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Signs of the Fall by Sean M. Price

Carnal desires and inexplicable supernatural encounters abound in this seriously twisted collection. Ten stories. One town. An abundance of corruption, taboo, and raw humanity. Everything comes back to Salem, Virginia, a small Appalachian town populated by the dedicated worshippers of Crucible Church, the sinners on the outskirts of the church, and strange supernatural entities—the likes […]

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Lilli’s Question by Michael O’Neill

A fulfilling narrative about one man’s search for deeper meaning in his vocation Lilli’s Question tells the story of Jim McGann, a young man who plans to enter the priesthood but begins to question his path after a chance encounter while traveling in Europe. A story with heartfelt and poignant moments galore, Jim’s spiritual journey […]

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If Books Could Kill by Kate Eberle

There is a particular kind of reader who treats romance novels as a safe room, a place to sigh, swoon, and close the cover before anyone gets hurt. Roxie Mitchell is that reader, right up until the moment fiction stops playing nice. That collision of comfort and chaos runs through If Books Could Kill by […]

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Tides of Fortune by Lauryn Hamilton Murray

Some sequels tread water. This one rides the swell. Picking up in the ash-choked aftermath of the first Storm Weaver book, Tides of Fortune by Lauryn Hamilton Murray pushes Blaze Harglade out from behind palace walls and into open country, where a crown means far less than the wits it takes to keep breathing. It […]

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The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson

The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson on October 6, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Holidays, Fiction / Media Tie-In, Fiction / Romance / Clean & Wholesome, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Holiday, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Women Pages: 352 Format: ARC […]

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Not that Kind of Proposal by Victoria Lavine

Some breakups leave a bruise. Gracie Holland’s left a crater. Three years after her finance-bro boyfriend decided he wasn’t the picket-fence type, she has rebuilt her life at Larkwood, an ivy-choked Rhode Island estate where she plans other people’s happily-ever-afters and lives in the staff cottage with her zombie plush collection and a wine bottle […]

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Review: Nihongo Wakarimasen by Marina Lizio

Synopsis: A move to Japan for love. Or…was it? Alone in a strange country with a broken soul, Marina built a life from scratch—experiencing typhoons, massive earthquakes, and even bicycle vandalism. She traveled widely across the country, learning to appreciate its rituals and oddities, and finding ways to cope with the Halloween crowds in Shibuya. […]

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The Farmer’s Code by Mike C. Young

Tony Robbins meets Hesiod in this generous and sincere guide to living the good life. In Works and Days, one of our oldest surviving complete works of literature, Hesiod, the ancient Greek poet to whom the work is commonly attributed, combined agricultural knowledge with general advice on living well. Nearly three millennia on, the confined […]

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Helium by Dave Kenney

A woman adrift finds timid faith in flying saucers and unfathomable encounters in this enthralling literary fiction. Joan wants to leave the past behind. With a recent history too unbearable to recollect, she focuses instead on an unexpected opportunity to make a new life for herself. A life that will soon be brimming with deep […]

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Prince of Swords by Elise Kova

Second books in romantasy trilogies usually have one job: hold the reader’s attention while the author moves furniture around for the finale. Elise Kova refuses that assignment. She opens with her heroine chained, beaten, and dragged back to the prison she barely escaped, and she does not let up for another five hundred pages. The […]