Megan Beauregard

Moving Story of Interspecies Communication and the Language of Healing

In western Uganda, a young chimpanzee cowers in fear as she witnesses poachers shoot and kill every mother in a group of chimps nursing their young — including her own mother. Eve, the terrified chimp, along with several other baby chimps, is carried away. While her companions are sent to…

Megan BeauregardJuly 11, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

Dredging Up the Truth: 5 Water-Logged Crime and Suspense Novels

Can water wash away all crimes, or will clever detectives and sleuths be able to dredge up the truth once and for all? In these mystery novels, the water isn’t necessarily the killer — but it plays a major role in the crime. There’s something haunting about novels where a…

Megan BeauregardJune 15, 2023

Recommended Romance

Rugged Cowboy and Strong-Willed Heroine Flirt With Trouble in Steamy Western

“How did a man-shy woman go about asking a cowboy for a kiss?” That’s a question you’ll be dying to have answered in Jamie Schulz’s new novel, Casanova Cowboy. When a strong-willed woman from a big city starts over in a small town, leaving behind a difficult past, she is…

Megan BeauregardJune 12, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Quest for Stolen Artifact Leads to Battles and Betrayal in Epic Fantasy Series

Rise of the Red Hand, the gripping prequel novella to Jason Lancour’s Storm Cloud fantasy series, is a battle epic of Shakespearean proportions — gruesome wars, tense politics, and a female warrior that stands out from the crowd even as she fights alongside them. The novella sets the tone with…

Megan BeauregardJune 5, 2023

Children's Books Listicles Young Adult

5 Mysteries with an Environmental Twist That Will Engage and Educate Young Readers

Everyone is becoming more conscious of environmental issues — climate change, endangered species, and keeping our planet safe and habitable. Children and young adults, more than anyone, have these issues at the forefront of their minds. They are the future, after all. But why should educating young people about these…

Megan BeauregardJune 2, 2023

Listicles Nonfiction

6 Mid-Life Memoirs of Transformative Years

What would it take for you to transform your life? Could you do it in the span of a year or two? Spurred on by loss, career changes, new hobbies — or even a global pandemic — what if your life could become something new? In these six memoirs, we…

Megan BeauregardMay 11, 2023

Recommended Romance

Exes Get a Second Chance at Love in Cozy Seaside Town

In the small town of Gulf Island, nobody’s business stays secret for long. Word travels fast when someone new shows up. So it isn’t long before Cate Ainsworth bumps into her ex, Knox Price, at his uncle’s shop, and everyone starts talking about Cate’s one-that-got-away. Cate has no plans to…

Megan BeauregardApril 12, 2023

Fiction Recommended Romance

Touching Novel About Old Friends Shows It’s Never Too Late for Forgiveness

Helen Iannucci Spencer thought she could outrun her past, but somehow, it keeps catching up to her. What feels like a lifetime later, she thinks she has buried everything that happened between her and her childhood friend, Cal Crosby. But when the past comes barreling into her life in the…

Megan BeauregardApril 11, 2023

Listicles

6 Books That Center a Close-Knit Group of Women

Nothing is stronger than the power of female friendship. When a group of women gets together to share a meal, gossip, work on a hobby, or connect over life experiences, something magical is created. A mutual sense of community and sisterhood can form a family of confidants and supporters who…

Megan BeauregardMarch 31, 2023

Fiction Recommended

New High-Tech Sci-Fi Series Features Space Exploration & Mutated Super Warriors

On the planet of Novart in the distant future, technology is advanced and there is a thriving scene for space exploration. Trinity Knight is a Warrior cadet who works under Central Command, Novart’s group who acts as the “military,” focusing on law and order and space discovery. With a supercomputer…

Megan BeauregardMarch 28, 2023

Listicles Romance

Support the Trans Rights Readathon with These Heartwarming Novels

In this terrifying age of book bans, censorship, and anti-trans legislature, there is an immense need to celebrate the writing of people in the community. Author Sim Kern is hosting this week’s Trans Rights Readathon, which is running until March 27. In a video posted on March 8, the author…

Megan BeauregardMarch 24, 2023

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

A Dark Duo: 7 Thrilling Novels Starring Twins

Everyone who isn’t a twin is likely fascinated by twins. Can they really communicate telepathically? If they separate at birth, how similar will they become? Do twins ever trade places and live each other’s lives? Even the concept of “evil twins” has been around for ages — and who doesn’t have…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 20, 2023

Fiction

Speculative Debut Explores Life in the Shadows of a Surveillance State

Shadows exist as reminders of people’s crimes in this poetic, disturbing and hopeful debut from Marisa Crane. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself (Catapult) is a near-future, speculative sci-fi novel, set in an imagined United States that feels eerily similar to our own. The Department of Balance acts as the…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 6, 2023

BooksToScreen Fiction Listicles Thrillers

If You Loved “White Lotus”, Try These 7 Must-Read Thrillers

Picture a beautiful getaway, somewhere unfamiliar, with that eerie creeping feeling that something is about to go wrong. Suddenly nobody seems trustworthy, and everybody seems capable of the worst. These are the things that make shows like HBO’s The White Lotus so captivating — and make the finest psychological thriller,…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 2, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

“White Lotus” Meets “Midsommar” When Hawaiian Resort Turns Sinister

Sometimes this island can make you do crazy things, you know? Ohana means family. But the resort staff and members aren’t your ordinary family. With the guests of White Lotus, the atmosphere of Midsommar, and the gore of Stephen Graham Jones, readers are in for an unsettling ride with The…

Megan BeauregardJanuary 16, 2023

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5 Stories of Star-Crossed Lovers and Forbidden Relationships

Since the days of Romeo and Juliet, people have been compelled by tales of star-crossed romance. These stories can take many forms — from families that forbid a relationship, to cultures, religions, customs and circumstances that make it nearly impossible. But as we optimistic readers know, love conquers all.However, these…

Megan BeauregardJanuary 13, 2023