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Throwaways

by Karen Rigby

Powerful predators and their forgotten victims are centered in this refreshing thriller. In Elliott Light’s foreboding thriller "Throwaways", a Florida Keys man with a traumatic past gets embroiled in a murder case. Jake Savage is... Read More

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The Adored One

by Karen Rigby

A theater darling comes into her own during a period of artistic transformation in the thrilling novel "The Adored One". In Susanne Dunlap’s mesmerizing historical novel "The Adored One", a chorus girl comes of age under the watchful... Read More

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Etch of a Promise

by Karen Rigby

In the romance novel "Etch of a Promise", a burgeoning couple is compelled to work through their personal and psychological challenges together. In Ruby M. Holder’s romance novel "Etch of a Promise", an upbeat tradesman and a troubled... Read More

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Famous Seaweed Soup

by Karen Rigby

A plucky, ignored little girl on the beach makes her own fun in the upbeat picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup". In Antoinette Truglio Martin’s sunny picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup", a young beachcomber dishes up a make-believe... Read More

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Emma Just Medium

by Karen Rigby

Emma, a middle sibling whose summer vacation takes a turn when she’s in too much of a hurry to stand out, learns to relish her own age in Laura Wiltse Prior’s breezy chapter book "Emma Just Medium". Emma has just finished the first... Read More

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The All-American

by Karen Rigby

Sisters’ lives are upended when their father is accused of being a communist in Susie Finkbeiner’s historical novel The All-American. Bertha is a high school student in Michigan. Her mother is British; her father is a talented... Read More

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