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Finding Hope in a World of Exile

The Realm of Ruin by Carson Zan Hughes begins as a classic exile-and-survival fantasy and gradually unfolds into a story about identity, belonging, trauma and what it means to rebuild a life after everything has been stripped away.
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June 26, 2026
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A Family Saga Where History Leaves No One Untouched

The Future Is Not Yet Written, Michael Weiner’s sequel to Both Sides of the Same Coin, begins where many stories might end: in the stunned aftermath of September 11, 2001. The novel follows the children, spouses and surviving relatives of the Klein, Carbone, Doyle, Roth and Bartell families, whose lives…
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June 16, 2026
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When Escape Becomes the Journey Home

In Lori Keesey’s Second Chance Highway, escape is only the first act of courage. Ginny Carmichael has already done the urgent thing: she has fled Atlanta with her infant daughter, Laurel, leaving behind Jacob Hudson, the charming, controlling fiancé whose abuse has made her life smaller and smaller. But getting…
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June 11, 2026
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Thrilling Story, Exceptional Narration

What would happen if science discovered that death was not a mystery but a certainty — fixed, encoded and knowable down to the second? That is the premise at the heart of The Terminal Gene, John H. Thomas's techno-conspiracy thriller set in a near-future Boston. The answer Thomas delivers is…
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June 8, 2026
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The Long, Winding Path to the Love That Lasts

Joseph Goodson’s midcentury-set novel The Kiss opens with protagonist Joseph Gordon on his way to Rutgers, where he has transferred from Penn State for a practical romantic reason: Rutgers is closer to Smith College, where his long-term girlfriend, Celeste, is enrolled. On paper, Joseph has a future waiting for him.…
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May 18, 2026
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Four Sisters, One Epic Quest

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
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May 5, 2026