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There are novels that conjure atmosphere, and there are novels that become atmosphere. Innamorata by Ava Reid belongs to the second kind: a dark, decadent gothic fantasy in which the dead are scraped and parcelled into noble inheritances, love is high treason, and the most powerful thing a woman can do is refuse to speak. […]

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A firefighter struggles with the weight of his secret double life when it threatens the people he loves most Some stories challenge our sense of justice. Some push us to question what we would sacrifice for the people we love.  Some do both. Badge on Fire leans fully into this tension and delivers a satisfying […]

There is a particular kind of pleasurable audacity to a novel that opens with its narrator trapped in a safe, running out of air, cheerfully introducing itself before diving into the events that led there. Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson arrives as the fourth instalment in the Ernest Cunningham series […]

A boisterous bard dazzles us with his tale of a pixie princess’s impossible quest—where love, betrayal, sacrifice, and second chances fight for a front-row seat Escala’s Wish is an epic adventure about a pixie princess who is banished from her realm until she completes an impossible task. Along the way, she meets extraordinary creatures who […]

A memorable, magical journey through the Adirondacks A seldom-frequented mountain becomes the backdrop of a whole lot of action in Karen Black’s Heritage Mountain. Black brings this beautiful natural environment to life and fills it with magic, romance, and a bit of danger.  When Marco invites Anita, a young witch, on an expedition to the […]

An action-packed, novelistic sibling to Jason Bourne and James Bond that shakes a cocktail of romance and high-stakes action Honeycomb is R.A. Van Vleet’s third installment in a series of thrillers starring former security professional turned DEA agent Ian Martin. The action takes us into Hollywood’s seedy underbelly as we follow Ian’s entanglement with Sam […]