Gracie’s father is awaiting execution on death row for having killed Gracie’s mother. Gracie hasn’t seen him in a decade, but her memories are of a good man, a good father, one of only two men she has ever loved. The other man is Jori,...

The Walls of Lucca by Steven Physioc takes us back in time to Italy during the First World War. A love story set in tense times while the fascist government of Mussolini is on the rise. Isabella Roselli, a young woman who has spirit and...

Dissent by PJ Dean is book 2 of the Love Vanquishes All series. France, 1571, where a fragile state of peace exists after the last War of Religion and more needs to be done to keep it. A marriage is proposed between a Catholic princess...

Laurel was a young woman from a middle-class family who followed her beloved father into teaching. When she meets and marries Justin Worth, a professional photographer, her life will change forever. Justin has a sense of adventure and, realizing that photography alone cannot sustain a...

Love, Loss, and Lagniappe: A Love Story That Defied the Laws of Nature is a literary fiction novel written by Richard Robbins. It was spring of 1982, and Drew was enjoying being a part of the Admissions Office tours that showcased the Tulane University campus...

I was curious about Palimony by Steven Grossman. That’s the number one reason why I decided to read it. I was wondering how anyone could make divorce humorous. To be honest, I was skeptical as to whether it could be done or not. That was...

Hard Times by John Hansen tells the story of Phil and Martha Caldwell as they seek a better life for themselves. In a story set in the 1930s, Phil persuades his reluctant wife to move from Lincoln, Nebraska to a 320-acre homestead in the wilds...

Set against the backdrop of the revolution against the Soviet regime in Cold War Hungary, Radio Underground by Alison Littman is a huge achievement for a debut novel and a gritty tale that follows a daring journalist determined to see the fall of an oppressive...

They call it the theater of war. It’s an excuse for whenever something goes wrong and no one wants to take the blame. It’s also a metaphor for what it means to be in the action, willingly or not. Everyone is a number and everyone,...

Kelegeen by Eileen O’Finlan is a wonderful story, a tale of a people and a place in trying times. It is Ireland in 1846 and while engaged couple Meg O’Connor and Rory Quinn are happily preparing for their wedding, while they join other villagers in...