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The Necklace III: London, July 1967 by Linda S Rice

A seductively readable, sizzling romance… Rice’s deliciously erotic third instalment in The Necklace series skillfuly balances friendship and tender love with tantalizing sex. After her harrowing escape the last time, James has become an almost fading memory for the troubled…
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Maelstrom Rising by Todd Thorne

Smart, suspenseful… A propulsive thriller… Thorne’s engrossing suspense thriller mixes a hefty dose of darkness and intrigue with mystery to create a deliciously dark thriller. At nineteen, Raven is excited to start her four-year university program in Oklahoma, leaving her…
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Through the Waves a Steady Path by Patrick Garry

A captivating tale that’s hard to put down… Elegant and brilliantly constructed, Garry’s utterly engrossing literary tale takes readers into the exhilarating journey of a former police officer caught into an intricate past conflict. The former Minneapolis police officer Elaine…
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Master of the Scam by Aaron T Knight

A fast-moving, thoroughly entertaining yarn… Knight debuts with a spellbinding depiction of one man’s remarkable drive to survive. It is 1937. The world is enveloped in the chaos of the Great Depression. Jack Wagner’s life is changed forever after a…
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The Long Shot: A French Canadian Saga (A Klondike Gold Miner’s Life Book 1) by Joyce Derenas

Nuanced and compelling… Set against the backdrop of a world enveloped in the chaos of depression, Derenas’s debut is a riveting, complex tale of the courage of one ordinary man. Losing his wife to childbirth is just the beginning of…
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Stones and Glass Houses by Gary Friedman

Emotionally profound and nuanced… A tenderly observed rollercoaster of relationship intrigue. In this almost flawless tale set in Western New York by Friedman, one man’s choices turn five different people’s lives upside down. Annie and Mary Beth have struggled with…
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The ‘Great’ Kickin’dog by Kenneth Allen Crutchfield, Sr.

A wholly engrossing tale that delivers pure pleasure… Crutchfield weaves the story of one family’s tragedies, turning it into a moving tale of loss, growth, and hope in his outstanding latest. John Coleman Sr., ex-musician and assembly line worker, has…
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Sam and James Series by A A Freda

Crisply written and brilliantly executed… An edge-of-your-seat kind of thriller series. Set in the late 1960s, Freda’s fast-paced, captivating action thriller series vividly combines romance and action to build a story steeped in intrigue. For the lovely nineteen-year-old Samantha Powers…
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Life and Other Complications by Heather Mullaly

Raw and haunting… a powerful story. Mullaly’s incisive and sharply written YA contemporary combines individual struggles, trauma, and teen romance. Living with HIV is not always easy, but seventeen-year-old Aly Bennett is managing just fine, with Luke Harrison and Caroline…
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The Luck of Madonna 13: 2020 Edition (The Last Nevergate Chronicles #1) by E. T. Ellison

Smart, literate, hilarious… A mad and sly entertainment. The razor-sharp dialogue, wry humor, and unpredictable twists that thicken the plot mark this rollicking, fun debut installment in The Nevergate Chronicles by Ellison. It’s been ages since the most powerful technology…
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Last Call: Bar Poems Volume 3 by Randall McNair

A bold, memorable, and capacious collection… In his gorgeously visceral third volume in Bar Poems, the award-winning McNair explores love, life, death, hope, and self-loathing. “Grateful, Dead” examines the inevitable nature of death whereas “Roaches” and “This Will Not Go…
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Blind Vision by Nina Blakeman

Compelling and superbly executed… Compulsively readable. Blakeman’s latest is a tense and enthralling page-turner that offers plenty of intrigue, mystery, and murder. Dr. Callie Wallace, a young promising neurologist, is back in her hometown of Sperling, Texas, to set up…
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DESTINY LOVE JONES VOL 1. “sisters and the plight with boys” by N. R. White

A rollicking tale of friendship, love, and female solidarity… Rich in evocative detail and human insight, White’s engrossing tale tells the story of three young Black friends as they struggle to navigate ups and downs of their conflicted lives. Life…
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Dog Band by Regan W. H. Macaulay (Author), Wei Lu (Illustrator)

A quirky, smart, tongue-in-cheek tale… High energy, sharp sentences, and wit mark Macaulay’s charming picture book, a tale about a group of four friends forming a musical band. Alfie, Tubby, Ollie, and Raxl, the dog buddies, have created a band,…
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The Brothers Silver by Marc Jampole

Powerfully told… A soaring and haunting tale. Transcendent and hard-hitting, Jampole’s ambitious literary tale takes readers into meandering lives of two brothers as they try to survive their traumatic childhood. With a mother who is prone to frequent mental break-downs,…
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Guardians of the Solar Shield: Earth’s Climate Mirrors Under Attack 2029-37 by Sam Bleicher

Dense, meticulous, and packed with plenty of suspense… An ingenious and addicting read. Political intrigue, sinister conspiracies, corruption, romance, and murder mark Bleicher’s meticulously detailed near-future conspiracy thriller. The UN has launched a global environmental project which uses mirrors to…
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Agile ENTERPRISE SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE: An IT Service-Based Modeling Approach by Sean Gu

A solid, intelligently presented, and research-based compendium… Gu’s meticulously detailed debut is a simplicity-driven, pragmatic approach to the world of enterprise solution architecture. Divided into five comprehensive chapters, the book sheds light on core aspects of the enterprise solution system…
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Myface by Kevin Landt

Wholly original and truly addictive… A razor-sharp, thrilling ride. Landt’s excellent latest blends nail-biting action with a highly imaginative premise. Struggling to get a job, L.A. hotshot Sebastian Shafer lies to his future employer about his association with “Hollywood socialite”…
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Edokko (Sakura+Maple) by Loren Greene

Sweet, funny, and affecting… Absolutely captivating. Friendship and the importance of pursuing one’s dreams form the basis of Greene’s fun latest. Sixteen-year-old Lily Jennings is excited to study in Tokyo, Japan for a year. But an unexpected occurrence forces her…
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The Caduca by Elaine Graham-Leigh

Artfully spun, marvelously executed… A virtually flawless SF tale. Set in the far-future, Graham-Leigh’s brilliantly outstanding hard SF tale is a vivid examination of tyranny, resistance, and liberation. Just another poor and violent ex-Terran colony, the planet of Benan Ty…