A retiring children's book author looking to secure her legacy tries to get the beautiful Maine coast where her novels are set donated to a trust, but must first convince the shareholders, one of which is her best friend.

The rage for crime fiction today mysteriously includes, a wide and enduring attraction to the few remaining wholly admirable role models, still available to readers. The iconic Miss Marple, 'faved' by traditionalists and pop fans alike, deftly models her love of God and neighbor in concrete terms, and stands boldly for Truth and Good. This beloved, enigmatic, mild-mannered spinster, champions the triumph of order over chaos in society, through her...

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • When romance writer Edith Hope’s life begins to resemble the plots of her own novels, she flees to Switzerland, where the quiet luxury of the Hotel du Lac promises to restore her to her senses.
"Brookner's most absorbing novel ... wryly realistic ... graceful and attractive." —Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

But instead of peace and rest, Edith finds herself sequestered...

In this volume, Leni Dipple explores how poetry might be represented in a range of contexts, cutting across cultures and languages. An esoteric collection designed for the serious reader of poetry, Between Rivers forms a simultaneously intricate and epic narrative inspired by the epistolary of Dipple's grandfather and the work of Rainer Maria Rilke. This collection travels across time and continents, seeking its language and its roots, making connections,...

The physical and the metaphysical meet, and questions of new motherhood are set against those of faith and the larger conundrum of how to live in this newest collection of poetry from Kathryn Simmonds. As in her debut collection, an appealing, deceptively simplistic voice prevails in these verses, though subtle shifts of language and perspective imply darker themes and worlds unseen. The tone is often simultaneously satirical and elegiac and the volume...

"In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about...

And when it falls into silence again, the void echoes fills me with wonder. Wonder only because I no longer remember if this small entity isn't real or if it whispers the truth." -Moonlight C. Streetlight's memoir, Tea & Madness, is a collection of prose and poetry separated into the seasons of her life. Each season is inspired by her experiences: grieving a lost baby, understanding depression, anger, betrayal, surviving rape and the acceptance that...

In 2010, Catherine Owen's 29-year-old spouse died of a drug addiction. A year later, she relocated to an apartment by the Fraser River in Vancouver, B.C. As she moved beyond the initial shock, the river became her focus: a natural, damaged space that both intensifies emotion and symbolizes healing. In a sequence of aubades, or dawn poems, Owen records the practice of walking by or watching the river every morning, a routine that helps her engage in...

If you think often about the past or battle with overthinking and self-esteem, “Girl Made of Glass” is for you. This collection is about finding yourself, forgiving yourself, and loving yourself. It explores the many ways our past haunts us but will leave you feeling hopeful about your future. “Girl Made of Glass” is a poetry collection about how our past-past mistakes, relationships, and regrets-can linger into our future. Broken into four...

Jones Cooper has given up his post at the Hollows Police Department and is having trouble facing a horrible event from his past. Then psychic Eloise Montgomery comes to him with predictions about his future, some of them dire. Another person in town is also working with Eloise while investigating the disappearance of his mother years ago. And fifteen-year-old Willow Graves may be heading for trouble.