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The Thirty-Fifth Page by Lya Badgley

Layered, moody, and deeply immersive. In Badgley’s taut literary thriller, an art conservator’s research draws her into a deadly game of history and myth. With war creeping toward Sarajevo, American conservator Miri Adler sets out to document the fabled Sarajevo…
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The Lie That Changed Everything: The Memoir of a Little Rascal (Confessions from the Silence Book 1) by Gary Trew

Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. In his compelling memoir, Trew delivers a blisteringly funny and unsettling portrait of a childhood forged from mischief, trauma, and a haunting lie. From the opening pages, when he describes his chaotic breech birth and…
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The Robe of Rainbow Feathers by Diane Arkenstone

Potent and beautifully told. Arkenstone crafts a luminous tale where nature, spirit, and perspective converge in a tender, deeply personal fable. The story traces a girl whose bond with the natural world shows her that love and gratitude outshine fear.…
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Matthew (A Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series, #3) by Alisa Jean

A gritty, heartfelt, and unapologetically sexy romance that delivers both the sizzle of forbidden love and the ache of loss.  Jean’s third entry in her Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series is a bruising, heartfelt romance that finds surprising tenderness beneath…
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Luka (Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series, #2) by Alisa Jean

Equal parts heat and heart. In her second Los Angeles Quakes novel, Jean delivers a powerful story of scars, strength, and love’s ability to mend what’s broken. Once the dazzling golden boy of the L.A. Quakes, Luka Ribič is left…
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Our Amazing Minds: Celebrating Differences and Sharing the Adventure of Autism by Jeffery May, Laura May

Engaging, heartfelt, and authentically inclusive.  Jeffery May and Laura May offer a candid, heartfelt glimpse into the day four Autistic friends explore a children’s museum for the first time in their engaging debut picture book. Through Jackson’s voice, readers step…
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Sole Runner by Anim S. Swart

Raw, gritty, and wholly Inspiring… Swart, a 2022 4 Deserts Grand Slam Champion, recounts her pursuit of some of the world’s most punishing ultramarathons, threading each race through an equally demanding personal history. The premise sounds simple: 250 kilometers per…
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A Seal Upon the Heart by Arian Hatefi

Lyrical, emotional, and gripping. In Hatefi’s heartfelt middle-grade adventure, two siblings risk everything to save the person they love most. Eleven-year-old Leonardo and eight-year-old Leili’s lives change forever when they learn their father has a terminal illness. Rumors of a…
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Hyperion’s Bier: Scarecrow Trials #4  by Tamara Brigham

Gritty, propulsive, and emotionally unrelenting. A shadowed avenger and a city on the edge of ruin bring Brigham’s dystopian saga to a tense and deeply satisfying close. The city of Hebenon is on the verge of falling. Power grids fail,…
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Thrive in Chaos by Jace Parker

A raw, no-fluff guide to building real-world resilience when life hits hard. Parker, a seasoned crime scene investigator, lays out a no-nonsense framework for resilience in this autobiographical self-help guide grounded in trauma, crisis, and firsthand experience. The book’s four-part…
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Dark Elf’s Snare by Armanis Ar-feinial

An emotionally charged, morally complex fantasy that blends passion with pathos and seduction with sorrow. In Ar-feinial’s brooding dark fantasy, an elven bodyguard’s mission spirals into a battle with grief, desire, and supernatural forces. Haunted by the disappearance of his…
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Fighting Gravity by Michael Godin

Raw, unfiltered, and tragically hilarious… Godin’s latest novel is a darkly funny, emotionally honest portrait of a man on the verge as he tries to find solid ground again. New Orleans plastic surgeon Nick Jordan seems to have it all—success,…
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The Manse of Chasconny by Gabbiano Gatto

Dark, cerebral, and unforgiving… Gatto’s latest novel is a haunting, richly imagined political gothic tale set in a Europe on the verge of collapse. Salbador, a repressed caretaker in an isolated coastal manse, grows increasingly unstable under the cruel authority…
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Time Travel Swap by Connie Lacy

Daringly imaginative and deeply rooted in human connection… Lacy offers a refreshingly grounded take on time travel, fusing emotional realism with speculative fiction to explore identity, ambition, and connection in her latest novel. The story follows Carly Munro, a rising…
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Never Becomes Now (Zachary Zander Series) by Larry J. Kachik

A relentless, adrenaline-charged medical thriller… In Kachick’s second installment in the Zachary Zander series, emergency physician and newly appointed Chief Medical Officer Zachary “ZZ” Zander finds himself on the front lines of a battle that extends far beyond the ER.…
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THE LEGACY OF THE DREAMER by Nathan Ash

Dark, intense, and deeply compelling… Ash makes his debut with this brooding tale of exile and obsession. The story follows Renealt, a man cast adrift in a world that fears magic. Waking in a barn covered in blood, he remembers…
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I Was a Hero Once by Peter P Mahoney

A searing, deeply introspective memoir… Mahoney dismantles the mythology of heroism, war, and personal redemption in his compelling memoir. After joining the Army in 1968, he was sent to Vietnam. Upon his return, he became the leading voice in the…
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I, No Other by Yarrow Paisley

Unsettling and hypnotic… Paisley delivers an electrifying collection of absurdist interludes in his latest book. In the hallowed “tradition” of the avant-garde, these pieces do what that tradition does best—unseat tradition itself. The ten pieces within—if they qualify as stories…
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The Rangers’ Dilemma: a Gritty Fairytale: Dawn of Forest Black by Armanis Ar-feinial

An immersive, high-stakes tale of duty, identity, and the corrosive effects of power… Ar-feinial’s latest installment in Dawn of Forest Black series delves into the fraught intersection of duty, identity, and the volatile politics of an intricately rendered elven world.…
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Hidden by Olivia Gold 

A wildly entertaining ride that’s as heartfelt as it is hilarious… Gold combines sharp wit, wild turns, and middle school madness into a taut, thrilling story in her latest novel. Xander thought he had middle school figured out: stay low,…