Jerkwater is a work of literary fiction penned by author Jamie Zerndt. Written for adults due to its complex themes and occasional explicit language, this intense personal drama is led by our three central characters as they experience grief in very different ways. In an...

Inspired by Paul W. Rice’s personal experiences in Ethiopia, The Orphan: A Portrait of Courage is an inspiring historical novel about a strong woman named Yodit. Her story begins in 1983, during one of Ethiopia’s worst droughts. An orphan after her father murdered her mother,...

Books that mix different genres may appear chaotic or incomplete. The difficulty is that every element must be balanced so as not to overwhelm the others. Of course, this result is possible with a fine author, and David Fitz-Gerald has worked wonders in his amazing...

Scandal! Seduction! Corruption! All of this amidst the tropical beauty and abject poverty of the island nation of Barbados. Cordelia Davis leaves her job and her home in Barbados to go to Miami to meet and interview the author of the whistleblowing novel that put...

Jacoby Pines loses his job as a result of a text message finding its way unintentionally to his boss. He is fortunate to have a well-heeled fiancée who has a commission to spend a year in Italy researching off-the-beaten-track eateries for an English travel journal....

Toil Under the Sun: Leighton Family Saga Book 1 is the story about two brothers headed down different paths in their lives. William Leighton is a young bricklayer living in Manchester in the mid-1800s. He is caring for his widowed and fading mother, while one...

Rather like the man-eating tiger (perhaps a man-tiger) who insidiously patrols the opening chapters of Pam Laughlin’s novel, Soul of the Elephant, this book excels at sneaking up on its reader, solely intent on devouring him whole. Which, piece by piece, chapter by chapter, increasingly...

Mrs. Rossi’s Dream is a work of historical fiction set in and after the Vietnam War and was penned by author Khanh Ha. The titular character arrives in Vietnam during the 1980s, searching for her son, Nicola Rossi, who went missing during service as a...

Native Heart is a work of intriguing paranormal and mystery fiction penned by author Lori Hines. This visionary and nature-immersed novel takes place in Arizona among some of the most beautiful scenery in the world: its Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. It is here that...

Two Spoons of Bitter is a realistic life drama involving love, betrayal, and redemption, penned by author Sonja Mongar. Written for adults due to its explicit content, this cultural and family drama centers around art therapist Ella Donovan. As Ella leaves behind her own troubled...