A family in mourning bands together through their hardships, nurturing hopes for their future, in the heartfelt novel "Big Love and War Horse". In Shallen Anne Chitwood’s historical novel "Big Love and War Horse", a rural family... Read More

A filmmaker and her subject push past their cynicism to form an intoxicating bond in the international novel The Perfumer’s Secret. In Neroli Lacey’s novel The Perfumer’s Secret, a documentary filmmaker makes tough decisions... Read More

Fun and illustrated with cartoon humor, the mystery novel Emily and Sam: The Mad Scientist Next Door follows twins who take a less than scientific approach to investigating their new neighbor. In Dave Cole’s entertaining mystery novel... Read More

A longtime couple anchors their small community through a period of substantial change in the epic historical novel "Tidewater". Eric B. Miller’s absorbing, character-driven historical novel "Tidewater" traces domestic and intimate... Read More

A misanthrope denies her own pain but is helped by a child who encourages her to pray in the lesson-filled picture book "The Music Thief". In Sophie Armstrong’s optimistic picture book "The Music Thief", a witch tries to rid a city of... Read More

Narrated with Carpenter’s characteristic humor, the memoir-in-essays "Paris Lost and Found" addresses French bureaucracy, scenery, and joie de vivre, but also the distinctive challenges of living between two countries. Set against the... Read More

A lonely man falls for an internet scheme in the cautionary novel A Scammer, A Diamond, & Ransom. In J. Morewood Osborne’s based-in-truth psychological thriller A Scammer, A Diamond, & Ransom, a catfishing scam functions via... Read More

A boy learns resilience following a life-altering move in the arresting historical novel "The New Frontier". In Wayne L. Wilson’s tense historical novel "The New Frontier", a Black adolescent confronts racism and other dangers when he... Read More