Location: Lutherville, MD

From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil, and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.

When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds' tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zelda's most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended...

Erika Robuck is the author of Call Me Zelda and Hemingway's Girl. (GRatHVTC)… (more)

Roger Storm has it all: money, a beautiful fiancée and a career as an advertising executive for a major airline. But when a mysterious stranger dressed in a 1940s train porter's uniform convinces him to restore the Santa Fe Super Chief, America's most famous old luxury train, for one last run from Chicago to Los Angeles, Roger's life will never be the same.

Given a guest list and orders to arrange for all of the expenses out of his own pocket, Roger will risk certain financial ruin in order to find out shocking revelations about his own life and attain a happiness he never knew was missing.

Field of Dreams meets An Affair to Remember on a mystical train ride. Infused with a magical realism and spirituality that is missing from most books, this is a truly touching novel that opens our eyes to the sometimes supernatural forces that mysteriously and unexpectedly give us glimpses of heaven while providing healing and hope.

With an endearing urge to touch readers in a way that few novels can, author Douglas Folsom does an excellent job of making readers actually experience the underlying message in his heartwarming tale. (GRatHVTC)… (more)

Hampton Roads, Virginia, will never be the same now that Simone, Mya, Tracey and Colette have teamed up with the wise and sassy Mother B. Rich for prayer.

Wayward spouses, silver-tongued devils, a tormented past and sheer mendacity will have to step aside for new beginnings, true love and healing of the heart in The Love of You: A Novel by local author Catherine N. Crumber.

According to the author, "We expect prayer to change our situations. What Mya, Simone, Tracey and Colette don't expect is that prayer will change them." (GRatHVTC)… (more)