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Danielle Valentine serves up a wickedly satisfying psychological thriller in “The Dead Husband Cookbook,” a novel that transforms the cozy domestic sphere of celebrity cooking into something far more sinister. Like a perfectly layered lasagna, this book reveals its dark secrets one page at a time, building to a climax that will leave readers questioning […]

Louis Sachar, the beloved author of Holes and the Wayside School series, ventures into uncharted territory with The Magician of Tiger Castle, his first adult novel. Known for his masterful children’s literature that seamlessly blends humor with profound themes, Sachar now crafts a sophisticated medieval fantasy that retains his signature wit while exploring darker, more […]

Xenobe Purvis’s debut novel “The Hounding” emerges as a masterful exploration of female persecution wrapped in the atmospheric dread of 18th-century rural England. Set in the fictional village of Little Nettlebed during a devastating summer drought, the novel follows five orphaned sisters—Anne, Elizabeth, Hester, Grace, and Mary Mansfield—as they become the targets of increasingly dangerous […]

Mazey Eddings serves up her most biting and brilliant work yet in “Well, Actually,” a contemporary romance that transforms what could have been a simple enemies-to-lovers story into a razor-sharp dissection of toxic masculinity, workplace harassment, and the complexities of modern femininity. While the book delivers the swoony romance readers expect from Eddings, it’s the […]

After three years of breathlessly waiting alongside Evie Sage and her beloved Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer delivers a conclusion that transforms heartbreak into triumph while keeping readers laughing through their tears. Accomplice to the Villain, the third and final installment in the Assistant to the Villain series, doesn’t just meet the impossibly high expectations set […]