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Rise of the TechPals (A Boy and His D.O.G. Book 2) by Jordan Hines

A fast-paced, inventive sequel packed with humor, teamwork, and escalating stakes. In Hines’s hilarious, high-energy sequel to A Boy and His D.O.G. series, Blu and his loyal robot partner are thrust back into action when supposedly defunct TechPals begin glitching…
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Coldwire: The StrangeLoom Trilogy #1 by Chloe Gong

Gritty, clever, and gripping. Gong’s latest is a sharp, immersive dystopian thriller where loyalty fractures, rebellion brews, and two intertwined destinies race toward a collision that could upend their world. In a future divided between a pristine virtual realm and…
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The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer

A sharp and spirited gothic delight. Meyers delivers a lively blend of gothic mystery and comedic horror. Though descended from a long line of powerful witches, Mallory Fontaine’s only real talent is seeing ghosts—a gift that rarely pays the bills.…
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FINDING GOD IN VEGAS: A Gen X Spiritual Awakening By Donald Harold Young

A candid, gracefully written memoir of faith, identity, and hard-won peace. Young’s debut is an intimate and deeply affecting memoir that follows one man’s fall into spiritual emptiness and his slow, hard-won rediscovery of love and faith. Young begins his…
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River Becomes Shadow (Taggak Journey, #2) by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak

A haunting, lyrical dystopia pulsing with faith, fury, and fragile hope. The second novel in Smith-Nochasak’s Taggak Journey trilogy finds River stepping beyond her grandmother’s world to fulfill her destiny of renewal. Having left her grandmother Flo’s swamp behind, River…
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A Bountiful Silence: & Other Poems by John Muro

Quiet, lyrical, and deeply reverent. Muro offers a luminous meditation on silence, memory, and the natural world in his latest book. Organized in three movements; The Seasons, The Sea and Sky, and The Heart and Hands, the poems move with…
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The Last Ghost: An Unexpected Occurrence by D.E. Ring

An elegant, haunting novel of quiet suspense, rich character work, and lingering philosophical depth. In Ring’s latest character-driven novel, everyday experience becomes a thoughtful exploration of loss, ambition, and the boundaries of reason. Joshua Stewart’s life seems to be perfect:…
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The Thirty-Fifth Page by Lya Badgley

Layered, moody, and deeply immersive. In Badgley’s taut literary thriller, an art conservator’s research draws her into a deadly game of history and myth. With war creeping toward Sarajevo, American conservator Miri Adler sets out to document the fabled Sarajevo…
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The Lie That Changed Everything: The Memoir of a Little Rascal (Confessions from the Silence Book 1) by Gary Trew

Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. In his compelling memoir, Trew delivers a blisteringly funny and unsettling portrait of a childhood forged from mischief, trauma, and a haunting lie. From the opening pages, when he describes his chaotic breech birth and…
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The Robe of Rainbow Feathers by Diane Arkenstone

Potent and beautifully told. Arkenstone crafts a luminous tale where nature, spirit, and perspective converge in a tender, deeply personal fable. The story traces a girl whose bond with the natural world shows her that love and gratitude outshine fear.…
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Matthew (A Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series, #3) by Alisa Jean

A gritty, heartfelt, and unapologetically sexy romance that delivers both the sizzle of forbidden love and the ache of loss.  Jean’s third entry in her Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series is a bruising, heartfelt romance that finds surprising tenderness beneath…
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Luka (Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series, #2) by Alisa Jean

Equal parts heat and heart. In her second Los Angeles Quakes novel, Jean delivers a powerful story of scars, strength, and love’s ability to mend what’s broken. Once the dazzling golden boy of the L.A. Quakes, Luka Ribič is left…
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Our Amazing Minds: Celebrating Differences and Sharing the Adventure of Autism by Jeffery May, Laura May

Engaging, heartfelt, and authentically inclusive.  Jeffery May and Laura May offer a candid, heartfelt glimpse into the day four Autistic friends explore a children’s museum for the first time in their engaging debut picture book. Through Jackson’s voice, readers step…
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Sole Runner by Anim S. Swart

Raw, gritty, and wholly Inspiring… Swart, a 2022 4 Deserts Grand Slam Champion, recounts her pursuit of some of the world’s most punishing ultramarathons, threading each race through an equally demanding personal history. The premise sounds simple: 250 kilometers per…
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A Seal Upon the Heart by Arian Hatefi

Lyrical, emotional, and gripping. In Hatefi’s heartfelt middle-grade adventure, two siblings risk everything to save the person they love most. Eleven-year-old Leonardo and eight-year-old Leili’s lives change forever when they learn their father has a terminal illness. Rumors of a…
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Hyperion’s Bier: Scarecrow Trials #4  by Tamara Brigham

Gritty, propulsive, and emotionally unrelenting. A shadowed avenger and a city on the edge of ruin bring Brigham’s dystopian saga to a tense and deeply satisfying close. The city of Hebenon is on the verge of falling. Power grids fail,…
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Thrive in Chaos by Jace Parker

A raw, no-fluff guide to building real-world resilience when life hits hard. Parker, a seasoned crime scene investigator, lays out a no-nonsense framework for resilience in this autobiographical self-help guide grounded in trauma, crisis, and firsthand experience. The book’s four-part…
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Dark Elf’s Snare by Armanis Ar-feinial

An emotionally charged, morally complex fantasy that blends passion with pathos and seduction with sorrow. In Ar-feinial’s brooding dark fantasy, an elven bodyguard’s mission spirals into a battle with grief, desire, and supernatural forces. Haunted by the disappearance of his…
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Fighting Gravity by Michael Godin

Raw, unfiltered, and tragically hilarious… Godin’s latest novel is a darkly funny, emotionally honest portrait of a man on the verge as he tries to find solid ground again. New Orleans plastic surgeon Nick Jordan seems to have it all—success,…
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The Manse of Chasconny by Gabbiano Gatto

Dark, cerebral, and unforgiving… Gatto’s latest novel is a haunting, richly imagined political gothic tale set in a Europe on the verge of collapse. Salbador, a repressed caretaker in an isolated coastal manse, grows increasingly unstable under the cruel authority…