In Richard Van Camp’s moving novel "Beast", an Indigenous teenager and his friends fight a sinister evil threatening their hometown. Lawson is a member of the Dogrib tribe, which feuds with the Chipewyan tribe. As a Yabati, his role is... Read More
In Valerie Fraser Luesse’s earthy Christian novel "The Light on Horn Island", women heal from grief as they rekindle their hopes in a bayou town. Edie is in mourning, while Charlotte, a family friend, never recovered from losing a... Read More
Two single mothers form an unexpected romantic connection in Lindsay Ishihiro’s endearing graphic novel "Motherlover". After a breakup, Alex, a cool, cosmopolitan musician, returns to her late parents’ suburban home with her... Read More
In Milo Todd’s humane historical novel "The Lilac People", a transgender man fights for the survival of his community and loved ones during World War II. In 1932, Bertie’s work at the Institute for Sexual Science and evenings at a... Read More
An artistic novel, "Blue Mountain Rose" explores new love and new life stages against the backdrop of Shakespearean productions. In Julie Hammonds’s engaging novel "Blue Mountain Rose", the members of an Arizona Shakespeare company... Read More
In J. T. Falco’s atmospheric thriller "Blood on the Vine", a seamy side of idyllic Napa Valley is unearthed. Lana, a seasoned FBI agent in the San Francisco field office, navigates uncertain motives and personal demons as she... Read More
Across more than a century, three women connected by a narrative persist beyond the brokenness of their worlds in "A Line You Have Traced", Roisin Dunnett’s stunning speculative novel. At the end of World War I, brilliant Bea assists... Read More
Jessica Zucker’s self-help book "Normalize It" demonstrates that storytelling is the way to break the cycles of silence, stigma, and shame that keep women from disclosing difficult episodes in their lives. Zucker shares composite case... Read More