In the thrilling novel "Mean Low Water", a Southern lawyer searches for her missing childhood friend with desperate hope. In Stephanie Alexander’s emotive novel "Mean Low Water", longtime friends who share a special gift experience... Read More

In Leslie Gentile’s sensitive novel "Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter", a girl’s relationship with her mother is centered. From the Eagle Shores Indian Reserve in Vancouver Island, twelve-year-old Truly settles into life with Andy... Read More

Phyllis Gobbell’s novel "Prodigal" tells a parabolic story of homecoming in a Southern small town. Connor, a preacher’s son, is cast adrift after becoming an accomplice in the Independence Day shooting of a convenience store clerk.... Read More

In Tammy Oberhausen’s piercing, entertaining historical novel "The Evolution of the Gospelettes", a religious Kentucky family spends decades performing together. In the 1970s, the Holliman patriarch, Garland, is inspired by his... Read More

A moralizing novel, "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr." focuses on a boy’s coming-of-age in a hardworking turn-of-the-century ranching community. In Judith A. Perkins’s novel "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr.", a boy grows... Read More

Covering differing versions of a single life seen side by side, the reflective novel "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart" is a satisfying dual adventure about a lifetime of joy and mysteries. In Rex Cole’s touching novel "Too Soon Old, Too... Read More

A proud woman who was a child star is the last to understand the wounds her industry inflicted on her in the complex, haunting novel "The Case for Brandi Belden". A former child star grapples with the fallout from her past in William... Read More

A woman with mystical powers exposes Angelenos’ disunity on the basis of race, gender, and faith in the thoughtful novel "One Shining Soul". Wayne L. Wilson’s spellbinding novel "One Shining Soul" imagines how modern Americans would... Read More