Category: fiction

Spotlight – The Good Mother Test by Michael R. French

  Synopsis When Emily, a bright but impulsive UCLA student, gives birth to her daughter Violet, she vows to be the kind of mother she never had: endlessly loving and fiercely protective. But single motherhood is a test with no right answers. As Violet’s brilliance and independence unfold, Emily’s instincts clash with a world obsessed […]

Excerpt – How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev

  Synopsis Two sisters face the real consequences of a fake marriage scheme in an emotional yet hilarious novel about immigration, healing, and family from USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev. Two sisters. One fake marriage. Zero chance of keeping the truth hidden. The Naik sisters escaped their traumatic past in Mumbai to come to the States, […]

Review – Finding My Way Back by Renee Curtis

  Synopsis Harlow Phillips had her future mapped out—a prestigious music program in New York City and a promising career as a concert pianist. But in one violent moment, her best friend’s stalker shattered more than just her right hand. He destroyed her dreams, her relationships, and her sense of self. Now, many months and […]

Excerpt – Last Bite by Amy S. Peele

  Synopsis A mouth-watering home run of a beach read, this lighthearted romantic comedy featuring a newly widowed fortysomething takes the reader on a joyful romp through-out some of Chicago’s finest eateries—with a dash of Cubs baseball on the side. In the heart of Chicago, forty-five-year-old Angie Sortino finds herself at a crossroads. Recently widowed, […]

New Release – Should Have Told You Sooner by Jane Ward

  Synopsis When Noel Enfield is offered a secondment at a museum in London, it’s a chance for her career aspirations to finally come to fruition—but also leads to the opening of some old wounds—in this story of art, love lost, and second chances, perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Claire Lombardo. While studying […]

Excerpt – One Alpen Day by Michele Davenport-Dutton

    Rather than unfolding through grand gestures, One Alpen Day by Michele Davenport-Dutton follows a quieter path, tracing how ordinary days can shift everything when two people, each shaped by loss, find themselves unexpectedly connected. Angela Sutton has retreated from the life she once knew, carrying the weight of divorce and repeated pregnancy losses. […]

Excerpt – Winter’s Season by R.J. Koreto

    A single death sets the events of Winter’s Season in motion, drawing Captain Winter into an investigation shaped by secrecy and divided allegiances. Written by R.J. Koreto, the story examines how truth emerges slowly when power has a vested interest in silence. The murder of a young woman exposes fault lines running beneath […]

Excerpt – The Below by Scott T. Miller

  Synopsis Humankind rose from the carcass of a dead world. Lifetimes later, billions of people live in superstructures constructed atop the only habitable lands left, the Hawaiian Islands. Kilohana “Kilo” Ressler lives in Hawai’i City (known to the people as Big City) along with his illegal Digital Psychological Manifestation (DPM), EO, a pseudo-twin only […]

Excerpt – America by Mike Bond

      A defining chapter of national history unfolds through intimate lives in America by Mike Bond. Cultural transformation and personal discovery move together as young people respond to a rapidly changing world. As unrest and possibility reshape the country, four young lives begin to diverge and intertwine. Troy, orphaned early, finds belonging and […]

Excerpt – The Radical Radiance of the Fishing Fly by Lewis K. Schrager

    Set against the remote wilderness of Alaska, The Radical Radiance of the Fishing Fly by Lewis K. Schrager unfolds as a story of dislocation and emotional reckoning, where unfamiliar landscapes mirror a man’s internal struggle to reconcile reason with forces he cannot control. A carefully ordered life begins to unravel when certainty can […]