Deckard Payne, Duke of Warburton, barely survived the Napoleonic Wars and came home to recover. He took time to get over his injuries, but was determined to carry out a promise to his late friend to act as guardian to the man’s now-orphaned daughter. CAN’T GET ENO...
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Here’s an exciting YA fantasy for anyone who likes horses or birds of prey. DAUGHTER OF THE WIND follows Zara, the First Daughter of a troubled land. Her people, the Children of the Earth, are being colonised by brutal invaders from a distant continent, and they’v...
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Hotel Heiress and former party girl, Pomona Afton, is
back and trying to cultivate a more sophisticated and
intellectual persona. She has changed since solving her
grandmother’s murder and starting a relationship with
aspiring History teacher Gabe; how...
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I’m a huge Rainbow Rowell fan, so I was excited to read CHERRY BABY. There are romance elements in this book but, for me, this story is focused on Cherry’s journey as she navigates life and personal relationships. Just like in real life, Rainbow Rowell’s contempor...
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Malvern View Retirement Village, an English country residential area, is the scene for this amateur sleuth novella. I’ve enjoyed Lucy Emblem’s mysteries featuring dog trainers and craftspeople in the Malvern Hills, and this story of seniors takes place in a simila...
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Sable Jones stars in a novella about a stud farm and a suspicious death. KILLED FOR A KING’S RANSOM makes reference to a stallion, called King’s Ransom, worth the proverbial sum of money, too.

Sable lives at Silver Run rescue stables, where she helps to ret...
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Jo Segura’s THE LUST CRUSADE sounds like everything I would want in a romance: a heroine secretly in love with her brother’s best friend while he is also in love with her, mixed in with them trekking all over Greece after our hero, Dr. Theo Galanis is discovered t...
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Crime novel at its creepiest best. Mary Kubica has us on a chase against time. Two folk brutally murdered. Seemingly with no clues. No motive. No suspect. Couldn’t be further in the dark if you tried. But here’s the thing: there are some clues. You just have to be...
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This near-future science fiction tale follows Alyssa Wright, who expects to lead a crew on a mission to Mars. Right away, her hopes are dashed, even as the MARS ONE crew is in last week's quarantine. A suspicious accident means Alyssa is replaced by a stranger, An...
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THE BOOK CLUB FOR TROUBLESOME WOMEN by Marie Bostwick is a sort of a historical view of an eye-opening time, mixed with humorous moments that remind you this is a novel. I  love a book that is somehow reminiscent of some part of my own life. The reference to mothe...
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Picture a contract killer.  You’re probably envisioning a scary-looking, muscular man covered in tattoos... not the soft-middled elderly woman in a floral shirt carrying a shopping bag.  And yet, that’s Mrs. Shim.  After falling on hard times financially, Mrs. Shi...
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Lady Vivienne Harlowe resides in a castle at Mablethorpe with family members. As a young widow with a child, she’s quite respectable and can venture out alone, though she’s better to take a servant. MURDER OF A WINCHESTER GOOSE is the sixth instalment in this intr...
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When a childhood tragedy results in years of guilt and suffering, how does a family survive and move forward with the scars that follow them? When Gracen’s little sister, Douggy, is attacked by a dog on his watch, he cannot quite live with the aftermath of her dis...
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With her new charity foundation to support young people to live and study in New York City, Pomona Afton needs to wheedle money out of prospective donors. She has money, but not enough to buy a city building and give it away. POMONA AFTON CAN TOTALLY CATCH A KILLE...
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Nia’s life implodes when she discovers her boyfriend is a massive liar. She immediately packs her bags and flees to her hometown. After high school graduation, she couldn’t wait to escape small-town life and the memories of her best friend Sienna, who committed su...
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C.S. Harris reels the reader in again with WHEN THE WOLVES ARE SILENT, the twenty-first book in the Sebastian St. Cyr series.  This engrossing and dark historical mystery is set in Regency England and features lush historical flavor and details.  The former cavalr...
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Book three in the Miss Sharp Investigates series is packed with madcap mystery fun as a group of Sunset Hall elderly residents prepares for the wedding of their dear housemate, Bernadette. Agnes, a former police officer, is feeling a little down at losing one of h...
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Alex Carter returns for the fifth book in this exciting wildlife crime series. In a complete change, the setting is the Big Island of Hawaii, where we find a STORM WARNING. The intrepid researcher is caring for hawksbill turtles, which nest on quiet beaches in Haw...
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TENDER CRUELTY is book nine of author Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus series and is the story of the most recent Zeus and his wife/enemy, Hera. I won’t go into the formerly known as because I found it a bit confusing – especially for those who are not familiar with th...
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Welcome to Cinnamon Falls, where the town’s annual fall festival is about to begin. Grab some ice cream at The Cinnamon Scoop or a cinnamon roll and some gossip at Rosie’s Diner. Stay for the parade and the crowning of the new Cinnamon King and Queen; just watch o...
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Hard to find a favorite book or story authored by Brenda Novak. Her list of titles reminds us just how many times we think that it was the best. I adored WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES and was equally enthralled by her Dead trilogy. Uniquely different genres and slants. W...
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The NAME GAME follows two people, Oliver and Ormer, who both have a Charlie Jones in their lives. Charlie's role in their lives is different, though the reasons are eerily common for her to be in their lives. We follow Oliver and Aspen, who are almost strangers to...
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YESTERYEAR  is a novel that acts like a chameleon. Readers will think it is about a social influencer who creates a social media perfect world on an Idaho farm where all is wholesome and fresh.

Instead, the novel dives into a myriad of issues: pressure,...
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New World is the apt name of a planet on which Ben and Max grow up as brothers. There was some adoption in the mix due to a planetary civil war, but they don’t let that worry them. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK is a heart-pounding blend of myth and horror, placed car...
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