A sincere, thoughtful collection of stories assembled by a doctor who has witnessed a vast array of emotions while either giving grim prognoses or life-affirming news A selection of vignettes throughout his life, some deeply personal & others emotionally relevant, A Promise of Rest is relayed in vivid and colorful detail and never lacks emotion. […]
A sensory-rich, balanced memoir about an unstable childhood and its lasting impacts After her husband has a heart attack and a subsequent triple bypass surgery, Amy Smyth Miller’s trauma catches up to her. In the months following his medical scare, instead of her stress calming as her husband recovers, the opposite happens. She has persistent […]
There is something living inside the walls of You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews, and it is not what you expect. It breathes when you press your ear to the page. It watches through keyholes in the prose. And it waits, with the patience of rot and mildew, for you to let your guard […]
Akers turns the circus into a gilded cage and longing into a house of mirrors in Cirque Menagerie. In Cirque Menagerie, the circus doesn’t simply dazzle, it conscripts—appealing to the oldest of our human hungers. Come be extraordinary; be loved; be kept. And as readers, we do. Then we spend a dizzying 269 pages with […]
A sweet & virtuous tale about a soft-hearted dragon discovering true strength in the face of war Weepy is bigger now. Stronger than he was years ago when he saved his village from a great fire. He’s treated as a hero with a statue immortalizing his greatest moment—but truth is, he didn’t know he would […]
There are novels that invite you in gently. They hold the door, pour you tea, offer a cushion. And then there are novels that seize you by the collar and drag you through cobbled streets at midnight, your heart hammering against your ribs, the sound of hunting horns growing closer. The Fox Hunt by Caitlin […]
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth on September 30, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Crime, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General Pages: 300 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies—and Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick […]
Synopsis: Debbie, a North Carolina-born recent college graduate, is determined to write a life on her own terms. Her quest for agency leads her far from home, beginning with a summer job opportunity at an Irish castle that promises adventure and a chance to prove herself. When Debbie and her best friend, Marygray, arrive in […]
Gothic literature has been unsettling readers for over 250 years. The settings change — castle to manor house to colonial… The post The Complete Gothic Literature Reading Order: 250 Years of Gothic Fiction appeared first on She Reads Everything.
An inventive, deeply emotional story of a teenage girl forced to find her voice or risk collapsing under a weight not meant for her So many kids experience bullying in high school, and unfortunately, Ramie is no exception. She is a hyper-vigilant and self-aware teenager who endures cruelty at school only to return to a […]