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Slewfoot by Brom: Fear, beauty, and the devil in Puritan New England

Slewfoot is terrifying in the way the best fairy tales are terrifying, where horror and beauty keep feeding into each… The post Slewfoot by Brom: Fear, beauty, and the devil in Puritan New England appeared first on She Reads Everything.

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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 8, 2026

Today’s Featured Book Deals $2.99 So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole Get This Deal $1.99 Lockwood & Co by Jonathan Stroud Get This Deal $3.99 The Kings of Kearny by Navessa Allen Get This Deal $1.99 People Person by Candice Carty-Williams Get This Deal $1.99 Orbital by Samantha Harvey Get This Deal $1.99 So […]

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Saving Carlton by Lee Hardies

A slow-burn romance framed by the restoration of a historic building in a charming small town Dan Olson is on track to be partner at Shafer Hodges Architects. When Saving Carlton begins, he is engaged to Hope, the daughter of one of the firm’s biggest clients. To the outside eye, he should be happy, but […]

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Empty Calories and Male Curiosity by Ted McLoof

A resonant collection of stories that channels the longings and discontents of the slow drift toward adulthood in suburban New Jersey “What possible fuckup could I have committed that would have given away my parents’ impending divorce?” Tweens, teenagers, young adults, and moody combinations of the three fill these pages. Nights are spent sitting beside […]

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Saltwater by Katy Hays

Saltwater by Katy Hayes on March 25, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that […]

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The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore

Some books grab you with plot twists. Others quietly settle in, pour you a cup of chamomile tea, and refuse to let you leave until you have cried at someone else’s kitchen table. The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore is firmly the second kind. It is the sixth and final book in Gilmore’s […]

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Phantoms by Ivan Turgenev

Originally published in 1864, Phantoms by Ivan Turgenev tells the story of Ellis, a female phantom who visits the narrator at night. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Phantoms by Ivan Turgenev Phantoms by Ivan Turgenev ‘One instant … and the fairy tale is […]

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Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan on May 26, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Romance / Later in Life, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy Pages: 400 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads This book was an absolute roller coaster of emotions—in the best way. […]

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Interview with an Editor: Liam Carnahan of Invisible Ink Editing

Got an editor yet? You need one. You know this already. You’ve heard hundreds of people shouting from the tops of buildings (or Facebook Groups) that you need a real person (not named you) to edit your books. AI is cool and all (sometimes), but it’s no substitute for the trained human eye and mind. (Don’t believe me? […]

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Jackdaw Affliction by S.G. Hyde

A deeply intimate novel—a devastating portrait of love, memory, family implosion, and all the good and bad we inherit “Cycling is what I did. Part of my DNA. For years it was Becks and me together pedalling all over the land by the pond. Exploring fields down to Church Crookham, finding shacks and building sites. […]