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Across the Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles

The first installment of the Starlight Grove series, Across the Vanishing Sky, pulls you into the mountains with a single mother’s desperate search, a reclusive hero haunted by bloodline, and the kind of tension that simmers under every shared glance. A Return That Changes Everything Some stories begin with a homecoming. Across the Vanishing Sky […]

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Monthly Features – February 2026

Twin Rivers by Jeremy Bender I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest opinion. Synopsis: The High Priest rules the city of Twin Rivers in the name of the Lord of Mercy, his AI god. In this land, where robotic Brothers complete all labor and humans are left […]

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The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell was originally published in 1852. It appears in the short story collection The Old Nurse’s Story and other tales. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell The Old Nurse’s Story by […]

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Terrestrial by Suzy Eynon

A psychologically rich portrait of a teenage girl suspended between the rituals of 1990s girlhood and the otherworldly possibilities that beckon her Squeezing onto a cramped bus seat after the driver forces kids to make room, contorting herself into a bathroom stall so she won’t be seen while skipping class, banking calories like a form […]

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Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber

There is a particular kind of ache that comes from loving something the world tells you should be incompatible with who you are. Ahmad Saber knows this intimately, and in Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber, he channels it into a debut so tender, funny, and gut-wrenchingly real that you will laugh on […]

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The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Just know this book is going to haunt me. I will be thinking about it for a while. And also? READ THIS. Because I need to discuss it with someone immediately. The Caretaker follows Macy Mullins, who takes a mysterious three-day caretaking job she finds on Craigslist. It feels […]

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The Body In Zeller’s Barn by Arian Harandi

Fierce teens and found-family energy power this action-packed small-town murder mystery.  We meet Ayden the morning after a night out with his best friend Matthew. It was a big night for everyone in the sleepy small town of Rogland: the mayor’s annual town fair.  In keeping with town fair tradition, after the adults go to […]

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Jen and Gary’s Infinite (Quantum) Entanglements by Nick Gregorio

A wacky, multiverse-hopping romantic comedy about a man traversing alternate worlds to profess his love for his best friend “Every version of Gary understands the same rule: say nothing and keep her, say something and risk the universe.” What do you do when you find yourself in love with the one person you can’t seem […]

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In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde

There is something undeniably magnetic about a romance built on friction. Two people who can’t stand each other. Two people who can’t stop thinking about each other. Or two people who refuse to admit that the line between professional tension and personal desire was never as thick as they pretended. In Her Own League by […]

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The Wonderful Novella Literature Quiz

A novella is a book of fiction, shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word “novella” derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true facts. Test your knowledge with our Wonderful Novella Literature Quiz! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at […]