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Olive Branch

by Jennifer Maveety

Uncertainties lurk about the lines between friends and enemies in the gripping historical thriller "Olive Branch". In David Schulze’s historical novel "Olive Branch", a British soldier residing in France becomes embroiled in espionage.... Read More

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Saving Vincent

by Meg Nola

A climate of progressive change backdrops a determined widow’s efforts in the male-dominated art world in the lovely historical novel "Saving Vincent". In Joan Fernandez’s engrossing historical novel "Saving Vincent", Vincent van... Read More

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Sketches from the Periphery

by Karen Rigby

A well-meaning aid worker navigates political and cultural tensions while on assignment in Africa in "Sketches from the Periphery", a thoughtful fish-out-of-water novel. An American contractor faces the aftermath of the war in Darfur in... Read More

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Boy with Wings

by Meg Nola

An evocative historical novel that celebrates distinctive individuals in the Depression-era South. In Mark Mustian’s riveting historical novel "Boy with Wings", a man’s strange birthmark and winged appendages force him to live as... Read More

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Ironbottom Sound

by James Edward Cook

Part of a continuing series, "Ironbottom Sound" is an insightful and sincere historical novel about a military man pulled between his sexual orientation and his sense of duty. In Grover Hartt III’s historical novel "Ironbottom Sound",... Read More

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A Moon in All Things

by Brandon Pawlicki

Atmospheric, subtle, and captivating, the fantasy novel "A Moon in All Things" is about revived magic and community bonds. Paganism runs through Jennifer Elwell Comeau’s touching fantasy novel "A Moon in All Things", about family... Read More

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Roads Not Taken

by Jennifer Maveety

An intrepid journalist finds that he is less skilled in love than he is at chasing stories in the historical novel "Roads Not Taken", about personal disappointments despite career successes. Set against the backdrop of global conflicts,... Read More

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Operation Nightfall

by Leah Block

Spies on covert missions seek to counter the hopelessness felt by the Polish people in the exciting thriller "Operation Nightfall". Karl Wegener’s intricate historical thriller "Operation Nightfall" focuses on women agents at the... Read More

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