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SPOTLIGHT: WHAT HAPPENED IN BEULAH by Christy Scott Cashman Plus Giveaway!
Publication Date: October 20, 2026
A teenage girl uncovers the dark secrets of her Smoky Mountain town while searching for a missing classmate in this gripping coming-of-age mystery perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing.
Nestled in the foothills of...
5-STAR REVIEW: WHAT HAPPENED IN BEULAH by Christy Scott Cashman REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆
Publication Date: October 20, 2026
A teenage girl uncovers the dark secrets of her Smoky Mountain town while searching for a missing classmate in this gripping coming-of-age mystery perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing.
Nestled in the foothills of...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: I’LL BE AWESOME TOMORROW by Marian Sandmaier
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
Marian Sandmaier's memoir is a provocative anti-self-help prescription-a bold argument for letting go of the seductive, perilous pursuit of perfection.
From the time she was eight years old, Marian Sandmaier was fixated on one shining goal-to...
4-STAR REVIEW: THE RUNNER by Scarlett Thomas
Publication Date: July 16, 2026
From the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y comes a blend of dark humor, international crime, and romance in this literary thriller about a man fleeing a decades-old contract on his life—and the...
5-STAR REVIEW: HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY? by Julia L. Rule
Publication Date: April 23, 2026
At Ashwood High, everyone uses Pulse. It offers perfect, convincing advice at your fingertips. Always available, always validating.
Emma needs a scholarship. Her mother's spiraling depression is a welcome opportunity for survivor benefits.
Elias doesn't know how...
5-STAR REVIEW: CANINE CUSTODY by Gary Goldstein
Publication Date: September 22, 2026
Meet Layla and Franklin Bishop. They're a married Los Angeles pair in their late thirties whose twelve-year relationship began like a house on fire-but now all that's left are the dying embers. When a maddening...
4-STAR REVIEW: GIRLS, CRIMES, AND THE RULING BODY by Barry Ziman
Publication Date: August 24, 2021
A legislative intern with secrets that could unravel the governing elite vanishes into the night in Albany, New York. Seven years later, another young woman disappears in a suburb of the nation’s Capital. The only...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE FRIDAY BOOKSHOP by Sawako Natori
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
Welcome to the Friday Bookshop, a cozy little bookstore tucked inside a rustic train station north of Tokyo. Rumor has it, you’ll find the perfect book there—one that you need at that particular moment, even...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: A SECRET INHERITANCE FROM IRELAND by Ann O’Loughlin
Orchid Bay: Book 3
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
Blinking back tears, the young woman gazes out across the wildflowers to the bay beyond. Her fingers clutch the precious locket, her only memory of the man she loves. Because the letter...
5-STAR REVIEW: 20 OVER 60 by Beth Weinhouse and David Galef
Publication Date: October 6, 2026
As Madeleine L' Engle once observed, " The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you' ve been." In 20 Over 60, editors Beth Weinhouse and David Galef...
4-STAR REVIEW: SUNFLOWER SEASON by Danica Nava
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
Fed up and burnt-out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second-chance romance...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THIS TIME AROUND by Tracey Magruder
Great Missenden Ever After: Book 2
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
Tracey Magruder writes romance stories filled with heart, humor, and the kind of emotional chemistry that refuses to be ignored. A lifelong storyteller and music instructor by day, she’s spent...
5-STAR REVIEW: CAPTIVE TRAITOR KING by Brigid Kemmerer REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆
Braided Fate: Book 2
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
Brigid Kemmerer returns with the sizzling, high-stakes sequel to the #1 international bestseller Warrior Princess Assassin—where the betrayals are deeper, the magic burns brighter, and love might be the most dangerous weapon...
5-STAR REVIEW: MURDER AMONG THE CORNSTALKS by Jody Chaffin
A Table Rock Lake Word Search Mystery: Book 2
Publication Date: September 12, 2026
A field full of witnesses. Not one of them saw a thing. 48 word searches to the truth.
On Halloween night, a hundred people from three counties walked...
5-STAR REVIEW: DARK COUNTRY by Adam Plantinga
Kurt Argento: Book 3
Publication Date: October 27, 2026
Argento finds himself shielding a teenage boy caught up in a manhunt in this explosive installment of the Kurt Argento series, from USA Today bestselling author, Adam Plantinga.
After the bloodshed in Fenton,...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CURSED DIAMOND by Anna Rasche
Publication Date: November 3, 2026
In New York City a century apart, two women’s fates are bound by the dark legacy of the Midnight Diamond
2010. Jennie is working as a runner in the Diamond District when a friend’s sudden death...
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