In Claire Ibarra’s novel “Fragile Saints,” dreams and memories mingle as a woman recounts a visit to her Peruvian family that triggers reflection and revelation.
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In “Trees and Other Witnesses,” a story connects healing traditions to new life
Kathy Taylor’s short story “Tree of the Little Hands” describes a couple carving out a life and a family — in the shadow of a tree.
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Sparks fly in “Undercover Outlaw,” but this coupling doesn’t go as planned
In “Undercover Outlaw,” author Gini Rifkin’s steamy Western romance, the two heroes finally give in to longing — but there’s a wrinkle in their anticipation.
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Colorado disability rights activist Wade Blank triggers a revolution
In “Colorado Phantasmagorias,” author Joan Jacobson imagines the state’s historical difference makers transported to the present day.
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In “Dad,” an adult son deals with Alzheimer’s growing effects on his father — and family
In “Dad,” a novel that draws from the author’s experience, a family wrestles with a parent prone to taking off across the country.
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For a boy seeking work during the Depression, “The Only Way Home” meant riding the rails
In Jeanette Minniti’s historical novel, “The Only Way Home,” a 15-year-old boy’s noble effort to provide for his widowed mother hits a snag in Georgia.
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In “Sister Liberty,” French refugees are taken in by a 19th-century American religious sect
Author Gregory Hill’s novel “Sister Liberty” explores the bargain of belonging amid the strange and staid, 19th-century fictional town of Solemn, Indiana.
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“Striking Range” steers a murder investigation into chilling territory
In “Striking Range,” the seventh Mattie Cobb mystery, author Margaret Mizushima launches a cold-case investigation that hits close to home for her protagonist.
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A prisoner in a dystopian world introduces “Rise of the Red Hand”
“Rise of the Red Hand,” the young adult novel by Olivia Chada, seeks to put the threats posed by climate change into a global context through science fiction/fantasy.
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“Borderlands Curanderos” traces impact of two faith healers and revolutionaries
Jennifer Koshatka Seman’s scholarly history examines the impact of 19th-century faith healing practices and radical politics of two curanderos in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.