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5-STAR REVIEW: HIGHER MAGIC by Courtney Floyd
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
In this incisive, irreverent, and whimsical cozy dark academia novel for fans of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde series and R.F. Kuang’s Babel, a struggling mage student with intense anxiety must prove that classic literature contained magic—and learn to wield...
4-STAR REVIEW: OVERDUE by Stephanie Perkins
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
Is it time to renew love or start a new chapter?
Ingrid Dahl, a cheerful twenty-nine-year-old librarian in the cozy mountain town of Ridgetop, North Carolina, has been happily dating her college boyfriend, Cory, for eleven...
5-STAR REVIEW: A HIDDEN HOPE by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
With the arrival of three unexpected newcomers to Stoney Ridge comes an array of secrets and emotions brewing just beneath the surface.
Supervising two newly minted medical residents might be the toughest challenge Ruth "Dok" Stoltzfus...
5-STAR REVIEW: MAN, F*CK THIS HOUSE by Brian Asman
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
A collection of delightfully terrifying tales from indie horror darling Brian Asman
In the titular “Man, F*ck This House,” Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home. At first glance, the house...
3.5-STAR REVIEW: SISTER CREATURES by Laura Venita Green
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
In the muggy, insect-ridden town of Pinecreek, Louisiana, college dropout Tess Lavigne is watching two bickering siblings while their parents are away. Her listless day drinking is interrupted when someone emerges from the woods behind...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: WHAT A WAY TO GO by Bella Mackie
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
With the bite of The White Lotus and the family dynamics of Succession, What a Way to Go is an uproarious and satirical whodunnit about people behaving badly—and perhaps finally getting their just deserts—from the author of the mega-bestseller How to...
5-STAR REVIEW: OUT OF TIME by Irene Hannon
Undaunted Courage: Book 3
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
A century-old mystery, a hidden treasure, and an isolated estate where danger lurks in every shadow.
For historical anthropologist Cara Tucker, the chance to spend a sabbatical semester on a remote country estate—with...
3.5-STAR REVIEW: THE SEASIDE CAFE METROPOLIS by Antanas Sileika
Publication Date: September 27, 2025
Reluctant Canadian restaurateur Emmet Argentine is stuck in Khrushchev-era Vilnius, Lithuania, trapped under the tyranny of two equally formidable forces — the Soviet Union, and his staunchly socialist mother.
Raised in the kitchens of Toronto’s Royal...
5-STAR REVIEW: MURDER MOST HAUNTED by Emma Mason
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
An unforgettable heroine is faced with an unbelievable crime in this snarky, charming locked-room mystery that asks: would you rather be snowed-in with a ghost, or a murderer?
A grand country estate.
On her last day as...
5-STAR REVIEW: DUKE OF ECCESS by Mariah Stone
Seven Dukes of Sin: Book 4
Publication Date: September 23, 2025
Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Eccess, indulges in London's most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him—especially at Christmas.
The richest food, the best cognac and the most...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: A MERRY LITTLE LIE by Sarah Morgan
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
This Christmas, the Balfour family will have more secrets to unwrap than presents…
Becky is stranded at the airport, so when she bumps into her brother’s best friend, Will, and he suggests they drive home together,...
4-STAR REVIEW: MISS WINTER IN THE LIBRARY WITH A KNIFE by Martin Edwards
Publication Date: October 7, 2025
Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of...
SPOTLIGHT: THE REGRESSION STRAIN by Kevin Hwang Plus Giveaway!
Publication Date: May 21, 2025
Nobody’s safe when the inner beast awakens.
Dr. Peter Palma joins the medical team of the Paradise to treat passengers for minor ailments as the cruise ship sails across the Atlantic. But something foul is festering under the...
5-STAR REVIEW: THE REGRESSION STRAIN by Kevin Hwang
Publication Date: May 21, 2025
Nobody’s safe when the inner beast awakens.
Dr. Peter Palma joins the medical team of the Paradise to treat passengers for minor ailments as the cruise ship sails across the Atlantic. But something foul is festering under the...
4-STAR REVIEW: A SECRET DAUGHTER FROM IRELAND by Ann O’Loughlin
Orchid Bay: Book 1
Publication Date: October 2, 2025
The young woman gazes at the Irish sea for the final time, a careful hand on her stomach. She will do anything to keep her unborn daughter safe, even if it means...
4-STAR REVIEW: THE LIBRARIANS by Sherry Thomas
Publication Date: September 30, 2025
Murder disrupts four quirky librarians' lives when they try to hide among books to keep their secrets.
Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder threatens...
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