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The Storm and the Strife by Gabbiano Gatto

Intense, lyrical, and emotionally complex… Gatto’s latest novel thrusts readers into a world where the beauty of music collides with the rawness of human emotion. The story centers on Sofia, a gifted violinist, and Albrecht, a brooding artist, whose shared…
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A Siren’s Call: An Oath Breaker’s beginning (The Dawn of Forest Black Book 4) by Armanis Ar-feinial

A Gripping and Thought-Provoking Journey Through Redemption and Friendship… Ar-feinial’s fourth installment in The Dawn of Forest Black series plunges readers into a gripping world of danger, intrigue, and magic. The story follows Dorio, once a revered Paladin, now grappling…
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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…
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A Dreamer’s Life by Laurika Bretherton

A flat-out fabulous memoir… In this lyrical and occasionally philosophical account, Laurika narrates her time spent as a drifter on a journey of self-discovery. With a secure job, a husband, and a cozy home, things seem to be going great…
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Amerikana: A Novel by Daniel Hryhorczuk

A whopper of a conspiracy thriller… Hryhorczuk makes his foray into fiction with this exhaustively researched page-turner about political coverups and conspiracies, savage assassins, corrupt religious organizations, and individual debauchery. Mark Rider, a Journalism student, is on a cross-country road…
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Pacita the Pacifier Fairy by Charlotte Attry (Author), Jeremie Febvre (Author), Sophie Lawson (Author), Olivier Huette (Illustrator)

Whimsical and utterly charming… A pacifier fairy comes to the rescue of a little one who finds it hard to let go of their pacifier in this charming tale by Attry, Febvre, and Lawson. What happens when little one finds…
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The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy Series (7 Books) by Claire Youmans

Splendid, nuanced, and unfailingly entertaining middle-grade read…. Part history, part folklore, and part fiction, Youmans’s vivid, deeply intriguing, and seemingly small story of a sibling pair, children who can turn into birds, tells a much larger tale of the Meiji…
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The Perfection of Fish by J.S. Morrison

A zany, darkly humorous, and perfectly executed literary SF tale… Gender wars, corporate chicanery, sibling love, family ties, trauma, regret, and yearning are the themes of Morrison’s outstanding debut, a tale of gender wars set in futuristic America. It’s near-future,…
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The Secrets of Chilkoot Trail by Suse Wilcox

Fascinating and compelling… Wilcox offers a compelling story of three children whose intelligence and knowledge is put to test after getting separated from adults on the historic Chilkook Trail. It was supposed to be a fun hiking trip to Alaska…
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Awaken: Beautiful Nightmare (Book Two) by L.C. Son

An arresting tale of love, loss, betrayal, and pain… Son impresses once again with this engaging follow-up to Beautiful Nightmare, packing the story full of supernatural action and romantic tension. Damina Nicaud is barely out of her month-long slumber after…
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Stranded in Eloi by Jim Hamilton

A lighthearted, perfectly executed SF romance… Hamilton adeptly mixes gentle science fiction elements with just enough romance, a dash of fantasy, a nostalgic small-town setting, and the sweetly exotic storytelling of a classic fairytale in his latest SF tale. Nick…