"The Last Crusader Kingdom"’s ultimate seduction is the enchantment of Cyprus itself. "The Last Crusader Kingdom" by Helena P. Schrader is a complex, intriguing historical novel. Taking place after the events in Schrader’s Jerusalem... Read More

The book’s riveting main character proves to be Haight-Ashbury itself, at its tumultuous peak. Susan Knapp’s "The House on Masonic" goes back to the summer of love to explore the hippie movement from its ground zero: the... Read More

"A Prophet without Honor" takes an approach to history that is both inventive and meticulous. Joseph Wurtenbaugh’s A Prophet without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History depicts a world in which the rise of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s... Read More

A riveting page turner, "Rhode Island Rendezvous" delights and informs, offering a fresh take on the seafaring novel. Linda Collison’s "Rhode Island Rendezvous" thrills as a hard-to-put-down historical novel of nautical derring-do.... Read More

Boyd paints a vivid portrait of a young woman entrepreneur’s defiant and revolutionary spirit. Natasha Boyd’s "The Indigo Girl" introduces an all-but-forgotten, real-life historical figure, Eliza Lucas, while providing a fascinating... Read More

A quietly luminous narrative follows five displaced children and reimagines the notion of family. In Gaute Heivoll’s "Across the China Sea", a son returns to his childhood home in rural Norway, prepared to clean out the house following... Read More

Håkan is so expressively drawn that his bouts of loneliness, heartache, and shame vibrate off the page. A Swedish immigrant, the American West, and the powers of fate unite in Hernan Diaz’s stunning novel, "In the Distance". In the... Read More

Dempsey appeals not just to the intellect but to the heart, in this incredibly timely novel about tolerance. In a time when religious liberty is on trial, "This Is How It Begins" is an extraordinarily pertinent novel dripping in suspense... Read More