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A Love Most Daring
In Joanna Barker’s delectable Regency-era romance novel "A Love Most Daring", a scandal-embroiled young woman and a protective officer are drawn together by danger. Though cruel rumors follow Beatrice, she is hopeful she will find love...
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Last Days in Moav
by Karen Rigby
Israelite twins with healing gifts feature in Sharon Reiss Baker’s suspenseful historical novel "Last Days in Moav", about family duty and finding the courage to love. Decades after his ancestors’ exodus from Egypt, Netanel dies in a...
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The Quicksand Theatre Company
A queer fantasy novel that brings literal magic to the theater, Molly Ringle’s "The Quicksand Theatre Company" is an original take on fae legends. The third standalone in an interconnected series, the novel returns to Eidolonia, an...
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A Dance with Death
A gothic fairytale with nods to “Beauty and the Beast,” Amanda Linsmeier’s "A Dance with Death" explores the overlap of love and grief. The three Bell sisters have seen their shares of loss—of their parents, their home, and the...
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The Borealis Queen
In the vivid fantasy setting of "The Borealis Queen", a warrior relies on her instincts and trusted companions as she comes into her own. Set in a brutal prehistoric world, Henry Guard’s historical fantasy novel, "The Borealis Queen",...
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Will End in Fire
by Karen Rigby
A girl once subject to the suspicion of others finds her worst fears realized when her brother is caught in a fire in the fascinating psychological thriller "Will End in Fire". A troubled woman unravels after a house fire in Nicole...
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The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds
by Karen Rigby
In Gina Butson’s pensive novel "The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds", a woman evades her grief. After her mountaineering father’s death, Thea, a New Zealander, backpacks in Guatemala, falling in with a drug-fueled community of...
