In Andrée A. Michaud’s compelling novel "Trembling River", a woman returns to her hometown after thirty years, facing the ghosts of her childhood and exorcising her guilt. Marnie returns to Rivière-aux-Tremble for her father’s... Read More

In the summer of 1978, Mark Abley and his friend Clare embarked on the Hippie Trail, an overland route from Turkey to Nepal that many Westerners took in search of adventure and spiritual enlightenment. "Strange Bewildering Time" is... Read More

In Laura Frantz’s eloquent Georgian romance novel "The Rose and the Thistle", an English lady goes into exile during the Jacobite uprising and has a fateful encounter with a Scottish earl. Blythe, the duke of Northumbria’s only... Read More

A staged relationship blooms into love in Waverly Decker’s lighthearted LGBTQ+ romance novel "The 30-Day Engagement". Emory and Mari broke up eight years ago, so Emory is surprised when Mari, who works as an actress in Hollywood,... Read More

A freewheeling woman returns home in search of a fresh beginning in Kate Clayborn’s small-town romance novel "Georgie, All Along". Georgie, once a personal assistant in Los Angeles, heads back to her parents’ house. She’s used to... Read More

In the fairy tales and poems of Jane Yolen’s "The Scarlet Circus", there are curious permutations of haunting, mesmerizing love stories. Featuring previously published stories alongside new work and personal commentary, this... Read More

Stewart Lawrence Sinclair’s "Juggling" is a memoir, an analysis, and a guide; it examines the role of the hobby in Sinclair’s personal search for meaning. Through a series of linked essays, "Juggling" pivots between relating... Read More

In Megan Walker’s wistful Regency romance novel Miss Newbury’s List, a woman is faced with a choice between an aristocratic marriage or unexpected love. Three weeks before her wedding to a duke, Rosalind feels overwhelmed. She’s... Read More