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5-STAR REVIEW: THE SHADOW OF WAR by Jeff Shaara

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 May 2024

Publication Date: May 14, 2024 From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1961,...

4-STAR REVIEW: AN ESCAPE GOAT by Janna Rollins

Cozy Mystery JoAnne - 10 May 2024

A Zen Goat Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: March 12, 2024 After finding long-lost family through a DNA test, Callie heads to Bobwhite Hollow, New Hampshire, to meet a great-uncle she never knew existed....

4.5-STAR REVIEW: PURSUIT OF INNOCENCE by Bethany Rosa

Contemporary Romance Amy Wilson - 9 May 2024

Publication Date: February 29, 2024 “I’m done waiting around. You’re mine. No more games or pining over someone else when it’s me you want. You won’t remember his name after I get through...

5-STAR REVIEW: SECONDARY TARGET by Angela Carlisle

Romantic Suspense Amy Wilson - 9 May 2024

The Secrets of Kincaid: Book 1 Publication Date: May 7, 2024 THE SECRETS OF KINCAID A ruthless murderer. A deadly secret. An unbreakable love. After the brutal murder of her mother and brother twelve years ago,...

5-STAR REVIEW: DRESSING THE COUNTESS by Rachel Brimble

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 9 May 2024

Publication Date: May 9, 2024 Rose tightened her hold on her sketchbook and walked in a slow circle around the mannequin in front of her, her head tilted and eyes narrowed...The dress was...

5-STAR REVIEW: FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Leah Lawrence - 9 May 2024

The Empyrean Series: Book 1 Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: LIBERTYLAND by Peter Sacks

Thriller/Suspense Amy Wilson - 8 May 2024

Publication Date: February 28, 2024 During a passionate romance with Garrick Cripps, Suzanne Dreyfus wrote The Liberation Manifesto, a wicked satire of right-wing libertarian philosophy. However, Garrick took Suzanne's parody seriously and now, many years...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SONG OF THE SAMURAI by C.A. Parker

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 May 2024

Publication Date: May 7, 2024 Japan, 1745, is a land under the iron grip of the Tokugawa shoguns. Roads are monitored, dissent stifled, and order maintained through blackmail and an extensive network of...

5-STAR REVIEW: COLOSSAL WORDS FOR KIDS by Colette Hiller

Children/Family Sandy Saucier - 7 May 2024

Publication Date: May 7, 2024 Boost your child’s growing vocabulary with 75 hilariously illustrated poems from Colette Hiller, author of the critically acclaimed kids’ poetry book The B on Your Thumb. Each poem in this...

5-STAR REVIEW: DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG by Eve J. Chung

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 7 May 2024

Publication Date: May 7, 2024 A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based...

5-STAR REVIEW: HELL IF WE DON’T CHANGE OUR WAYS by Brittany Means

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 7 May 2024

Publication Date: October 3, 2023 Brittany Means’s childhood was a blur of highways and traumas that collapsed any effort to track time. Riding shotgun as her mother struggled to escape abusive relationships, Brittany...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE FIVE YEAR LIE by Sarina Bowen

Psychological Thriller Amy Wilson - 6 May 2024

Publication Date: May 7, 2024 “I devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.”cJulie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell “An...