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The Empress and the Arctic Tern (The Sky, Earth and Water, #1) by Angie Chasser

A provocative adventure… Those with a taste for swiftly paced adventure fantasy will welcome Chasser’s debut entry in The Sky, Earth and Water series. While helping her parents on their farm comes naturally to Illa, she has always believed there’s…
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Faces: A Love Story by Roger Hutchison

With its stunning illustrations and lyrical text, the book makes for a page-turner… Told in lyrical verse and accompanied by visually arresting, full-color face illustrations, Hutchison’s inspirational latest beautifully explores diversity, humanity, and faith. Hutchison begins the book with God’s…
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UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT (Gods of the Gridiron Book 1) by Shanna Swenson

A deliciously readable romance… Swenson blends the thrills and chills of scorching hot romance in this swiftly paced debut in the Gods of the Gridiron series about love, insecurities, and past traumas. The handsome, hot-headed football star, Travis Redmond and…
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The Languid Belly of the Beast (The Deep Space Cargoist Book 2) by JS Carter Gilson

An exhilarating ride… The second installment in Gilson’s hard SF series has both the suspense and zip of debut book The Loneliness of the Deep Space Cargoist. Inez Stanton has a seemingly easy job this time after her brush with…
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TALES FROM AN ODD MIND by Nom D. Plume

Outstandingly brilliant… Plume’s marvelous collection of short stories and poems, a clever blend of dark humor and meditations on death and the workings of the universe, is of the sweeping epic variety despite its slender size. Often unnerving and quirky,…
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Introspections from a Clouded Mind by Jeffrey Robb

A contemplative, honest collection… Simultaneously dark and poignant, Robb’s short collection of poetry describes with sorrow and passion the innermost feelings of someone suffering from mental illness. In these poems, the protagonist takes the reader on a journey into the…
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Xand Io Striving: A Novel (Bioptas Book 2) by Emily Jefford

A SF adventure that intrigues and charms… Jefford continues her Bioptas series with this engrossing second installment, taking readers through Eartha’s coming-of-age journey as the young Imadali. Eartha is no longer Eartha Patterson now: as the rightful heir of Theohas…
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Transit of Mercury by Simon Jones

A finely polished amalgam of action and intrigue… Past and present clash in the outstanding debut from Jones, a tale about the triumph of good over evil. After blowing the whistle on a fraudulent scheme at an Italian bank in…
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The Door Into Whimsy by H.F. Clarke

A stunner … An inquisitive young hero, an endearing cast of mythical creatures, and a wholly original fantasy land feature in Clarke’s charming modern-day fairy tale. When city starts to expand, Tyler Wordsmith’s charming childhood home Bramble begins acting spooky.…
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Mirror in Time (Sons of Meir #2) by Jacqueline T. Johnson

Extremely fast-paced and gripping… Johnson fills her stellar second installment in the Sons of Meir series with fast action and endearing heroes. Nash finds his loyalties complicated when his decision to go forward after finding himself at the crossroad of…
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Cloudland Series by Chip Hill

An addictive, page-turner fantasy… Hill’s charming modern-day fairy tale featuring the endearing mythical creatures from a fantasy land follows a sibling pair journeying to Cloudland to help King Nature. In the first installment, the siblings Jane and Robbie are desperate…
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Ghouls and Alchemy (An Amethyst Hunter Story) by Amy B. Nixon

A flawlessly crafted tale… Nixon drives the danger to dizzying heights in this swiftly paced urban fantasy featuring an Amethyst Hunter. Nathan Holloway was turned into an Amethyst Hunter after his death in 1945 during the second World War while…
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Those Who Watch From Afar by Zack Hacker

A fascinating coming-of-age fantasy… Bestseller Hacker’s thrilling first installment in the Magic’s Erosion series tells the coming-of-age story of a young elf looking to find her place in the world. It was Petra’s curiosity that forced her to cross the…
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The Gopher King by Gojan Nikolich

Quirky and darkly humorous, this is literary fiction at best…. Nikolich’s fantastic debut not only showcases his powers of setting, character, and description but also shines light on his skill of giving a dark story a distinctive and humorous flair.…
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Ashes of the Living by John Cox

A roller-coaster ride… The twin specters of revenge and redemption drive this stunning debut by Cox which features Chicago PD Detective Tyler Morgan and his newly-appointed partner Annabelle Herrera. While Detective Tyler Morgan is on duty, his wife and young…
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Demented by Joe Clark

Intense, dark, and an absolute page-turner… As much social commentary as crime drama, Clark’s solid latest finds a rape victim trying to deal with her past trauma. Cindy Foster was gang raped fifteen years ago after her then-boyfriend, the handsome…
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Followives by Irene Perali

A compelling, moving exploration of love, longing, and regrets… Perali’s compelling debut has it all – love, longing, self-doubt, search for identity, immigration issues, intense emotions, all packaged into a deeply engrossing account of five young women’s lives as they…
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Penchant for Darkness by J. Elizaga

A combination of vivid characterization and palpable tension, this slender novella makes for a page-turner… Elizaga gives new spin to the traditional war between angels and the demon from the Book of Revelation in her latest urban fantasy, uplifting the…
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Dick Hartmann Series by Richard V Rupp

  A sophisticated and strikingly fresh crime thriller series… The excellent first two installments in Rupp’s crime series featuring the seasoned FBI agent Dick Hartmann, who heads up San Francisco’s Violent Crime Squad, finds him dealing with cunning killers who…
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The Ottoman Excursion by Tim Pelkey

A nail-biter… A highly intricate and strikingly original plot elevates award-winning Pelkey’s suspenseful latest Middle East conspiracy thriller. When Doctor Callahan, an American surgeon, travelled to Izmir, a Turkish town, to be a part of the World Health Organization’s Disaster…