Synopsis Cat St. Clair is ready for her messy love triangle era now that she’s in an open relationship. But she didn’t foresee a forbidden love triangle with the only two people who are off-limits: her boyfriend’s best friend and his girlfriend. Being a twenty-something writer who lives for plot, she falls for them […]
Category: Literary
New Release – The Emilys by Heather Abel
Synopsis A mother becomes obsessed with finding the cure to a mysterious ailment that is spreading throughout her New England town in this kaleidoscopic novel about love’s capacities in a changing world. “And if we weren’t afraid of the darkness? What world would we make then?” Eve is at a breaking point. Alone with […]
Synopsis In the insulated Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, tradition and cultural norms are as sacred as religion. Childhood friendships are cultivated to climb social ladders, matchmakers dictate futures, and young girls are primed for marriage and motherhood. So, when Etty Greenberger, a headstrong redhead and the only child of Holocaust survivors, commits […]
Excerpt – Crossing the Bronx by David Hirshberg
Synopsis Set in the gritty, working-class streets of The Bronx in the 1950s, Crossing the Bronx is a modern retelling of the Biblical story of rival brothers Jacob and Esau. It blends crime and a love story with an uncompromising sense of realism and explores themes of family division, political corruption, and clashing cultures. […]
New Release & Excerpt – Don’t Stop by Bonnie Friedman
Synopsis A daring, erotically charged novel about ambition, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of self-knowledge. Ina is a 41-year-old literary scholar on the cusp of professional success. With a coveted university job, a kind husband, and a book on Eugene O’Neill due in months, her life appears enviably stable. But when an impulsive kiss […]
Synopsis All Isabelle (Belle) Marsden wants when she moves to Kansas is a place to retreat and heal from an ugly #MeToo experience. But a chance encounter with a free-spirited artist draws her into a community of colorful characters who soon have her lobbying to rescue their Summer Solstice parade, conducting surveillance at a […]
Coming of Age Spotlight – Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane
Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane focuses on a stretch of life marked by uncertainty. The story unfolds as a family adjusts to changes that affect how they see themselves and each other. When Bubby Welter is fifteen, his family life is quietly dismantled. His mother Carrie’s mental breakdown […]
Review – Pillars of Creation by Carlos Nicolás Flores
Pillars of Creation A Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World By Carlos Nicolás Flores Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Atmosphere Press Publication Date: July 22, 2025 Synopsis Where is God amidst the mass graves, poverty, drug trafficking, and corrupt officials on the Texas-Mexico border? Yoltic Cortez, a […]
Giveaway of a New Jane Austen Game – Dowries & Dalliances
Jane Austen’s Dowries and Dalliances: A Literary Card Game from Samantha L. Hastings Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary! Jane Austen’s Dowries and Dalliances: A Literary Card Game Format: Games Publication Date: 10/7/2025 Hours of fun for Jane Austen fans of all ages: This literary card game features simple and satisfying gameplay with […]
Literary Spotlight – Narrow the Road by James Wade
NARROW THE ROAD By James Wade Genre: Southern Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 306 Publication Date: 26 August 2025 Synopsis In this gripping coming-of-age odyssey, a young man’s quest to reunite his family takes him on a life-altering journey through the wilds of 1930s East Texas, […]