The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse

This story is set in 16th century France during the religious wars. Minou Joubert receives a cryptic note saying only "she knows you're alive" and also overhears part of a conversation between her father and a friend hinting at a secret long kept. Shortly after, she and her brother are sent to live with their aunt, where she meets Piet, a rebel fighting for the Huguenot cause and falls in love. Dangers are everywhere and it's hard to tell friend from enemy.
This is a time period I don't know much about, so I had a hard time with the beginning of the book, but once the action picked up it got really good and i couldn't put it down. I look forward to the next book in this series!

Fathom Volume 1 by Michael Turner

Aspen was adopted as a young girl by the captain of the ship Paradise after it capsized. She doesn't know where she came from, but she feels drawn to the ocean, becoming a marine biologist. She is invited to be a researcher in a deep marine facility off the coast of Hawaii. What she finds there will forever change how she views the world and even herself.
This is my first graphic novel and the storyline was intriguing to me. The artwork was phenomenal and really added to the story. I look forward to the rest of the series so i can continue Aspen's story.

The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison

A little girl is kidnapped on the anniversary of the disappearance of Eddison's sister, Faith, and the similarities between the cases bring back all the pain and guilt. When they start to investigate, they find a string of disappearances of blonde haired, blue eyed girls across the country.
This was such a great series. I loved The Butterfly Garden and The Summer Children best and I was so excited to get a chance to read the series conclusion early. I love how close the whole FBI team has gotten and especially the relationship between Eliza and Bran. I look forward to seeing what this author writes next.

Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler

This story is based on a real couple who started a shelter to keep so called fallen women with their babies and help them get back on their feet to survive on their own or stay at the home. The story centers on Mattie, trying to find medical help for her young son, and Lizzie, the young mother who helps comfort Mattie when her son dies shortly after arriving at the home. The story alternates between past and present when a librarian uses the archived journals of these fallen women to help her confront her own troubled past.
I liked reading about this actual home that helped support women instead of sending them away in shame to deliver their babies in secret and force them to give them up. And even in the present, rape victims are often blamed or doubted while their rapists escape punishment. This was a very emotional and heartbreaking story.