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Fiction
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THE GIRL WHO COULD READ HEARTS
By Sherry Maysonave
3.5
Kate Kindrick reads at the third grade level, has artistic potential and an active, playful imagination. She also has one power that sets her apart from her peers: she can see people’s hearts and read their emotions.
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A dash of history and a touch of magic on DAUFUSKIE ISLAND
By John Lueder
3.0
A dash of history, a pinch of paradise and a touch of magic are all hiding on DAUFUSKIE ISLAND.
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AS OCEANS FALL poses complicated questions in a complicated world.
By Brian Birkland
3.0
A mystery, a musing on ethics, and a character study, AS OCEANS FALL poses complicated questions in a complicated world.
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THE COLOR OF LOVE, a slightly over-the-top rom-com
By Ty Mitchell
2.0
The story of a struggling artist and a Hollywood talent agent who fall into a relationship based on ulterior motives, but find themselves developing feelings for one another.
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Smith (The Beckett Boys)
By Olivia Chase
3.0
Aubrey moves to a new town in a new state when things with her ex-boyfriend turn abusive. When she lays her eyes on sexy bartender, Smith Beckett, she knows she’s in for trouble, and pleasure beyond her wildest dreams.
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THE LAST MA-LOO, an offbeat cosmic adventure
By Dean Ammerman
4.2
Funny, weird, delightful, THE LAST MA-LOO is an unforgettably eccentric romp through the multiverse.
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A Pyre of Roses
By Roland P. Joseph
4.0
“A Pyre of Roses” centers around Michael Attzs, a foundling raised by nuns, who has had more than his share of hardship and tragedy.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE is a hysterical anti-morality play
By Philip B. Persinger
4.8
Two billionaire playboys engage in a high stakes pissing contest while the women in their lives attempt damage control.
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A young man comes of age under the tutelage of his astrologer uncle in ASTROLOGER’S APPRENTICE
By David John Jaegers
2.0
A young man comes of age under the tutelage of his astrologer uncle, but must decide whether or not to follow him on his quest to prove astrology’s scientific validity.
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Living without in DENIAL (SINGULARITY’S CHILDREN, BOOK 1)
By Toby Weston
3.0
While certain characters shine, DENIAL is a slow and patchwork start to a dystopian science fiction series.
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DRONE, a fast-faced detective story with some thought-provoking twists
By Robert Roy Britt
5.0
Fledgling detective Eli Quinn investigates an assassination attempt on a prominent Arizona politician in this engaging new installment in Robert Roy Britt’s mystery series. Most detectives take up residence in a gritty urban setting where the gloom is just as overpowering as the skyscrapers. Not true for Eli Quinn, who has instead put down roots […]
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A young girl explorers her powers in SHADOW GAMES
By Jay J. Falconer
4.0
In the current glut of movies and tv shows featuring superheros, the main characters are usually thrilled to find themselves with super-powers. But for 15-year-old Emily Heart, those abilities aren’t always welcome or easy to control.
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A determined mother battles for her family’s safety in a futuristic world in: TITAN
By Michael Van Cleve
3.0
TITAN begins with an ominous poem/list of reasons why America fell and brought the rest of the world with her before rising as “Amerikka.”
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Beautifully written and engagingly presented, SEARCHING FOR PARADISE is a road trip worth taking
By T.L. Hughes
4.0
When life becomes too routine, dreams aren’t coming true, and restlessness sets in, the only choice for three friends is to get in the car and make their way back to their familial roots.
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A Western Gothic adventure with a unique take on vampire mythology in: THE LAST SUNSET
By Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall
5.0
THE LAST SUNSET is the fourth—and presumably final—book in the Vampire and the Cowboy series
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Throwing off the wolfskin unleashes the beast in: STORM WOLF
By Stephen Morris
3.5
Wearing the wolf skin he inherited from his grandfather, Alexei fights the storms that threaten his town’s livelihood . . . until he loses control of the wolf within.
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A steampunk and fantasy adventure in: IRONHEART
By Dakota Kemp
3.0
A young man in a steampunk world discovers he has extraordinary fighting abilities, which elevate him from small-time gangster to revolutionary hero.
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Preparing to be unprepared for surprises in AUTOFLICK: A Study of Whales and Cigarettes That Became a Novel
By John R. Bancroft
3.8
Izzy, a perpetually-unprepared Boy Scout, tags along on his father’s madcap study of people who toss cigarette butts from their cars in John R. Bancroft’s coming-of-age story.
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A doctor struggles with the concept of the ends justifying the means in: BEING AND BECOMING
By Phalgun Prativadi, M.D.
4.0
In this engaging tale of moral crisis, Dr. Arya Krish has the best of intentions…at first.
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Fifteen-year-old fights predators in the fantastical world of: PHILOMENA
By Mark Guiney
5.0
Part swashbuckling adventure, part richly detailed fantasy universe, part coming of age tale, this rich foray into the Cor Novan Sky Alamanac spans multiple genres.
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Fantastical battles against a Demon King in: THE DEMON’S BLADE
By Steven Drake
3.5
An unusually powerful mage armed with an ancient sword flees a vicious king, gathers unlikely allies, and discovers an eons-old prophecy that binds them all.
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Demons, death and the dark side in: WICKED PRAYERS
By S.D. Moore
4.0
WICKED PRAYERS is a cautionary tale for any would-be occultists considering dabbling in the darker arts: some things are better left dead.
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Trials and triumphs of historic Alexandria in: PEPPERY WINDS
By Lorenz Waldmann
4.5
PEPPERY WINDS is an adventurous epic novel set in the first century AD, opening with the drama of terrifying and murderous anti-Semitic riots in Alexandria, where Jews and Greeks had lived in peace for generations.
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Angels and madmen in: ANGELBOY VOL. 2
By N.M. Beguesse
4.0
A young angel with heroic powers finds himself in the middle of a dangerous feud between childhood friends in this fast-paced graphic novel.