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A tenderhearted owl romance that’ll have you screeching with happiness Grumpy the iguana is trying to sleep, but a persistent screeching out of his treehouse door won’t let him. When he ventures outside, long dangly arms in tow, he sees Screech Owl, calling for his sweetheart. It’s April—screech owls’ month for mating—and he promised his […]

A striking historical novel about a supernatural guardian arising during humanity’s darkest chapter Historical fiction set during the Holocaust must walk a fine line, balancing storytelling with respect for the real suffering that forms the backdrop of the narrative. With The Golem’s Holocaust, Scott Eveloff powerfully fuses the historical horror of Nazi persecution with one […]

Some novels announce their comedy on the first page. The Shampoo Effect does it with a stepped-on jelly donut, a fuchsia smear across a pair of jeans, and a stranger who hands over napkins and casually mentions he minored in women’s studies. Within a paragraph you know the register you’re in: sharp, silly, a little […]

A smart, steamy book about a woman who comes to D.C. on a mission and ends up running the show Heidi Scherzinger lives an enchanted life, almost like Forrest Gump except not at all like Forrest Gump. She, too, is in all the right places at all the right times, often meeting with people who […]

There is a particular kind of thriller that keeps its menace folded as neatly as a fitted sheet, and Natalie Barelli has written one of the sharpest examples in recent memory. The Housewife by Natalie Barelli hands you a narrator who irons her tablecloths twice, knows three ways to lift a blood stain, and tells […]

Engaging, enriching poetry that says thank you to the world for the experiences that have brought them to the page Michele McDannold’s Collected Poems 2005-2025 spans not only two decades of poetry but also a myriad of forms that give her poetry linguistic and visual significance.  Some poems address the role poetry as a literary […]

If you finished Spellcaster with your heart somewhere up in your throat and a long list of questions about Logan Kingston, the good news is that book two answers most of them. The slightly complicated news is how it answers them. Night Witch by Jaymin Eve is the second installment in the Weatherstone College duet, […]

A feel-good literary novel on understanding an unknown past, forming lasting and life-changing friendships, and developing a second chance to pursue a better future The Dyer Legacy opens with a strange event: Claire, a young woman who’s new in town, is confronted by two potential assailants. At first, it seems the two assailants are not […]