Book Review
Water I Won't Touch
“Haven’t we all chewed / through something tough and survived?” asks poet Kayleb Rae Candrilli in their collection Water I Won’t Touch, an intimate exploration of gender. Candrilli’s writing is poised yet vulnerable, always...
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Keep Him Coming Home with Love
Genuine and genial, "Keep Him Coming Home with Love" is a no-nonsense guide to making a house a home. Shenitha Finesse Anniece Burton’s sensible guide for creating comfortable, romantic, and intentional home decorations that have a...
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Feed the White Wolf
Often fiery and always authentic, the poems collected in "Feed the White Wolf" are fearless in addressing addiction and mental illness. Patrick Lahey’s poetic memoir "Feed the White Wolf" is about surviving addiction. Following a loose...
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The Chaplain
In the historical novel "The Chaplain", a man moves from seminary to shepherding his own congregation, always maintaining his sense of faith. In Norbert Huber’s historical novel "The Chaplain", a Civil War minister refuses to choose...
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A Captain for Caroline Gray
A ship traveling from England to India becomes a microcosm of Regency society in Julie Wright’s touching proper romance novel, "A Captain for Caroline Gray". Caroline, stubborn and self-educated, can not keep her mouth shut. Her...
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Sisterhood of the Infamous
In Jane Rosenberg LaForge’s dark thriller "Sisterhood of the Infamous", two sisters contend with a grisly killing, and their lifetime of resentment boils over. When she was younger, Barbara hungered for fame. She went from the...
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The Brass Queen
Elizabeth Chatsworth’s steampunk romance "The Brass Queen" is as vibrant as an electrified carousel. Constance Haltwhistle can handle knife-wielding assassins, airship turret guns, mechanical warhorses, and gentleman scientists, but...
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A Recipe for Daphne
In Nektaria Anastasiadou’s Istanbul-set romance "A Recipe for Daphne", history and culture influence three people brought together by their shared identities. At seventy-six, armed with Viagra and his irrepressible desire for love,...