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From Nantucket to New England, Elin Hilderbrand’s Latest Will Leave You Wanting More!

Elin Hilderbrand has built a devoted following with her summer novels set in Nantucket, books that explore family, romance and the delicate tensions beneath the surface of small-town life. Readers who enjoyed Summer of ‘69, The Identicals, or The Hotel Nantucket have come to expect her sharp observations, immersive settings…

Monique SnymanSeptember 16, 2025

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Secrets, Chocolate and a Touch of Magic in Decadent “Chocolat” Prequel

Vianne is rightfully one of the most highly anticipated books of late summer. Anglo-French award-winning author Joanne Harris has presented her legions of fans with the gift of a prequel to her million-copy best-selling novel Chocolat that debuted in 1999. While not entirely faithful to the book, the 2000 film…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 17, 2025

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Captivating Story of Faith, Healing and Reckoning with the Past

In Sandy Hope Stewart’s brand new novel, Entertaining Angels, Rebekah Lang learns lessons about life that shape her belief system forever. We meet Rebekah at 70 years old as she’s confronting her lifelong guilt, seemingly for the first time, in therapy. What a prologue! I didn’t quite know what to…

Kristin KeatonSeptember 17, 2025

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Grief-Stricken Family’s Unbelievably Moving Journey of Forgiveness and Redemption

Mercy Town is a women’s fiction novel by Nancy Chadwick, the author of The Wisdom of the Willow. The story is about a grieving family and a rural town divided by the accidental death of a young boy. Margaret, a young woman living in West Prairie, is a writer for…

Natalia KavaleSeptember 16, 2025

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Boudicca’s Daughter: An Epic Tale On The Power Of Personal Identity

What’s your Roman Empire? Because mine might just be Elodie Harper’s latest novel, Boudicca’s Daughter. Author of The Wolf Den trilogy, Harper knows what it means to take us back in time to a different Ancient Rome than the one we are used to seeing on the big screens, focusing…

Riley HarkerSeptember 4, 2025

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Loveable Mrs. Plansky at it Again in Whirlwind Coastal Mystery

Spencer Quinn, pseudonym for the always entertaining and clever author Peter Abrahams, has kept readers anxiously waiting for two years for Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue. Fans will not be disappointed with the return of the delightful amateur sleuth Loretta Plansky, who debuted in 2023 with the memorable Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge.…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 11, 2025

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Author Q&A: Sara Novic on “True Biz” – Coming of Age Amid Deaf Culture

Recently, Book Nation Book Club had a wonderful conversation with author Sara Nović about her novel, True Biz (Random House) and the Deaf community. The story centers around a high school for the Deaf and dives deep into the lives of three main characters: Charlie, Austin and February. Charlie is a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 4, 2022

Between Lies and Revenge by Hannah Sharpe

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Con Artist Heists Heirloom Jewelry in Chilling Domestic Thriller

Reading people is a useful skill in many walks of life, whether you are on one side of a delicate corporate negotiation, purchasing a car, buying a home or coaching a diverse group of individuals. Or whether you are a con artist. Consider the complicated and multi-layered Elle, protagonist in…

Jim AlkonNovember 22, 2024

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A Captivating Story of Inheritance, Discovery, and the Beauty of Tuscany Awaits

It’s a beloved memoir of self-discovery, taking chances, loving a house and the pleasures of food, set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside — so powerful as to inspire many to embark on their own journeys. That easily could be the perfect way to describe Gudrun Cuillo’s Casalvento: House of the…

Jim AlkonOctober 17, 2024

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Thrilling Historical Novel “Wages of Empire” Now on Audiobook

Summer, 1914. The world teeters on the edge of war as an eclectic assortment of archaeologists, Arab freedom fighters, temple guardians, treasure seekers, Zionists, and one runaway teenage boy wanting to fight in the “Great War for Civilization” begin their disparate journeys all leading to Ottoman Palestine and Jerusalem —…

Peggy KurkowskiJuly 30, 2024

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Forgiveness, Tragedy and the Search for “Something Better” in Diane Parrish’s Poignant Novel

Diane Parrish’s rich, thought-provoking novel Something Better (Meridian Editions) is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and the enduring quest for, well, something better in life. When Jack and Lydia Brady tragically die in a car accident during a fierce winter storm, their daughter Annabeth, a college…

LK GriffieOctober 8, 2024

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Two Souls Pursue Justice While Navigating Their Own Paths to Healing

Set between 1964 and 1972 in Meridien, Virginia, The Little Bird is a true-life-based psychological novel by the historical fiction author of The Crossing, Ashby Jones. In The Little Bird, the murder of a black teenage boy by a white cop unites two kindred spirits who are individually grappling with grief…

Natalia KavaleOctober 29, 2024

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Gripping Family Saga Explores Healing in the Heart of Appalachia

Some authors can tell a sad story but render it beautiful. That’s what Bobi Conn observed when she started reading books while in graduate school at the age of 27. I would take it a step further and count Conn herself among those authors. Conn documented poignantly the harsh realities…

Jim AlkonMarch 24, 2025

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Father’s Murderous Mementos Haunt Psychologist as Suspected Copycat Emerges

I thought I knew what monsters were. monsters didn’t hide in the woods; they weren’t shadows in the trees or invisible things lurking in darkened corners. No, the real monsters moved in plain sight. The speaker in Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark (Minotaur Books) is Chloe Davis. She…

Neil NyrenDecember 31, 2021

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A Haunting Collection of Stories from Cynthia Pelayo

In Lotería, Cynthia Pelayo has compiled an eclectic collection of stories and vignettes that vary from haunting to unsettling to the macabre. Whether a chapter contains a short narrative, a poem or even a list, every featured entry stands on its own in terms of being thought-provoking or poignant, and…

Philip ZozzaroSeptember 2, 2025

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A Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Crime Fiction Anthology

There have been some excellent novels published in the last several years looking at historical crime fiction through a queer lens — books set in 1950s Los Angeles, 1950s Washington, D.C., 1828 Edinburgh, 1866 Paris, an English manor house in 1899, the dockyards of Tacoma, Washington, in 1888. What we…

Neil NyrenAugust 27, 2025

Secrets, Chocolate and a Touch of Magic in Decadent “Chocolat” Prequel

Captivating Story of Faith, Healing and Reckoning with the Past

Grief-Stricken Family’s Unbelievably Moving Journey of Forgiveness and Redemption

Author Q&A: Sara Novic on “True Biz” – Coming of Age Amid Deaf Culture

Con Artist Heists Heirloom Jewelry in Chilling Domestic Thriller

A Captivating Story of Inheritance, Discovery, and the Beauty of Tuscany Awaits

Thrilling Historical Novel “Wages of Empire” Now on Audiobook

Forgiveness, Tragedy and the Search for “Something Better” in Diane Parrish’s Poignant Novel

Two Souls Pursue Justice While Navigating Their Own Paths to Healing

Father’s Murderous Mementos Haunt Psychologist as Suspected Copycat Emerges

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