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Heritage (2 Books) by Susan Diane Black Blackmon

Meticulously researched and beautifully crafted; a vivid, absorbing, and touching historical saga. Blackmon delivers intriguing tales that double as heartfelt family sagas with just a hint of fairy tales in her marvelous historical series. In Emma, the first book in…
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Grandma Goody by Randy Cornell

An engrossing superhero adventure with deep moral convictions… A super-powered grandma goes on a quest to eradicate violence and crime in Cornell’s fun debut. An enigmatic old woman with superpowers has taken upon herself to eliminate both crime and criminals,…
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Cobra Pose (Yoga Mat Mysteries #2) by Susan Rogers (Author), John Roosen (Author)

An intricate, beautifully written page-turner with some shocking twists. The author pair, Susan Rogers and John Roosen, return with this brisk second installment in their Yoga Mat Mysteries series that features vivid storytelling, authentic characters, and contemporary political intrigue. Elaina…
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Starship Malaysia by Keith Costelloe

A tense, evenly paced YA thriller… Costelloe’s page-turning thriller unfolds against the fascinating backdrop of 1980s Malaysia and Bangkok. Seventeen-year-old Scott finds his life in chaos after his father and stepmother are killed in a tragic car accident. Leaving his…
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Letters of Understanding by Christopher J. Mooney

Fascinating, compelling, evocative… A spellbinding tale. Mooney visits the WWII era and the secretive world of Britain and Russia’s intelligence network in this immersive saga. Francis Kelly has always known his father David Kelly has written thousands of letters to…
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Molly The Beautiful Pig Has a Pink Party by Marilyn Ferrett

A charming picture book that entertains and provoke thought in equal measure… Sandwiches? Not ready yet. Dishes? Need to be arranged. Birthday cake? Yet to bake. Chairs? Need placement. Tea? Needs mixing. Umbrella? Needs fixing. Molly’s surprise birthday party preparations…
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A FINE-TUNED HEART: New Poems by Don Gutteridge

A collection of stunning breadth and intimacy… A wide-eyed awareness runs throughout, uplifting life’s everyday moments into something weighty and transcendent in the introspective latest from Gutteridge. In “SYMPHONIC,” Gutteridge trains his eye on the retreating shoreline of a life:…
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All’s Forgotten Now by Michael S. Ripley

Satisfyingly dark and twisted… A page-turning supernatural mystery that will enchant readers from the first page. Steeped in mystery and intrigue and laced with uncanny events of supernatural horror, the engrossing tale from the debut author Ripley impresses with its…
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Bitter for Sweet by Daryl Potter

A haunting novel that deserves to be savored and pondered… With skill and efficiency, Potter evokes the Middle East settings, characters, and culture in his latest historical tale. 76 BCE. Life for Pninah, a poor Jewish girl, is almost content…
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Transcend with Me by Nora S. Pattugalan

Haunting and emotionally tense… A page-turner. Pattugalan’s haunting latest paranormal romance delivers well-rounded characters and an authentic, inclusive world. When the lovely angel Skye wakes up alone on the sands of San Diego, she has no idea how she got…
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The Sacred Band: Union by James MacTavish

Deeply absorbing and extravagantly imagined… Love, divided loyalties, and historical intrigue mark MacTavish’s fantastic latest in The Sacred Band Saga. A new empire is dawning in the United States of America. But the descendants of the Sacred Band of Thebes…
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Time 2 Die: A Codi Sanders Thriller by Brent Ladd

A dazzling thrill-ride that proves impossible to resist… Ladd’s latest hard-edged action thriller, the fourth in the Codi Sanders Thriller series, matches high tension and suspense with a tight plot that fulfills its potential. Hoping to reset mankind’s destructive path,…
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Daisy’s Adventures in Love by Nikki Sitch

An engrosisng rom-com perfect for long summer days… Witty prose, richly imagined characters, and fast-moving narrative mark Sitch’s latest offering, a celebration of family, friendship, and unexpected love. Daisy is finally content; Brad is all she wants in his man:…
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Pool Man (A Nightmare in Riverton Novel) by Dan McDowell

A gripping, philosophical horror thriller… Survival, grief, familial conflict, and the quest for self-identity are given a dark and fantastical treatment in McDowell’s latest thriller, the third in the A Nightmare in Riverton. 1991. Greg Preakle, who is known as…
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Risen (The Battle for Darracia #3) by Michael Phillip Cash

An emotionally charged and thematically profound conclusion to a fascinating series… Cash’s final installment in The Battle for Darracia trilogy captivates with its ferocious action, poignant emotion, and atmospheric setting. With Prince V’sair captured and the ruling class left for…
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The After House (A Haunting on Long Island Series Book 3) by Michael Phillip Cash

Poignant, witty, and propulsive… A standout gothic tale. Cash returns with this fine blend of gothic romance and humor in his latest novel. A year after getting divorce, the lovely Remy Galway buys a 300-year-old cottage in historic Cold Spring…
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Crazy Time: A Bizarre Battle with Darkness and the Divine by L. Andrew Cooper

A gritty tale of modern-day good versus evil. Cooper’s latest novel follows a young woman as she becomes forced to battle supernatural treachery after a tragic accident kills her friends. It was a regular night out for Lily Henshaw and…
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Last Worst Hope by Lee Hunt

A Cracking page-turner with an unlikely group of misfits… Hunt’s highly gripping standalone, set in the world of his Dynamicist Trilogy, is as much a cerebral story as an action-driven tale. With the wizard Nehring Ardgour and his pawn from…
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The Glimpse by Lis Bensley

An engrossing read…Entertaining, poignant, and meaningful. After facing a life-altering event, a budding artist escapes to a small-town life to raise her daughter born out of wedlock and navigates inspiration and redemption in Bensley’s poignant novel. Liza Baker, a rising…
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The Magicians of Ysavar by Z.B. Lee

An entirely fresh and addicting tale… A young man learns what it means to be a true hero in Lee’s debut coming-of-age fantasy. Johan Finley has always dreamt of being a warrior, but when his arrogance and impulsive nature cost…