"I Can Handle Him" is a bubbly, suspenseful, and satisfying romance. There are obstacles on the road to love—sometimes even deadly ones. So the young and hopeful characters of Debbie Lum’s romantic thriller "I Can Handle Him" learn... Read More

Chaim Linder’s remarkable memoir reaches into widely interesting territory. "Angels Always Come on Time" is a memoir that reaches into the realm of epics and odysseys as well as being a religious and cultural history. In its present... Read More

Things We Haven’t Said is a thoughtful and courageous collection, intended to encourage conversations about issues related to sexual violence. As the #MeToo movement continues to open up the conversation around sexual violence and... Read More

The novel excels in its depiction of wine country and wine production. It’s set out in loving, exciting detail, with ample sensory elements. Patrick Ember’s "Wine Runs Deep" is part heist caper, part romance, and part redemption... Read More

"The Treehouse" is earnest, sweet, and charming as it works through the struggles of its shining lead character. Randi Triant’s insightful character-focused novel "The Treehouse" finds an intertwined cast dealing with relationships,... Read More

Through both its lyrics and prose, "Songs from an Imperfect Life" is a memoir that mixes tragedy with happy memories to achieve a sense of thoughtful reflection. J. Ronald M. York’s memoir "Songs from an Imperfect Life" works through... Read More

Nine previous books of poetry and a memoir of gender transition does not a life make, but it’s nothing to sneeze at. Dr. Joy Ladin, take that National Endowment of the Arts fellowship and Fulbright Scholarship to the rocker on the back... Read More

July Westhale’s poetry seems accompanied with a tuning fork’s pitch, a heightened, pressing, weaponized immediacy. Whatever she faced to earn that ability would have killed a lesser mortal, we can be sure. A creative writing,... Read More