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Children of Dieppe by Joanne Madden

Seamless, compelling, and memorable… The brilliant combination of history and individual struggles elevates Madden’s engrossing debut, a sweeping tale that spans a time period from World War II until the 21st century. When Jim Nair lost his life during the…
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Silver and Evergreen by J C Bates

A heady blend of magic, romance, intrigue, and Faerie lore… Bates draws on elements of fantasy and romance to create a labyrinthine plot with a decidedly dark edge in a narrative rife with physical and sexual violence, sinister conspiracies, betrayal,…
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The Connubial Corpse: A Malcom Winters Mystery by Thomas J Thorson

Intelligently delivered and intriguing… A pure pleasure. Thorson’s latest, featuring the reluctant sleuth Malcom Winters is a taut and suspenseful page-turner that offers plenty of intrigue and murder. When Vinn’s one of the best international students from China, Lily Cheng,…
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Doom of Stars by Martyn Rhys Vaughan

An ingenious thrill-ride of a novel… Vaughan draws readers into a devastating futuristic world on the brink of its end in this deeply engrossing dystopian tale. Kalli has never known her parents except for a few hazy memories of her…
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A Diary in the Age of Water by Nina Munteanu

Unsettling and yet deliciously readable… Remarkable. Munteanu’s brilliant dystopian takes readers to a devastating future, where climate change has ravaged the planet, and water is severely rationed. When Kyo, a young acolyte called to service in the Exodus, discovers a…
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Deadly Driver by J.K. Kelly

Clever, thrilling, and full of intrigue, this is suspense thriller done right… Kelly’s spectacularly crafted latest plunges readers into a fully realized world of murder, conspiracy, and intrigue. A celebrated Formula One race car driver, Bryce Winters thinks he has…
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20-Year Letter: An Afghanistan Chronicle by Benjamin R Warner

Intense, authentic, and engrossing… Warner offers a firsthand glimpse at the camaraderie, peril, and gratifications of service in his engrossing memoir. A few short months removed from the events of 9/11, the young reserve officer, LT Warner, jumped on the…
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The Other Side of the Ocean by Beverley Bell

Raw and haunting… A poignant tale. Bell examines horrors of war and a person’s struggles with identity in a foreign land in her engrossing debut. The young Saah Kamandu is content living a sheltered life in Freetown, Sierra Leone with…
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The Iron Labyrinth by Merrilee Beckman

A powerhouse of a SF tale… Intricately plotted, imaginatively written, and brilliantly executed, Beckman’s debut delves into the complexities of self-discovery and power play as her protagonist finds himself kidnapped and taken to the deep recesses of earth into an…
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The Export’s Revenge by J.K. Kelly

Relentlessly entertaining… A grabber Replete with high action, drama, intrigue, and murder, Kelly’s second installment in The Export series sees Matt Christopher confront the ultimate betrayal. Trying to deal with a close friend’s treachery, Matt is in Thailand when he…
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The Amazing True Stories of Pepito The Squirrel (Pepito the Squirrel #1) by F. Jordan Erebia

Charming, compelling, and brimming with heart… A beautifully written, morally bracing tale. Based on the true rescue story, this poignant first installment of the Pepito the Squirrel series by the retired physician Erebia takes readers on Pepito’s journey of rescue…
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More Amazing True Stories of Pepito The Squirrel (Pepito the Squirrel #2) by F. Jordan Erebia

Delightfully heartfelt and adventurous… In this charming second installment of Pepito the Squirrel (based on a true rescue story), Erebia takes readers on the young squirrel’s mischievous exploits. Pepito is fully rehabilitated now and living on its own. But he…
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Beyond the Food Court: an Anthology of Literary Cuisines by Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, editor

Vivid and affecting… A gem of a book. Erregue-Sacchi brings together a series of finely crafted creative nonfiction essays from writers from Alberta with roots in several countries around the globe. Intensely lyrical and startlingly imaginative, Adriana Oniță’s opening piece…
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Everybody Don Kolomental by Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

A poignant collection that captures both the raw sorrows and joys of human existence… Akinyemi weaves his exuberant latest collection of poems around the themes of depression and mental health problems. With candor and verve, he captures the pain of…
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The Stagsblood Prince (Book One of the Stagsblood Trilogy) by Gideon E. Wood

Un-put-downable… Wood introduces a troubled hero torn between duty and self in this impressive gay fantasy, the first in the Stagsblood Trilogy. Tel, the ruggedly handsome crown prince of Feigh, has negotiated an end to the war between his country…
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A Witherston Murder Mystery Series by Betty Jean Craige

Griping and enthralling… A beautifully spun whodunit series. Craige, Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, who has written books in the fields of literature, history of ideas, politics, ecology, and art, turns her talent to mystery in this charming whodunit series…
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the sunflower project by unLYSHed

Sincere and candid… Reflecting on love, loss, betrayal, grief, healing, and acceptance, unLYSHed chronicles the various phases of life in a series of deeply felt poems in her impressive debut. Ranging in emotions, the poems cover different stages of life—sowing,…
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The Bifurcation of Dungsten Crease by Richard Hacker

A story that’s thrillingly original and cleverly ingenious and will enthrall fans of finely constructed SF... Weird things are happening with Dungsten Crease—he has resurrected his neighbor’s dog, is arrested by TSA for carrying a weapon which never existed, and…
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Mia the Manatee by Georgina George (Author), Karlina Vivi (Illustrator)

Brilliantly insightful, extraordinarily charming… Subtle and yet spot on. Georgina George introduces a manatee protagonist who endears herself to readers right from the get-go in this charming exploration of gender identity, diversity, and tolerance. Mia is as adventurous as one…
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The Boy Who Illustrated Happiness by Victor D. O. Santos

A real charmer that educates and entertains at once… Reflective and captivating from the get-go, Santos’s latest follows a young boy as he embarks on a quest to spread happiness. As long as Ben can remember, he has always loved…