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FLEETING CHILLS: Weird, Creepy, Short & Scary Horror Stories by Joseph C. Gioconda (Author, Editor), Grace Elizabeth (Author), Amy Yun Yu (Author), Isabel Rincón (Author), Petar Vrbich (Author)

Dark, disturbing, and sharp-edged… A thoroughly gripping collection. Joseph C. Gioconda along with Grace Elizabeth, Amy Yun Yu, Isabel Rincón, Petar Vrbich, and others delves into the dark, brutal world of death and mystery in his grim latest, a collection…
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GODS IN THE RUINS: A Vatican Archives Thriller (The Vatican Archives Series) by E.R. Barr

Action-packed, intense, and thematically profound, this is a conspiracy thriller done right… Barr crafts an absorbing plot around history, religion, myth, archeology, and secrets long buried in his engrossing latest in The Vatican Archives series, featuring Vatican archeologist Fr. Daniel…
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Most Precious Collection by Heather Robbins

A quick read, offering both suspense and scares… In Robbins’ latest, a woman fleeing her past moves into a Victorian house, only to find her life upending once again. Trying to build a new life free of past mistakes, Madison…
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Marrying For Fame by Carol D. Styron

A breezy, engaging tale perfect for a day at the beach… Styron debuts with a sweet romance heavy on lighthearted individual drama and intrigue. Janet Ashby and David Villa, a pair of young aspiring singers, are as different as chalk…
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Devouring Darkness by Martyn Rhys Vaughan

Chilling, poignant, haunting, and thoroughly gripping… Darkness, intrigue, and ambiguity mark Vaughan’s deeply immersive latest, a collection of science fiction stories. Readers will relish the intelligent and chilling blend of irony and darkness in “Keeping Pets is Fun” as an…
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FAIRWAYS by Lani Gavin

A funny, poignant, and hopeful tale… Lusciously readable. A kind-hearted boy, golf, and an innate community bond are among the fascinating threads that Gavin cleverly weaves into her latest Ingo-novel. Fourteen-year-old Pat is keen to help his best friend Cliff…
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Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles

A riveting page-turner… Tortured past comes to haunt the restless young protagonist of Towles’s multilayered, compulsively readable  thriller. Getting transferred from NYU to University of Chicago is supposed to be a new beginning for the troubled Zak Skinner. But an…
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The Necklace III: London, July 1967 by Linda S Rice

A seductively readable, sizzling romance… Rice’s deliciously erotic third instalment in The Necklace series skillfuly balances friendship and tender love with tantalizing sex. After her harrowing escape the last time, James has become an almost fading memory for the troubled…
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Maelstrom Rising by Todd Thorne

Smart, suspenseful… A propulsive thriller… Thorne’s engrossing suspense thriller mixes a hefty dose of darkness and intrigue with mystery to create a deliciously dark thriller. At nineteen, Raven is excited to start her four-year university program in Oklahoma, leaving her…
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Through the Waves a Steady Path by Patrick Garry

A captivating tale that’s hard to put down… Elegant and brilliantly constructed, Garry’s utterly engrossing literary tale takes readers into the exhilarating journey of a former police officer caught into an intricate past conflict. The former Minneapolis police officer Elaine…
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Master of the Scam by Aaron T Knight

A fast-moving, thoroughly entertaining yarn… Knight debuts with a spellbinding depiction of one man’s remarkable drive to survive. It is 1937. The world is enveloped in the chaos of the Great Depression. Jack Wagner’s life is changed forever after a…
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The Long Shot: A French Canadian Saga (A Klondike Gold Miner’s Life Book 1) by Joyce Derenas

Nuanced and compelling… Set against the backdrop of a world enveloped in the chaos of depression, Derenas’s debut is a riveting, complex tale of the courage of one ordinary man. Losing his wife to childbirth is just the beginning of…
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Chicken Feathers by Stephanie Cameron (Author), Scott Dubar (Illustrator)

A delightful story of acceptance and understanding… A page-turner. In this fun, insightful latest by Cameron, wearing a stylish new winter coat becomes a source of heartache for Lissy, the second grader in Oak Forest Elementary in San Antonio, Texas.…
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The Ram’s Tale by Alina Isac (Author), Livia Savin (Illustrator)

A fun romp… High energy, punchy sentences, and wit mark Isac’s charming picture book, a tale about a young shepherd boy taking on a cruel giant. In the valleys of England, a menacing giant and his one-eyed ram are disrupting…
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RangerKnights (The Book of Ruin 3) by W.G. Hladky

Perfectly paced, expertly crafted, and explosively action-packed … Irresistible. Set into a post-apocalyptic world, Hladky’s entertaining, compelling third installment to The Book of Ruin series (after The Flashfall Sword) see the gutsy RangerKnights return to a Jihadi-oppressed downtrodden town, to…
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The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier

Addictive and immersive, this series is a must-read… Carrier combines love and intrigue with magical realism to build a stunning literary series set in rural Wyoming, Italy, Paris, and Ireland. In the debut installment, Senga is struggling to realize her…
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The Light from Darkness by John W. Bebout

Compelling and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love… Rich in evocative detail and human insight, Bebout’s historical tale set in the last months of the American Civil War tells the story of a young man as he makes…
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On the Trail of the Wind’s Tears (On the Trail, book 2) by Lynne Armstrong-Jones

A gripping fantasy, at once lighthearted and intricate… In this finely crafted second installment in the On the Trail series, Armstrong-Jones explores greed for power, courage, resilience, friendship, and the complex dynamics of marriage and relationships as Veras, the Superiors…
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Satan’s Gold by Michael Ray Ewing

Fascinating, a very recommendable read… Pitting the disgraced ex-FBI agent Tyler Jackson against a clever criminal, Ewing’s expertly plotted, wholly engrossing conspiracy thriller is crammed with romantic entanglements, individual struggles, financial intrigue, and high-tech drama. Struggling to rebound from a…
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The Theseus Conspiracy (A CID Agent Jacqueline Sinclair Novel) by Victor Alverez

Fast-paced and complex…  Wildly entertaining. U.S. Army CID Special Agent Jacqueline Sinclair returns in Alverez’s terrific thriller, this time on the trail of a madman who is hell bent on destroying the peace of the world for his personal vendetta.…