A plucky schoolteacher seeks to improve her community, earning the admiration of a fellow boarder, in the quaint romance novel Bertie’s Place. In Edie Goodwin’s optimistic Christian novel Bertie’s Place, a teacher in a rural Ohio... Read More

In Afabwaje Kurian’s novel "Before the Mango Ripens", Nigerians fight against white American missionaries for control over their country’s future. “Transition [is] afoot in Nigeria” in 1971, just after the nation’s... Read More

The island of Cyprus is centered in Alex Christofi’s eye-opening historical exposé "Cypria". Situated in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, Cyprus is located at several crossroads: the European, Asian, and African tectonic... Read More

In Jay Neugeboren’s contemplative novel, a marriage is haunted by French existentialist Albert Camus. Tolle is a dancer who meets Camus—an intellectual titan who’s portrayed in dynamic terms—at a Paris bistro just before his... Read More

In the romance novel "Etch of a Promise", a burgeoning couple is compelled to work through their personal and psychological challenges together. In Ruby M. Holder’s romance novel "Etch of a Promise", an upbeat tradesman and a troubled... Read More