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Work on it.

2/5

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1-2 bright spots.

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October 3, 2022

BLOOD SAPPHIRE’S REVENGE

By Bruce Farmer
Fiction, Mystery/Thriller
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A globe-trotting duel between a sophisticated and complex female sniper and a cartoonishly monstrous villain.

IR Approved
June 27, 2022

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TREASURE FOUND

By Bart Rice
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

A hypothetical version of an otherwise unknown story featuring the Knights Templar and their famed treasure.

IR Approved
June 20, 2022

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN SHOELACE

By Jon Morgan
Fiction, Middle Grade
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Captain Shoelace is a teenage pirate with a goldfish as his mate. He may not be able to tie his laces but he proves more...

IR Approved
November 10, 2021

JUST RIVER

By Sara B. Fraser
Fiction, LGBTQ
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Carol’s daughter is in jail after fighting back against her abusive partner Ethan. Now Ethan is trying to worm his way back and Carol and...

IR Approved
October 15, 2021

THE DIABOLUS LEGACY

By Saul Kenneth Falconer
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

New South Wales in the 1870s is no place for the faint-hearted: anarchy, public brawling, and bloodshed reign on the streets of Sydney Cove. Enter...

IR Approved
April 23, 2021

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOW

By Paul Schumacher
Fiction, Popular Fiction
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOW is a story, narrated by its three principal characters, about overcoming one's poor choices and learning to live in the moment...

IR Approved
April 12, 2021

THROUGH A FOREST OF STARS

By David C. Jeffrey
Fiction, Science Fiction
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

The reissue of an originally published a stand-alone dystopic sci-fi adventure, the newest incarnation of THROUGH A FOREST OF STAR is now in a shorter...

IR Approved
December 23, 2020

GLORY DAYS

By J.P. Michaels
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

GLORY DAYS is a novel about a sportscaster who goes back to his hometown for his silver-anniversary high-school reunion and confronts the reality of racism...

IR Approved
December 21, 2020

SEASON OF WAITING

By Jim Christopher
Fiction, Mystery/Thriller
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Jim Christopher’s debut novel, SEASON OF WAITING, is an evocative father and son journey about the weight of one’s choices. As each man seeks a...

IR Approved
November 2, 2020

ACTS OF HOPE

By Martin Elsant
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

In ACTS OF HOPE, Book Two of Martin Elsant’s Inquisition Trilogy, star-crossed lovers Maria Lopes and Aristedes Coelho go their separate ways, each trying to...

October 9, 2020

HE LANDS IN PALM SPRINGS

By John Shekleton
Fiction, LGBTQ
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Joseph Tierney, recently diagnosed with HIV in the novel HE LANDS IN PALM SPRINGS, is the former pastor of Mater Dei, a large urban Catholic...

IR Approved
August 24, 2020

DRAGONFLIES AT NIGHT

By Anne Marie Bennett
Fiction, Women's
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Loving a famous music man. Life after death. Soul connection. The fine novel DRAGONFLIES AT NIGHT by Anne Marie Bennett explores all this and more.

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