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My Place Among Them by J. Stanion

A poignant story of resilience and grit, as well as unnecessary prejudices and unexplainable tragedy… Set in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth-century in the Northern Plains, Stanion’s debut novel tells the story of a white teacher and his…
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TERROR BAY by Lisa Towles

A brainy, dazzling read… A San Francisco detective discovers an unsettling personal connection to a complicated murder case in Towles’ brilliantly twisty stand-alone thriller. After surviving a gunshot wound to the head, San Francisco detective Kurt Farin is driven by…
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The Molossus of Old Man Moyer: An Original Horror Novel by Joe Lyon

A striking work of supernatural and unblinking terror… A real page-turner. Lyon’s latest is high on occult thrills and twists and turns readers won’t see coming. Jimmy Myer, ex-convict and transport driver, hits and kills a strange looking dog on…
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In The Oblivion of Borrowed Time by Kate Barny

An absorbing, rousing SF adventure tale with a compelling heroine… A young woman struggling with her personal demons fights to protect what’s left of the planet’s fragile ecosystem in Barny’s slender SF novella. In a dystopian future where the world…
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The Surge by Monica Abbott

Intriguing and thoroughly engaging… Abbott blends hard science with faith and ancient history to deliver an intriguing SF tale. Baghdad, Iraq 2003. Operation Iraqi Freedom is in full swing. Major George Hahn unearths an ancient mausoleum while leading a group…
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The Pilgrim – Part I: Immortality Wars by A. Keith Carreiro

Dense and complex… An exquisitely plotted SF tale. In his fourth installment in the Immortality Wars series, Carreiro ably weaves an intricate, immersive and often exciting tale within a grim futuristic setting. It is 2562, Old Earth Time. When Pall…
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GILDING THE LILY: New Poems: 2023 by Don Gutteridge

Intimate, charismatic, and soul-stirring… The vibrant latest collection from Gutteridge is for “Anne who made love her gift to the world,” the ADDENDUM notes before taking readers on a journey across pages full of old memories and poignant emotions. The…
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Convictions of a Chef: Cooking for the Counterculture and the One Percent by Evan Marcus-Rotman

A poignant, well-rendered, entertaining account of an ex-convict’s journey to success… An ex-convict becomes a celebrated chef, against all the odds, in this astonishing narrative. Marcus-Rotman was only eight-years-old when his mother died, and he was sent to live with…
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Never Less (The Pablo & Mindy Mysteries) by Geoffrey Wells

Gripping, entertaining, and impactful… A solid read. Drug crisis and murder add a thrilling allure to middle-grade drama as two pre-teens find themselves entangled in a dangerous conspiracy in Wells’ engrossing debut installment in The Pablo & Mindy Mysteries. Mindy…
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Fate of the Fae (Finding Fae) by El Holly

Gripping, thrilling, and fantastical; A read-in-one-sitting kind of book. Holly’s final installment in the Finding Fae Trilogy has everything—a well-imagined fantasy world, great character growth, incredible tension, and enduring love. The Unseelie King Nightglade needs a new queen and time…