Some Kind of Comfort: A Coming of Age Adventure by Gary Clark is a literary teen to young adult crossover novel that revolves around a high school student named Charley. Charley is a musician with paralyzing anxiety that impacts her ability to perform but also...

I'll Be Seeing You by Joanne Kukanza Easley is the life story of Ruby, who decides that her middle name, Lauren, is what she wants to be called, despite her mother's strong objections. The story begins in 1938 and we follow her troubled life through...

Spindrift by Simon Bardwell is a coming-of-age story about a young man's journey of self-discovery. Narrated from the father's point of view, it's also about letting go of your children so they can spread their wings. The story opens inside a car at the side...

The story begins with Jolie texting her friend Alicia. However, she misspells one digit, and the text message ends up on the phone of Carson, an ER physician. Carson is the father of two children. His marriage is on the verge of dissolution because his...

Light Through a Rusty Roof by Roy Terry is a story about a miraculous conversion. Reverend Michael Peters is stuck in a congregation that meets all of society's markers for greatness and a family that seems fine from the outside but is withering on the...

Jensy Willett, the protagonist of The Touch of Her Voice by Sara Scott, is haunted by a memory from her past. Her seemingly unrequited love for her high school basketball coach had already ruined two relationships because she simply could not keep her mouth shut....

Chris Coward's novel Perpendicular Women: Adventures in the Multiverse is an intriguing science fiction story about perpendicular universes, which can be similar to, or quite different from, the original home universe. The novel begins with the life of Kara Cuesta. In 2012 Kara was a...

Relative Consequences by Jody Herpin is a sweeping novel about haunting secrets, redemption, racism, and forgiveness. It follows Jessy Tate as she struggles to cope with her husband's death, guilt, anxiety attacks, and nightmares. After a call with her psychiatrist, Jessy learns that her nightmares...

In the moving historical novel, Brick, Lime and Moonshine by Victoria Ventris Shea, families struggle to survive following the end of WWI. As livelihoods are destroyed, men turn to selling moonshine to feed their families during the prohibition era, despite the risks involved. As WWI...

Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories by award-winning author John Sheirer is a unique collection of short stories which are subtly linked. There are thirty-one short stories in this anthology with characters that reappear in different stages of their lives. One of my favorites is Are...