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Spellbound – The Workings of DrugTech by Marcel V Sahade

  Mesmerizing… Sahade provides riveting, convincing glimpses into a mysterious corporation’s ruthless quest of money and power through his characters’ kaleidoscopic lives and creates a manipulative, dark world shimmering with uncanny swerves in this engrossing debut collection of short stories.…
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Inferno of Silence by Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Poignant and honest… Akinyemi’s first collection of short stories dazzles with elegant prose, genuine emotions, and Nigerian cultural lore as it plumbs both the socio-cultural issues and the depths of love, loss, grief, and personal trauma. Spontaneous and sharp “Black…
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Growing Bananas with Pilita González by Patxi Pagasarri

A sharply-written, brilliant literary tale… Set in 1980s Spain during the peak of Basque conflict, Pagasarri’s delightful latest beautifully captures the emotions of a teenager’s disquiet. Pilita González is a regular teenager with her insecurities, fears, and a feverish imagination.…
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Woman: A Collection of Short Stories by V.P. Evans

Remarkably moving… Evans’s poignant debut short story collection follows a cast of women characters based in different parts of the world with each representing a different ethnic strain, but they have one thing in common: all of them contributes to…
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Room 11 by mari reiza

Intelligent and darkly emotive… Reiza returns with a fascinating story of two women, both broken and connected by their mental anguish. The world of Sofia, a comma patient, is small, full of agony, and confined to a hospital room where…
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Dappled by Lisa Brown

Masterfully written and packed with insight, compassion, and hope… Not the one to be missed. Brown tackles significant theme of self-worth with trenchantly serious message of mental health issues in her exceedingly moving, honest debut which tells the story of…
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Whispers on a String by Kathleen Stone

  A jam-packed emotional story about friendship, belonging, and love… Poignant emotions and tender romance run deep in Stone’s engrossing latest which tells the story of two best friends who are trying to deal with their unresolved feelings. When fourteen-year-old…
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Triple Bagger: one story of management consultancy by mari reiza

  A biting portrait of corporate ambitions… A reclusive author’s recounting of his career as a consultant in a top-rated corporation brings a motley crew of characters in this unorthodox tale by Reiza. Trying to meet his family’s expectations, Vittal…
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Marmotte’s Journey by mari reiza

A poignant meditation on finding one’s own voice… A coming-of-age story, Reiza’s fantastic latest chronicles the journey of a young woman struggling to find her own identity. Unable to put herself first, Marmotte’s life is marked by consistent disregard from…
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The Songbirds: Set Yourself Free by Alif

A meditation on love’s complicated intimacies… Set in South India and London, Alif’s brilliant novel beautifully captures the melancholy of longing and love. The son of an “upper-class family” Kasim falls in love with “the poor distant relation” Sumera, the…
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Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell

  Authenticate detail, artistic intuition, and luminous prose mark this fascinating historical tale… A finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award, Shortell’s debut which details the assassination of the politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee and its aftermath, is both original in conception…
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The Healing of Lily Wentworth: Part II by Melissa Martineau Alexander

  An impressive, deeply evocative tale which is both engrossing and intriguing… This frank, poignant work of women’s fiction, the conclusion to The Anatomy of An Affair series expertly explores the aftermath of an extramarital affair as the protagonist continues…
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Anatomy of An Affair: Part I by Melissa Martineau Alexander

An intense romance… Alexander’s passionate romance, the first installment in the Anatomy of An Affair Series which tells the story of a woman who falls in love with her husband’s best friend, is a soaring love story marked by well-paced…
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Behind the Locked Door by David Herstle Jones

A deeply satisfying tale… Dedicated to his older brother, who died of a fast-moving cancer as a young man, David’s magical and sweeping tale focuses on a young attorney’s remarkable journey of fulfillment as he gains insights into the true…
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In a Moment by Sarah Gerdes

  A warmly satisfying read… A woman comes to term with soured relationships and ultimate betrayal in Gerdes’s beautifully written, gripping novel about treachery, the redemptive power of true love, and the special bond that comes from genuine friendship. Lindy…
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They: A Biblical Tale of Secret Genders by Janet Mason

  A taut, gripping, deeply intriguing tale… Mason reimagines the life of Tamar from the book of Genesis as she takes readers on a stunning journey, vividly evoking the world of Old Testament women and intersex individuals. Content and happily…
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Conduits: The Death of Jinx Jenkins by J. Ryan Sommers

  A truly remarkable tale… Sommers’s second book that starts with the suicidal death of Jinx Jenkins is an engrossing, whimsical drama—part superhero tale, part metaphysical speculation, and part satire. The people of the Green Valley are losing their life…
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Conduits: The Ballad of Jinx Jenkins by J. Ryan Sommers

  A lyrically written, eloquent tale… an adventurous ride over a vast landscape of the imagination! Sommer’s impressive debut dashes through a surreal valley as humans, ghosts, jinxes, gods, devils, heroes, and a pygmy Big Foot come together and form…
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Whale Rock by Diana Plater

A warmhearted, deeply intriguing drama… A small, cozy cafe in Sydney stands at the center of plater’s tale as it becomes a visiting space for various protagonists in this brilliantly crafted, poignant story. Shannon, the owner of a small seaside…
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Tenderness and Troubling Times: A Collection of Stories by Tara Wine-Queen

  A lyrical, poignant collection… The stories about breaking and rebuilding, losing and finding, and families occupy the theme of Tara’s brilliant story collection. Written in lyrical prose, “One More Thing to Make You Proud,” is both raw and honest.…