A Matter of Mercy by Lynne Hugo is a fictionalized account of a true event that defined the hardy and rugged aquafarmers of Cape Cod Bay. Life on the tidal flats is hard and uncompromising. The men and women who farm this briefly available tidal...

It Rhymes With Truth by Rich Miller is an extraordinary, unconventional debut novel about an extraordinary, unconventional bond between two extraordinary, unconventional people. When old-folks-home resident Ruth takes in and hides an itinerant boy we know only as “Sweetie,” and who serves as the narrator...

Francesca Vespa's Seven Perfect Days chronicles the story of Maggie as she navigates her complicated life from high school into her late twenties. A tragic event has been haunting her for years and has been causing emotional turmoil for some time, while her eccentric friend...

The Road to Moresco by Mark Jamilkowski begins in 1910 when Francesca and Giuseppe Carnabuci survived an earthquake and tsunami in Messina, Sicily, resettling in Santa Teresa di Riva. Their son Marcello, influenced by his father's wartime death and nationalist sentiments, embraced Fascism and moved...

Eight-year-old Billy Dee has to care for his mother, Teri Marie, who struggles with drug addiction. His father, Luther, is in jail somewhere in Georgia. Billy Dee lives in the small town of Mountain Home, Arkansas. His caring neighbor, Ella May, tries to support the...

Karin Ciholas' gripping historical novel, The Lighthouse, is the story of Simon of Cyrene and is set in the Roman Empire in the 1st century CE. The novel was inspired by the historical figure of Simon of Cyrene, a Jew and physician. In the Gospels of...

In Motive Black by Adam Scott Huerta, in a world where gender is a Color and misgendering is punishable by disassembly, Simon, a rare "Natural" with a male body, must navigate the treacherous landscape of Safe Dome Austin. With his Safe Spaces revoked after yet...

An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze by David Scott Richardson transports readers to a vividly depicted 1943 Pacific Northwest, where the specter of World War II looms large but is filtered through the innocent yet perceptive lens of 15-year-old Scotty Johannsen. Richardson deftly weaves together the...

Toquuxla by James N. Brenna is a captivating narrative that transports readers to the dawn of human exploration in North America, particularly Montana. At the heart of the story is Toquuxla, or Toq, a young man who ventures into a world different from the one...

Being lonely is harsh; it can happen to the young and old alike. Often, though, it is a choice. Scott Semegran's novel, The Codger And The Sparrow, indicates that loneliness is self-inflicted at times. For Hank O'Sullivan, life has been reduced to killing time in...