The Reluctant Nazi by Pablo Omar Zaragoza is a fictional insider’s view of the evil that was Adolf Hitler and the German Nazi Party. Hans Reinhard Richter, an accountant by profession, was an early supporter of the idea of National Socialism and the charismatic leader...

Just One Look by Joanne Kukanza Easley is a powerful work of literary fiction about grief and what comes after. This moving and multi-layered story centers on Danielle Marek, who is thirteen and in love. It's Chicago, 1965, and for her, it's true love, not...

New Shores by Ciaran J. McLarnon is a gripping survival story set in the prehistoric period. All Li wants is a chance at leadership and to sire some grandsons to create a lasting legacy within his tribe. After failing to make his chief, Mark, listen...

Reunion of the Good Weather Suicide Cult by Kyle McCord is a startlingly realistic novel about an Iowan cult that ended in a mass suicide. The narrative’s protagonist is Tom Duncan, the lone survivor. A Netflix documentary accuses Tom of being the mastermind of the...

Three women, three wars, and one castle. The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray is a historical fiction novel spanning the lives and influences of Adrienne Lafayette, Beatrice Chanler, and Marthe Simone, each saga coming together at one remarkable spot: Chavaniac. Adrienne must stand...

The Smell of Lilacs by Katie Marshall features protagonist Mackenzie ‘Kenzie’ Carter, who has the same worries and problems as any other teenager. She wonders how her younger sister, Rachael, can have the perfect hourglass figure while she believes her body resembles a butternut squash....

End of the Race by Judith Kirscht tells the story of Annika, a swimmer who is training for the 2008 Olympics: her last chance for glory as her thirtieth birthday looms. During an emotional battle with a miscarriage, her husband Brian goes sailing with two...

Robert Woodard pens an adventurous dystopian novel in Sleeping Through the Nightmare. Pete Gibbons wakes in pain and is extremely cold, with no idea where he is or what has happened. As his mind and body begin to thaw, Pete recalls working at a top-secret...

Christmas In Whimsy by Clarissa J. Markiewicz is a feel-good holiday story. Lexi Moore is a reporter, and she works hard at keeping her life and work on track. She’s reporting on the Christmas spirit in Whimsy, but everything is about to come crashing down....

The Past We Step Into by Richard Scharine discusses the daily life and struggles of a couple as they love together, live together, and build a family against the backdrop of rapid modernity in America. The work opens with the narrator reminiscing about past generations...