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Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews, Foreword by K.J. Dell’Antonia

A sweeping, intimate, and beautifully told celebration of women’s resilience. Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews presents twenty-five stories that illuminate how women across eras have stirred, brewed, mixed, and mended their way through history. Framed by…
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A Mixed Bag by Agnes McIntyre

Clever, profound, and unconventional… In her captivating collection of sixteen short stories, McIntyre masterfully blends humor, poignancy, and keen insights into the human experience. Each story offers a unique perspective on life’s complexities. “The Gift” explores the emotional weight of…
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The Electric God and Other Shorts by Michael Thomas Perone

Tense, dark, and thought-provoking; a gripping exploration of blurred realities and fractured identities. In his latest collection, Perone plunges readers into disquieting worlds where the lines between reality, identity, and absurdity blur in unexpected ways. The collection opens with “The…
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The Mountain Girl: Stories from the Himalayas by Mark Batterbury

A soul-stirring collection that leaves a lasting impression. Set against the backdrop of India’s spiritually-charged atmosphere of 1972, Batterbury’s anthology of four tale transports readers to the mesmerizing landscapes of the Himalayas. In “The Retreat,” a couple’s choice to meditate…
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The Beast Hunters (The Beasthunter of Ashbourn ) by Christer Lende

A promising start to an intriguing series…              Lende’s debut fantasy gets his The Beasthunter of Ashbourn series off to an impressive start. 17-year-old Ara is living a life of abuse and neglect until a vicious attack by a terrifying monster…
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Single, Saved, and Content: Finding Contentment in Singleness While Awaiting God’s Best for Marriage by Anaelle Auguste

Insightful, uplifting, and practical… An emotionally engaging guide. Auguste brings a skillful guide to uncovering strength and contentment as a single individual, allowing a person to live more fully while trusting God’s plan for marriage and relationship. Using her own…
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Pretty/Ugly by Jennifer Anne Gordon

Powerful, gripping, and raw… Gordon impresses once again with her latest, an exhilarating tale set into a world approaching its end. Omelia has seen it all: grief, childhood trauma, and death. A large fan following on Instagram means nothing but…
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The Joyous Adventures of Whizzojack by David Bush (Author), Jack Zarb Adami (Author)

A charming, intriguingly plotted superhero adventure… In this engaging superhero adventure, David Bush and Jack Zarb Adami examine belongingness, courage, duty, and the idea of heroism through their eight-year-old endearing superhero’s superpowered adventures. Jacktown is a great city, and the…
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Hush Now, Don’t Cry by Maggie Casteen

A sharp, observant, and intelligent thriller… Pitting the feisty Kathy Hamilton against a ruthless killer, Casteen’s finely crafted suspense thriller is crammed with brutal killings, insanity, and intrigue. Kathy is back in Rosemount, seeking work as an investigator. When Bailey…
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Truth of the Matter by Leigh Ffleming

Intricate, gripping, and poignant… Addictively readable. The award-winning Ffleming returns with another compelling tale, a stand-alone historical saga, with memorable, deeply realized characters, genuine surprises, and family intrigue. The young and resilient Laurel Whitman has always struggled with her father’s…
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Rollover: A Nikki Doyle Novel by Paula J Longhurst

Wonderfully satisfying… A page-turner. Longhurst’s latest, featuring the troubled lottery-winner protection agent Nikki Doyle, is a taut and suspenseful page-turner that offers a winding storyline, plenty of intrigue, and a dark web of lies and deceits. Struggling with her personal…
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Ascension (Age of Shadow Saga) by Marc R. Micciola

A wickedly addictive read… Micciola draws on elements of fantasy and romance to create an exhilarating tale of love, murder, intrigue, and betrayal. It’s been two-hundred years since the sinister Kemryr is imprisoned. But the members of the vicious and…
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Comic book review: Bat Bunnies: “Capture” by Chris Flynn

A quirky, action-packed adventure… Flynn knocks out an intriguing SF adventure, the Best Original Screenplay Finalist in the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival Los Angeles, in the latest episode of Bat Bunnies. In the first part, the bat bunnies are about…
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Lost Souls: A Redstone Chronicles Thriller (The Redstone Chronicles) by J. T. Bishop

Taut, fascinating, and propulsive… A stunner. High intrigue, the characters’ realistically portrayed emotional dilemmas, and breakneck pacing elevate this supernatural mystery above the ordinary, the first in the Redstone Chronicles by Bishop. The caseload is heavy for Mason Redstone, the…
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Sliced Lives: Volume 1 by John Smistad (Author), Jane Christie Smistad (Author)

Engrossing, meditative, and bittersweet… Love, life, death, relationships, and the mysteries of the human mind provide the background in this captivating collection of short stories by John Smistad and Jane Christie Smistad. Multi-layered characters struggle with their individual burdens and…
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Eleonora and Joseph: Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues

Brimming with pathos and rich in character, this is a knockout… Lush and electrifying, Rodrigues’s vibrant tale about love, morality, and duty is a searing depiction of the Enlightenment. Set in the 18th century Naples and the newly minted United…
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Murder Under A Full Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Book 7 by Abigail Keam

A finely tuned page-turner… Keam’s latest intoxicating blend of mystery and intrigue, the seventh in the Mona Moon series, is solidly crafted and enlivened by quirky, colorful cast and a gripping central mystery. When Mona Moon joins Eleanor Roosevelt, First…
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The ‘Great’ Kickin’dog by Kenneth Allen Crutchfield, Sr.

A wholly engrossing tale that delivers pure pleasure… Crutchfield weaves the story of one family’s tragedies, turning it into a moving tale of loss, growth, and hope in his outstanding latest. John Coleman Sr., ex-musician and assembly line worker, has…
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Last Call: Bar Poems Volume 3 by Randall McNair

A bold, memorable, and capacious collection… In his gorgeously visceral third volume in Bar Poems, the award-winning McNair explores love, life, death, hope, and self-loathing. “Grateful, Dead” examines the inevitable nature of death whereas “Roaches” and “This Will Not Go…