Genre Fiction

The Raven’s Gift is Don Rearden’s debut novel. In it he shares stories he learned from elder residents as he grew up on the tundra of Southwestern Alaska.

“. . . a meaty slab of literary realism in the tradition of Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, and Émile Zola . . .”

The choice of whether to live in the present or the past is a difficult one for many people, but not Corrie, the protagonist of Sherri Wood Emmons’ newest book, The Weight of Small Things.

“. . . there is a sense that Mr. North’s visually acute, action-packed style in this book is likely headed for the silver screen . . .”

Peggy Hesketh’s debut novel Telling the Bees is a tender portrait of Albert Honig, a lifelong beekeeper and elderly bachelor.

“. . . a rallying cry for anyone who laments the rose-colored remembrances of things past and needs to wake up and smell the coffee.”

“. . . an amazingly accurate biographical account of today’s music school life.”

There is much to admire in J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagements.

Writer Alida Nugent wakes up one day to find herself prepared to tackle the world with a first rate college education from a top tier liberal arts school, but completely unprepared to take on the g

“But this narrative, a story of family domesticity and femininity—desires, wiles, superstitions—is light fare for a historical novel that delves into the philosophical ferment of Socrates,’ Plato’s

“. . . simple yet moving, faith-driven story . . .”