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Waldwick… Reckoning by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, incisive, deeply felt novel… In his latest installment in the Waldwick series, Linde follows Amy Terrill beyond the boundaries of the life she built, into a quieter, more interior reckoning. A mother, survivor, and woman whose past resists…
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The Mudlark’s Song by Kimberly Manning Aker

Haunting and lyrical; an un-put-downable read. A solitary Oakland homeowner with a penchant for antique hunting and restoration discovers a cache of 1930s diaries hidden beneath her attic floorboards in Aker’s evocative novel. Aurora “Lark” Fernschild has built a life…
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The Star Thrower by Kathleen Welton

A beautifully written, thought-provoking page-turner with heart and purpose… Three recent graduates trade certainty for a journey of self-discovery that leads them into an unexpected environmental battle in Welton’s reflective novel. Seeking distance from the futures expected of them, Ava,…
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Babies on Board Part 1 by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

A cozy, feel-good, and fun offering. A beach-day wish becomes a quiet lesson in kindness, family, and responsibility in Chapman’s thought-provoking picture book. Little Mouse, the newest member of Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot’s circle, pulls a wish that…
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The Stars Are Always There by Jaime Maria Merrill

Tender, evocative, and inspiring; a coming-of-age story that resonates. In Merrill’s middle-grade novel, a reluctant girl’s summer at a Texas ranch turns into a fight to save the land itself. Twelve-year-old Jess Lindsey dreads spending the summer on her family’s…
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Sybilla and the Clockmaker’s Secret (The Guardian Cats Series) by Nic Minnella

A time-bending adventure that grips from start to finish… A girl’s fascination with antiques turns into a race against time in Minnella’s debut installment in The Guardian Cats series. Growing up in a house of ticking clocks and strange relics,…
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Russo’s Revenge by Edward Izzi

Dark, gritty, and razor-sharp. Betrayed by the badge he wore, a decorated Chicago officer triggers a relentless cycle of corruption, revenge, and reckoning in Izzi’s fast-paced thriller. Tommy Russo was once one of Chicago’s finest—until dirty cops took him down.…
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Eye Spied Serenity Acres: The Prequel (Serenity Acres: Where Secrets Barely Stay Hidden Book 3) by Crystal Quast

Brooding, intense, and hypnotic… In Quast’s latest installment in the Serenity Acres series, rebuilding a life after war reveals something far more dangerous beneath the surface. After nearly a decade on the run, Zosia and her husband find refuge as…
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Mountain Destiny by Jane Catherine Rozek

A raw, gripping story of grit, faith, and hard-won destiny.  In Rozek’s powerful account of wilderness living, a young family struggles to survive—and find meaning—in the isolated Chilcotin backcountry. Kate and Dave venture deep into the remote Canadian wilderness to…
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Identity by A.J. Thibault

A bold, unsettling blend of horror and heart. Identity, memory, and the fragile boundaries between self and other collide in Thibault’s eerie, genre-blending thriller. In the fog-shrouded town of Full Moon Cay, two teens vanish—until Tommy Jurczyk returns with no…
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Muppit Boy and the Allergies of Evil (Adventures of Muppit Boy Book 1) by Michael J. Bowler

Sharp, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny. In the opening installment of the Adventures of Muppit Boy, Bowler turns a middle schooler’s attempt to dodge viral humiliation into a high-stakes clash with a scientist bent on controlling humanity through engineered allergies. Twelve-year-old…
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Line ‘Em Up! by Oscar Avery

Heartfelt, uplifting, empowering. A straight line becomes a path to dignity in Avery’s empowering picture book. “Nobody wants to teach our class,” a quiet, cutting truth, sets the tone for this emotionally resonant story as four discouraged students: Jackson, Savannah,…
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May Flowers at The Three Coins Inn by Kimberly Sullivan

Lush, heartfelt, and quietly transformative… In Sullivan’s latest novel, a group of weary travelers gathers at a picturesque inn, carrying emotional scars and unspoken hopes for renewal. Emma and Annarita’s inn fills once more, but the new arrivals bring more…
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Tease and Dare: Angie and Ella’s Summer of Delirium by Robert Scott Leyse

Bold, chaotic, and unapologetically playful… Ambitious Manhattan lawyers Angie and Ella blur the line between boardroom polish and reckless delight in Leyse’s latest novel. The inseparable friends spend their days satisfying demanding clients and their nights—and lunch breaks—dreaming up increasingly…
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Continuum by Gregory Rizzi

A bold, chilling, and intelligent dystopian tale with striking thematic depth… A controlled, unsettling vision of societal decay, Rizzi’s SF tale explores how fear reshapes progress into oppression. Humanity crash-lands on Ares and builds a fragile city beneath a hostile…
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Waldwick… Redemption by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, thoughtful, and morally serious meditation on forgiveness and family. An estranged son returns to the family farm he once tried to destroy, forcing a reckoning no one is prepared to face in Linde’s latest Waldwick novel. Amy Terrill…
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Persona by William J. Cook

A haunting, intelligent, slow-burning thriller that explores memory, trauma, and identity. Cook weaves psychological tension and mystery in this story of a psychiatrist drawn into a case where identity itself becomes suspect. Psychiatrist Carter Lane inherits his best friend’s patients…
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A Real Life American Dream: The John H. McClatchy Story by Susan Marie Chapman

Quietly authoritative, richly detailed, and deeply reflective—a vivid portrait of grit, enterprise, and family. In Chapman’s compelling work, a Philadelphia builder rises from childhood poverty to create one of the region’s most influential real estate empires. Born in Baltimore in…
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Forfeiture: Humanity Caught in the Act by JP Nebra

Urgent, visionary, and deeply thought-provoking. Nebra blends environmental urgency with cosmic perspective in a bold first-contact story about a planet on trial. An ancient beacon buried in Earth’s wild places summons an alien armada when a rainforest shaman and an…
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Across a Starlit Sky by Susan Shalev

Atmospheric, poignant, and deeply humane… Shalev’s latest is a sweeping historical drama that carries readers from wartime Amsterdam to Inquisition-era Portugal, where love, faith, and survival are tested across centuries. As war engulfs Amsterdam, Mirjam, a gentile piano teacher, risks…