Reviews written by Kim Baccellia, Staff Reviewer

Engaging diverse holiday anthology. There's a short tale for everyone! Love these stories that include diverse holidays such as Dia de Los Muertos, Passover, Juneteenth, Eid, and others! They celebrate the culture, foods, family, and more! Here's some of my...

Princess Madalina and her twin sister Inessa share one thing. A scar that is the only remnant of them being attached to the hand at birth. While Inessa is ambitious, her sister is quieter and enjoys watching the deadly grave flowers. That all changes when her sister is murdered and...

Against the wishes of her parents, Jordyn goes to Frazier, a historical Black University in Washington, D.C., to study pre-law. Once there, she is accepted by her roommates, and she feels she belongs. That all changes when her roommate Vanessa's brother Devonte shows up. Devonte is charismatic and at first...

Vesper is unprepared for a so-called ten-day cruise vacation, but feels it's perfect for an escape from something she did. Only she finds out that the trip isn't a vacation, but rather karma for bullies. The ocean cruise is, in fact, a prison where fellow bullies are enrolled in No...

It's 1940, and thirteen-year-old Rosemary is reunited with her family in America. She's been separated from them due to family issues, but the threat of the Blitz is enough for a grandmother she's never met to pay for the whole family to come to Wisconsin. Once there, though, not all...

Wilberton Academy is an all-girls boarding school. The elite Wilberton Theatrical Society, a.k.a. the WTS, is proud to feature beautiful, talented Elizabeth Woodward as Juliet in their version of Romeo and Juliet. Then Elizabeth is found dead, and throws the school into chaos with her apparent suicide. Or was it?...

Mercy Gray was called a hero for her part in saving lives at a mall shooting. Unfortunately, she carries remnants of that day, which include massive medical debt. But mostly she carries the guilt for not listening to her sister's warning that the killer wasn't the sweet boy everyone, including...

It's 1955, Arizona, and Rosa Capistrano has been attending white only North Phoenix High School to improve her chances of attending college. Rosa, who goes by Rosie, is passing as white. The Supreme Court has overthrown segregation, but it's still taking time to integrate. When her best friends Julianne and...

It's a dream come true to be nominated to make your debut into high society at the prestigious La Danse de Debutantes. It also helps to be wealthy, royal, or famous to get the invite. Only La Danse decides who is invited. Chapin Buckingham, the daughter of Hollywood elite...

Stella Sedgwich has a mind of her own. When she's kicked out of etiquette lessons, her future seems in question. Stella, though, has dreams of so much more than what 1868 England expects of young women. She longs to be independent and take after her mother's writing career. Then, a...

College student Lilah is still grieving over the death of her mother. She tries to reconnect with her grandfather, who refuses to discuss his past. Everything Lilah's known is turned on its head after she receives a mysterious letter from Italy. In that letter, a fellow student, Tommaso, claims to...

Seventeen-year-old Noche is grieving the death of her girlfriend Dante. Noche also has a secret-she's a lechuza, a shape-shifting owl who carries the dead to the afterlife. Only she refuses to take Dante to the other side. There's further complications when Jax, a new boy, shows up to be her...

Story has it that the Farthing sisters are descendants of Persephone. The sisters have heard this tale from their aunt since they were children. There might be some truth to that tale as Henry, a ghost, lives in their attic. One of the sisters falls in love with him. Another...

Kaylani McKinnon doesn't want to leave Brooklyn for a summer visit to Martha's Vineyard. Her father is in prison for embezzling from his employer, and Kaylani knows he's innocent. She has an offer to live in a mansion on the island with the wealthy Watson family, her father's former employers....

The Sinclair family is American royalty. Blonde, beautiful, and wealthy. Each summer, the family comes to Beechwood Island. That includes a group of friends, the Liars. Then one evening, Cadence wakes up on the beach, hurt and with no memory of what happened that fateful July. Determined to find out...