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Fall headfirst into July’s hottest stories—danger, desire, and happily-ever-afters await.

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When duty to his kingdom meets desire for his enemy!


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Always remember when playing for keeps to look before you leap!


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One Rodeo. Two Rivals. A Storm That Changes Everything.


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?? A Fake Marriage. A Real Spark. A Love Worth the Scandal. ??


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48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
by Joyce Carol Oates
"What really happened to Marguerite?"
Posted April 5, 2023

Twenty-two years ago Marguerite Fulmer vanished.  She was thirty years old, beautiful, talented and people liked her.  Her younger sister, Georgene was nothing like her, and she knew it. Once the police started investigating Marguerite's disappearance, Georgene decided they were incompetent.  The story is Read more...


The Last Russian Doll
by Kristen Loesch
"Immersive and engrossing from start to finish"
Posted April 3, 2023

All Rosie wanted was answers to why she and her mother fled Russia ten years ago after a family tragedy.  Her mother died leaving behind her fairy tale stories and a collection of porcelain dolls, but no obvious explanations.  When an opportunity presents itself, Rosie returns to Read more...


Once We Were Home
by Jennifer Rosner
"Can the past define the future?"
Posted April 3, 2023

Based on actual stories, ONCE WE WERE HOME by Jennifer Rosner brings to light the stories of three Jewish children and one young adult who were all victims of the Holocaust.  One young boy was placed in a monastery Read more...


How I'll Kill You
by Ren DeStefano
"How far would you go for family?"
Posted March 23, 2023

Under no circumstances could the three triplet sisters ever be called the nice girls next door.  Actually, if someone lived next door to them, the best course of action would be to run.  Sissy's sisters are serial killers.  As for Sissy--she is the fixer Read more...


The Dig
by Anne Burt
"How much can the past reveal?"
Posted March 21, 2023

Under extraordinary circumstances, two young children, Antonia and her brother Paul, were found in a bombed-out Sarajevo apartment by two American brothers. Their mother had been killed and the whereabouts of their father was unknown. The men decided to adopt the children and bring them to America.  Read more...


The Protege
by Jody Gehrman
"Why is this happening to her?"
Posted March 20, 2023

Dr. Hannah Bryers, a professor of forensic anthropology is very good at what she does.  She is in her element when examining human remains.  However, her social skills are a bit lacking.  Actually, they are almost non-existent.  World-renowned and famous for solving cases Read more...


The Blackhouse
by Carole Johnstone
"How deep can a secret be buried?"
Posted March 15, 2023

When five-year-old Maggie MacKay told her mother that a man she didn't know was murdered on a remote island she had never been to, her mother believed her and tried to capitalize on the story.  It didn't work.  Their trip to the island Read more...


The Woman with the Cure
by Lynn Cullen
"Captivating story about a remarkable woman!"
Posted March 8, 2023

In THE WOMAN WITH A CURE by Lynn Cullen, readers meet Dorothy Horstmann, the daughter of immigrants who became a physician and wanted nothing more than to find a cure for polio.  Hers was not a household name, unlike Read more...


Looking for Jane
by Heather Marshall
"Can the wrongs of the past be righted?"
Posted February 27, 2023

The discovery of a letter that was placed in the wrong mailbox years ago intertwines the lives of three women. The contents of the letter reveal a long-held secret and a confession. In 2017, Angela Creighton, who found the letter, makes the decision to find the intended recipient Read more...


Reef Road
by Deborah Goodrich Royce
"Is revenge worth its cost?"
Posted February 21, 2023

Twelve-year-old Noelle Grace Huber was brutally murdered in Pennsylvania in 1948.  On a quiet beach in Florida in 2020, two boys find a hand.  Readers may wonder what one has to do with the other.  As it turns out, there is a powerful and Read more...


Picture in the Sand
by Peter Blauner
"A powerful, profound, and thought-provoking story!"
Posted February 12, 2023

Ali Hassan, an Egyptian immigrant, has kept his story about his life in Egypt in the 1950s a secret for decades.  In 2014, his American-born grandson Alex shocks the family by deciding not to attend college.  Instead, he travels to the Middle East to do what Read more...


Don't Open the Door
by Allison Brennan
"Can anyone be trusted?"
Posted February 6, 2023

Regan Merritt, a former US Marshall, has already lost so much.  After the murder of her ten-year-old son, her marriage crumbled.  She left her job and moved to Arizona to be with family, but it was the murder of her former boss, Tommy, after he Read more...


Bookclubbed to Death
by V.M. Burns
"Everyone in book club has secrets..."
Posted February 6, 2023

It was just an act of kindness when mystery writer and owner of the Mystery Bookstore, Samantha Washington, agrees to host the Mystery Mavens Book Club. She soon learns that their leader is the notorious reviewer Delia Marshall.  Publicly known for her power to either make or ruin Read more...


The Red Cross Orphans
by Glynis Peters
"A story about love and hope during war"
Posted February 1, 2023

Orphaned Kitty Pattison was lovingly raised by her aunt and uncle. Now as a young adult, she wants to do her part to help in the war effort.  She signs on with Red Cross as a volunteer and she will receive nurses training. Having led a sheltered life Read more...


Room and Board
by Miriam Parker
"Can a publicist be a dorm mother?"
Posted January 30, 2023

Gillian led an exciting life as a publicist in New York City.  She had her own business and was very good at what she did.  Suddenly, she lost it all and now all she had was an offer to serve as a "dorm mother" at her former Read more...


Anywhere You Run
by Wanda M. Morris
"A gripping story that addresses serious themes."
Posted January 30, 2023

It was the summer of 1964 when three young men were murdered.  Their crime?  They had come to Mississippi to help Black citizens get the right to vote.  This was a troubled time in a troubled place and this was where Violet and Marigold Richards lived Read more...


The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre
by Natasha Lester
"Historical fiction at its best!"
Posted January 27, 2023

Orphaned by the age of thirteen, there was no way Alix St. Pierre could have known what her future held in store for her.  And, what a future it was.  During WWII, her position in the OSS changed her life.  Working with Italian partisans and a Read more...


The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer
"A remarkable work of historical fiction... thought-provoking, powerful, and absorbing."
Posted January 26, 2023

Lizzie and Sofie met in Huntsville in 1950.  They were both there because of their husbands' work.  Sofie's husband was brought to America from Berlin after WW II ended because he was a rocket scientist.  Very few knew the truth about his and Sofie's Read more...


The Soviet Sisters
by Anika Scott
"Who can one trust if not a sister?"
Posted January 26, 2023

When readers first meet Marya, a Russian in 1956, she is a prisoner in a Siberian gulag thanks in part to her sister Vera. Marya's crime? This depends on whose story you believe. Was she a spy or simply guilty of loving a British officer and wanting freedom Read more...


We Spread
by Iain Reid
"A poignant, haunting, and thought-provoking story"
Posted January 24, 2023

One day Penny was living in the apartment she had occupied for decades. This was her home and she was comfortable.  She knew she was aging and she faced this the best she could.  She felt she was managing until it was decided she wasn't.  Read more...


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