Browsing: Literary Fiction

This “powerful” novel (Publishers Weekly) follows healer May Belle and her daughter, Rue, who serve as midwives and form an unlikely, complex bond with Varina, their enslaver’s daughter. “Afia Atakora brings the Civil War South to life so beautifully… A heartbreaking joy to read” (Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls).

In small-town Alaska, 30-year-old Elisabeth meets a stranger who offers to reveal the secret behind her sister’s long-ago disappearance. But her search for the truth could threaten everything she loves… “A gorgeously dark, harrowing debut” (New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager).

The line between passion and obsession runs through us all. Levi Combs never planned to rocket to stardom. Eva Florez…