Cecelia Holland
Chojun
Before World War II, the island of Okinawa was a world of quiet fishing communities, modest homes, and Goju Ryu…
Transcending Darkness
“If you sit in a dark hole in the ground listening to the world crashing around you, you never stop…
The Badger Redemption
In 1959 a labor riot in the town of Badger in Newfoundland resulted in the death of a local policeman.…
The Healing Stream
Fans of the late Maeve Binchy will love The Healing Stream by Connie Monk, a prolific writer of romance. As…
The Balloonist
It’s seldom you read a book that’s both funny and terrifying, deeply unsettling and deeply satisfying, all at once. The…
Siege 13
Editors' choice
For six weeks in the winter of 1944-45, the Soviet Army assaulted Budapest, defended by the German and Hungarian armies.…
The Quilt Walk
In 1863, with the Civil War raging, ten-year-old Emmy Blue and her parents start across the plains toward a new…
Passion Blue
Giulia, the heroine of this young adult novel about the Renaissance, is the bastard daughter of a nobleman whose death…
Wedded to War
At the beginning of the Civil War, medical support for the troops was rudimentary at best. Several brilliant, heroic women…
This Dark Endeavor
A deft and witty gothic tale, This Dark Endeavor recreates the youth and first experiments of Victor Frankenstein, the famous…
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