Concerned with the tension between belief and evidence, "Beneath the Verdant Veil" is an intriguing speculative novel. In Veronica Thorne’s thrilling science fiction novel "Beneath the Verdant Veil", a tropical basin’s unusual... Read More

In the sensitive contemporary romance novel "Talk to Me", a woman decides what she wants out of her second act. In Zoe Amos’s LGBTQ+ romance novel Talk to Me, a woman who’s separated from her husband forms a romantic attraction to... Read More

"Chateau Laux" is an engrossing novel set during colonial times. Based in truth, David Loux’s historical novel "Chateau Laux" is a bittersweet story of tragedy, found family, and reconciliation in colonial America. In 1710 in... Read More

Expressive descriptions and heart-wrenching exchanges make Simon’s Mansion a raw LGBTQ+ novel. Past mistakes haunt a recovering drug addict in William Poe’s intense novel Simon’s Mansion. After surviving a religious cult and... Read More

"A Lady in Havana" is self-referential, winking, and thoroughly situated in the Cuban culture of yesteryear. Ashley Morgan’s entertaining novel of passion and persuasion, "A Lady in Havana", puts a Floridian housewife in the eye of a... Read More

Carrie Rubin’s "The Bone Curse" supplements the usual medical thriller storyline with elements of Vodou and the occult. The result is a polished, entertaining novel. Ben Oris is an endearing med student who leans heavily on science as... Read More

Terrien’s is a unique world with strong character relationships and a chilling underlying mystery. Wendy Terrien’s "The Clan Calling" is an eerie urban fantasy novel driven by character relationships and a desperate desire for... Read More

A writer reflects on how her experiences doing fieldwork with her husband impacted their marriage, her career, and the way she views the “other.” “I need a project of my own,” declares Gail Pool, a Harvard-educated... Read More