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HalLows Realm by AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia (Drifters Realm 4)

A worthy continuation of the Drifters Realm series that celebrates the power of standing together With HalLows Realm, AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia broadens the world of her Drifters Realm series, transporting readers beyond the familiar magic of Obligations into a mysterious realm where ancient curses, living landscapes, and forgotten history reshape the characters’ understanding of themselves […]

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Solace House by Will Maclean

From a third-floor window, a nineteen-year-old watches his hall of residence empty out for the summer. Parents arrive in small cars, tearful or embarrassed or both. The rugby captain is folded into a clergyman father’s Saab, wearing the face of a man being arrested. The New Age anarcho-collectivist becomes Nicola again and packs a Mini […]

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Review: A Cakewalk to Memphis by Brenda C. Wilson

Synopsis: In the sweltering summer of 1958, the Jim Crow South is a landscape defined by danger, secrecy, and the need to survive. A Cakewalk to Memphis, the debut novel by Charlotte-based author Brenda Wilson, follows Big Sallie Morning, a determined Black cleaning woman from Memphis who becomes caught up in a desperate search for […]

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe by Neal Shusterman on November 28, 2017 Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / General Pages: 433 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon […]

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September 2026 Book Releases | Discover the Unkown

There are a lot of reasons to read indie books. They’re good, first and foremost. (Or they can be.) They can be pretty cheap too.  But to me, the best part is discovering the unknown.  My brother came to my new house this weekend. To visitors, books are usually a pretty popular topic of conversation. Since they surround the […]

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The Foreign Wife by June Yang

A twisted (and twisty!) traumantasy about the power of love under a tyrannical king’s violent, sex-centric rule The Foreign Wife is a story about finding unexpectedly sweet, life-saving love that gives you hope and courage to defy a brutal regime. Author June Yang infuses this novel with breathtaking emotional reveals about the horrors in Typress, […]

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They Say a Girl Died Here by Sarah Pinborough

At four in the morning, in a big cheap house nobody wanted, a frail woman in a sleeveless nightdress stands with her nose almost against the sitting-room window. She presses her veined hands to the glass and taps, the way you tap to get the attention of somebody outside. Her granddaughter finds her there, skin […]

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Echoes of the Unspoken by Diana Elizabeth Martinovich – From the Grand Stage to the Written Page

What happens when a world-class opera singer, trained to command the most prestigious stages in Stuttgart and Lyon, decides to explore the power of silence? For Diana Elizabeth Martinovich, the answer lies in the pages of her gripping debut novel, Echoes of the Unspoken. In a literary landscape filled with predictable tropes, Martinovich brings a clinical, almost […]

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The Dark in Her Veins by M.K. Lobb

Looking for a towel in a stranger’s bathroom, an assassin opens a closet door and stops breathing. Hanging on the inside is a strip of cream linen with a black crescent moon bisected by a single line — the preaching sash of the cult that took her family, groomed her sister, and burned to the […]

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Review: A Heart That’s True by Mark Guillerman

Synopsis: When all is taken, what remains? In 1912, twelve-year-old Joseph Cross and his cousin Elizabeth White Cloud are torn from the foothills of Montana and sent across the country to the Carlisle Indian School, where children are stripped of their language, their traditions, and even their names. Separated from home and forced into a […]