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The Defender by Ana Huang

Ana Huang’s The Defender brings readers back to the glittering world of Blackcastle Football Club with a story that brilliantly balances heat, heart, and the high-stakes drama of professional sports. Following The Striker, this second installment in the Gods of the Game series proves that Huang understands exactly what makes a sports romance work—and when […]

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Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier on July 19, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 352 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind […]

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Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews

C.G. Drews returns to the literary landscape with Hazelthorn, a novel that doesn’t so much ease you into its nightmare as it does shove you face-first into poisoned soil. Following her New York Times bestseller Don’t Let the Forest In, Drews proves once again that she understands something essential about horror: the most terrifying monsters […]

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The Metropolitan Touch by P. G. Wodehouse

The Metropolitan Touch by P. G. Wodehouse features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in London and Cosmopolitan in New York in September 1922. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Metropolitan Touch […]

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Review: Zero by Jason O’Leary

Synopsis: Smith Babbitt is in the prime of his life: he’s only 25 years into his 89-year lifespan. He knows this because of Timmy®, the mysterious app that can tell you with infallible accuracy how old you will be when you die. Smith still has 64 years to go. But lately he’s been in a […]

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Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas

Jasmine Mas returns with a vengeance in Bonds of Hercules, the second installment in her Villains of Lore series, following the tumultuous events of Blood of Hercules. This isn’t your grandmother’s Greek mythology retelling. Mas constructs a world where ancient powers collide with contemporary warfare, where marriage bonds can amplify abilities to godlike proportions, and […]

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The Storm by Rachel Hawkins

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins on January 6, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Gothic, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 288 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Rachel Hawkins returns with another atmospheric, gothic-tinged thriller—this time set against the haunting backdrop of Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where hurricanes aren’t the only storms […]

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Monthly Features – October 2025

Hummingbird Moonrise by Sherri L. Dodd I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest opinion. Synopsis: The past two years have taken their toll on Arista Kelly. Once an eternal optimist, now she has faced the darkness and must recalibrate what true happiness means for her. Meanwhile, Shane, […]

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Book Review: Foul Play In Franklin

Foul Play In Franklin by Pamela McCord Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Cozy ISBN: 9798871144282 Print Length: 216 pages Amazon Reviewed by Grace Okubo A delightfully cozy paranormal mystery where inheritance, a meddling cat, and a restless ghost make small-town life anything but ordinary Erin Bailey is the average girl-next-door who stumbles into almost […]

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Book Review: Carroll Gardens Story

Carroll Gardens Story by Sally Frances Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891328303 Print Length: 330 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by John M. Murray A haunting psychological portrait of family, trauma, and silence, set against the shifting streets of Brooklyn Sally Frances’s Carroll Gardens Story is a layered literary novel that unearths the hidden […]