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A Halloween Adventure with Jack and Ony Lantern by Sylvie Gionet

A fast-paced and thoroughly spooky Halloween adventure… Halloween brings some serious adventure for the sibling pair in this atmospheric, deeply engrossing romp. Jack and Ony are in a great mood, and who can blame them, between testing their new patch…
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An Invitation to the Captain’s Table by Ellen Frazer-Jameson

An evocative and wholly satisfying romance… A poignant romance that doubles as a travel memoir, Frazer-Jameson’s new novel takes the reader on an exhilarating journey as a wealthy widow sets out to travel around the world while looking for romance.…
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Nordstrom Necromancer: A New Adult Dark Fantasy Inspired By Norse Mythology by Amy B. Nixon

Compellingly readable and an unpredictable thrilling ride… Nixon debuts her new adult dark fantasy series with this enjoyable blend of intrigue, daring escapades, and exhilarating action. Twenty-year-old Learyn Dustrikke is struggling with the usual worries of adulthood when she learns…
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Raven Rain: A Johnny Delarosa Thriller (The Delarosa Series Book 3) by David Stever

A stand-out… Stever’s solid third Johnny Delarosa thriller finds the Port City private eye trying to unravel a sinister blackmail conspiracy. The former pro football star—turned car dealer—Stan Shelton assigns Johnny to look into a blackmail scheme. But when a…
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Loose Ends in Yokohama by Alex Lund

Reflective, biting, and engrossing… A compelling psychological study and a journey through life, Lund’s latest takes the reader on one man’s journey as he struggles to make peace with his yesterday after inconvenient details from his past begin to haunt…
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All His Works: On the Eighth Day by Ainny Klover

Imaginative and suspenseful … Klover’s suspense thriller follows Alex Bryn, a retired musician who finds himself entangled in his former lover’s murder investigation. As a musician, Alex Bryn had seen his fair share of success, but his music carrier didn’t…
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When Life Was like a Cucumber by Greg Wyss

Expansive, witty, and hugely satisfying…  A young man sets on a self-exploratory journey after his long overdue split from his wife in Wyss’s hilarious, satirical tale. It is 1971. Jeffrey Hesse, a recent graduate from Northeastern University, moves with his…
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This We Pray | Sea of People by W. Nikola-Lisa

A hard-hitting, compelling collection… Nikola-Lisa uses a light hand to delve into topics that include violence against black people, ethnic disparity, and systematic racism in this compelling collection. Arranged in two sections, Nikola-Lisa juxtaposes startling observations with more common images,…
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Independence Day by Rachel Teller

Remarkable… a pitch-perfect, poignant story. Teller brings to life the heartbreaking realities of a teenager living with a mental illness in this heartfelt and deeply engrossing YA novel. Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, the stunning yet notoriously moody Candace Wisenhardt…
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A Wild Day at the Zoo (Little Polyglot Adventures 2) by Victor Dias de Oliveira Santos

A fun romp… Available in several languages, in both bilingual and monolingual editions, Santos’s second in the multi-award-winning Little Polyglot Adventures series takes readers on polyglot siblings’ memorable family trip filled with moments of fun and thrills. The city zoo…
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Unspoken by T. A. Belshaw

An evocative, richly detailed tale… Belshaw’s poignant latest, a tale of family secrets, love, betrayal, and revenge, delivers atmosphere and plotting as well as nicely modulated characters. With her husband’s aptitude for relentless nagging and bullying, Jessica is trapped in…
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Keepers & Destinies by Carl F Brothers

An entertaining blend of thrilling action and intrigue… Brothers sets a sharply detailed fantasy of duty, sacrifice, and lust of power against the backdrop of the powerful war between angles and demons. With the day of reckoning approaching fast, Andrea,…
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Dark World: Oblivion (Dark World Saga #2) by A.R. Kingston

An excellent tale of magic, romance, mystery, and the politics of divinity… Rife with countless plot twists, political intrigue, and passionate romance, Kingston’s second installment in the Dark World Saga takes readers on a darker journey as Alex and Jay…
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Book blurb: White Swan Wishes by Wes Snowden

Unfolding over the course of many decades, this poignant tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed encompasses a lifetime of dreams and longing. One fine September day, seventeen-year-old Michael Grayson and Signet Bergeron met for the first time and fell…
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Book blurb: To See The Unseen by Emily Apfel

Molecules: Lately, Luke’s been seeing large atoms in all kinds of ways . . . Luke knows he cannot disclose his ADHD and dyslexia even to his closest friends. The fear of being judged is something every teenager fears. And…
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The Poe Consequence by Keith Steinbaum

A deeply suspenseful, sprawling story of supernatural revenge… A total knockout. Steinbaum offers an irresistibly offbeat mix of supernatural horror and gritty crime drama in his latest. Two rival gangs, Alvarado Street Diablos and North Rampart Lobos, have always ruled…
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Surulere, Lagos by Taiwo Aloba

A lean, searing celebration of a place rooted in hunger, violence, and intrigue… In this first-rate short collection of poetry and prose, Aloba recalls growing up in Lagos, capturing the essence of a vibrant, heaving city where people meander, both…
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Book BLURB: The Adventures of Tooten and Ter Series by Chris McCloskey

Meet Colorado’s most sought-after sleuth team – 13-year-old Terrance O’Connell and his sidekick, Tooten, a black, curly-haired dog! There is no other option but foster care, and Ter is not thrilled to stay with his foster father who happens to…
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Book blurb: Prosper by Lindsay Schuster

Four high-school friends, each with her own story line… It’s friendship that binds Kaila, Amy, Jenny, and Stephanie. But they do share something more than their unbreakable bond: their personal traumas and pains; Kaila, after her parents’ tragic death is…
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Real Enough: A Wilderness Survival Novel by Jeffrey W. Tenney

Wickedly thrilling… Relentless suspense, greed, and ethical dilemmas pervade Tenney’s latest gripping wilderness survival novel featuring four groups of people trying to survive on a remote island in British Columbia. Invited for a reality tv show stint, the four teams,…