Mysterious and intimate elements elevate this optimistic romance. Andrea Thome’s "House of Belonging", the third book in the Hesse Creek series, is an intriguing romance with a surprisingly mysterious layer underneath. A recent... Read More

"Another Son" is a spiritual parable that connects complicated questions with the lives of ordinary people. Kurtis Bell’s quirky modern parable "Another Son" mixes religious ideas with scientific thinking. The story takes a parabolic... Read More

The Sow’s Ear Cafe is an avidly inspiring and comforting story. Down-on-her-luck Lucie swaps a Vancouver office job for “tumbleweeds and cowboys”—and finds herself along the way—in Holly Quan’s inspirational novel The Sow’s... Read More

"Soul Experience" suggests some compelling answers to questions of how one might live a fuller and more meaningful life. Thought-provoking and inspirational, Al Killeen’s self-help work "Soul Experience" explores how to make being... Read More

Loser’s Road is an engaging work of fiction about growth, second chances, and one man’s ability to grow and change for the better. Kalan Chapman Lloyd’s spiritually uplifting romance Loser’s Road is about a man who comes to find... Read More

The Biographies of Ordinary People: Volume 2 is a satisfying family saga about growing up and coming into one’s own. Nicole Dieker’s The Biographies of Ordinary People, Vol. 2: 2004–2016 brings back the Gruber girls as they grow... Read More

Chinawoman’s Chance is an engaging mystery with a historically informative feminist bent. A gruesome murder makes way for an unexpected romance in James Musgrave’s Chinawoman’s Chance. The first book in the Portia of the Pacific... Read More

Because of its likable lead detective, "Trail of Madness" is an exceptionally fun murder mystery, highly addictive and with more than its fair share of memorable passages. The Sierra Nevada and the tiny towns of Orange County,... Read More