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The Alter Prey by Frederick Mulae

Edgy and absorbing… Mulae’s latest takes readers on an exhilarating journey as a clinical psychologist struggles to find answers to his own psychological condition. With a successful, thriving clinical psychology practice, Stuart Ryder is at the top of the world.…
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Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War by David Grantham

A stirring chronicle of what it’s really like to be a counterintelligence officer in a war zone… Grantham’s powerful account takes the reader inside America’s many counterintelligence missions. As a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office…
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FAIRWAYS by Lani Gavin

A funny, poignant, and hopeful tale… Lusciously readable. A kind-hearted boy, golf, and an innate community bond are among the fascinating threads that Gavin cleverly weaves into her latest Ingo-novel. Fourteen-year-old Pat is keen to help his best friend Cliff…
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The Munchkins (The Munchkins Book 1) by Candice Zee

Magically mesmerizing and moving… A thrilling ride. Zee’s debut installment in The Munchkins series is an emotional roller coaster of a close-knit family in crisis, tempered by a touch of magic and resilience and highly likable protagonists. With their past…
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Enemy Patriots: A Unique World War II Story of Love, Loyalty, Courage and Brotherhood by Rodger Carlyle

Intense and intimate… A fast-paced historical thriller. Carlyle’s latest is a richly evoked story of friendship, love, trauma, loyalty, and brotherhood. With his family imprisoned on a visit to Japan, Mark Ishihara has no option but to accept spying for…
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Looks Are Deceiving: A Will Christian Mystery by Bill VanPatten

A top-notch, deliciously readable mystery… Great storytelling, a quirky hero, and an intelligent plot make VanPatten’s latest in the A Will Christian Mystery series a winner for mystery fans. Retired at forty-nine, Will Christian, a self-identified Latino and gay man,…
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Five Mile Charlie: A Special Pony for Carly by Kimberly Adams (Author), David Gnass (Illustrator)

A well-Crafted, visually rich, fun tale in which hope, hard work, and resilience triumph… Adams debuts with this fun, thought-provoking series opener which tells the story of the young and charming Carly getting her dream of owning a pony comes…
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Nothing to Get Nostalgic About by Eddie Brophy

Dark and unsettling… A pitch-perfect tale of psychological horror. Past comes unraveling, threatening to destroy the present in Brophy’s page-turning latest. Charlie Harris has always been haunted by his past. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming an award-winning, successful…
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Killer Deception (Kathy Hamilton Mystery Book 1) by Maggie Casteen

A layered and nuanced mystery… Casteen kicks start her Kathy Hamilton Mystery series with this taut, fast-paced installment. When Marcie Brooks, a bereaved widow, hires Kathy to look into the recent theft of a family heirloom, Kathy doesn’t think much…
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Guardian (Legacy Trilogy Book 2) by Mark J Cannon

A twisty page-turner… Cannon’s second installment in the Legacy Trilogy is marked with taut pacing and complicated characters as the O’Connells come face to face with another psychopathic villain who would go to any length to realize his sinister motive.…
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A Kind of Hush by JoDee Neathery

A disturbing and yet heartening stunner about family, acceptance, and understanding… Neathery tackles themes of family dynamics, relationships, guilt, and trauma in her deeply poignant, engrossing mystery, which tells the story of a young family struggling with the death of…
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Love-Starved: A sexual awakening by D.H. Chester

An intriguing examination of love, lust, and passion… Chester’s candid, coming-of-age collection of short stories narrates his own journey from a traumatic childhood event to a delayed sexual awakening as an adult as he tackles themes of sexual identity, shame,…
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The Bone Shrine by Scott MacFarlane

A heart-pounding, page-turning story… MacFarlane transports the reader to a world steeped in mystery and intrigue as nineteen-year-old Joe struggles to prove himself innocent of his teen sweetheart’s murder. When Joe was released from juvie, all of his friends shunned…
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Peace in the Abyss by Tayo Emmanuel

A heart-stopping story of love and heartbreak… Emmanuel’s poignant work of women’s fiction adeptly explores the aftermath of a troubled relationship. Preye Banigo has worked hard to build her own PR agency. Still mourning the death of her fiancé, Preye…
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The Mysterious Pool by Charlene McIver (Author), Zoe Saunders (Illustrator)

An expertly woven and enchanting tale… McIver combines adventure and magic to create an engrossing story of friendship, perseverance, acceptance, and understanding in her latest. When Leigh, Tara, and Cosmo set out for grandma’s house, they had no idea a…
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The Kingsville Mysteries (Book 1-3) by Brian Blosser

Simply superb… A slice-of-life series. Elegant and rooted in reality, Blosser’s utterly engrossing tales thrust realistic, likable characters into numerous surreal situations while raising deep philosophical questions about life. Set in 1964, the richly realized first installment takes readers on…
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Standing In My Shadow by C S Arnold

A solidly absorbing, page-turning thriller… Arnold offers an enthralling suspense story that’s steeped in the questions of identity, love, and supernatural in her latest. Linda Grainger was five-year-old when she was sent to live in a boarding school. It’s only…
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THE CENTER OF GRAVITY by Patricia Brandon

A simply riveting read from cover to cover… Brandon’s latest is a compelling work lit by powerful imagery, character, and setting. It is 1933. Struggling to make ends meet after her father’s forced confinement by the Reich military police in…
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The Narcissism of Small Differences by Dennis Dorgan

Clever, eloquent, and emotionally revealing… An absolute stunner. Insanity and evil permeate Dorgan’s outstanding debut, featuring Conor Delaney, the head of Delphi Investigations and Research, who finds himself entangled in a serial killing investigation. Delaney is content working in the…