Newark Minutemen by Leslie K. Barry is a historical novel that is compelling and deftly written to capture an important moment in US history. Based on a true story in the 1930s and during the Great Depression, the narrative follows Jewish boxer Yael Newman who...

A Forlorn Hope by Lorna Peel is the fourth book in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin historical family saga. We continue on our journey following the lives of Will and his wife, Isobel, encountering a few more trials and tribulations, this time involving Will’s parents, including...

Among Kings: The Amazing Adventures of the Congo's African American Livingstone and the Courageous People who Toppled King Leopold II by Joey O’Connor tells the story of one man’s courage as he becomes the voice of a voiceless and enslaved people, of the greed of...

Where Eagles Never Flew by Helena P. Schrader is a tremendously moving tale of human conflict, be it struggles within individuals coming to terms with their mortality or sweeping battles across nations driven by territorial prerequisites. Told chronologically from the battle for France through to...

I so admire authors who can take a piece of history and create a wonderful 'herstory' around it. That’s what Pat Benedict Jurgens has done with Falling Forward: A Woman's Journey West, her story of Louisa, a courageous and sometimes feisty member of a Mennonite...

The Market Stall Girl by AnneMarie Brear centers around Beth Beaumont, a young woman who lives with her middle-class family on a farm and spends her day at the stall selling their fruits and vegetables. Noah Jackson is a coal miner living with his brothers,...

A grieving widower and a young woman working to become a doctor in the Colorado Territory during the mid-nineteenth century strive to make a difference for a physically challenged boy in the sensational historical novel Fear Caller by Beverly Hamowitz. Life has not been easy...

Splintered Heart: A Red Dust Novel by Linda Dowling is a sweeping tale of abuse and heartache seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl growing up poor in the Sydney suburbs in the 1960s. Lisa was a typical, slightly rebellious girl until the day...

From Daylight To Madness by Jennifer Anne Gordon introduces us to the mysterious journey of a broken woman. When her newborn son left this world after living a mere three minutes, a part of Isabelle also died with him. Her manipulative mother-in-law conspired with her...

After losing his wife and unborn child in a siege, Shindara attempts to guide his wife’s spirit to the next realm by meddling with a force he doesn't understand: the Yomi, the world of darkness. Consequently, he begins to fade away while his soul is...