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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…
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Cram Down: A 3J Legal Thriller book #4 by Mark Shaiken

A deeply engrossing and riveting legal thriller… Shaiken’s fourth installment in the 3J Legal Thriller series features a winding crime plot that’s enriched and deepened by touching on issues of human greed, power play, violence, class, and race. James and…
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Cruel Lessons (Lessons in Peril Book 1) by Randy Overbeck

A thoughtful, character-driven mystery… After a group of children die in a terrible car crash, a troubled assistant school superintendent seeking redemption finds himself entangled in a murder investigation. When four fifth graders die in a terrible accident during a…
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The Night the Stars Went Missing by Arthur J. Gonzalez

Refreshing, beautiful, and meaningful; A stunner. A young boy learns he can change the world one small step at a time in Gonzalez’s whimsical and winning picture book. Winston loves watching the stars glimmering across the night sky. But one…
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Emerging From the Dark: Wish I Knew About This by Terence Ang

A thought-provoking look at recovery from stroke… Ang offers a collection of moving stories from people in all stages of stroke recovery in his inspiring latest book. After his stroke in 2020, Ang was invited to speak at the 2022…
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BISENTIENT: The Realm Series – Book 1 by Patrick O’Connor

Simply un-put-downable … In O’Connor’s debut installment in The Realm Series, the life of an enquiring cameraman takes a bewildering turn after a work trip to a “Dead Zone” ward of a hospital sends him slithering into an alternate world…
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The Burning Bandit by Lauren Louise Hazel

Vivid, imaginative, and emotionally insightful… A page-turner. Set in a unique fantasy world, Hazel’s engrossing story follows Kai and Rayan, two boys from different backgrounds who become friends under unusual circumstances only to be separated by an unexpected twist of…