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Fresh Fiction for August Is Here

Cowboys, castles, and shiftersβ€”this month has it all.

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Hotter than a Tuscan summer.


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Some promises cost you the one you love.


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Only she can pull him back from the darkness.


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One golden retriever knows this is love.


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Trust is the fiercest transformation of all.


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From Himalayan stargazing to the London Blitzβ€”one love endures.

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Wicked Wires At Willowdale
by Ellis Thorne
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Sable Jones returns for another case in the equestrian world. She brings her pupils to Willowdale Gymkhana with their ponies, all keen to compete. The Silver Run riding stable is having a pretty good day, and nobody could foresee a tragedy. WICKED WIRES AT WILLOWD...
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The Girlfriends of the Rising Sun
by Kazuko Nishimura
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

The Goddesses of the World series continues, landing us midway through the twentieth century. So far, the UK-based Japanese author Kazuko Nishimura has provided the stories of extraordinary women in ancient Japan, Portuguese-colonised Brazil and other cultures. TH...
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The Final Score
by Lana Ferguson
Reviewed by Mamatha Madhavan

FINAL SCORE is the sequel to Lana Ferguson's 2024 hockey romance, The Game Changer. This installment follows Abigail Thompson and Jack Baker, the siblings of the first book's protagonists.Β 

Abigail Thompson has spent most of her life burdened by sha...
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Love You More
by Emily Giffin
Reviewed by Janilyn Kocher

LOVE YOU MORE is a heartwarming novel about friendships, love, goals, careers, and choices. Giffin sets her novel in the middle of America's heartland, Wisconsin. The opening introduces Billie, a doctor in New York, who is newly engaged to Dean, also a doctor from...
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Moss'd in Space
by Rebecca Thorne
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Torian Razner, a mechanic, pilot and security guard, if not very experienced, bought a starship, with all her hard- earned credit in solid currency bars. Now she’s got a lot of work ahead before she can even leave dry dock. The title MOSS’D IN SPACE is humour, sur...
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Whisper Creek
by Allison Brennan
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Ellen McKenna, a recent widow, is managing her family’s farm in Cooke County, Texas. They’ve planted a variety of crops, as well as livestock, and her kids are keen to help. But one thing goes wrong after another, and now in storm season, WHISPER CREEK is on the r...
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The Wash-Ashores
by Hannah McKinnon
Reviewed by Janilyn Kocher

THE WASH-ASHORES is definitely not a washed- up read. It is a perfect choice for a leisurely read while relaxing on the beach.

The word Nantucket evokes an allure all of its own. It exudes summery beach vibes, as does this book by Hannah McKinnon. Set in Cha...
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The Lost Chateau
by Dinah Jefferies
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

ChΓ’teau Rousseau in the rural depths of the Dordogne, France, is the location for a splendid novel of family and friendship spanning two generations or more. In 1936, Thirza Caruthers, whom we met in the earlier novel THE GREEK HOUSE, heads to THE LOST CHATEAU to ...
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Big Stick Energy
by Sarina Bowen
Reviewed by S. Lyn Collins

Sarina Bowen continues her hockey romance dynasty with BIG STICK ENERGY, the second installment of the New York Legends series. Β Loved the first book, THROWN FOR A LOOP, that is reminiscent of the 80s film The Cutting Edge with a female figure skater reunited with...
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Free Falling
by Jill Shalvis
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman

Welcome back to Star Falls. There’s a sort of legend that you will meet the love of your life if you see the falling stars. Of course, only romantics will see this as relevant. So it’s funny, those who have truly sworn off anything romantic get that itchy feeling ...
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Scandalize My Name
by Fiona Sinclair
Reviewed by Sandra Martin

SCANDALIZE MY NAME by Fiona Sinclair, first published in the 1960s, and now being released as part of the British Library Crime Classics series, is an exceptional murder mystery of shifting viewpoints, serious motives, and calculating suspects that will keep reade...
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A Bitter Cut
by Anna Lee Huber
Reviewed by Make Kay

Has it really been 14 years that historical mystery author Anna Lee Huber has been delighting us with the inquiry agent Sebastian Gage and his intrepid wife, Lady Kiera Darby, in the Lady Darby series? Β Goodness, how time flies when one is enjoying one’s ...
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When You Loved Me
by Beatriz Williams
Reviewed by Janilyn Kocher

WHEN YOU LOVED ME returns readers to Winthrop Island. Lucy has to face her past, and perhaps her future, that revolves so much around the island and the recent death of her father.

There's a story within a story as chapter flashbacks to colonial 1717 provide...
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This Immortal Heart
by Jennifer Saint
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, shares her immortal life and many loves with us in this sumptuous retelling of classical myth. Β The Romans had the same pantheon, with different names, so you may hold the names Venus and Mars in your mind if you wish. THIS IM...
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The Sea Stone Sisters
by Eleanor Buchanan
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Family heritage and emigration come to the fore in a timeless novel of Scottish people at home and abroad. THE SEA STONE SISTERS is a lengthy saga with several changes of scenery, just right to enjoy over a few days.

A legend tells that the Four Sisters of S...
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The Forty-Year Grudge
by Liza Tully
Reviewed by Sandra Martin

As the sorority sisters and their plus ones convene to reconnect, socialize, and partake in outdoor activities, old rivalries surface, and the anger of past betrayals is reignited. This is an accomplished group, with varied careers and life experiences, including ...
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A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord
by Shana Galen
Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel

While on a heist, Tamsin Archer is dressed like a footman. She’s annoyed to discover the window she planned to escape from is stuck. Worse, she’s not alone in the library. There’s a man there, a man who did her a kindness two years ago, and she hasn’t been able to...
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Clive Cussler Cold Fire
by Graham Brown
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

Here’s another exciting flight of fancy, the NUMA team involving aircraft as well as shipping in their latest adventure. CLIVE CUSSLER’S COLD FIRE is indeed cold, as the Arctic water is particularly frigid.

A test weapon aboard an American aircraft is hijack...
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Summer's Never Over
by Darby Bozeman
Reviewed by Sandra Martin

Summer camp at Dread’s Cove is full of fun, outdoor activities, crushes, bonding, and murder. When Greer returns to her family-owned camp five years after a fellow counselor burned to death in a suspicious fire, she faces a new threat and unearths the secrets that...
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Cherished by the Sinners
by Julie Rowe
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko

Julie Rowe is one of those authors who can make those that others consider evil into men who are protective, devoted and sexy. CHERISHED BY THE SINNERS is exactly that, rolled up in a book that will take your breath away.

800-year-old twins Mason and Magnus ...
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Clive Cussler Condor's Fury
by Graham Brown
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

This exciting story starts in smaller locations and builds up to much larger ones, as NUMA investigates a mysteriously stricken trawler and finds a lead to a giant airship. CLIVE CUSSLER’S CONDOR’S FURY is a bit of a mouthful for a title, but the grand themes, oce...
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Secrets at the Dover CafΓ©
by Ginny Bell
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara

The Castle CafΓ© in a village near the White Cliffs of Dover is the location for turmoil and skulduggery in the latest instalment of the World War II women's fiction series. Nellie Castle, who runs the business she founded with her late husband, has to keep SECRETS...
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Wait With Me
by Amy Daws
Reviewed by Jessica Grogan

Amy Daws’ WAIT WITH ME is a contemporary romance built around an amusing premise and a memorable setting. When romance author Kate Smith finds herself suddenly able to write after having writer’s block while waiting for a tire change, she keeps sneaking into the T...
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Game of Rogues
by Julie Anne Long
Reviewed by Make Kay

Are we really up to nine books in Julie Anne Long’s The Palace of Rogues series?! Β GAME OF ROGUES brings the reader Long’s well-known and even more well- received witty banter along with plenty of emotional depth and slow- burn chemistry. Β This series is connected...
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