In Maggie Smith’s novel "Truth and Other Lies", three driven women make life-altering decisions about the secrets they’ve kept in order to get ahead. Megan, a young, liberal journalist, moves back into her overprotective mother’s... Read More

Against the backdrop of Chicago’s counterculture, a teenage runaway and a widowed gynecologist form a bond in Anara Guard’s striking novel Like a Complete Unknown. Katya, the starry-eyed, artistic daughter of Polish emigrants, flees... Read More

The Baby’s Classics series takes a turn for the Gothic in Dracula, based on Bram Stoker’s brooding tale. The core components remain in place, with Jonathan and his fiancée, Mina, visiting the creepy count in his crumbling castle,... Read More

Classical illustrations with muted colors, involving details, and fine lines complement this nostalgic historical tale set in a lonely boathouse that’s been encroached upon by time and nature. There, a dilapidated boat remembers the... Read More

A young giant finds both friendship and duplicity in "The Legend of the Dream Giants", a beautiful illustrated novel by Dustin Hansen. Berg is a giant who lives alone, haunted by strange dreams. He survives by stealing food from the... Read More

Clothing repair is elevated from a humdrum chore to a fashionable, eco-friendly, and artistic outlet in "Creative Mending". Replete with over 300 illustrations and color photographs, Hikaru Noguchi’s book outlines tools, techniques,... Read More

In Josi S. Kilpack’s ebullient Regency romance The Valet’s Secret, a classic case of mistaken identity inspires love between the heir to an earldom and a widow. Kenneth, disguised as his valet, runs into Rebecca, who dodges his... Read More

In the supernatural thriller "Face the Night", a determined mother battles paranormal and mundane criminals, all to protect her son. In Alan Lastufka’s taut horror novel "Face the Night", a single mother fights for custody of her son... Read More