Moonstone Hero by David Sklar takes readers to Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa where they meet American medical student Andrew on his mission to climb that mountain. He is part of a group from a variety of countries. They all have the same destination in mind...

Maggie's Story by Diana Stout tells us about a young girl from the Bowery, an impoverished suburb of New York. The events take place at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Maggie lives in poverty. She struggles to get...

Len Joy’s short story collection, Casualties and Survivors, contains twenty-eight stories that vary in length. Every story deals with relationships, ranging from basic friendships to loved ones. The theme of this collection varies with each story, with some dealing with the loss of a person...

Once in a while, a good women's book sets the bar for a highly original plot that doesn’t fall into the typical boy-meets-girl trope. A Medical Affair: A Story That Must Be Told by Anne McCarthy Strauss is one such story. Thirty-eight-year-old Heather Morrison is...

Rhoda Melendez's 911 Dauphin St. is a literary fiction novel inspired by the Protestant Orphanage Street in Mobile, Alabama, 911 Dauphin Street. Nell Cosby's world changed forever when her father left their home to help a fellow teacher set up a new school in Mobile...

Spanning over fifty years, I Remember is the story of a suburban house witnessing the ups and downs of life through the various families that sought its sanctuary. This debut novel by Emily Hoffmann opens with a couple, Elaine and James Morgan, moving into their...

The first book in the Seahaven Sunrise Series by Anne Marie Bennett, Feathers in the Sand is an intimate exploration of human relationships that we can all identify with. Tess Gilmore is a single mother who has been so busy that she has overlooked her...

A compelling model of Filipino diasporic literature, Groovy Girl by I.B. Casey Cui is told from the point of view of third grader Isabel "Isa" José as she chronicles the daily rhythms of her family filled with nostalgic longing for the country they have long...

The Dogs of Lenin by Linda Freeny is a wonderful meld of historical romance and mystery, following two compelling characters with a strong attraction for each other but with diametrically opposed philosophies. Lisa Danton and Grant Chandler are instantly drawn to each other from the...

In Anna E. Collins' novel These Numbered Days, Annie has to face the possibility that she made a mistake eight years ago. She left her son Connor and daughter Grace with her ex-husband Joel and disappeared from their lives. Annie's friend Kara told her that...