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Barrio Butterfly by Alex Charns

Cleverly plotted, carefully nuanced, and immensely readable… A page-turner. Star and Zenko find themselves fighting the Durham, N.C. criminal justice system to save an innocent undocumented Salvadoran refugee from life imprisonment in Charns’s latest, an utterly engrossing courtroom drama. When…
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Outfection by Craig Stucko

A well-crafted, compelling, and wonderfully twisty SF thriller… Stucko’s latest book is an action-driven SF tale anchored by dynamic, deep characters, original premise, and tight plotting. A secret power that allows John Thimes to defy the odds and pull people…
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Who Killed Coriolanus? by Ron Fritsch

Brilliantly constructed and richly detailed… Stunning. Fritsch returns with this deeply engrossing stand-alone sequel to Helen’s Orphans, taking readers on an exhilarating journey laced with sinister motives, manipulations, and intrigues. Timon, the last surviving member of the Trojan royal family,…
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Tarnished Crowns a Memoir: The Power of Purpose and Authenticity by Pamela Rice

Beautifully captured… Candid and revealing. In this candid, vivid memoir, Rice transforms the events of her long, winding journey from brokenness to wholeness–fear to faith–and resistance to surrender into an immensely readable story. The narrative unfolds through a series of…
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Shared Sorrows by Vincent Panettiere

Atmospheric, intelligent, and engrossing… A remarkable feat. Set in New Jersey, Panettiere’s latest literary mystery takes readers on one man’s journey to love and redemption. Struggling with his father’s early death decades ago, the New Jersey college professor Frank DioGuardia…
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A Final Call by Eliot Parker

Thoroughly absorbing, suspenseful, and very, very tense… Go, grab it. Parker returns with this impeccably written tale laced with mystery and intrigue and featuring Cleveland Homicide Detective Stacy Tavitt. Stacy is still struggling to come to terms with her brother’s…
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THE GIRL FROM POTTER’S FIELD (ISLAND TALES) by James Gregory Kingston

A taut, compulsively readable tale… Set in 1944, Kingston’s stand-alone sequel to The City Island Messenger is a coming-of-age tale of love, friendship, revenge, and reincarnation. The world around City Island is caught up in war, and the close-knit community…
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God Favors You by Tannette Calderon

Insightful and thoughtful… Calderon takes readers to a journey of experiencing a deeper relationship with God while realizing their life purpose. With Scripture and personal reflections, Calderon delves into a vast array of puzzling questions about a person’s existence and…
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Mystic of the Midway by A.A. Blair

A thorough page-turner… Blair plays on themes of self-discovery, bullying, trauma, family ties, and friendship while taking readers on an exhilarating journey laced with supernatural intrigue in his highly engrossing debut. When a sudden accident left Effie feeling different, she…
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The Defender (The Gatlin Series #1) by Larissa Soehn 

Thrilling and enjoyable… Soehn’s engrossing SF debut, the first in The Gatlin series delivers atmospheric setting, fast action, and intergalactic intrigue. Alexia Harmon, a young mother and wife, is barely trudging through life, with anxiety and depression as her constant…