Dizzying visions haunt the otherwise delicate beauty of Frederic S. Durbin’s supernatural novel "The Country Under Heaven". Since surviving the Battle of Antietam, Ovid experiences the intrusion of premonitory shimmers. As he migrates... Read More

An art conservator, a scholar, and a portraitist embrace the mysteries of love and ancestry in Katherine Scott Crawford’s enchanting fantasy novel The Miniaturist’s Assistant. In 2004, Gamble works in a Charleston museum. Fascinated... Read More

In Kady Ambrose’s fantasy novel All that Shimmers, an orphaned nursemaid yearns for love against the backdrop of World War I and the influenza epidemic. Vanessa knows she is fortunate to work as a nursemaid for vacationing families at... Read More

"The Lavender Blade" is a powerful fantasy novel about pursuing love despite all obstacles. E. L. Deards’s appealing fantasy novel "The Lavender Blade" is about exorcising demons and queer identity. Colton is an exorcist and charlatan... Read More

A man draws meaning from his dreams in his search for purpose and love in the contemplative novel "In Search of the Return". In Joshua Raymond’s philosophical novel "In Search of the Return", a lonely man searches for the meaning of... Read More

The future is uncertain in the postapocalyptic series opener "Sancta Femina", in which a heroine joins a fight against inhumanity. The nature of faith in a fractured universe is explored in Kathryn Combs’s justice-fueled science... Read More

An unlikely trio forms to face down a formidable enemy in the violent fantasy novel "Night of the Fisherman". In David Morabito’s justice-driven fantasy novel "Night of the Fisherman", a ragtag team chooses to challenge a powerful foe.... Read More

A folkloric quest story that’s fleshed out by a bevy of intriguing magical complications, Legend of The Quill opens an exciting fantasy series. In Astra Crompton’s series-opening fantasy novel "Legend of the Quill", a farm boy is... Read More