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Snakeheads: A Chelmin and Spaulding CID Mystery by Marvin Wolf

A taut military investigation parable… Wolf’s latest installment in the A Chelmin and Spaulding CID Mystery is a taut and action-packed page-turner that offers plenty of military tension and political intrigue. Military tensions with North Korea are on the rise.…
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Inhabitant by Charles Crittenden

An absorbing piece of verse fiction about determination, courage, resistance, and hope… Told in verse, Crittenden’s debut space opera explores the many transitions of life: from rootless to new homes, from failure to success, from hope to despair and back…
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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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SOMEWHERE YOU ARE IMMORTAL: An Elegy for Tom by Don Gutteridge

Hauntingly beautiful… Gutteridge delves into the pain and heartbreak of mourning in his strikingly intimate latest, a series of elegiac poems remembering, memorializing, and celebrating his grandson Tom’s life who died tragically at age 35. “Tom” highlights the empty space…
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The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great by Don Gutteridge

A richly complex, stirring tale sure to keep readers glued to the pages… Gutteridge’s engrossing fantasy gracefully examines courage, adventure, resilience, and survival. After a devastating flood leaves the citizens of Earthwood trapped on a deserted island, they set out…
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Captain Sedition: The Death of the Age of Reason by K. C. Fusaro

Intelligent and thrillingly engrossing… A page-turner. Fusaro traces the life of a young man struggling to find a balance between duty and loyalty in his series kicker in The Death of the Age of Reason series. 1774. New England is…
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The Shadow Song by Anita Morrish

A brilliant story of courage, resilience, and love… In the shadow of war and resistance, a young couple struggle to stay alive in Morrish’s engrossing historical tale. War is ravaging Italy, with the Allies bombing Rome while the city remains…
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Broken Revelations: Calmity of The Gods ( Broken Revelations book 3) by Albert Scott

A lively, roller-coaster ride… Scott’s latest novel, the third installment in the Broken Revelations series, takes readers on a thrilling contest between relic thieves and an endearing hero. When the Dominess gives Adrian the task of investigating a series of…
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No Happy Valley: Shattered Colonial Dreams (Winds of Change Trilogy Book 1) by Guy Hallowes

A timely exploration of power, revolution, and survival… Hallowes’s impressively crafted debut installment in the Winds of Change trilogy takes readers into 1950s Kenya during the Mau Mau insurrection, narrating the ups and downs of one man’s journey to love…
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Cold Run by Michael Dault

Intense and complex… A solid thriller. Dault delivers a taut and intricately crafted tale, the debut installment in his thriller series, introducing the conservation officer Cy Ford who is drawn into a dangerous turf war between two mob groups over…
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The Pig Wars: A Tale of the Half-Elven (Sisters in Magic Book 1) by M.K. Theodoratus

Fast-paced and full of wonder… A powerful, gripping page-turner. Theodoratus’s latest novel contains all the winning elements of a spellbinding tale: sharply drawn, memorable characters, exhilarating heroics, and sinister fiends. Magically powerful, Lady Renna of the Ren would rather spend…
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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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Crossing the Pressure Line by Laura Anne Bird

A poignant tale of loss, grief, family, friendship, and self-discovery… Healing and self-realization come from unexpected places in Bird’s outstanding debut middle grade novel. Twelve-year-old Clare Burch is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her beloved grandfather…
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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 Sloughs of Ungleauw: Book Three of the Elderwood Chronicles by M. G. Claybrook

Enchanting, heart-rending, and sentimental… High on action, adventure, and intrigue, Claybrook’s third installment in the Elderwood Chronicles picks up where the last installment left off. In the aftermath of the Great Vermin Army, Deria’s parents have no option but to…
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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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The Beast Hunters (The Beasthunter of Ashbourn ) by Christer Lende

A promising start to an intriguing series…              Lende’s debut fantasy gets his The Beasthunter of Ashbourn series off to an impressive start. 17-year-old Ara is living a life of abuse and neglect until a vicious attack by a terrifying monster…
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Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles

A riveting page-turner… Tortured past comes to haunt the restless young protagonist of Towles’s multilayered, compulsively readable  thriller. Getting transferred from NYU to University of Chicago is supposed to be a new beginning for the troubled Zak Skinner. But an…