Life changed dramatically for Dana Montgomery, the main character in The Glass Ball, after her father died. Her mother succumbed to the offer of help from his brother, who moved into their home to help support them. This was a dramatic life changer for little...

Diana Paul’s novel, Things Unsaid, examines the dynamics of the family. It’s tough getting old — for you and those around you. As an elderly parent, how much do you have the right to expect from your children? As a child of an elderly parent,...

Tainted Love by Erin Cawood is a story that touches on domestic violence shared by the protagonist — Faith McKenzie — through letters to her younger brother. In her letters, Faith describes the slow decay of her marriage as her beloved psychiatrist husband, Calvin, ten...

The Uninvited Guest by Debi Graham-Leard is a murder mystery with a bit of amateur sleuthing thrown in for good measure. Gwen Andrews lost her husband, Parker, two years ago and, after retiring from the school, she takes up teaching music students in her home....

Rebecca Bryn’s The Silence of the Stones opens with Alana, a city girl who has given up her job to concentrate on painting. Told she has inherited a cottage in West Wales, she packs her worldly goods in her ancient Mini and sets out; this...

The Congressman’s Wife by Arie Pavlou and Charlene Keel is primarily Eden’s story. Born into a rich family and then plunged into poverty, she has only two advantages: youthful beauty and knowledge of social etiquette. She fears the lack of stability in her life and...

When I started reading Copenhagen, the first story in Told From the Hips, a collection of short stories by Andrea Amosson, I was immediately drawn into the emotional turmoil of its character. A bicycle ride through the old city to visit a Chilean flea market...

Time Trials by Terry Lee follows the lives of eight friends - the Bad-Ass Girls - from when they first met in college through the next forty years of their lives. The story covers their friendship, their personal journeys, and the changes that came...

The Silver Locket by Sophia Bar-Lev begins with a brutal attack on beautiful young Rosalie, and then takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through budding relationships of almost every description, from Rosalie’s difficult decision, and of her close friendship with Sarah. Sarah’s baby is...

The Plastic Face: The Solomon Sisters Volume One by JESSie NW is about Jessica Solomon. Everyone thinks that she has everything and, on the surface, she does. The only thing missing in her life is a person who will love her unconditionally and who she...