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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy on November 1, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Sports Pages: 489 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Gigi Graham has exactly three goals: qualify for the women’s national hockey team, win Olympic gold, and step out of her famous father’s shadow. So […]
At a fan convention in Las Vegas, hemmed in by a crowd and already having the worst month of her professional life, a reality star feels a hand close hard on her arm and swings without looking. She is aiming at the gossip blogger who has spent six years dismantling her online for clicks. She […]