Vanesa Neuman grew up in Tel Aviv, the only child of Jewish parents who were survivors of the Holocaust. She lived with her parents, her grandfather, and her Uncle Tomas. She loved them all, but she never really knew them. They were like closed books,...

Dillon's Rising: Dublin, 1916 by A.G. Lyttle is the story of finding something beautiful in the middle of hell, and knowing that it will last forever. There is an uprising in Ireland in 1916. Things are going downhill very quickly. Dillon is a loyalist agent...

It is said that God works in mysterious ways and that was certainly the case when ‘Joan of Arc’ became the savior of France in 1429. Maiden General: How a 17-year-old Girl Saved France at Orleans: A True Story by Mike MacCarthy tells the true...

S.D. Banks pens a splendid tale of historical fact and fiction in Transcendent Loyalties: A Novel of the American Revolution. Two young people from Boston come of age during the prelude to the American Revolution. Anna Somerset is an adventurous, outspoken, intelligent teenage girl who...

The Statement by Albert Stark is about the life of the Gold family. As 15-year-old Lester Gold was sweeping at Gold’s Kosher Cuts, his father, Julius Menachem Gold, was shot in the back and killed. This is the day that changed Lester’s life forever. Lester...

The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch is the sequel to The Vintner’s Daughter by the same author. Sara Lemieux is recovering from all the tragedies that have befallen her and reveling in her new marriage to Philippe. Their vineyard at Eagle’s Run shows great promise...

Firebrand by Sarah MacTavish is a well written young adult historical fiction novel set in 1860. This was a year when slavery was still a part of the American culture. Firebrand follows two main characters; one living in the North and one living in the...

Forefathers & Founding Fathers by Michael Gorton takes us back in time to the early days of the colonies, but first the story starts in London. Samuel meets Mary, a woman who is highly educated, and they go through a life that is nothing short...

Obedience by V.G. Kilgore builds on the Old Testament story of Noah’s Ark. Each chapter begins with a sentence from the biblical story, and the chapters then unfold in the light of those words. Ham doubts his father Noah’s wisdom in building an ark, but...

Ramses and the Harem Conspiracy (The Nubian Physician) by Douglas Mears is a well written novel that takes place in Egypt during the Bronze Age. Ramses and the Harem Conspiracy is a book that will appeal most to those who enjoy historical fiction as well...