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The Quest for Freedom (Book One of The Conquest Trilogy) by Matthew Devitt

Relentless, ambitious, and exhilarating… A slave blacksmith launches a rebellion that may save humanity, or transform it forever in Devitt’s compelling book. For 473 years, humanity has endured slavery after losing a catastrophic war to Affer’s five other races. Most…
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Pickleball Saved My Life by Colette Struthers

Wise, approachable, and deeply inspiring. Struthers debuts with an engaging blend of memoir, concussion advocacy, and pickleball evangelism. After decades of soccer-related head injuries, she found herself trapped in what she calls a world of “fog, fatigue, and frustration,” struggling…
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Sleeping With the Enemy: What the White House Still Misses on China by Edouard Prisse

A passionate and provocative critique of the policies that helped reshape the global balance of power. Prisse delivers a forceful, controversial warning about China’s rise and the West’s role in enabling it.  Looking back to China’s entry into the global…
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Fire Breathes Stone and Storm (The Shell Born Series #1 ) by Teresa Hakaraia

Richly imagined, emotionally charged, and compelling. Combining expansive worldbuilding with intimate character arcs, Hakaraia’s fantasy debut in the Shell Born series follows four unlikely heroes as they navigate destiny, prejudice, and the pull of first love. Sekya has spent her…
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Heather by Caitlin Mullen

A haunting mystery steeped in folklore and family secrets. Mullen  returns with an atmospheric mystery set in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, where folklore, memory, and violence intersect. In 1994, teenage twins Annabelle and Sabrina Riley vanish without a trace, leaving…
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Solitary Creatures by Steve Hamilton

Melancholic, witty, and steeped in noir fatalism… Hamilton’s absorbing novel begins with a familiar mystery—a husband hires an old acquaintance to investigate his wife’s suspected affair—but quickly reveals itself to be something darker and more emotionally complex. Toronto lawyer Fletcher…
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The TellTale Lie by Richard Kiehr

A smart, sophisticated mystery with genuine heart… Kiehr transforms a deeply personal search for identity into an expansive historical mystery spanning continents and generations. A midlife discovery sends Treyton Chase on a search for the truth about his origins, but…
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Babies on Board Part 2 (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure) by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

A moonlit adventure packed with teamwork, heart, and tiny turtle heroes… Chapman returns to the moonlit shores of her Grumpy the Iguana series with a story that balances environmental awareness and character-driven storytelling with impressive ease. A midnight beach rescue…
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Kinker: Circusing the Seventies by Dave Letterfly Knoderer

A vivid memoir of chasing wonder beneath the big top and finding redemption beyond it… Knoderer’s engaging memoir resurrects the rough-and-tumble world of the 1970s American circus while charting one young man’s search for identity, belonging, and purpose. Growing up…
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Failure Point by Rebecca Hodge

Tense, heartfelt, and relentlessly suspenseful. In Hodge’s latest, a disgraced security agent’s search for redemption leads her into a quiet town where danger hides beneath the surface of everyday life. Jordan Winthrop has never recovered from the protection detail that…
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How Not to Up and Die from Lack of Sleep by Dr. Jerome Puryear

Clear-eyed, compassionate, convincing; an illuminating guide to modern exhaustion. A veteran physician investigates the hidden consequences of sleep deprivation and offers a roadmap for reclaiming energy in an increasingly sleepless world. Puryear approaches sleep not as a wellness trend or…
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Zig Zag Girl by Ruth Knafo Setton

A dazzling blend of murder, magic, and noir… A young magician’s search for answers draws her into Atlantic City’s haunted past in Setton’s deeply atmospheric mystery. When magician Lucy Moon discovers her best friend murdered inside a notorious sawing box…
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Symphony of Lies by Maria Monday

A cerebral mystery with real emotional stakes… In Monday’s slow-burning European noir, buried secrets and personal history prove as dangerous as any crime. Swiss journalist Emma Bally expects little from the estate of a wealthy acquaintance. Instead, a mysterious bequest…
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A Reckoning in Mercy: A Classic Western Ghost Story by T. E. MacArthur

Atmospheric, morally complex, and steeped in Southwestern folklore. MacArthur’s latest sets a murder investigation against the backdrop of a flood-stricken frontier community where folklore, prejudice, and competing claims of justice collide. A violent storm strands drifter Eli Mercer in the…
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Waldwick…Tribe by Kenneth Linde

A provocative and compassionate look at the forces shaping contemporary American life… Linde pairs philosophical inquiry with a deeply personal journey as a disillusioned senator seeks to understand the growing fractures within American society. Frustrated by the endless noise of…
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Sweet Potato by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Playful, heartwarming, and delightfully quirky. A young screech owl with a taste for sweet potatoes instead of bugs takes flight in Chapman’s affectionate tale about carving out one’s own identity. Sweet Potato doesn’t have much interest in typical owl pursuits.…
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Altamara’s Gift by John Gregg

A sprawling and deeply human Vietnam War novel… The jungles of Vietnam swallow young men whole, and only brotherhood offers any hope of survival in Gregg’s compelling novel. Sergeant Lefty Altamara, a gifted baseball player fleeing a violent childhood, finds…
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Hydrangeas from Dad: His Gift from Beyond that Rescued My Soul: Healing and Thriving After the Loss of a Loved One by Mary Ellen Connett MacDonald MS

Mystical, moving, and quietly profound. Marriage and family therapist MacDonald confronts the death of her father, and the startling spiritual aftermath that reshapes her understanding of grief, identity, and the endurance of love. William “Bill” Basil Pukatch, the emotional center…
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Berkeley Arcane (Braided Dimensions Book 5) by Marie Judson

A cerebral, time-bending fantasy. In Judson’s fifth installment in the Braided Dimensions series, a Berkeley lawyer is drawn into a hidden network of psychic powers, unstable portals, and timelines fractured by  modern technology. When mysterious telepath Onyx seeks out Rousseau…