In Prohibition-era New York, a young widow plunges into a world of vice, gangsters, and political corruption in Nancy Bilyeau’s novel "The Orchid Hour". After she loses her job at the library, Zia’s prospects are bleak. No one wants... Read More

"Down and Out in a Doublewide" is an entertaining collection of short stories about thwarted ideals and indelible incidents in the lives of everyday people. Anthony Scavillo’s short story collection explores permutations of the... Read More

Greek myths are revitalized via the modern additions of psychology and science in the involving short story collection "Tales of a Spiritual Sun". In Paul Kiritsis’s short story collection "Tales of a Spiritual Sun", contemporary... Read More

In the folksy mystery novel "The Wandering Quilt", a quilt that’s touched by the supernatural inspires a woman’s awakening. An exquisite, handmade southern quilt rattles a woman and her family in Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander and Renée... Read More

The poetry collection "Carrying Stones into the Colorful Unknown" muses through the paradoxes of human existence and considers the monotony of everyday life. In M. E. Kamrass’s paradoxical poetry collection "Carrying Stones into the... Read More

In Jackary Salem’s novel "Where the Lightning Goes", a girl breaks free from her prison and seeks a castle in the sky, hoping to find what she’s lost. After being trapped in a house in the sky with other “survivors” for years... Read More

A piece of land tied to an unsavory family history wallows and declines in the decades-long historical novel "The Johnson Place". A tract of land near the Blue Ridge mountains inspires "The Johnson Place", J. Stewart Willis’s multipart... Read More

Loyalties, friendships, and family ties are put to the test in Alyssa Roat’s fantasy novel "Castelon". All hope seems to be lost when Brinnie and Marcus at long last reach Dirklon, one of the few estates standing after disaster struck... Read More