In this novella, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a dowry. Unfortunately, Juli wants to be alone with her books, and thinks that amassing household goods for a... Read More

With the name Sarah Thorson, a girl must be a fair-skinned, blue-eyed blonde Lutheran who loves lutefisk herring. Or so the young protagonist of this delicate novel once thought. Yet, mirror glimpses remind her that she has “black,... Read More

"Where I Must Go", the first novel by the winner of the 1993 Chicago Sun-Times Book of the Year Award in Poetry and the 1994 Carl Sandburg Award for Poetry, delivers a historic and engaging narrative of a young black woman during the... Read More

“You wonder: can’t your boss get out early once in a while, get a life, get meds, get out of your hair, or maybe, oh please dear hiring gods, just get a new job?” Readers who are familiar with these pleas may enjoy this book about... Read More

Young Faith O’Connor, survivor of an early twentieth-century polio epidemic, carries two passions in her heart. One is a secret yearning for a handsome rogue, and the other is a love of God. The second passion is actually the first,... Read More

In the corporate thriller "Affiliation", two people discover a sinister conspiracy and risk their lives to alert the world. In Andrew Greville Watts’s thriller "Affiliation", a document leak leads to a pulse-pounding manhunt. Matthews... Read More

Parents tend to advise their teens with simple declarations, such as “Believe in yourself” and “Be more positive,” says the author. But that’s where the advice often ends; how are teens supposed to figure out practical... Read More

In the antebellum South, inventor Tom Edmunton believes his new machine will change the lives of all in the region. This engaging second novel, by Gen LaGreca (she was a finalist for ForeWord‘s Book of the Year awards for her first,... Read More