Spiritual and allegorical, the fantasy novel The Once Upon a Time of Now follows a girl in a strange land who absorbs mystical ideas from magical teachers. In Hope West’s fantasy novel The Once Upon a Time of Now, a girl and her... Read More

Strong bonds carry a family through their contrasting dramas in the historical novel "Porch Music". In Kathy Maresca’s debut novel "Porch Music", members of a tortured Florida family support each other through dramatic shifts. Bessie... Read More

A self-deprecating, lovable angel leads Anni Sezate’s atypical coming-of-age novel, "I Fail at the Afterlife". David does not mind being dead. While he misses his family, he watches over them as a guardian angel. He spends the rest of... Read More

In Mark Ristau’s brilliant psychological novel "Beyond the Threshold", a man grapples with his untreated childhood traumas. After a summer camp experience left him marred, Ricky is sick of being picked on, and he’s tired of feeling... Read More

A woman seeks meaning and connections after being abandoned by her husband in the musing novel "Hotel Highway Very Most Famous". Sudha Challa’s spiritual novel "Hotel Highway Very Most Famous" is about a woman’s triumphs and despairs... Read More

In the inspiring novel "Inside Me", a woman’s future happiness is dependent on her ability to reconcile herself to her troubled past. Based in truth, Zoe Hethershaw’s novel "Inside Me" is about a father’s influence on his... Read More

In R. Cathey Daniels’s harrowing novel "Live Caught", a young man confronts his troubled past. In the 1970s, Lenny set out for the Atlantic from his North Carolina farm. He washed up on an unrecognized shore, his boat lost. He was... Read More