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Sand Pail City

by Jill Allen

Trouble lurks beneath the perfect-looking shiny facade of a beachfront Florida community in Daniel Printz’s new novel, "Sand Pail City". Once a prosperous fishing village for the locals, Sand Pail City is populated with old-timers who... Read More

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The Silver Mist

by Jill Allen

From award-winning Irish author Martin Treanor comes a poignant, lyrical debut novel, The Silver Mist. Like his protagonist Eve, the author grew up in Northern Ireland in the 1970’s. On July 21, 1972, Bloody Friday, bombs explode in... Read More

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A Touch of Immortality

by Jill Allen

As the lone Romany, a girl of Gypsy heritage, in her small New England high school, Nadya CooperSmith must contend with her paranormal abilities and being bullied because of her ethnicity. While she possesses a cadre of loyal friends who... Read More

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Verland

by Jill Allen

Following the death of her beloved mother, true-crime author Elle Bramasol struggles to make meaning of her life. Instead, she gets pulled into a deep and deadly web when domineering Hollywood producer Eliot Kingman calls upon her from... Read More

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The Existence

by Jill Allen

When Chris attempts to intervene in an attack on a homeless man, his life changes forever. The ugly assailant calls Chris “Slayer” and leaps away with the body into the night. While Chris struggles to convince himself and others that... Read More

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The Golden Handle

by Jill Allen

Josh Berman’s bleak debut novel, "The Golden Handle", follows embittered seventeen-year-old Wendy as she searches for “somewhere golden,” a place with genuine love far away from her current harsh reality. Wendy’s anger stems from... Read More

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Jaga Na Kala

by Jill Allen

In common parlance, when “the wolf is at the door,” one can expect death and destruction. But when a wolf comes to the cabin of an orphaned sixteen-year-old in the Canadian wilderness, the predator gives Ruth, our heroic protagonist,... Read More

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