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A Journey Must Be Taken

by Mary McNichol

A chance meeting with a much younger woman changes a man’s life in the romance novel "A Journey Must Be Taken". In H. L. Howard’s romantic novel "A Journey Must Be Taken", a middle-aged man endures challenges to be with the woman he... Read More

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Magnificent Mess

by Karen Rigby

A reluctant law student muddles her way through love and work in "Magnificent Mess", a romance novel that doubles as a realistic exploration of navigating one’s twenties. In Elizabeth Standish’s romance novel "Magnificent Mess", a... Read More

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The States

by Karen Rigby

Eloquent and alluring, "The States" is a novel in which dreams crash into lived realities. A woman undergoes a dream experiment and confronts her future choices in Norah Woodsey’s contemplative novel "The States". Tildy is an isolated... Read More

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Sophia and Cassius

by Karen Rigby

Yearning spans centuries in Anna Canić’s bold feminist novel "Sophia and Cassius", about a Lilith-inspired woman who is reborn to love a warrior. Sophia was created together with the first man and later hated by Eve. In this... Read More

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Why the Sparrow Cries

by Karen Rigby

In Hope Bolinger’s captivating time travel novel "Why the Sparrow Cries", an American teenager meets a Palikarian from the Dark Ages, prompting a culture clash, a mystery, and ethical dilemmas. Harper is troubled and wary when it comes... Read More

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How We Named the Stars

by Karen Rigby

A first-generation Mexican-American college student is altered by love in Andrés N. Ordorica’s elegiac romance novel "How We Named the Stars". Daniel’s freshman year at an elite Ithaca university was marked by tumult—including the... Read More

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