This week, I’ve been thoroughly absorbed by Radu Guiasu’s powerful depiction of friendship and determination in The Faraway Mountains. The book explores the lives of several young people living under a communist dictatorship, splitting between a group of friends on an expedition up a mountain...

A sequel to Meryl Ain's award-winning historical fiction novel The Takeaway Men, Shadows We Carry follows the life of the daughters of Holocaust survivors Aron and Judy Lubinski, who migrated to the United States after the war. Fraternal twins Bronka and JoJo Lubinski chase their...

Night Train to Odessa by Mary L. Grow is a historical account of life in the city of Odessa during the Russian Civilian War, told through the eyes of a refugee from the countryside searching for her lost children. As civil war approached her tiny...

Alice and Sam are back to dating years after their school romance ended. As a celebrated history teacher, Alice is passionate about history. Sam, on the other hand, is a successful manager and a brilliant engineer. Though both swamped with work, they come up with...

Liberty Epic of Shadows by L. A. Espriux traces the evolution of a series of events, beginning with the colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It transitions to 1640, with a Spanish galleon's ill-fated journey, resulting...

In The Belle of Oyster Bay by Angela Moody, the author has written a historically accurate period romance set during the War of Independence from England and King Georg III to become the America we now know. At that time the only inhabited area covered...

Embracing Amelia is a historical fiction romance by Elaine Violette. A competent horse rider since childhood, Amelia Pierce dreamed of competing in equestrian tournaments like her brother, Roderick. However, as the daughter of the Earl of Weatherly, Amelia was resigned to a life of waiting...

Shelter in a Hostile World by Mack Little is a suspense-filled split timeline short story that follows the riveting tale of an Igbo man sold into slavery in Barbados. The intrigue begins right from the start as Badu Obosi battles to prove himself in the...

Lynne Kennedy's The Tree of Lost Secrets is a fascinating historical novel inspired by actual people, places, and events. In 2018, Helen Ainsley is a bestselling mystery writer who returns to her homestead, Ainsley Hill Farm, in Brattleboro, Vermont, to revitalize her writing. The farm...

Robert W Watson's The Epic of Gilgamesh is about an unlikely friendship forged between a king (Gilgamesh) and a man-beast, who is allowed to live among the human race. Unfortunately, the friendship does not last long because of some dangerous interactions the king and his...