During the Great Depression, a young journalist covers ambitious protest efforts in the detailed historical novel "The Incognito Reporter and the On-to-Ottawa Trek". Michael Dupuis’s revealing historical novel "The Incognito Reporter... Read More

In Joanna Barker’s delectable Regency-era romance novel "A Love Most Daring", a scandal-embroiled young woman and a protective officer are drawn together by danger. Though cruel rumors follow Beatrice, she is hopeful she will find love... Read More

In J. M. Sidorova’s propulsive fantasy novel "The Witch of Prague", a girl unravels political scandals amid discoveries of her own mystical abilities. In the late 1960s in Prague, Alica is on the cusp of adulthood. Craving independence... Read More

Family secrets have an outsized spiritual influence in Liz Prato’s virtuoso historical novel "Purgatoire". Near the Purgatoire River in Colorado at the turn of the century, mining industries start up, attracting European immigrants.... Read More

A fateful lesbian relationship grounds Mariam, It’s Arwa, Areej Gamal’s revealing historical novel about sustenance amid grief. Sent to live with her grandmother in Egypt, Mariam aches to be known. Then, in a metro station amid... Read More

Blessed with longevity, a granddaughter of Leah sees her people through to freedom in Esther Goldenberg’s triumphant, trilogy-closing novel "The Song of the Blue Bird". Throughout major periods of Jewish history, Blue is there. She is... Read More

In Jerome Charyn’s engaging novel "Silver Wolves", a teenager is thrust into a leadership role that clashes with his opportunities to build a better life. In the 1950s in New York, Jonah is held in a correctional facility for carrying... Read More

Emily Franklin’s transfixing historical novel gives voice to Claire Clairmont, lover of Lord Byron and stepsister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In 1816, Claire lives with her writer stepsister, Mary, and Mary’s fiancé, poet Percy... Read More