An Irish woman finds solace with a Donegal weaver in Jennifer Deibel’s warm historical romance novel "Heart of the Glen". Saoirse, running from her past, is set to become a housemaid. When the job falls through, she’s taken in by... Read More

In Sarah M. Eden’s romance novel "The Tides of Time", a seamstress fleeing persecution is cast eighty years into the future, where she faces unresolved pain from her revolutionary past. In France, Lili smuggles people to safety from... Read More

Innate chemistry helps ferry a couple through their challenges in the exciting romance novel "And They Had a Great Fall". A guarded widow and a movie star keep their budding relationship a secret in Shelby Saville’s moving romance... Read More

A strong woman with a penchant for forgiveness navigates the tumult of her complicated relationships in the historical novel "Unruly Human Hearts". In Barbara Southard’s rousing historical novel "Unruly Human Hearts", a woman navigates... Read More

Family stories and regrets drive a woman away from home and pull her back again in the affecting literary novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood". In Elizabeth A. Tucker’s moving novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood", a woman grapples with her... Read More

In Raj Tawney’s perceptive novel "All Mixed Up", a multiracial boy contends with bullying and finds friendship in the aftermath of 9/11. Kamal’s father is from India. His mother is a New Yorker with Italian and Puerto Rican roots. At... Read More

Stewart C Baker’s "The Butterfly Disjunct" is an intriguing short story collection in which characters navigate futuristic worlds and fight to survive unjust and tyrannical systems. The collection makes intriguing use of story forms,... Read More

Visual anthropologist and filmmaker Sarah Thomas’s eloquent memoir-in-essays "The Raven’s Nest" covers her time in Iceland, where her views about people’s relationships to land and to each other sharpened. The book draws contrasts... Read More