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The Forgotten Waltz

by Monica Carter

“I was huge! I was horny! I was … careful. When I looked at Séan, and he at me, it was always eye to eye.” This is the compelling and candid voice of Gina Moynihan, the snarky and sensual thirty-four-year-old narrator of Anne... Read More

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In the King's Arms

by Lisa Romeo

It is said that there are no new stories, only new ways of telling the same ones: jealousy, revenge, ambition, and of course, love—imperfect love, unrequited love, and naturally, inconvenient love that crosses taboo boundaries. This... Read More

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The Silver Lotus

by Julia Ann Charpentier

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a time of prosperous trade with the Orient, an exciting backdrop for Thomas Steinbeck’s new novel. Filled with rich, meticulous detail, "The Silver Lotus" portrays two culturally... Read More

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Outside the Bones

by Lee Polevoi

Lyn Di Iorio’s first novel is set in New York and Puerto Rico and combines the exoticism of Afro-Caribbean witchcraft with a love story outside the boundaries of the expected and the ordinary. Fina Mata, a young woman living on... Read More

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Mending

by Shoilee Khan

Avoiding cynicism and turning feverishly to the bright side requires an adjustment in attitude, but also a willingness to look at life with a selective eye. This shedding away of all that goes wrong in the everyday to make way for the... Read More

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Impure

by Gary Klinga

A young necromancer and a band of lightwielders take center stage in J. R. Bailey’s exciting fantasy tale. In Impure: Resurrection, necromancer Koristad Altessor seeks revenge for the death of his family at the hands of the Vampire... Read More

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