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May 15, 2024

AMY UNBOUND

By Martin Sneider
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Martin Sneider's AMY UNBOUND offers a portrait of a powerful family and proves difficult to put down. 

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Greg Munck's memoir THE GUIDE—Survival, Warfighting, Peacemaking benefits from many interesting and touching passages, though the mixture of memoir and sermonizing can make for some...

May 13, 2024

THE PACT

By Lisa Darcy
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

THE PACT by Lisa Darcy is overall a drama-packed, intriguing story of two characters discovering their own identities.

May 13, 2024

STONER TO SEEKER: 1970s Asian Hippie Trail

By Gordon Schwerzmann
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Full of colorful historical and religious information, Gordon Schwerzmann’s STONER TO SEEKER: 1970s Asian Hippie Trail is mostly an engaging and entertaining read about a...

May 13, 2024

INSPIRATIONAL LOVE

By Vernon John Sinnott
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Vernon John Sinnott navigates love’s many complexities with INSPIRATIONAL LOVE, a collection of heartfelt prose from a self-professed “incurable romantic” that may not work for...

May 10, 2024

ANCILLA

By Sera Maddox Drake
Rating:
2.9 / 5.0

Sera Maddox Drake's ANCILLA, despite its flaws, is sure to appeal to a subset of readers, namely those with a more-than-casual interest in BDSM and...

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May 10, 2024

EAST HAMPTON BLUE

By Shelby Raebeck
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Shelby Raebeck's EAST HAMPTON BLUE is a compelling story of a stressed East coast tourist town that beautifully depicts the struggles of a man and...

May 8, 2024

NABUKKO

By K.R. Gadeken
Rating:
3.2 / 5.0

K.R. Gadeken’s sci-fi debut NABUKKO shines when it pits a mighty heroine against a mind-bending mystery.

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May 8, 2024

BREVITY

By John Kerl
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With sixty entries written over decades, John Kerl’s BREVITY is a stunning collection of poetry that is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever...

May 8, 2024

THE WATER MAGE

By TJ Ripley
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

T.J. Ripley's THE WATER MAGE (Lord of Chaos, Book 1) creates a fantastical story of colliding worlds, magic, and dark intentions.

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May 6, 2024

ANEMONE

By Jim Frazee
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Somber, romantic, and emotionally raw, ANEMONE is a masterful debut that intertwines the intimate dramas of Jim Frazee's characters with the larger elemental forces of...

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May 6, 2024

HEIR TO CHAOS

By Adrian Holmes
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A flair for detail, strong characters, and a dynamic plot make Adrian Holmes’s fantasy fiction debut HEIR TO CHAOS an engaging read.

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