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Waldwick… Redemption by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, thoughtful, and morally serious meditation on forgiveness and family. An estranged son returns to the family farm he once tried to destroy, forcing a reckoning no one is prepared to face in Linde’s latest Waldwick novel. Amy Terrill…
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Tissiack: A Sierran Siren by Charles Weeden

Reflective, intimate, and rich in cultural insight. Weeden’s quietly powerful novel follows a young runner navigating the intersection of modern life and ancestral tradition. Awena lives between two worlds—high school life and the fading traditions of her Native American heritage.…
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Exit Tickets: A Novel by Kenneth Chanko

Measured, intelligent, and quietly powerful. Chanko’s compelling novel is a thoughtful and grounded portrayal of teaching at its most demanding. When Mr. J arrives at P.S. 961, he is determined to reach students others have written off. His connection with…
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Love and Laughter in Ransom Canyon by Mary Lou Cheatham (Author), Christie Marie Underwood (Author)

Witty, heartfelt, and impossible to put down. In their latest, Cheatham and Underwood turn a simple mistake into the gentle beginning of a second chance at love. Olivia Finley isn’t looking for love—she’s raising two girls and surviving loss. But…
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Prison of Now by Jon F. Harmon

Controlled, reflective, and psychologically precise… In his latest book, Harmon examines what happens when a man can no longer outrun the consequences of his own hesitation. Fifty-seven-year-old Tyler Manion is overwhelmed by a life closing in on him from every…
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Animal Conquest: General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms by David Bush

Vivid, lush, and beautifully told… Bush’s fifth installment in the General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms series is an ambitious allegory that reimagines the Crusades through talking animals, blending history, morality, and adventure. In 1210, Jean, a…
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IN THE COMPANY OF WHALES by Judy Taylor

A quietly powerful tale that blends environmental urgency with intimate character study. In Taylor’s latest novel, a washed-up punk rocker living on the margins of a Pacific Northwest coastal town is forced out of survival mode when nineteen killer whales…
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THE MAGIC CIRCLE by C.F. Hayes

Uncompromising,  provocative, and thought-provoking. Hayes probes the intersections of faith, power, sexuality, and trauma with unflinching intensity in this challenging and intellectually ambitious novel. Through the posthumous reconstruction of a diary, the narrative examines the life of Mary Armstrong, the…
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A Stone’s Throw by Wayne Edwards

A beautifully wrought tale of hardship, healing, and the bonds that remake us. Edwards’ novel unfolds with the quiet intensity of a life upended, following a twelve-year-old girl as she’s forced to navigate loss, displacement, and the uneasy hope of…
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Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews, Foreword by K.J. Dell’Antonia

A sweeping, intimate, and beautifully told celebration of women’s resilience. Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews presents twenty-five stories that illuminate how women across eras have stirred, brewed, mixed, and mended their way through history. Framed by…
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Beyond The Shetland Sea by Barbara Greig

A quiet, powerful story about courage, loss, and connection… A woman sorting through family relics uncovers a mystery that spans oceans and generations in Greig’s latest novel. The story moves between Sunderland in 2019 and Shetland in 1849, linking two…
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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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The Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope Series (3 book series) by Jordan Standridge

Powerful, heartfelt, and deeply human… Standridge’s heartfelt trilogy traces the intertwined journeys of three women overcoming loss and danger, each uncovering that the path to healing runs through connection as much as endurance. In The Secret, Standridge introduces Morgan O’Connell,…
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Operation Cast Lead: The Case by Banafsheh Zia

A provocative work of obsession, truth, and blurred realities. In Operation Cast Lead: The Case, Zia takes a radical, disquieting approach to the intersection of media, politics, and the human mind.  Zia’s central claim is startling: that the 2008–2009 Gaza…
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No Free Speech for Hate by Stephen Ford

A provocative, chilling, and razor-sharp dystopia. In Ford’s darkly satirical dystopia, a mild-mannered academic becomes the accidental chronicler of a society that has outlawed disagreement. Near-future England. The monarchy has collapsed, and the universities have seized power. The nation is…
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Walking out of this World by Stephen Ford

An ethereal, deeply felt tale of redemption and the haunting pull of the past. Ford’s latest is a finely woven novel where the quiet realism of the English countryside meets the shimmer of the mystical and the depths of the…
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Really, Granddad? by Wayne Sherrard

Tender, witty, and irresistibly readable. Sherrard’s compelling collection of fifty short stories traces the life of a boy who grew up in motion—packing, unpacking, and discovering meaning in the small wonders of a postwar world. The stories in the collection…
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Negative Peace by David S. Florig

A taut, politically charged drama pulsing with moral tension and human fragility. Florig dives into the heart of power, charting one man’s relentless climb from small-town mayor to the Oval Office in his compelling novel. From small-town Maine to the…
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That Summer in Jasper Park by Wayne Sherrard

An evocative, tender tale of first love set against the majesty of the Rockies. Sherrard delivers an affecting, nostalgic tale of youth, freedom, and first love in his latest novel. In 1968, Wayne Sherrard takes a summer job at Maligne…
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The Soul Stone by Brad Collis

A quietly haunting novel of faith, power, and moral reckoning. In Collis’s compelling novel, a young priest confronts the limits of faith in the harsh heart of Australia. 1960, Australia. Simon Bradbury’s childhood unfolds between the cold discipline of his…