Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell

A transgender Korean orphan seeking answers to the suicide of his brother some years previous sends him into delicate and dismaying situations with family, friends and former colleagues. Sensitive and with metafictional elements, it is an intriguing tale told with a fine skill.
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Henry Tudor Must Die by Jillian Laine

A Tudor era fantasy involving witchcraft, history and the power of women. Lively and rich with period detail this imaginative plot against Henry VIII is a showcase of women’s issues, as valid now as then.
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The Mountains We Call Home by Kim Michelle Richardson

A woman who was a Packhorse Librarian during the depression suffers from a genetic condition rendering her skin blue. She is imprisoned, mistreated and eventually redeemed through the saving qualities of literature. Filled with emotion and drama, this novel is hard to put down.
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