Matilde cunningly helps her people ally with Emperor Arcadius. But in Matilde's General, she becomes mired in the power politics of the dying Roman empire. Highly recommended!
Freeing Teresa stresses the importance of listening to marginalized voices in decisions about their lives—and how to fight for justice when they're ignored. Highly recommended!
A journey through the book of Ecclesiastes, on the search for Something More. Potter contemplates the transience of life, and how to find meaning within it. Recommended.
A gladiator's prophecy stokes rebellion, a religious faction and the queen alike plot regicide. In The Scales of Balance, a complex battle for power begins. Highly recommended!
As the child of divorced San Francisco hippies, M struggles to hold her family together. But in Sour Flower, she reaches for a chance to chase her dream. Highly recommended!
After being wrongly cast out, Sarah Kraft returns to the intelligence world to secure an artifact that could shift the Cold War completely—The Byzantine Cross. Highly recommended!
Childhood friends search for their lost comrade, and in The Faraway Mountains reveal life under a brutal Communist regime as they try to escape it. Highly recommend!
Badu Obosi flees enslavement. But to protect his daughter and live fully again, he must find Shelter in a Hostile World — both outside of and within himself. Highly recommended!
Our interpersonal relationships are the paths to happiness. Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success opens these pathways wide for readers ready to listen. Highly recommended!
Lady Catherine and her family confront the cruelty beneath the surface of their Colonial world, as A Sea of Glass reveals the reality of slavery. Highly recommended!
The 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery turns bloody. The Texas Justice system seeks four dead criminals, but The Last Man might just escape the electric chair. Highly recommended!
Radu Guiasu makes artful use of writing forms to explore academia, nature, dictatorship, and more in A Good Day and Other Mostly Humorous Stories and Lists. Highly recommended!
Double Takedown, the 6th installment in the Mike Stoneman Series by Kevin G. Chapman, delivers a high stakes police procedural where the ballet takes a deadly turn. A perfect blend of action and mystery.
Stefán and Julie might not hold the same authority as their royal friends, but in Summer Cyclone, they have to keep all of fairy society from falling apart. Highly recommended!
In Tommy Rocket and the Goober Patrol, Nate helps his robot-building friend find his escaped 'Monster-bot'. But they discover that Tommy has a rival in play. Highly recommended!
Minnesota Poems from the Outposts explores the chaotic divinity of nature, how we yearn to connect with it and what we can learn about ourselves from the wilds. Recommended!
Two merchant families vie for power in 18th-century Salem. In Sea Tigers & Merchants, the next generation takes up the torch—whether or not they're ready. Highly recommended!
David Calloway reveals the great struggles and undying hope of his enslaved great-grandfather, George Calloway, in If Someday Comes: A Slave's Story of Freedom. Highly recommended!
Jessie and her father crash land on an unfamiliar island. In Mayday, this dark jungle holds danger and mystery alike, as Jessie finds evidence of time travel. Highly recommended!
Reeling from the sudden death of her husband, haunted by prophetic Dreams and Illusions, Gabrielle must somehow solve a murder to clear her sister's name. Highly recommended!