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Season of Restorations by Thomas DeConna

A heartening read—engrossing, moving, and meaningful. In DeConna’s debut, men from three generations unite at their family homestead in New Jersey and find redemption. Franklin Bowman has kept some secrets close to his heart. But with his deteriorating health, he…
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Nobody Told Me by Karla Rogers

Beautifully imagined and vividly crafted… Rogers explores the self-realization, transformation, and intricacies of motherhood in her absorbing debut. Molly Fowler has always defined herself by her role as a mother, wife, realtor, and a sister and is ready for the…
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The Knowing (Bulwark Anthology, #1) by Brit Lunden

Exciting to read, engrossing, and satisfying… A phenomenal read. Lunden continues the story of Bulwark by delving into the backstory of JB Stratton, a character who made an appearance in the original Bulwark novella. With his beloved wife Ellie long-gone…
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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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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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Skyehag (The Torrport Diaries Book 2) by Bettyanne Twigg (Author), Albert Marsolais (Author)

An intricate, entertaining tale, both immediate and arrestingly absorbing. Elspeth MacLeod’s quest to save her clan from sinister enemies while fighting false charges of witchcraft propels the action in Marsolais and Twigg’s second installment in The Torrport Diaries series. It…
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Legends on the Rise Series by Leigh Rose

Riveting… Page-turning… Filled with historical events, myths, and legends that haunt two families’ redemption, Rose’s Legends on the Rise series is a poignant, revealing period fiction about race and slavery in the colonial slave trade era. The first book begins…
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The Rape of Persephone by Monica Brillhart

An engrossing and fascinating gem of a book with love, passion, and intrigue inscribed on every page… Wrought with love, treachery, conspiracies, and hidden agendas, Brillhart’s debut novel, the first in the projected trilogy, is deeply engrossing and fascinating with…
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Falling in Love at The Cos by Jim Hamilton

Evocative and beautifully haunting… Hamilton’s playful and haunting slender Halloween romance explores true love, the real and metaphorical masks along with perception versus reality. Terrence Worthwell has just turned forty and has never been to a casino or flown on…
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Spark by Y.C. Leung

Utterly readable… Set in near-future, Leung’s debut offers a fusion of apocalyptic fiction, SF, and young adult drama, chronicling a group of young people’s struggle to survive after an earthquake initiates a series of devastating incidents. With rising sea levels…
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Dry Heat: A Novel by Len Joy

An emotionally charged page-turner… Joy conjures up a gritty crime drama full of danger, betrayal, love, and loss in his latest novel. Joey Blade seems to have everything: a full-ride scholarship in cards, a beautiful new girlfriend, and doting parents.…
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On the Winds of Quasars (The Song of Kamaria Book 2) by T. A. Bruno

Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced… Bruno’s second installment in The Song of Kamaria series offers heaps of thrilling moments of danger sprinkled with high action, adventure, and intrigue. Cade and Nella Castus, taken from their home and brought deep into…
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The Last Stop by Patricia Street

A deeply touching memoir about addiction, grief, and loss… Street takes readers on her family’s journey of pain and loss as she recounts their history dealing with her son’s heroin addiction. What began as a prescription drug for pain management…
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The Devil and Dayna Dalton: (Book 9) A Bulwark Anthology by Brit Lunden

A thoroughly imagined supernatural tale with taut pacing and compelling characters… Lunden’s exceptional ninth installment in her A Bulwark Anthology is hefty on both chills and thrills. For as long as Dana can remember, she has always loved Sheriff Clay…
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Pokergeist (A Haunting on Long Island Series Book 4) by Michael Phillip Cash

Un-put-downable… Cash’s fourth installment in A Haunting on Long Island Series is full of dark intrigue, wit, and emotion.  After losing his well-paid IT job, Telly Martin is trying his hands at being a professional poker player. When fate throws…
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Power Blind (A Dana Hargrove Legal Mystery) by V.S. Kemanis

An intricate, top-drawer legal thriller… Kemanis’s latest novel, the sixth in Dana Hargrove series, is a solid, fascinating legal thriller that explores the limits of love, guilt, and punishment. Former prosecutor Dana Hargrove, who has been appointed as an appellate…
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Rules of Falling by Leslie Tall Manning

Complex and sophisticated…. Absolutely un-put-downable. The award-winning Manning thoughtfully examines the intricacies of living with a chronic condition, love, and identity in her page-turning latest YA romance. Life for high-school senior Erica O’Donnell is hardly ideal: living with syncope, a…
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Where is the Sun? by Tamar Johnson

A charming book that speaks directly to young hearts… Johnson returns with this striking picture book that celebrates positivity and gratitude. As young Lea and her mom set out to do their errands through the gray, rainy city streets, the…
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Resolution of Stars by Martyn Rhys Vaughan

An exciting SF tale with engaging concepts and memorable characters… A propulsive adventure. In his sequence to Doom of Stars, Vaughan deftly weaves an intricate, immersive and often bleak tale within a grim post-apocalyptic setting. Wanting another chance at life…
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Nothing in Time Separating by K. Lumpkin

A compelling and inspiring story of love, courage, and resilience… Lumpkin adeptly blends high-tension of a deeply suspenseful thriller with hefty doses of romance and religion, taking readers on one woman’s journey to unraveling the mysteries of her past. When…