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When Shadows Burn

by Leah Block

Both eerie and lighthearted, the novel "When Shadows Burn" ties mysteries from the past into contemporary small-town disappearances. A man investigates the haunted house from his childhood in Todd Brown’s supernatural thriller "When... Read More

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The Finest Line

by Dontaná McPherson-Joseph

A closeted woman in a dystopian society chooses between honesty and artifice in the compelling future-set novel "The Finest Line". A woman comes to terms with her sexual orientation against a backdrop of rising religious and political... Read More

Book Review

The Ever End

by Violet Glenn

A woman discovers her new fiancé and his family are not what they seem in Audrey Wilson’s Midwestern thriller "The Ever End". Following her mother’s death, Margo represses her grief with an engagement to Sam, her boyfriend of six... Read More

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Sunburn

by Brooke Shannon

Chloe Michelle Howarth’s coming-of-age novel "Sunburn" simmers with first love, confusion, and quiet rebellion in sun-drenched 1990s Ireland. Lucy, a restless teenager, lives in Crossmore, Ireland, where “motherhood is the nearest... Read More

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We Are the Match

by Isabella Zhou

In Mary E. Roach’s smoldering novel "We Are the Match", a modern retelling of the Trojan War, star-crossed lovers maneuver against a powerful crime family for revenge. After losing her sisters on the island of Troy to bombs and fire,... Read More

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The Immortal Happerstadt

by M. W. Merritt

In the adventure-filled novel "The Immortal Happerstadt", a prince leaves his ordinary upbringing to fulfill his destiny. In Kevin Goss’s busy fantasy novel "The Immortal Happerstadt", a gay prince raised as a peasant pursues a life of... Read More

Book Review

American Lit

by Leah Block

A vulnerable, intelligent teenager navigates grief and his changing relationships in the absorbing novel "American Lit". A gay teenager navigates parental grief and neglect, a flirtation with his English teacher, and an unexpected... Read More

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