Literary Journeys Into Heart, Hope & Humanity
28 Nov 2025
Literary Journeys Into Heart, Hope & Humanity
These six powerful novels dive into moments of upheaval, growth, and the tender connections that redefine us. Each book examines the human experience through vivid characters and richly textured storytelling. Ideal for readers drawn to intimate, contemplative narratives that balance heartbreak with hope.
A Night in the Vine
by Patricia Mahon
Release Date: November 24, 2025
Two writers travel to California wine country to find ‘the grape whisperer’ of the Central Coast. When they encounter a powerful Pacific storm, they must find refuge in a remote wine estate with four strangers. With no electricity or cell signal, the diverse group spends the night drinking wine and taking turns telling the story of their life.
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To Keep Her From Harm
by Diana Krantz
Release Date: October 17, 2025
A single mother’s desperate attempt to protect her daughter from potential danger draws them into a web of secrets and hidden identities—raising the haunting question: how far is too far when a parent is fighting to keep their child safe?
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A Perfect Act
by James Mallory
Release Date: November 10, 2025
Alonzo Probe is a private investigator operating in a world of hard-edged, cynical characters in mid-1970s Detroit. Probe deals with issues of loyalty, trust, betrayal, and murder while pushing to find the killer of his childhood friend.
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Those Who Dare Not
by Jeff Nebeker-Johnson
Release Date: November 14, 2025
Those Who Dare Not is the story of a slave, Liza, and her master, Jasper Davidson. Although Marse Davidson is married to Miss Arabella, he finds the young house servant irresistible. Their clandestine affair is reported to Miss Arabella, who violently takes matters into her own hands. Master and slave are separated during the War Between the States, but are reunited by their young daughter. Jasper must now choose to remain with his wife and sons or attempt a future with his slave and their daughter.
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One Little Mistake
by Miranda Rijks
Release Date: November 9, 2025
They were best friends forever. Then Kate made one little mistake… Kate thought the spreadsheet was harmless—a private ranking of her four best friends detailing their various strengths and weaknesses. But when it leaks online and goes viral, her carefully curated life implodes. Social invitations vanish, her business crumbles, and even her marriage starts to fall apart. It’s as if the silken thread that has been holding everything together has been pulled, and now it’s all unravelling.
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Queen Esther
by John Irving
Release Date: November 4, 2025
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther, a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism.
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