The Buds Are Calling by B. Coyne Davies takes us for a deep dive into the world of commercial cannabis production, for medical purposes. Ernie Kippett has been truly beaten down by life; he lost his house and his partner in the financial crisis of...

Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Topside by David Quarles is a stunning historical novel portraying the life of a young man growing up in a coal-mining town. When he was young, Jack Smith lost his father in a coal mining accident. A...

How do you cope when you lose your entire family? By opening a warehouse on wheels, of course! Hannah Mercer does exactly that in Al Schnupp’s Goods & Effects. As she rebuilds her life with her store-on-wheels, she lives many lives with the people she...

Eddie’s Boy: A Novel by Robert Schwab is a great story of an accident turned into a blessing, a story of survival, love, family, and human connection. Until his fortieth birthday, Dr. Landon Ratliff had lived a very busy life, devoting his time and energy...

“The Mistress had always envisaged the kennels as a club for like-minded dogs who would frolic during the day and sleep soundly at night with minimum supervision.” Hmm! Really? And what about the incessant barking? You can’t expect to fill a kennel with dogs and...

Saxon Heroines: A Northumbrian Novel by Sandra Wagner-Wright is a brilliant recreation of the lives of inspiring heroines from seventh-century Northumbria and other parts of England. In AD 624, Princess Ethelberga of Kent marries King Edwin of Northumbria, a pagan king who attributes his success...

Lynn McLaughlin’s Jackson is about the struggle of living with mental illness. This story centers on Jackson and his mother, June. Jackson’s dialogue narrates the struggles of coping with severe anxiety, and his mother’s dialogue expresses her struggles while caring for someone with mental health...

Eighteen Days in New York: A Novel about the 1924 Democratic Convention by Bill Lewers is an enthralling historical fiction novel with a touch of time-travel thrown in for good measure. Claudia Burnham was excited – a cub reporter for the Washington Chronicle, she had...

In The Wild Poppy by Julia Bell, Melody was determined to become a newspaper reporter. It was 1864 and female reporters were unheard of. Female occupations at the time--seamstress, governess, domestic servant, teacher--didn’t interest her in the least. Marriage was the fulfillment of a woman’s...

In Margaret Lynette Sharp's Mr Broadwood meets the Bennets: A 'Pride and Prejudice' Variation Vignette, Mr Broadwood has just moved into town. Mr and Mrs Bennet discuss the possibility of having their daughter, Mary, teach his daughter piano lessons. When news of the expected...