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Death and Human Resources by Mark Swan

A fun, exhilarating, wild romp… Swan makes his debut with this eternity-spanning humorous tale. The most fearsome Angel in Heaven, Azrael, the Angel of Death, takes his job very seriously. Father’s project, ‘The Plan,’ is in full swing, and Azrael…
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The Artist Spoke by Ted Morrissey

Original, thought-provoking, and absorbing story about the choices that define our lives… Two strangers from disparate walks of life, each facing their own turmoil, come together to memorialize an avant-garde author in Morrissey’s latest literary tale. With his personal life…
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Blood Before Dawn (2) (The Dung Beetles of Liberia) by Daniel V. Meier Jr.

An impressive literary balancing act that is as entertaining as it is thoughtful… Meier continues his The Dung Beetles of Liberia series with this enthralling installment as Ken Verrier returns to Liberia to buy diamonds. It’s April of 1979. When…
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The Hayflick Limit (Waldwick) by Kenneth Linde

A brilliantly constructed, deeply emotional odyssey… In Linde’s latest remarkable, the continuing chapter in the Waldwick Series, George Terrill struggles with professional enmity while trying to come to terms with a family crisis. From being a young farm boy in…
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Body Language by Marylee MacDonald

A mesmerizing collection… MacDonald’s remarkable insights and exquisite storytelling echo her characters’ longing to connect to others, and to life in her remarkable latest collection of twelve stories of love and longing. The vivid imagery of rural existence is a…
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Book Endings – A Call Numbers novel: Loss, Pain, and Revelations (Call Numbers, #2) by Syntell Smith

Riveting and complex… wholly entertaining. Set in 1994, this dynamic, deeply engrossing second installment in Smith’s Call Numbers series continues with Robin Walker’s story as he struggles to find his own place in world while trying to cope with his…
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From Daylight To Madness (The Hotel #1) by Jennifer Gordon

Hauntingly romantic and achingly beautiful… Gordon’s masterful first installment in The Hotel series takes readers into the heart of Dagger Island, an almost uninhabitable rocky island off the coast of Maine for a profoundly unsettling adventure. In the late spring…
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Beasts of the Night by Matejs Kalns

A hard-hitting tale… Kalns’s gritty debut explores child trafficking culture and the power of conviction. When eight-year-old Mei ended up in a dissipated hut after her harrowing escape from the clutches of a child trafficker, it was her grit and…
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Stockboy Nation by Thomas Duffy

A provocative tale of intricacies of love and close relationships… In this beautifully constructed and paced, emotionally accurate tale, Duffy explores the searing emotions of ordinary people caught in unforeseen circumstances. His protagonist is Phillip Doherty, a struggling writer in…
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Don’t Give Up on Me (Otter Bay, Maine #1) by Jodi Artzberger

A taut, compelling tale of forgiveness, redemption, and resiliency of everlasting love… Artzberger’s fascinating outing focuses on the power of God’s love and redemption when forgiveness is hard to find as two estranged lovers confront their own desires and limitations.…
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The Gopher King by Gojan Nikolich

Quirky and darkly humorous, this is literary fiction at best…. Nikolich’s fantastic debut not only showcases his powers of setting, character, and description but also shines light on his skill of giving a dark story a distinctive and humorous flair.…
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A Nest for Lalita by Ken Langer

A compelling tale… The perilous world of modern-day Indian politics: creation of a Hindutva nation, disruptive politics, and the banned rituals of British-ruled India such as sati mark Langer’s engrossing novel. Meena Kaul, director of a women’s shelter Behera House,…
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A Light on Altered Land by Becky Bohan

An entrancing tale of love and renewal… In Bohan’s provocative, artfully woven romantic drama, two women in their 60s set on a journey of self-discovery. The chance encounter at a Minneapolis Starbuck sparks a friendship of renewal and awakening for…
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Tough Love at Mystic Bay By Elizabeth Sowden

A hard-hitting, poignant tale… A deeply moving tale of self-discovery and rediscovering friendship, Sowden’s outstanding debut tells the story of a young woman trying to deal with her past traumas. At 14, Grace Haddonfield was forcefully sent to Epiphany Lake…
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Becoming Buddha by Corey Croft

  A darkly humorous, reflective literary tale… Full of intelligent questions, Croft’s stunning latest takes the reader on the edgy journey of a young man’s path to enlightenment. The unnamed narrator is drifting through life futilely until he meets Alex,…
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The Superior Men of Xinjiang by James Joseph Counsilman

  A meticulously researched, intricate, and timely literary tale… In this deeply intriguing and complex literary novel, Counsilman beautifully chronicles a young Uyghur doctor’s harrowing journey into the rough landscapes of China’s far-northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang as an environment…
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Who Are You? by Diana K. Robinson

  A compelling tale of a marriage gone wrong… Robinson’s stunning debut, a fictionalized account of a true story, is both a powerful and gripping novel about relationships and love with a dark undertone of violence, mental abuse, and trauma…
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And Then He Shot His Cousin by Jeremiah Cobra

A hard-hitting YA… Stacey as one of the good guys has always tried to follow the cousins’ unshakable rules—don’t show weakness, don’t snitch, and always be there for the ones you consider family. But when the cousin he thought loved…
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The Thing About Legends (Marysville Series Book 1) by Ava Hale

A dazzling debut… Hale’s debut installment in the Marysville Series mixes a hefty dose of romance with mystery and intrigue to create a deliciously dark literary tale. Life hasn’t always been kind to 30-year old Sunny Anderson, but with a…
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Starwallow: Book II of The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier

  A quiet and hopeful literary tale that marvelously explores the meaning of life, friendship, and family… Carrier has outdone herself as she returns with this heartwarming second installment in The Riven Country Series that plunges readers back into the…