Reviews

Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton: A Novel

By Jane Smiley - Published 2026

Genres:

Literary

This sequel to Smiley’s The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (1998) opens over Christmas 1857 in Lidie’s hometown of Quincy, Illinois. ...Read Review

Abomination: The Story of David and Jonathan (The Presence Collection)

By Jeza Belle - Published 2025

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The Biblical story of David and Jonathan gets a fresh look by author Belle, with the focus on the men’s problematic relationship, ...Read Review

The Windsor Affair

By Melanie Benjamin - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The British royal family is rarely out of the headlines, and Melanie Benjamin tackles one of its most serious crises in this story ...Read Review

Beyond the Clouds (The Women of Midtown)

By Elizabeth Camden - Published 2026

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

Beyond the Clouds, third in The Women of Midtown Series, combines well-researched history of pre-World War I America and 1917 occupied Belgium with a ...Read Review

The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman’s Legacy

By Kim Michele Richardson - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

The Mountains We Call Home is third in the Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series. Cussy, the beloved Kentucky “book woman” and her ...Read Review

A Measure of Madness (Dr. Genevieve Summerford Mystery Series)

By Cuyler Overholt - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Overholt’s mystery features a pair of sleuths who are romantically involved and who both, for different reasons, face family censure. Genevieve Summerford ...Read Review

The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii’s Final Day – An Immersive Ancient History of Roman Culture

By Jess Venner - Published 2026

Genres:

Nonfiction

Dr. Venner, social media sensation and content creator, brings us The Lost Voices of Pompeii, a ‘critical fabulation’ (a term created in 2021 by ...Read Review

The Island Club

By Nicola Harrison - Published 2026

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On 1956 Balboa Island, tucked into a bay off the Southern California coast, is a golden beach town with streets named for gemstones. The ...Read Review

The Dictograph Case

By Diane Wahn Shotton - Published 2025

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Anti-German hysteria in the United States during the WWI and WWII eras is the chilling historical background for this mystery novel set in 1937, ...Read Review

The Woman in the Water

By Henrietta McKervey - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Lady Eleanor Nicholson is the spoilt daughter of aristocratic parents. Nobody has ever said “no” to her until her husband divorces her, which ...Read Review