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Tender Offers

by Katerie Prior

This dark and dishy novel exposes the sordid underbelly of the Hollywood glitterati. Marlon Brando once said, “Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.” Nowhere is that truer than the characters at the... Read More

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Elective Procedures

by Jeff Fleischer

A tale of murder and plastic surgery told with crisp, memorable dialogue. "Elective Procedures", by Merry Jones, combines many familiar aspects of a pulp mystery novel—an exotic locale, multiple suspected killers, the protagonist... Read More

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Soleil Tangiere

by Monica Carter

Bonner has written a compelling story about the metamorphosis of a girl that moves forward at a brisk pace. Soleil Tangiere is the epitome of a dream girl: tall, blond, smart, and sexy. Debut author Larry Bonner has invented a woman that... Read More

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An Absent Mind

by Nancy Walker

Rill’s brilliant novel about Alzheimer’s is so well-crafted, the fully-human characters seem real. In his brilliant third novel, "An Absent Mind", Eric Rill chronicles the devastating decline of a man with Alzheimer’s and how each... Read More

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Deadly Echoes

by Lynn Evarts

Nonstop action, exotic locales, keep this thriller fresh and exciting. Philip Donlay’s "Deadly Echoes" is a thrill ride from start to finish. In his fourth outing, Donovan Nash finds himself up against his longtime sworn enemy, Garrick... Read More

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In Velvet

by Kandy Alameda

This thrilling novel has a breathless pace that combines science and nature to create nail-biting tension. Bears are hibernating in summer and Irish elk have returned from extinction. With such strange occurrences happening in... Read More

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Close Knit

by Rebecca Foster

Knitting brings two very different women together after a tragedy in this touching young adult novel. For her first young adult novel, "Close Knit", Linda Marchus borrows a favorite theme of women’s fiction: the crafting circle that... Read More

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