In A Leaf in Wind and Water, Jennifer Skutelsky tells the story of Anneline Mulder, or Leaf as her Pa calls her, a girl growing up in South West Africa. Raised on a farm in the Kalahari, she knows her mother’s constant sorrow and her...

And Then There's Margaret by Carolyn Clarke is an entertaining story of midlife and mothers-in-law. Alison Montgomery has received the news that her father-in-law has passed away and now her mother-in-law is moving in - temporarily, she says. Alison should be glad to give her...

In Connie Wesala's A Far Away Star, Sarah and Maggie are best friends. They're about to graduate from high school and already have their college plans made, sharing a dorm room and all. Sarah’s blue-eyed boyfriend from out-of-town flies in for the prom, and everything's...

Fran could still remember the fateful night when her mother died in a car accident. She has felt Lorette’s presence ever since as she bestowed little gifts on her and soothed her anxiety. However, she also doled out punishment if she misbehaved. Even though the...

Angels in the Architecture is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Annie M. Ballard. The book follows a married couple, Emelie and Liam, after a...

A Lady Newspaperman’s Dilemma by Eileen Donovan artfully lays out the choices women had in the 1920s pursuing a journalism career. Newspapers were the most influential communications medium in the early 20th century, known for their ability to frame political issues. Competition for jobs was...

A Distant Horizon is a work of fiction in the historical, interpersonal drama, and women’s fiction subgenres. It forms the opening installment of The Distant Series and was penned for the general adult reading audience by author AnneMarie Brear. Set during the intensely difficult Irish...

In After the Sucker Punch by Lorraine Devon Wilke, thrust into the drama of a father’s death, each sibling’s foibles in a moderately dysfunctional family are exacerbated. Topping the negative family dynamic, Tessa discovers that her father, who has kept a journal throughout his...

Almond City Ashes by Connie Chappell is a cozy mystery novel. It is book five in a series but works as a standalone. Historian Wrenn Grayson lives in the small town of Havens, Ohio. She was invited to the Foundling Estate and was asked to...

Living the city life was Kentucky native Marcos's dream. Why not? There was nothing more beautiful than a bird’s-eye view of the Rockefeller Center at Christmas. The bustle of New York City streets, the intoxicating promise of financial success, the won-and-done atmosphere of completion. It...