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Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles

A riveting page-turner… Tortured past comes to haunt the restless young protagonist of Towles’s multilayered, compulsively readable  thriller. Getting transferred from NYU to University of Chicago is supposed to be a new beginning for the troubled Zak Skinner. But an…
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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 Assassin by Thomas Bauer

Compulsively readable, tense and illuminating tale… Set in Italy during the Napoleonic era, Bauer’s riveting debut delivers a powerful blend of political intrigue and suspense. The young and naive Umberto Guardo, the son of a baker, spends his time loitering…
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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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White Swan Wishes by Wes Snowden

A poignant examination of the intricacies of love… A tale of love, loss, and pain, Snowden’s latest is ripe with both emotional vulnerability and authenticity.  When 17-year-old Michael Grayson, the son of a New England scallop fishermen, met the lovely…
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Peri the Awesome COVID Fairy by Morgan Duffy (Author), Mary Duffy (Illustrator)

A whimsical, insightful read… Duffy introduces Peri, the COVID Fairy, who brings children joy and laughter as they stay stuck at home during the current pandemic. The brief introduction to COVID-19, its worldwide spread, and the kind of precautions to…
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Chuckles and Smiles by Raven Howell

A rollicking delight… Award-winning Howell celebrates the power of joy to be found in little ordinary things in her charming latest, a collection of poetry for young children. The poems are rhymed gracefully, with the key words set in uppercase…