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Forbidden Romance, Dark Fantasy and Siren Magic in Stunning YA Debut

Gabi Burton’s debut young adult novel, Sing Me To Sleep (Bloomsbury YA), is a page-turner from start to finish. This beautifully crafted tale follows a siren, Saoirse Sorkova, as she navigates a society that is stacked against her. The kingdom of Keirdre enforces strict creature segregation laws, placing Fae above…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 10, 2023

Fiction

Epic Fantasy Balances Love and Brutality on a Razor’s Edge

Chloe Gong’s Immortal Longings (Saga Press) is a captivating blend of stunning world building, fast-paced action and fascinating characters. In her adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Gong has crafted a tale that balances love and brutality on either end of a precarious, double-edged sword. A…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 25, 2023

Fiction

Sarah J. Maas Is Back in Exhilarating Return to the World of Crescent City

House of Flame and Shadow (Bloomsbury Publishing) is the highly anticipated third installment in bestselling author Sarah J. Maas’ Crescent City series. To say that I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time is an understatement. If you’ve read Maas’ body of work, you know just what…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 13, 2024

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

Fiction Thrillers

Adventure, Betrayal & Supernatural Twists in High Concept Suspense Thriller

J. Luke Bennecke’s newest thriller, Echo From a Bayou, opens with a first line to rival that of any other book: “Never had I seen so many angry trees in one place.” Riding a gondola up to the summit of Mammoth Mountain, California, John Bastian tries to blow off steam on…

Michael FerryAugust 8, 2023

Nonfiction

Brittney Griner’s “Coming Home” Reveals Journey From Russian Imprisonment to Freedom

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist — Coming Home is a raw, revelatory account of Brittney Griner’s unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home, written in collaboration with Michelle Burford. On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA…

BookTribMay 7, 2024

Nonfiction

Thrilling & Inspiring Memoir of Adoptee’s Search for Birth Mother

She was that close. So close that their knees almost touched. Nadean Stone was sitting right next to the hospital administrator who held in her hands Nadean’s birth records revealing the name of her birth mother. It was right there. Nadean, adopted 46 years earlier, was about to unlock her…

Jim AlkonFebruary 8, 2023

Fiction

A Swashbuckling Adventure on the High Seas With Vengeance, Romance And … Monsters?

R.M. Gray serves up a swashbuckling tale that has me thinking I have what it takes to be the next Elizabeth Swan in her debut novel, Nightweaver (Merlin's Pen Publishing). If you are searching for something that rivals the excitement and wonder you had when watching Pirates of the Caribbean…

Kelsey HallOctober 25, 2023

Romance

Katee Robert’s “Blood On The Tide” Is A Sizzling Sequel That Surpasses Expectations

From New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert comes another example of spicy romance at its finest — Blood on the Tide. As the second installment of Robert’s new Crimson Sails series, the story starts off right where Hunt on Dark Waters ended — but while the first book followed…

Katie BloomerMay 14, 2024

Nonfiction

Examining Our Culture’s Idealization of Motherhood Through Literary Mothers

“None of the control but all the responsibility. This is the irony underlying woman’s experience.” In any particular novel, the mother is most likely to be one of the least compelling characters. This wasn’t a problem I was cognizant of until The Book of Mothers by Carrie Mullins brought it…

Kelsey HallMay 10, 2024

Nonfiction

Famed NYPD Detective Frank Serpico Immortalized for Younger Generations

“Police, more often than not, have their own moral code, an “us against them” attitude enforced by a blue wall of silence, which can be even stronger than the omertà, the code of silence in the Mafia.” —Frank Serpico John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro have written a vitally important young…

Linda HitchcockApril 24, 2024

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Chinese Veteran Turns Detective in 1920s London

What do you get when you combine two multi-talented creative minds that collaborate on an imaginative new series? This clever one is probably the best homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic pairing of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Elementary, my dear reader, it is the hottest must-read murder…

Linda HitchcockApril 29, 2024

The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

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Strong Women, A Creepy Mansion and A Tribute to Miami

The House on Biscayne Bay, published in April by Berkley/Penguin Random House, marks several milestones for Miami-based New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Chanel Cleeton. It’s her 18th published book (the first was in 2014) and her first Gothic. Biscayne Bay is on Florida’s east side at Miami. “I chose southern Florida…

Susan GoldenbergMay 2, 2024

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Screenwriter and Author Find Romance After Tragedy in Yulin Kuang’s “How to End a Love Story”

How to End a Love Story (Avon) by Yulin Kuang is an intriguing debut novel that is told from the alternating perspectives of two main characters Helen Zhang and Grant Shepard. Set against the backdrop of a writers’ room in LA for a TV adaptation of Helen’s successful book series,…

Emily FinlaysonApril 9, 2024

Thrillers

The Real Plane Crash That Inspired Elle Marr’s “The Alone Time”

Elle Marr was 11 years old when the small plane her father was piloting was forced to make a crash landing in the California mountains. Everyone on board survived — but, of course, the inherent trauma of such an experience lingered. Now, many years later, Marr revisits that past fear…

Dawn IusMay 6, 2024

Fiction

Fourth Novel in Elly Griffiths’ Unofficial “Cozy Crime” Series Is A Delightful Continuation

Putting a new Elly Griffiths novel in the hands of a super fan is like giving a chocoholic a Willy Wonka golden ticket — as this powerhouse author never falters or disappoints. While the Ruth Galloway series is on hiatus, The Last Word gifts readers with the return of both DI…

Linda HitchcockMay 6, 2024

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