It’s been four years since I discovered the excellent writing of Yvonne Eve Walus when I read her book, Serial Wives. Though not her first novel, it was her first mystery murder featuring New Zealand policewoman, Zero Zimmerman. I loved both the story and the...

Blake Nolan is a broken young woman. She is troubled, and the voices in her head are driving her crazy. At sixteen, her life is spiraling out of control, and the thoughts of her parents always putting the blame on her and repeatedly telling her...

What an indescribable pleasure it is to find a novel that holds you captive not just with its clever, dark plot, but with characters so riveting, real, and relatable that it’s impossible to put the book down. Drawn from Life by Sarah P. Blanchard is...

The Misadventures of Boopsie O'Flannigan by Ludo Frank follows a young woman's journey of self-discovery. Boopsie O'Flannigan always wanted to travel the world. After graduating from state university, Boopsie, seeking to leave her small Alaskan town, applies for a job as a governess to a...

Wendy Schultz's River of Light is an enchanting coming-of-age story about a girl who struggles with her identity and strives to live a healthy, normal life despite her disappointing family issues. In the early part of the story, Clare is happy to stay with Grammie...

Little Ships by Sandra Scofield is a novel based on a family dealing with the early death of their mother, Karin. The young girls, Juni at age thirteen and Tilde at twelve, are comforted by their fraternal grandmother, Eleanor, and their Swedish maternal grandmother, Helve....

Rise of Falcons by R. A. Lingenfelter is book 3 of the Small Sacrifices series. Willow Danner is a gyrfalcon raised as a crow who believes in freedom and family and is willing to fight for them. Her experiences behind the Dominion walls had exposed...

A Healing Touch is the third book in the Riverview series, and like the first two, it also deals with overcoming personal disasters. This time, author Melissa A Hanson focuses on the effects of rape and the aftermath. Told from various points of view, the...

Awoke: The Unseen War by K.T. Conte revolves around the story of Katya Stevens, who discovers a supernatural world that she once thought was only a childhood nightmare. At the age of eighteen, she undergoes a profound transformation, gaining the ability to see the departed....

In Karen Janowsky's modern romance titled Her Name Was Lola, at twenty-two, Lola took her second major step toward adulthood: she decided to stop being a virgin and start acting like an adult. Lola continued to pursue her dream of having her fairy tale come...