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Truth Crushed to Earth

by Gabriella Harrison

A young man escapes his enslaver to become an abolitionist hero in the harrowing historical novel "Truth Crushed to Earth". A self-emancipated man starts a rebellion when he stops an enslaver from reclaiming runaways in Harry W.... Read More

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Big Love and War Horse

by Karen Rigby

A family in mourning bands together through their hardships, nurturing hopes for their future, in the heartfelt novel "Big Love and War Horse". In Shallen Anne Chitwood’s historical novel "Big Love and War Horse", a rural family... Read More

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Spellbound

by John M. Murray

In the supernatural novel "Spellbound", passionate lovers are tied to each other across time because of happenstance magic. In Ann Charlotte’s romance novel "Spellbound", a widowed photojournalist discovers her connection to a... Read More

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Sanctions in Paradise

by Leah Block

The exciting political thriller "Sanctions in Paradise" works to acknowledge racism via an apartheid plot during an island-set conference. In Peter Nicholl’s novel "Sanctions in Paradise", a speechwriter attends a conference whose goal... Read More

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Burning Times

by Natalie Wollenzien

A woman proves indomitable in the face of extraordinary circumstances in the Cold War–era horror novel "Burning Times". In James K. Rone’s novel "Burning Times", atrocities are enacted against so-called witches, and strange... Read More

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Tidewater

by Karen Rigby

A longtime couple anchors their small community through a period of substantial change in the epic historical novel "Tidewater". Eric B. Miller’s absorbing, character-driven historical novel "Tidewater" traces domestic and intimate... Read More

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Jawbone Holler

by Ben Linder

A humble farm boy leaves home to become a noble American hero in the moral-minded historical novel "Jawbone Holler". "Jawbone Holler" is Mace Thornton’s gripping historical novel in which decent people build their lives in the American... Read More

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