husband, an irresponsible boyfriend, and her young son, Daphne has a lot on her plate. When her boss offers her four weeks’ salary for two weeks of caring for forty-two birds, she begins to view her... Read More

Graham sounds like a clear-eyed friend offering advice for the morning after. Mindful sex can absolutely involve handcuffs. Or candles and incense. Or even eye contact! Jessica Graham’s wonderful new "Good Sex" is an honest, insightful... Read More

Fanciful stories within the story are enjoyable all on their own. Kathryn Donahue’s The Dog Walker’s Diary is a smart and complex take on modern-day relationship dynamics that utilizes a story-within-a-story framework. When busy Los... Read More

In Hunter’s poetic post-apocalyptic novel, meditations on what has been lost are heartrending in their clarity. Poetic and succinct, Megan Hunter’s "The End We Start From" is an etiological exercise for a climate-changed world—a... Read More