Carolyn McBride brings us soulful women's fiction in The Cicada Spring. Katie Young is adrift. She has just said goodbye to her daughter who will be attending college in New York City. Now she will be returning home to Virginia, alone. She has a stable...

Debriefing Darly: Coming of Age at Any Age is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, women’s fiction, and slice-of-life genres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience as it contains some sexual references. Penned by author Amy Virginia Evans, the plot...

Love Among the Recipes by Carol M. Cram will appeal to fans of women's fiction, romance, and drama. When Genna McGraw's marriage falls apart, she leaves Vancouver for Paris, planning to write a cookbook with recipes for bistro dishes. Genna seeks inspiration while sightseeing; almost...

Kat Girl by Sarah Lahey is a contemporary romance novel set in Australia, following the story of Kathleen McDermott and Liam Wolf. After facing a coup in her previous role as CEO of Volt Construction, Kat embarks on a fresh start as a Heritage Consultant....

Jenni Ogden’s Dancing With Dragons is a beautifully crafted tale set in the late 1970s on Western Australia’s Coral Coast, where teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live a secluded life with their parents. Gaia is intensively trained by her mother, a former Principal Dancer...

In Not Yours to Keep by Zelly Ruskin, Billie, dealing with fertility issues, manages her work at an adoption agency. Her husband Tyler has practical worries over finances, but, despite their issues, they affirm their desire for a child. Then there's Anne, a woman haunted...

A Horse Brought Us Here by Dershie McDevitt is a novel set in Juniper, Wyoming in 1959, about teenagers growing up in what appears to be a simple and rural town in America where everyone knows each other. Childhood friends, Nella and BJ, met at...

Back to Her Future is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction, interpersonal drama, and slice-of-life subgenres, and is part of the Gen X series penned by author Cary J Hansson. The plot follows Meryem, abducted from England to Turkey as a teenager and...

Lilly Jean is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, family saga, and emotional writing genres, and is the sixth novel in The Cedar Cove Chronicles penned by author Cynthia Ulmer. The plot follows the titular character, Lilly Jean, as she navigates the challenges...

Short fiction is not hard to come by, but impactful short fiction is. Danila Botha's Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness is a collection of slice-of-life stories around themes of diversity, wonder, and femininity. My favorite story is Don't Look Back. It follows a young artist...