An intriguing, suspenseful conspiracy thriller, written elegantly and with vivid details…
Gripping, meticulously researched, and full of surprises, Dupuis’s second installment in The Seven Keys of Hildegard series reveals the anarchy that lurks in shadows as the ancient keys inevitably…
A brilliantly constructed and superbly executed historical tale…
Gray skillfully makes use of the scant biographical resources, bringing a sensible eye to Shakespeare’s life story in his debut. As Gray tells it, William Shakespeare was his parent’s first child to…
A tautly paced and multifaceted tale of humanity and the power of compassion…
Mason’s moving WWII novel takes place in the past and the present, as a once-idealistic biotech CEO stumbles into a seventy-four-year-old mystery that connects her to her…
A high-octane adventure…
Durwood serves up a deeply intriguing, ambitious historical fiction series that neatly combines the thrills and chills of action and adventure. In the first book, The Illustrated Boatman’s Daughter, Salima, the daughter of a wealthy boatman, living…
An evocative, richly detailed tale…
Belshaw’s poignant latest, a tale of family secrets, love, betrayal, and revenge, delivers atmosphere and plotting as well as nicely modulated characters. With her husband’s aptitude for relentless nagging and bullying, Jessica is trapped in…
A poignant historical drama…
Karpenko’s latest boldly captures the sweeping devastating “terror-famine” of the times from the perspective of a family caught in a Bolshevik domination. Stalin’s rise to power in 1928 sets off a tidal wave of social turmoil…
A poignant examination of the intricacies of love…
A tale of love, loss, and pain, Snowden’s latest is ripe with both emotional vulnerability and authenticity. When 17-year-old Michael Grayson, the son of a New England scallop fishermen, met the lovely…
A sprawling and imaginative literary tale…
An ambitious and haunting evocation of a time and place, Newell’s debut takes readers through Florida’s gradual development after the Civil War. The book starts with the early settlers’ struggles to survive and maintain…
A large, stately, and intensely powerful tale of loss, grief, and resilience…
Set against the backdrop of Canadian frontier, Gutteridge’s intimate, deeply evocative novel displays his formidable gift for illuminating humanity’s fascinating ability to strive in the face of difficult…
An enthralling tale of love, acceptance, and understanding…
Set in contemporary Madison, Wisconsin, Linde’s second installment in the Waldwick series chronicles a young man’s coming-of-age journey as he navigates life’s ups and downs, learning about love, life, and liberty. Born…
An impressive, memorable coming-of-age tale…
Set in 1966 in Chicago’s North Shore in a diverse, inexpensive neighborhood, Phelps’s nuanced coming-of-age tale uses some real-life situation and characters to tell the story of a teenager boy trying to find his own…
A hard-hitting, poignant tale…
Set in Cornwall, England and Virginia and southwestern Wisconsin in America from 1826 to 1871, Linde’s stunning latest weaves actual historical situations and people into a fictionalized narrative to tell the story of one man’s journey…
A rip-roaring blend of space opera, history, and fantasy, this is entertainment at its best…
In New York City of the prohibition era of 1920s, when the mobster Jack “Legs” Diamond is not the man to mess with, the heavyweight…
A riveting tale…
Greig’s mesmerizing latest is an emotionally moving, intriguing novel about both a woman’s search for answers to long-buried family secrets and a poignant tale of love, loss, and courage. When the headstrong Gabriel decided to join Samuel…
A stellar debut…
Set in 1944, Kensington’s debut historical drama will charm fans with its intimate warmth and intense romance. Stranded behind enemy lines in France, eighteen-year-old Katrinka Badeau escapes German deserters and joins the undercover Jedburgh operation under the…
A captivating tale that brings to life the sounds, smells, and tastes of the old West…
Unique in style and delivery, Shellenbergar’s first installment in the Elijah Pike series brilliantly reflects the color and adventure of the wild, wild West…
Simply addictive…
Set in 1890s, Mitchell’s meticulously-researched, gripping novel tells fictionalized account of the daredevil journalist Nellie Bly’s journey of breaking through the gender barriers as she sets on a path to unravel dark secrets of authorities at a…
A dazzling time-travel romance…
Lacy’s enthralling latest succeeds both as a gripping love story and a suspenseful historical thriller. Trying to look for something meaningful in her life, Hannah Myers leaves her high-profile job and finds herself trapped in…
An electrifying debut to a promising series… not the one to be missed.
Shellenbergar’s remarkable first in the 3-part series has all the right ingredients for a thoroughly engrossing western: hefty action, the fearsome outlaws, the intimidating Apache and Comanche…
A sweeping, adventurous tale…
Set in 1898, Gordon’s briskly paced, highly entertaining tale focuses on a teenage Jewish boy who ventures into the wilderness of Alaskan goldfields to seek his fortune but finds himself in the middle of a war…