This romance nurtures the balance between following one’s dreams and embracing the moment. Carla Laureano’s surprising cozy romance "The Saturday Night Supper Club" follows a woman as she finds love again, even though it requires... Read More

This murder mystery exudes slow dread—a perfect novel for a cold night in dark winter. Lara Dearman’s The Devil’s Claw is a terrifying story centered on an islander who finds herself in the middle of a gruesome murder spree. An... Read More

"Krakow" reminds its audience that even if love ends, the marks it leaves are indelible. "Krakow", a novella by Sean Akerman, draws on journaling fads and the failures of couples counseling to explore the beginning and end of love in the... Read More

"19 Souls" introduces a memorable PI, grappling with a past he’s not reconciled to. Hard-edged Las Vegas private investigator Jim Bean takes on what he assumes is a by-the-numbers job locating a missing person, but he discovers too... Read More

In gorgeous prose, the novel blends together seemingly disparate narratives to form a harmonious whole. In "Sisters of the Cross", Alexei Remizov captures the strata of human experiences via evocative imagery and scintillating language.... Read More

While at first glance "The Newspaper Widow" seems like a standard historical mystery, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s novel is full and complex, overflowing with textured, fully realized... Read More

Franzosini’s novel is an ode to a tragic artist who captured the dignity of animals. Edgardo Franzosini’s "The Animal Gazer" is a captivating character study of a mysterious artist whose attention to the nuances of animal life... Read More

Browning’s essay explores the confluence of natural and interior landscapes in a manner both beautiful and searing. Two years of medical procedures, bouts of pneumonia, surgery to mend an unstable fracture followed by a year of... Read More