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Emus Fly North in Winter: A Memoir by Paul Drewitt

A stark, inspiring memoir of grit, quiet triumph, and the slow art of rebuilding a life. Drewitt delivers a gripping, unsentimental account of survival and self-reinvention, tracing his remarkable rise from drug-addled drifter to an accomplished teacher. Growing up amid…
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Initial Condition (The Mechanic’s Diary Book 3)by Ian Domowitz

An eerie, mind-bending thriller of mysticism, menace, and dazzling imagination. Domowitz’s third entry in the Mechanic’s Diary series fuses Jewish mysticism with high-tech speculation, sending an artificial man into a maze of secret rituals and dangerous ideas. When his young…
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The Last Ghost: An Unexpected Occurrence by D.E. Ring

An elegant, haunting novel of quiet suspense, rich character work, and lingering philosophical depth. In Ring’s latest character-driven novel, everyday experience becomes a thoughtful exploration of loss, ambition, and the boundaries of reason. Joshua Stewart’s life seems to be perfect:…
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The Girl Who Came Back to Life: A Fairytale by Craig Staufenberg

A poignant, tender, and beautifully written coming-of-age story. Staufenberg spins a spare, luminous modern folktale about grief and the quiet courage of letting go. Twelve-year-old Sophie, newly orphaned, lives in a world where the dead linger in a frozen northern…
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CARPE Ski ’em: A Murder on Skis Mystery by Phil Bayly

Intelligent, atmospheric, and slyly funny. Bayly spins a brisk, witty mountain mystery that pairs Denver TV reporter JC Snow with his cameraman and longtime sidekick Bip Peters. When a stylish skier calmly steps off a high Colorado chairlift and plummets…
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A Dying Titan by Mike Connor

Inventive, witty, and unpredictably heartfelt. Connor’s excellent tale thrusts readers into a world where time, trust, and identity can shatter without warning. Thirteen-year-old Jack Landon wakes in the bizarre town of Cabbington with no parents, no answers, and two unlikely…
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Knock Out by Jaden Noble

A fierce, affecting debut that lands its blows with both power and heart. An abused young woman refuses to remain a victim in Noble’s taut, emotionally charged debut. Zena James has spent years running from a brutal father and the…
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The Mystery of Healing by A P McGrath

Tense, taut, and unforgettable. A healer to the empire’s most celebrated fighters is drawn into a deadly puzzle that threatens both his heart and the imperial order in McGrath’s excellent mystery. Solon of Pergamon, physician to Rome’s prized gladiators, lives…
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The Thirty-Fifth Page by Lya Badgley

Layered, moody, and deeply immersive. In Badgley’s taut literary thriller, an art conservator’s research draws her into a deadly game of history and myth. With war creeping toward Sarajevo, American conservator Miri Adler sets out to document the fabled Sarajevo…
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The Prodigal Son by Oslo Meko

Lyrical, layered, and quietly profound; a multigenerational tale of identity, love, and belonging. Meko’s compelling tale traces the long arc of a family caught between continents and expectations. Warren Wilcox grows up resentful of his Nigerian roots after learning of…
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Waldwick Dystopia by Kenneth Linde

A sweeping, ambitious political science-fiction novel. Moving from a quiet Wisconsin farmhouse to the domed megacities of 2525, Linde traces the ripple effect of personal choices, corporate greed, and political apathy in the latest installment of the Waldwick series. The…
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His Last Christmas Gift by Debra Borchert

An immersive, tender, and beautifully told story that captures the quiet magic of second chances. Love, loss, and the quiet magic of second chances shimmer through Borchert’s holiday novel. In the snow-kissed vineyards and Christmas markets of Alsace, swimwear designer…
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The Red Occupation (The Book of Ruin 6) by W.G. Hladky

Sweeping, brutal, and deeply human… Hladky’s sixth volume in The Book of Ruin series thrusts readers into a future where Earth and Mars have become enemies. In a fractured future, Mars rises from abandoned colony to ruthless conqueror. After six…
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Journal of the late Amelia Earhart by Frank Okolo

Technically precise, emotionally resonant, and compulsively readable. Okolo delivers a chillingly plausible reimagining of aviation’s most famous mystery in his compelling novel. The book’s premise is simple but provocative: what if Amelia did not vanish into the Pacific but survived…
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Wednesday Night Whites by Marci Lin Melvin

Haunting, incisive, and unflinching… A quiet lawyer in a picturesque town finds herself entangled in a decades-old web of disappearances, deception, and inherited darkness in Melvin’s gripping thriller. Azalea “Zale” Augustine is a capable, quietly ambitious attorney in Chester, Nova…
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The Lie That Changed Everything: The Memoir of a Little Rascal (Confessions from the Silence Book 1) by Gary Trew

Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. In his compelling memoir, Trew delivers a blisteringly funny and unsettling portrait of a childhood forged from mischief, trauma, and a haunting lie. From the opening pages, when he describes his chaotic breech birth and…
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The Robe of Rainbow Feathers by Diane Arkenstone

Potent and beautifully told. Arkenstone crafts a luminous tale where nature, spirit, and perspective converge in a tender, deeply personal fable. The story traces a girl whose bond with the natural world shows her that love and gratitude outshine fear.…
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Of Wind and Wolves (The Steppe Saga Book 1) by J. M. Elliott

Brutal, poetic, and unforgettable… A warrior princess, a scarred prince, and an ancient oath intersect in Elliott’s myth-drenched story of survival, selfhood, and sacrifice on the Scythian frontier. Anaiti, a hamazon trained in the ways of her mother’s people, is…
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Fade In: A Thriller by Kyle Mills

A searing, cerebral, high-stakes knockout. Mills’s latest is a taut, cerebral thriller steeped in espionage and existential threat. A bullet to the chest should’ve ended ex–Navy SEAL Salam “Fade” al-Fayed. Instead, he wakes up paralyzed, forgotten, and offered a second…
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The Vortex Sphere, Vol.1 by Orlando D. Nova

Gripping, fast-paced, and unsettling. Nova’s tense, atmospheric science fiction tale blends survival horror with questions of memory, fate, and identity. In a world where deserts reign and water decides who lives, discovery can be as deadly as drought. Lina and…