Marie Burton
The End of the Point
If the author’s intent was to write a literary novel with its skim-the-surface type of nuances, she succeeded. She presents…
Josiah’s Treasure
Don’t let the amateurish cover image dissuade you from this inspirational romance by Nancy Herriman. In San Francisco in 1882,…
In Times of Fading Light
Eugen Ruge’s newly translated literary novel lets us experience the political upheaval of a German family, interspersed with somewhat sarcastic reflections on…
Flight of Fancy
A wickedly tantalizing first chapter brings disaster to the engagement of Whittaker and Cassandra, whom we first met in the…
The Ride of Her Life (Manawa Summers #3)
Lilly Hart is struggling as a widowed mother in a small town of Iowa in 1906. Her in-laws are resorting…
Two Crosses | Two Testaments
Editors' choice
Two Crosses begins the unforgettable story of several characters in a saga that stretches across opposite coasts of the Mediterranean…
Sixty Acres and a Bride
This vibrant debut novel blends two cultures of the 1870s as two widows go back to family in Texas after…
The Messenger
The Messenger tells the story of an unlikely pair: war veteran Jeremiah Jones and young Quaker Hannah Sunderland. With meticulous…
Bees in the Butterfly Garden
The title of Bees in the Butterfly Garden gives a fresh, inviting, outdoorsy feel, especially with the girl on the…
Skip Rock Shallows
Dr. Lilly Corbett is sent to a coal mining town in Kentucky where folks have an issue with women being…
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