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If you’ve ever worked a customer service job that made you want to pour coffee beans down someone’s shirt (or had someone do it to you), Bingsu for Two is the romcom you didn’t know you needed. Sujin Witherspoon’s debut novel serves up the perfect blend of humor, heart, and Korean café culture in this […]

Lisa Unger’s latest thriller, “Close Your Eyes and Count to 10,” delivers a masterful exploration of how quickly the line between games and reality can blur when stakes are raised and motives are murky. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of a fictional Falcão Island in the middle of the Atlantic, this tense narrative skillfully weaves […]

In her debut thriller, Elle Owens crafts a contemporary mystery that cleverly utilizes modern technology and the emotional power of music to tell a story of betrayal, family secrets, and self-discovery. “Tell Me You Trust Me” introduces readers to Marissa Creighton, a woman whose life implodes when her husband Ethan vanishes without warning, leaving behind […]

In “Trust Issues,” co-authors Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands deliver a deliciously twisted tale of familial deception that reads like a high-stakes game of emotional chess. The novel introduces us to estranged siblings Hazel and Kagan Bailey, whose fraught relationship is tested when their mother Janice dies under suspicious circumstances at Fort Tryon Park […]

Elizabeth Langston’s compelling novel, Once You Were Mine, weaves together the past and present in a heartfelt exploration of family secrets, lost connections, and the lingering wounds of America’s “Baby Scoop Era.” Spanning from 1968 to 2024, this emotional narrative reveals how one young woman’s traumatic experience at a maternity home continues to ripple through […]