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Berlin, 1932. Germany’s fragile democracy is fracturing, its ideals cracking like thin glass as political violence and paranoia seep into the streets. In the midst of this tension, Rudi, a young Foreign Ministry official, meets Sara, an unpredictable, morally fierce Jewish woman whose connection with him is immediate and combustible. By 1943, the Germany they knew has vanished, and Rudi works at the center of Nazi power, performing his duties by day and passing intelligence to the Allies by night—until Sara’s unexpected return threatens to unravel the life he has carefully constructed to survive. FORTUNE AND GLASS is a philosophical spy novel and literary love story about private choices, secret resistance, and the cost of staying human inside a system determined to erase individuality. Lyrical, atmospheric, and morally complex, it explores the gray zones of living under authoritarianism and asks a timeless question: Who are you when everything falls apart?

FORTUNE AND GLASS is not a conventional WWII novel but a literary love story braided through a psychological spy narrative—an intimate exploration of identity, conscience, and quiet resistance inside a society sliding into extremism. Positioned at the crossroads of literary fiction, psychological suspense, and historical storytelling, the novel explores how ordinary people navigate love, loyalty, and moral responsibility inside systems that reward silence and punish dissent—questions that feel as urgent now as they did then. Lyrical, emotionally rich, and philosophically resonant, it turns away from spectacle and heroics to focus on the private cost of survival. For readers who believe they’ve read every WWII novel, FORTUNE AND GLASS offers something rare: a deeply human story that restores the genre by shifting the lens inward, toward the moral choices that define us when history fractures beneath our feet.

For readers of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE BOOK THIEF, THE ALICE NETWORK, and the espionage of John le Carré. FORTUNE AND GLASS blends intimacy, danger, and moral complexity into a WWII story that feels both timeless and urgent.

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THE CRIMSON TRAVELER is an edgy work of supernatural horror with a gritty crime spine, using werewolf mythology to explore addiction, power, and the cost of survival in modern-day Philadelphia.

Told through multiple points of view, the novel traces a cursed bloodline of wolf-men, blood mages, and broken warriors bound together by a supernatural plague rooted in a forgotten war. At its center is Liz Campbell, a former Marine whose body is broken by war and heroin, and whose fate becomes entangled with a hidden criminal hierarchy governed by ancient curses and brutal rules. As she stumbles through the wreckage of addiction, she collides with Desmond O’Connell, an aging Wolf King fighting to hold together a crumbling dynasty while resisting Stage Four—the final transformation that strips away what remains of his humanity. As their lives intersect and the plague mutates, a long-buried force resurfaces, threatening to ignite a war no one truly survived the first time. To stop it, they must unravel the spell that bound their bloodlines together—but in a world built on power, loyalty, and addiction, not everyone wants to be cured.

A dark fusion of noir crime and literary horror, THE CRIMSON TRAVELER is a violent, unsentimental novel about inherited violence, family as obligation, and the monsters we carry within us.

It will appeal to readers of Gabino Iglesias, Joe Hill, Christopher Buehlman, Stephen Graham Jones, and Gillian Flynn who are drawn to character-driven horror that is unsparing, morally complex, and emotionally grounded.

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Not all losses come with instructions. And most of us are never taught what to say when someone is grieving—so we say nothing at all.

WHAT NOT TO SAY AT A FUNERAL is a warm, honest, and unexpectedly humorous guide to showing up when words fail. After losing her infant daughter, Amy Havis came face to face with how ill-equipped most of us are—not just to grieve our own losses, but to support one another through them.

Drawing from lived experience, real-life scenarios, and hard-earned insight, Havis offers practical guidance for friends, families, coworkers, and communities navigating loss together.

Part narrative non-fiction, part social guide, the book invites readers to let go of platitudes, resist silence, and choose presence instead. For grievers and the people who love them, WHAT NOT TO SAY AT A FUNERAL is a compassionate reminder that imperfect presence is often the most meaningful thing we can offer.

In the spirit of THERE IS NO GOOD CARD FOR THIS, THE ART OF SHOWING UP, and IT’S OK THAT YOU’RE NOT OKAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY AT A FUNERAL speaks to the moments when comfort feels impossible and silence often takes over.

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Competitive climber Cara Jenkins feels most at home high off the ground, clinging to a rock wall by her fingertips. Raised by mountaineering parents, she’s grown up roaming the world, making the natural landscape her playground and the writings of Annie Dillard and Henry David Thoreau her guides. But when tragedy interrupts an expedition on an Ecuadorian mountaintop, Cara’s nomadic life is abruptly upended. Sent to live with her grandparents in suburban Detroit, Cara begins a year of unexpected discovery—finding friendship, first love, humor, and moments of joy alongside grief. As she navigates what she may have lost, Cara learns that healing doesn’t require certainty, and that love, connection, and even home can take shape in surprising ways, with moments of sparkle along the way.

THE ART OF HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO is a lyrical, high-stakes coming-of-age novel about a teenage elite climber forced to confront the limits of control—on the rock, in competition, and in love—when the people she trusts most disappear. It blends the physical intensity of competitive sports with the emotional interiority of literary YA, offering readers a story about courage that isn’t just about strength, but about learning when to grip tighter—and when to release. Perfect for readers navigating ambition, fear, and the limits of control.

For readers who are drawn to the lyrical grief of THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE, the emotional honesty of LETTERS TO THE LOST, and the tender character-driven loss narratives of IF I STAY and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.