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Waldwick… Redemption by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, thoughtful, and morally serious meditation on forgiveness and family. An estranged son returns to the family farm he once tried to destroy, forcing a reckoning no one is prepared to face in Linde’s latest Waldwick novel. Amy Terrill…
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Persona by William J. Cook

A haunting, intelligent, slow-burning thriller that explores memory, trauma, and identity. Cook weaves psychological tension and mystery in this story of a psychiatrist drawn into a case where identity itself becomes suspect. Psychiatrist Carter Lane inherits his best friend’s patients…
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A Real Life American Dream: The John H. McClatchy Story by Susan Marie Chapman

Quietly authoritative, richly detailed, and deeply reflective—a vivid portrait of grit, enterprise, and family. In Chapman’s compelling work, a Philadelphia builder rises from childhood poverty to create one of the region’s most influential real estate empires. Born in Baltimore in…
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Escala’s Wish (Tales of Valla Book 1) by David James

Lyrical, magical, and heartfelt—a story of curiosity, consequence, and forbidden love. A curious pixie princess faces exile and redemption after breaking sacred fey law in James’ romantasy debut set in the magical world of Valla. Escala was never a proper…
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Tissiack: A Sierran Siren by Charles Weeden

Reflective, intimate, and rich in cultural insight. Weeden’s quietly powerful novel follows a young runner navigating the intersection of modern life and ancestral tradition. Awena lives between two worlds—high school life and the fading traditions of her Native American heritage.…
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Forfeiture: Humanity Caught in the Act by JP Nebra

Urgent, visionary, and deeply thought-provoking. Nebra blends environmental urgency with cosmic perspective in a bold first-contact story about a planet on trial. An ancient beacon buried in Earth’s wild places summons an alien armada when a rainforest shaman and an…
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Across a Starlit Sky by Susan Shalev

Atmospheric, poignant, and deeply humane… Shalev’s latest is a sweeping historical drama that carries readers from wartime Amsterdam to Inquisition-era Portugal, where love, faith, and survival are tested across centuries. As war engulfs Amsterdam, Mirjam, a gentile piano teacher, risks…
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Too Deep to Drown by Stacy R. Ward

Atmospheric, emotionally astute, and quietly powerful… A determined teenager seeks freedom on the open ocean in Ward’s brilliant YA novel. Seventeen-year-old Meg Pullman has emancipated herself from a difficult childhood and signs on as an intern in the engine room…
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The Book of Mirielle by Lowell Nekko

Inventive, unsettling, and darkly fascinating… In Nekko’s imaginative vision of the afterlife, an unexpected event breaks the calm continuity of Heaven and leaves a grieving father to care for a mysterious child. A miracle disturbs the quiet order of Heaven’s…
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Metal Viper (Dangerous Places Book 1) by Sarah Lovett, Ron Schultz

Urgent, haunting, and relentlessly suspenseful… Lovett and Schultz launch their Dangerous Places series with a taut political thriller in which a child’s hopeful poem becomes a dangerous act of defiance against Myanmar’s brutal military regime. When twelve-year-old Vika, the son…
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The Fall of Two Houses by Ken Harrow

A brutal, unflinching, and morally haunting dark fantasy of power, tradition, and ruin… In Harrow’s dark fantasy novel, a dying lord’s attempt to secure his legacy triggers a chain of political betrayal that threatens to destroy two noble houses. In…
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When I Grow Up, I Can Be a Dietitian by Suzanne Domel Baxter (Author), Amanda Mahaleris (Illustrator)

A joyful nod to science in action… In an increasingly crowded field of career-themed children’s nonfiction, Baxter’s lively picture book distinguishes itself by focusing on a profession that rarely receives center stage: dietitians. Structured around the aspirations of ten children,…
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Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done by Suzanne Domel Baxter (Author), Cheryl Iny Harris (Author)

An inspiring yet unsentimental portrait of perseverance, advocacy, and clinical excellence. Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done is both a professional guide and a deeply human collection of stories that expand our understanding of who belongs in…
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Life On Life’s Terms by zO-AlonzO-Gross

A quietly powerful collection that navigates sorrow and renewal on the path to profound inner freedom… Multi-award-winning writer and performer zO-AlonzO-Gross turns inward in his latest book, a meditative poetry collection that explores mortality, surrender, and spiritual rebirth. Divided into…
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Requiem at the End of Time: A Sanguinary Rose by E. L. Luengo

An atmospheric, high-stakes supernatural thriller pulsing with tension and dangerous allure. Luengo launches a brooding supernatural saga set in a small Pacific Northwest town where monsters move quietly among humans and high school politics can be as dangerous as ancient…
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Twenty Angels on Her Roof by Alex Charns

A blistering, audacious, darkly luminous tale of defiant faith, ferocious innocence, and celestial rebellion.  In Charns’s latest novella, a razor-sharp, unbreakable 12-year-old dares to marshal angels against the iron cruelty of the Third Reich. In 1942 Nazi-occupied Suwałki, 12-year-old Basia…
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Shaila Holmes Fairy Detective by Lori Keating

Whimsical, clever, and full of heart… In Keating’s engaging early chapter book, a young fairy detective puts her budding sleuthing skills to the test across Englewood Forest, where even the smallest mysteries carry surprisingly big lessons. A vanished spider marking,…
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Why: Earth 2278 by Leo M. Hill

Sweeping, provocative, and pulse-pounding… A battle-hardened general begins to question the very regime he’s sworn to defend in Hill’s gritty SF thriller. In a future where the Union governs Earth with absolute authority, peace is enforced—and rebellion is punished. When…
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Dear Missing Friend Susan McGuirk

Raw, authentic, and atmospheric; an unsparing look at the immigrant experience from a distinctly female perspective. McGuirk’s debut thrusts readers into the brutal realities of 19th-century America through the unrelenting struggles of an Irish immigrant. In 1841, Catherine McGuirk leaves…
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For Cause (3J Legal Thriller) by Mark Shaiken

Relentless, razor-sharp, and compulsively readable; a legal thriller that never lets up. In his latest novel, Shaiken offers a sharply drawn courtroom drama that exposes the fragility of truth in contemporary justice. Kansas City bankruptcy attorney Josephina “3J” Jones expects…