Codi Schneider’s debut novel, Cold Snap, is a funny, witty, and fierce installation in the cozy mystery genre. Led by its feisty Norwegian Forest cat protagonist Bijou, whose ancestors were Viking longship mousers, the novel explores the small village of…
The Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best take it out and teach it to dance.” M Shelly Conner’s book, everyman, does just that. Her protagonist, Eve…
Critics are loving Rita Williams-Garcia’s latest novel, A Sitting in St. James. “Monumental,” says Booklist. “A marathon masterpiece,” raves Kirkus. “Necessary,” claims School Library Journal. Williams-Garcia is a three-time National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Award winner for…
Cheryl Bostrom’s SUGAR BIRDS is an immersive exploration of loss, redemption, and coming of age in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest wilderness. After accidentally setting a tragic fire, ten-year-old Aggie runs to the woods her father taught her to navigate, where…
Mona Mireles, the prematurely bitter and grumpy protagonist of Elizabeth Gonzalez James’ debut novel Mona at Sea, graduates from college with her dream job at an investment back all lined up. Her hard work has paid off. She’s crossed that…
In P. J. Vernon‘s Bath Haus, Oliver Park, a recovering addict from Indiana, has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they’ve made…