Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss by Loretta Goldberg is a bittersweet tale of the war in the Pacific with a fascinating twist. A young Australian Jewish doctor, Jake Friedman, is haunted by a car accident in which...

Tiger Season: A Novel of Korea is a work of fiction in the military, historical writing, and cultural issues subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience owing to scenes of wartime violence and strong language. Penned by author Gojan Nikolich, this...

Clara Raven / Under the Stones: The First Two Adventures of Wednesday McIntyre, U.S. Marshall is penned by author Murray Pura in the historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and action genres. The plot follows Merck ‘Wednesday’ McIntyre, a Great War survivor and new U.S. Marshal during...

Kat grew up in a simple household with her parents and her twin brother, Will. It’s the early sixteenth century and Kat is fascinated by the allure of the royal court, particularly King Henry VIII’s first wife, Queen Katherine of Aragon. In Caroline Willcocks’ Of...

Gregory Urbach’s Dashiell Hammett vs Sherlock Holmes: In Search of Jack the Ripper is a well-researched and well-crafted mystery. In the novel, the narrator is Dashiell Hammett. In 1929, Hammett visited London to find more information about the Maltese Falcon at the British Museum. He wakes...

Alina: A Song for the Telling by Malve von Hassell is a coming-of-age novel that will draw readers into an intriguing and historical journey back to twelfth-century Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades. Alina and Milos are siblings who have been left orphaned after...

With an impending war threatening their economy, Louisa Silverton’s father sent her to England with a precise instruction - she was to secure a financially strong match. With her knack for calculating profits, Louisa had no trouble finding suitable candidates. However, her brazen comments about...

Sicilian Avengers: Book One is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, action, and intrigue subgenres. It is best suited to adult readers because it contains some scenes of violence. Penned by author Luigi Natoli and translated by Stephen Riggio, this thrilling historical saga...

"They might be delivering children’s shoes instead of bombs, but the mission could be deadly just the same." That's the thing with war; sometimes, it is not fought with bombs and bullets on a battlefield but with clothes, food, and within our souls. Bridge To...

In The Bookshop on Beach Road by Janet Morris Belvin, Finn Ingram, the Coast Guard's flight operations officer, protected the North Carolina coastal waters from attacks by German submarines, or U-boats, in 1942. Finn's mission was to spot the enemy U-boats, the destroyers of ships...