Rapturously full of scares… Pack’s latest is a poetic feast of nightmares and insomnia, a gorgeous demonstration of horror and things better left unsaid, a collection that summons the darkness within. This is a brilliantly twisted collection of short poems… Read More ›
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Season of Restorations by Thomas DeConna
A heartening read—engrossing, moving, and meaningful. In DeConna’s debut, men from three generations unite at their family homestead in New Jersey and find redemption. Franklin Bowman has kept some secrets close to his heart. But with his deteriorating health, he… Read More ›
Nobody Told Me by Karla Rogers
Beautifully imagined and vividly crafted… Rogers explores the self-realization, transformation, and intricacies of motherhood in her absorbing debut. Molly Fowler has always defined herself by her role as a mother, wife, realtor, and a sister and is ready for the… Read More ›
The Knowing (Bulwark Anthology, #1) by Brit Lunden
Exciting to read, engrossing, and satisfying… A phenomenal read. Lunden continues the story of Bulwark by delving into the backstory of JB Stratton, a character who made an appearance in the original Bulwark novella. With his beloved wife Ellie long-gone… Read More ›
The After House (A Haunting on Long Island Series Book 3) by Michael Phillip Cash
Poignant, witty, and propulsive… A standout gothic tale. Cash returns with this fine blend of gothic romance and humor in his latest novel. A year after getting divorce, the lovely Remy Galway buys a 300-year-old cottage in historic Cold Spring… Read More ›
Last Worst Hope by Lee Hunt
A Cracking page-turner with an unlikely group of misfits… Hunt’s highly gripping standalone, set in the world of his Dynamicist Trilogy, is as much a cerebral story as an action-driven tale. With the wizard Nehring Ardgour and his pawn from… Read More ›
Legends on the Rise Series by Leigh Rose
Riveting… Page-turning… Filled with historical events, myths, and legends that haunt two families’ redemption, Rose’s Legends on the Rise series is a poignant, revealing period fiction about race and slavery in the colonial slave trade era. The first book begins… Read More ›
When Starlings Fly as One by Nancy Blanton
A solid historical drama high on emotion, setting, and character… The nightmare of the 1641 Rebellion and Ireland’s longest siege comes to the page in this engrossing novel from Blanton, a provocative exploration of one young woman’s quest to find… Read More ›
Finding Fae by El Holly
Thrillingly full of intrigue, magic, and emotion… Holly plunges readers into a complex tangle of magic and intrigue in her latest novel, a coming-of-age YA fantasy. Dumped by her boyfriend of ten months, seventeen-year-old Eevee is trying her best to… Read More ›
SOMEWHERE YOU ARE IMMORTAL: An Elegy for Tom by Don Gutteridge
Hauntingly beautiful… Gutteridge delves into the pain and heartbreak of mourning in his strikingly intimate latest, a series of elegiac poems remembering, memorializing, and celebrating his grandson Tom’s life who died tragically at age 35. “Tom” highlights the empty space… Read More ›