In A Disappearing World by Julia Kitlinski-Hong, Violet Chen has always been the black sheep of her family. Her clothes get disapproving looks, she can never measure up to her older sister Bella, a student at Johns Hopkins, and her anxiety weighs heavy on her,...

In The Secret Gift: A Story of Enhancing the Future of Humanity by Joseph Tristan, Dr. Landon Rief, a gifted cardiothoracic surgeon, retires after thirty years from his medical practice. Landon revisited countries he and his late wife explored during their forty-five years of marriage....

Controlled Conversations by Karol Lagodzki is set in Poland during the Soviet era. Despite living in fear, many people are part of a resistance movement known as Solidarity. After high school, Emilia doesn't go to university but starts working at a telephone station with Frania....

Adriel Peregrine is a work of fiction in the historical, Christian, and interpersonal drama genres. Penned by author Michael G. Tavella, the plot follows the life of its titular character, whose surname reflects his wanderer or pilgrim status. Raised with Christian teachings, Adriel strays from...

Inspired by real-life events, Flaco the Owl Spreads His Wings is a heartfelt drama by Jacqueline Simon Gunn. Since he was a two-month owlet taken from his native land, Flaco, an Eurasian eagle owl, had lived thirteen years in a small enclosure in the Central...

Michael Allan Scott's Facing North, Headed South: Introducing Sonja and Lance Underphal explores life’s unpredictability, a character-driven narrative about two people struggling to leave adolescence behind. This recent historical novel examines the early days of two central characters—Sonja and Lance—curated meticulously with inspirations from actual...

Ancilla is the first book in a trilogy by Sera Maddox Drake. After a religiously constrained childhood, a young woman begins experimenting with sex and learns that she enjoys a wide range of partners and activities. With each lover, she becomes less inhibited during the...

Lynn Byk’s The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch is a stirring and evocative memoir that takes readers through the life and times of various meticulously crafted characters in a small Arkansas town during the Great Depression and beyond. After her father's death, Elsie Finch...

Jenni Ogden’s Dancing With Dragons is a beautifully crafted tale set in the late 1970s on Western Australia’s Coral Coast, where teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live a secluded life with their parents. Gaia is intensively trained by her mother, a former Principal Dancer...

Immerse yourself in a fascinating collection of short stories with Vera Mont's Ramblings. Two warmongering nations cause ordinary citizens to lose the privileges of groceries and beer. A person learns the goldfish language to communicate with the residents of an aquarium. A cat owner underestimates...