The fate of the first woman after her banishment from Eden is the focus of B. K. O’Connor’s transcendent novel "Eve". In the verdant, fertile glades of Eden, God creates Adam. When Adam aches for a companion to share in his paradise,... Read More

In Michael L. Satlow’s rigorous religious study, the daily practices of Late Antiquity faiths, set in a world alive with the supernatural, reveal the shared experiences of human beings negotiating the divine realm. Focusing on Late... Read More

A troubled mother-daughter relationship is at the center of the detailed historical novel "Motherlands". A Hungarian girl travels to the US to reunite with her mysterious mother in Dennis Andrulis’s historical novel "Motherlands". In... Read More

In Janet Richard Edwards’s luminous, mesmerizing historical novel "Canticle", a thirteenth-century saint-in-the-making has her faith fostered by a community of women. As a teenager on her family farm, Aleys lives to pray and teaches... Read More

An intriguing thriller that follows consequential judges through the centuries, "The Book of Judges" rests on exciting conspiracies. A mysterious, world-shattering secret relating to historical judges across millennia initiates a... Read More

A nascent warrior uses sex in a subversive manner in the piquing historical novel "The Tao of Poison". Isham Cook’s wild, erotic historical novel "The Tao of Poison" concerns a young woman with an odd physical condition. The White... Read More

A moving love story transcends tragedy and time in "Part of the Solution", an irresistible mystery novel that evokes the counterculture. Sassy and soulful, Elana Michelson’s first-rate mystery novel "Part of the Solution" chronicles... Read More

A plucky trio pursues a treasure in the convivial thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem. In Ed Shiffman’s slow-burn thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem, a trio of adventure seekers follows a treasure map. At a California impound auction,... Read More