Formidable wives contend with persecution and past treacheries in Jill Hammer’s intricate fantasy novel "The Moonstone Covenant", set in a cosmopolitan principality. Moonstone is a place marked by simmering religious and cultural... Read More

Cynthia Blakeley’s poignant memoir "The Innermost House" explores her dysfunctional upbringing and family life in working-class Massachusetts. Born in 1958, Blakeley grew up along the shores of Cape Cod, a longstanding summer tourist... Read More

In Renée D. Bondy’s historical novel about clerical sexual abuse, "[non]disclosure", a survivor finds the courage to tell her story. As a girl at a Catholic school, the unnamed narrator is taught that the reward for confession is no... Read More

Canadian actor Layne Coleman’s "An Open-Ended Run" is a reflective memoir-in-essays. From the vantage of his sixties, Coleman grapples with childhood trauma, the death of his wife, and how loss shaped his and his daughter’s lives.... Read More

In Torben Kulhmann’s novel "The Gray City", a determined girl seeks out color in a desaturated world. After moving into a new home, Robin realizes that her new city is absent of all colors but gray. In defiance, she resolves to always... Read More

About shedding blinders to see the world in more realistic terms, "She Took a Turn" is an enlightening memoir. Kristi J. Smith’s charming memoir "She Took a Turn" is about her work toward self-discovery. Smith’s life was mapped out... Read More

A high achiever risks all that she’s ever cherished in the hope of realizing a dissipating dream in the exciting thriller "A Lie for a Lie". In Jane Buckingham’s psychological thriller "A Lie for a Lie", a star student forges a... Read More

Journalist Michelle McIvor’s "The Glow Code" is a factual, friendly guide to enjoying and enhancing life in middle age. With the goal of empowering women and helping them feel better about aging in their own skins, this book draws on... Read More