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Altamara’s Gift by John Gregg

A sprawling and deeply human Vietnam War novel… The jungles of Vietnam swallow young men whole, and only brotherhood offers any hope of survival in Gregg’s compelling novel. Sergeant Lefty Altamara, a gifted baseball player fleeing a violent childhood, finds…
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Hydrangeas from Dad: His Gift from Beyond that Rescued My Soul: Healing and Thriving After the Loss of a Loved One by Mary Ellen Connett MacDonald MS

Mystical, moving, and quietly profound. Marriage and family therapist MacDonald confronts the death of her father, and the startling spiritual aftermath that reshapes her understanding of grief, identity, and the endurance of love. William “Bill” Basil Pukatch, the emotional center…
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Berkeley Arcane (Braided Dimensions Book 5) by Marie Judson

A cerebral, time-bending fantasy. In Judson’s fifth installment in the Braided Dimensions series, a Berkeley lawyer is drawn into a hidden network of psychic powers, unstable portals, and timelines fractured by  modern technology. When mysterious telepath Onyx seeks out Rousseau…
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The Weight of Cold Things: A Psychological Thriller by Lisa Towles

An elegant fusion of Arctic noir and psychological suspense… A Wyoming deputy sheriff’s search for her missing boss leads her into a deadly Arctic conspiracy in Towles’ haunting psychological thriller. After her husband vanishes in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Wyoming deputy…
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Always, Janie by Meghan Sorley

A hauntingly tender debut about love, loss, and becoming yourself. In her emotionally incisive and deeply atmospheric debut, Sorley traces the long aftershock of first love across the American West, following one girl’s painful evolution from dutiful daughter to reluctant…
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And It Only Took 100 Years… by Alan Shayne

Reflective, humane, and beautifully observed. There are memoirs that recount achievement, and there are memoirs that illuminate the emotional history of an era. Shayne’s memoir does both with uncommon elegance. One might expect a Hollywood memoir full of glamorous anecdotes…
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The Watchmen by Mike MacCarthy

Fast-paced, provocative, and impossible to put down… A kidnapped school board candidate, a missing intelligence operative, and a conspiracy reaching far beyond local politics drive MacCarthy’s sprawling political thriller. After reform candidate Adam Tanner disappears before a pivotal San Diego…
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The Guardian: The Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope Series #4 by Jordan Standridge

Dark, immersive, and psychologically incisive… Standridge’s fourth installment in the Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope series takes readers on an emotionally charged journey through love, loss, and betrayal. Nearly twenty years after the presumed death of her first husband,…
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The Earth Is Her Own by Renée Carrier

Lyrical, visionary, and unforgettable. Set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming’s Black Hills, Carrier’s richly contemplative book blends literary realism, spiritual mystery, and speculative fiction into an emotionally resonant story about grief, healing, and human transformation. The novel centers on…
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Grumpy Goes Home for the Holidays (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure) by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Thoughtful, engaging, and heart-melting… A young iguana discovers the importance of compassion, family, and belonging in Chapman’s latest installment in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series. Grumpy sets off on a long-awaited journey to the Florida Keys…
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Dug Up by Shari Marshall

A darkly charming supernatural mystery filled with atmosphere, emotional tension, and steadily escalating suspense… Marshall’s immersive novel blends buried secrets, dangerous magic, and small-town unease into a richly atmospheric urban fantasy. Trying to outrun a traumatic past, former police officer…
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Gaia’s Revolution (The Icaria Trilogy) by Nina Munteanu

Bleak, intelligent, and emotionally explosive. Munteanu’s latest is a politically incendiary portrait of a civilization unraveling under climate collapse, historical trauma, and ideological extremism. Berlin, 2022. In a country destabilized by climate catastrophe and political extremism, activist Damien Vogel becomes…
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Mortimer’s Magical Goo (Learning is Magical) by Megan K Palmer (Author), Nabila Amanda (Illustrator)

A thoughtful and emotionally perceptive picture book about effort, friendship, and learning that imperfection is part of growing up. In this fun picture book, Palmer introduces readers to Mortimer, a boy who would rather avoid chores, difficult activities, and anything…
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Mr. Squirrel Finds a Treasure by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

A thoughtful and environmentally conscious picture book about friendship, teamwork, and caring for the world around us.  Set once again in Flamingo Park, Miami Beach, Chapman’s latest in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series follows the duo…
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Her Runaway Lady by BJ Sikes

Lush, tender, and utterly irresistible… A talented milliner and a runaway aristocrat find love in an alternate Belle Époque Paris in Sikes’s historical romance. Solange wants success, not romance, and she’s worked too hard to depend on anyone else for…
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Moondust: A Collection of Poems by Kahlani B. Steele

Raw, tender, and contemplative… Steele traces the subtle intersections between nature and the human condition in her latest book, a luminous collection of short poems. Separated into thematic movements that range from “Nature” and “Childhood” to “Love and Heartbreak” and…
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Super Super Charro by Carlos Lozano

Witty, vibrant, and enchanting; a genre-bending adventure with heart. A young Los Angeles cop heads to Mexico City for charro training and stumbles into the legacy of a legendary vigilante powered by music and magic in Lozano’s genre-blending adventure. Pepe…
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The World As It Is by Donald Levin

An unflinching, immersive, and incendiary portrait of injustice… Levin crafts a layered portrait of a city and a nation confronting the realities of injustice and change in his latest novel. 1963 Detroit. When an aspiring Motown musician witnesses a white…
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Lily Starling and the Death Machine by Christian Hurst

A dark, cerebral adventure of plague, power, and the dangerous illusion of control. A battle-hardened pilot becomes entangled in a conspiracy when the machine she uncovers doesn’t just preserve life but also begins to change those who survive it in…
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The Kaleidoscope World – A Randy Amanda Adventure by Linda Mackenzie

A surreal, engaging, and emotionally layered adventure of fear and growth… Two children are pulled into a magical world where thoughts shape reality and fear may trap them forever in Mackenzie’s deeply imaginative novel. Drawn into the Kaleidoscope World by…