"Hellebore Fields" is a dark romance novel that’s marked by inherent suspense. Toeing the line between love and obsession, Rivkah Plume’s dark romance novel "Hellebore Fields" follows a naive academic’s love affair with an infamous... Read More

A passionate couple from different sides of the Soviet divide avoids discussing their inevitable rifts in Yelena Moskovich’s sultry, wrenching novel-in-verse, "Nadezhda in the Dark". During a “black-milk,” mournful winter, as... Read More

Romantic subplots are used to explore feminine power in "Lady of Lincoln", a heady historical novel involving high-stakes political maneuvering. In Rachel Elwiss Joyce’s engaging historical novel "Lady of Lincoln", a spirited... Read More

About the value of travels abroad, "Bergen Spring" is a warm coming-of-age novel. Following his brother’s death, a man goes on a backpacking trip in Michael Cummings’s contemplative novel "Bergen Spring". In 1973, Erik, a theater... Read More

A work of variety and experimentation, the short story collection "20/40" treats the near future with speculative fervor and inventive storytelling. Steven Sarshik’s science fiction collection "20/40" glimpses into the near future with... Read More

"Forgiven" is a spirited novel about healing and family tenderness. In Bruce J. Berger’s spiritual novel "Forgiven", a trip to Greece prompts life changes for each member of a busy Jewish family. Theodora, working as a nun in Greece,... Read More

In the insightful novel "Should Have Told You Sooner", a divorced woman comes to terms with the pains of her past. A woman confronts her English past in Jane Ward’s eloquent novel "Should Have Told You Sooner", about first loves that... Read More

In the quirky novel "The Utterly Unacceptable Atrocity of Isabelle Marsden", a wounded woman embraces art and the unexpected. A woman moves to a small town to heal in Nan Sanders Pokerwinski’s zany novel "The Utterly Unacceptable... Read More