Nicole Graves is a charming and straight-shooting heroine who reads like a grown-up Nancy Drew. Readers who were first introduced to Nicole Graves in The Swap will be delighted to catch up with her again in Nancy Boyarsky’s "The... Read More

The true story here is one of a sister helping a sister, a mother-and-child-reunion, and a woman on the road to recovery. H. G. McKinnis’s "A Justified Bitch" may be labeled a murder mystery, but its real story is of family ties and... Read More

This absolutely enthralling fantasy tests the limits of imagination. Robin Shortt’s "Wellside" is an amazingly creative fantasy novel about two young adults who face uncertain futures and who go on a mind-bending journey. The book... Read More

Wilfried N’Sondé delivers a deep slice of the human experience in luminous prose. Flight, forgiveness, and the plight of an illegal African immigrant in Paris are the subjects of Wilfried N’Sondé’s accomplished and richly... Read More

Well-crafted and moving, this is a novel in which settings and feelings are both vividly portrayed. Grief, the seemingly impossible task of healing, and the bridge between animals and humans take center stage in Dawn Reno Langley’s... Read More

A ragtag cast of supporting characters, human and otherwise, shines. In Debbie Burns’s "A New Leash on Love", Megan runs an animal shelter outside St. Louis. The temperamental beauty gives a handsome stranger a piece of her mind when... Read More

This is a light, frothy confection of an apocalypse story, filled with soapy drama, cringe-worthy antics, and campy horror. Camp meets the occult in Laurence MacNaughton’s "A Kiss Before Doomsday", the second installment in a new... Read More

Vega is a perfectly flawed, Technicolor noir detective: obsessive, neurotic, and self-indulgent. "The Last Girl" is a modern noir set in steamy Florida in which an ex-reporter traces a young woman who doesn’t want to be found. Laid off... Read More