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4.5 / 5.0
Joan Fernandez’s SAVING VINCENT, like the art of its eponymous demiurge, brilliantly evokes both the dignity of the mundane and the fire of revolution at...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
More than just a sexy romance, E.F. Dodd's ONE NIGHT STANDARD is a heartfelt and fulfilling story of two people learning to love and accept...
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3.0 / 5.0
R. Roderick Rowe’s THE FIRST KNIGHT SHAMAN boasts a solid protagonist and decent storytelling, even if the action and other characters could be more developed.
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
At its heart, Karen Martin’s DELPHI is an invigorating story about motherhood, nurturing, and protection.
January 17, 2025
LEADING TO THRIVE: Mastering Strategies for Sustainable Success in Business and Life
By Klaus KleinfeldRating:
3.5 / 5.0
Klaus Kleinfeld's LEADING TO THRIVE: Mastering Strategies for Sustainable Success in Business and Life is really two separate books—one mediocre, one excellent. The first part...
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3.0 / 5.0
Strong descriptive imagery of the fashion world and the rich history of Paris make for a readable murder-mystery in Lorraine Evanoff’s WALKING THE CAT.
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
David Horn's BECOMING TRIXIE: IT’S A DOG’S LIFE is a fanciful lark of an outer space adventure that appeals most to young teen girls who...
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Rating:
4.1 / 5.0
Jeff Shaw's ECHO SIX is an enjoyable, fast-moving time-travel tale that works as no-frills, old-fashioned sci-fi.
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0
Evette Davis's THE GIFT: Book 2 in The Council Trilogy is a fun and pacy fantasy that enchants readers with its accessible prose, passionate romantic...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Although afflicted with both a surfeit and a lack of detail in different ways, Kristina Ahlnäs’s KRISTINA'S CACHE: A Memoir of Adventure and Survival in...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Katherine Villyard's IMMORTAL GIFTS is literary catnip for vampire fans hungry for a fresh, deeply humanist spin on a beloved paranormal trope.
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0
By using the mechanism of a story within a story, Curt Finch’s MONTJOY is able to investigate ideas of the reliability of memory and the...