In the supernatural novel The Awakening, a New Orleans couple is placed in fresh mortal peril because of vampires. In Buffy M. Brinkley’s thrilling fantasy novel "The Awakening", a detective settles into domestic bliss before a series... Read More

At some exasperating point, every wine drinker faces a wine bottle in need of opening with no corkscrew at hand. It’s a pivotal moment because only when forced to use a screwdriver, fork, or one’s teeth to carry out an inventive... Read More

Susan Stinson’s "Martha Moody" is an exuberant, cheeky Western in which sensual hunger steers an offbeat homesteader toward freedom. Stuck in a dull marriage, Amanda is a Bible reader with an overactive imagination. She’s closest to... Read More

The French word “terroir” refers to the whole environment in which something is grown, and Natasha Sajé’s essay collection Terroir: Love, Out of Place applies this term to her life, examining the context in which her identity was... Read More

Family loyalty is put to the test in Laurel Gale’s middle grade fantasy novel, Story Magic. Kaya is twelve years old and lives with her only living family member, her older brother, Hob. Estranged from their relatives, the siblings... Read More

Steven Heighton volunteered at a refugee camp, and his memoir "Reaching Mithymna" is an eyewitness account of the Syrian refugee crisis. In 2015, the fifth year of the Syrian civil war, Heighton volunteered as an aid worker. Within hours... Read More

"American Terrorist" probes the line between concerned citizen and criminal, addressing real-life political problems including corporate pollution, racial inequality, and access to health care. Owen, a journalist, and Hannah, a teacher,... Read More

In Antoine Laurain’s acerbic cozy mystery The Readers’ Room, a debut novel makes waves among the Paris literati––and with two homicide detectives. Publishing darling Violaine Lepage is much admired for her impeccable taste and... Read More