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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: 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,…
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Book blurb: Ocean Friends Series by Tam Warner Minton

An amazing visual collection of the colorful, curious, and varied tropical reef fish that calls oceans its home. Look closer into this excellent photographic guide to find all types of tropical reef fish. From cleaner friend butterflyfish and angelfish to…
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From Daylight To Madness (The Hotel #1) by Jennifer Gordon

Hauntingly romantic and achingly beautiful… Gordon’s masterful first installment in The Hotel series takes readers into the heart of Dagger Island, an almost uninhabitable rocky island off the coast of Maine for a profoundly unsettling adventure. In the late spring…
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The Photograph by Kat Karpenko

A poignant historical drama… Karpenko’s latest boldly captures the sweeping devastating “terror-famine” of the times from the perspective of a family caught in a Bolshevik domination. Stalin’s rise to power in 1928 sets off a tidal wave of social turmoil…
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The Addicted Child: A Parent’s Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse by Richard Capriola

A thoroughly compelling and informed guidebook… In his comprehensive latest, Capriola takes an insightful look at substance abuse in adolescents and its treatment. Drawing from his own experience of working with adolescents with substance use disorders and the University of…
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The Brigands: Players of the Game Book 2 by James McGowan

A tale that crackles with action and occult thrills… McGowan’s troubled antihero, the ruthless pyromancer Ashe Stelfire, is back once again in this riveting second installment in the Players of the Game series. Avril exists as a living ghost while…
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Black ≠ Inferior by Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Profound and powerful… The beautiful latest collection by Akinyemi broaches an impressive array of challenging subjects, among them the complexity, joy, and heartbreak of black experience, death, acts of God, and celebration of love.  Akinyemi’s black culture is not an…