"Savage Love" takes twenty-first-century liberties to the max, refusing to succumb to an inner censor that resists exposure to what makes the sensitive uncomfortable. Love and lust, infatuation and infidelity, all the deep-down primal... Read More

The definition of love itself is an underlying social issue explored in depth, though not addressed in a typically overt manner, throughout this touching story. The exciting world of competitive ballroom dance sets the backdrop for this... Read More

This tender tale of animal friendship conveys the vulnerability of abandoned cats and young teens alike. Grief stricken and lonely, a young boy adapts to difficult changes thrust upon him and interacts with an abused and abandoned stray... Read More

This high-stakes paranormal thriller grabs attention from the first page to the unexpected end. Blood, gore, and mutilation in the repugnant underworld of New York put an anxious woman in the throes of a life-or-death investigation—a... Read More

Mysticism, prophecy, mermaid vampires, and adolescent insecurities—what else could you want out of YA fiction? A vampire with a mermaid’s tail—an unlikely combination. Yet Krista Everson somehow makes her story, as well as her... Read More

Scary as well as enlightening, this unique and mesmerizing novel is a page-turner. A forty-year-old man transcends space and time after an accident propels him into the body of his younger self. On a mission to save his sister from a... Read More

Lush narrative, intellectual conversation, and emotional introspection help us experience an exotic locale through the eyes of its people. In a weighty tome that spans more than one hundred years from 1800 to 1918, the drive to succeed... Read More

With masterful control of language enhanced by rich descriptions, this book should be savored like a fine wine or a smooth sonata. Filled with period detail and humorous anecdotes, Margaret Zee’s "A Palace in Peking" features the... Read More