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The Brazen Biddy’s Club: A Mother Daughter Late Life Adventure by Ruth Newell

A fresh, funny take on mother-daughter bond… Newell humanizes the mother-daughter bond in this witty fictionalized semi-autobiographical tale of a middle-aged daughter who finds herself living with her elderly mother after a 40 year hiatus. She writes, groping her way…
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Days of Hope, Miles of Misery: Love and Loss on the Oregon Trail by Fred Dickey

A meticulously researched and effortlessly crafted tale that transports the reader to another world from history… Filled with the struggles and hazards of traveling the rugged, hostile Oregon Trail, Dickey’s epic story of limitless hopes, searing losses, and courageous pioneers…
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The Barkuu: Dawn of a Species by Lauren Wright

A fast-moving, engrossing SF thriller… Wright combines complex characters, a thrilling survival story, and a deeply realized, unnerving future in her debut. After a mysterious cloud appears in space, enveloping the planet for a day, the great calamity follows with…
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Falling Stars Over Belgrade by Jeffrey Kwitny

An addictive thriller full of suspense, secrets, and surprises… Set in 1989 in Yugoslavia, Kwitny’s engrossing thriller finds a struggling Hollywood director entangled in a sinister conspiracy. Struggling with a dwindling career and a deteriorating relationship, Stephen Krawczyk accepts a…
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Dream Phaze – Germination by Matt Watters

Imaginatively conceived and deftly executed… Watters spins a dizzying, exhilarating tale of technological wonder, family drama, and political intrigue in this enthralling latest. Dr. Saxon Zynn and his wife Margo have worked for years on Dream Immersion, an immersive interactive…
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Verdigris: The Metal’s Bane Series Book I by JJ Lynn Daniels

An intense YA Dystopian filled with nearly nonstop action and emotional drama… Daniels kicks off her series starter with a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a teen sibling pair find themselves pitted against the powerful enemies in…
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No Flowers on the Graves by Laurika Bretherton

Powerful and extraordinarily timely… In her stellar latest, Bretherton explores love, racism, and redemption. Set in South Africa during the country’s first democratic elections as the country struggles to find a path to peace and reconciliation, the story is set…
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Everything That Came Before Grace by Bill See

An evocatively crafted, heartfelt tale… See explores longing of love, family ties, and a person’s struggles with mental illness in this moving story. Struggling with the trauma of a painful childhood memories and betrayal of the past, Benjamin Bradford, a…
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The Little Breadwinner: War and Survival in the Salvadoran Heartland by Lucia Mann

A deeply engrossing, devastating tale of war and survival… Mann blends individual struggles and horrors of war, producing a compact tale of survival in her remarkable latest. El Salvador is at the brink of collapse with the military-led government at…
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Abide With Me (Sister Agatha Mystery #3) by Jane Willan

A complete page-turner… Willan mixes intrigue and murder in this exceptional third installment in the Sister Agatha Mystery series featuring the endearing Sister Agatha, an amateur sleuth and writer. Claire Pennoyer, an ambitious young reporter for The Church Times, is…