BOOKLOVES

A hero is not defined by alien power but by human compassion in The Extraterrestrial. Peter Van Oossanen explores what happens when extraordinary responsibility collides with deeply human desires for love, privacy, and belonging. Telling the story of of an extraterrestrial raised on Earth to combat crime and corruption, The Extraterrestrial examines sacrifice, justice, and […]

A useful business conversation that illustrates how AI is only as effective as its human lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a part of business already. Owners and leaders are using AI tools to save time in organization, communication, and customer experience. They’re hiring people to work with AI and are looking gleefully into a future […]

There is a particular pleasure in watching a heroine ruin her own life in the first three pages and feel only the smallest twinge of regret about it. Lady Ruby Ballimore does exactly that, dressed in a sparkling green gown she compares to tropical fronds, by announcing to a roomful of London’s finest that a […]

Some crime writers frame a mystery the way a contractor frames a house. Square corners, load-bearing walls, everything sitting where you expect it. Karin Slaughter builds hers the way grief actually shows up, sideways and out of order, landing the blow before you have braced for it. Her second North Falls novel opens not with […]

There is a particular kind of book that knows exactly what it wants to be from its very first line, and then has the cheek to deliver it. Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood opens with a heartbroken novelist clutching a spider-shaped beret to her chest while a confused, half-dressed cowboy blinks at her from the […]

A unique thriller about a magical stone, the ability to time travel, and a fight to keep one man’s greedy hands away from the ultimate power grab When the Pharoah is gifted a small, green stone, his advisor, Imhotep, notices something peculiar: the stone has magical powers. Wanting to learn more about the stone’s magic […]