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The Bad Doctor

by Allyce Amidon

Meet Dr. Iwan James, GP in a small Welsh town. Darkly comic vignettes from Iwan’s life—from home visits to a cantankerous lung-cancer patient to run-ins with a local recluse who bears a strong resemblance to the Unabomber, to bike... Read More

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Discovering April

by Allyce Amidon

Drama conveyed through passionate dialogue against a vivid setting bolsters this interesting addition to the new-adult genre. Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. Or your hot neighbor for the fact that you knew him when he... Read More

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Black Moon Draw

by Allyce Amidon

What reader hasn’t wondered what it would be like to wake up in his or her favorite book? When Naia’s fiancé dumps her right before their wedding, she decides the best coping mechanism is to drink a lot of wine, marathon her... Read More

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The Wizard and the White House

by Allyce Amidon

One fateful day, the president of the United States wakes up to discover he has no mouth, a janitor across town wakes up to discover he has two, and a Pakistani immigrant in Arlington hears the voice of God in a waterspout. With no voice... Read More

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Homegoing

by Allyce Amidon

In this ambitious epic, a disgraced former princess turned scholar is one of the few people in the Three Lands who can read. So when an impossible ship from a land that does not exist delivers a set of missives written in an ink no one... Read More

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Broken

by Allyce Amidon

Slatton has created a beautiful, heart wrenching tale of humanity during the Second World War. When her beloved Ariel is lost, the angel Alia chooses to fall, taking on a human body in Paris on the eve of war. She befriends the city’s... Read More

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Werewolf Cop

by Allyce Amidon

Though the title might suggest more lighthearted fare, make no mistake, this is a gritty crime novel at heart. Texan Zach “Cowboy” Adams is part of a special government task force whose goal is to bring down Dominic Abend, the head... Read More

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