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Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her older brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is… Continue reading As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House is a dark, gothic tale set in the small, unlucky town of Eden, Kentucky—a place haunted by secrets and the eerie legend of E. Starling, a nineteenth-century author who vanished after writing The Underland. Before she disappeared, Starling House appeared—an uncanny, brooding structure now home to her last heir, Arthur… Continue reading Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
All Clara Davenport has ever wanted to do is climb the ladder at Davenport Innovation Creative, her family’s toy business. Everything was going according to plan, until the company was accused of stealing a doll design from an independent toy maker, creating a flurry of bad publicity. With a promotion dangled in front of her… Continue reading Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace
It starts with a class in an old movie theater—Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by the mysterious Professor. Most students assume her stories are make-believe, but Holland St. James has always believed in magic. When she finds a local legend called the Watch Man, who can supposedly tell you when you’ll die,… Continue reading Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
Sophie Cousens returns with another imaginative and heartfelt story that blends emotional realism with a speculative twist. And Then There Was You follows thirty-one-year-old Chloe Fairway, whose life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. She’s living at home with her parents, stuck in a production assistant job, and still reeling from a painful breakup. The… Continue reading And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens
Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her… Continue reading Mary by Nat Cassidy
If you’re looking for a sweet, slightly spicy escape read that doesn’t demand too much emotional heavy lifting, Muscles & Monsters is exactly that. The first book in Ashley Bennett’s Leviathan Fitness series introduces a world where humans and monsters coexist — and sometimes, fall in love. The story follows Tegan, a local cake decorator… Continue reading Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett
Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honor her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to visit before he died from cancer. But in his will, Josh assigned her an impossible partner to help complete the mission—Dominic Perry. Seriously, if Maddie weren’t already at… Continue reading PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
Premise and Setup The glitz of Hollywood collides with the grit of New York City in NYPD Red, the first book in James Patterson and Marshall Karp’s fast-paced thriller series. During “Hollywood on Hudson,” New York is crawling with celebrities, directors, and producers, and the city’s elite police task force—NYPD Red—is on high alert to… Continue reading NYPD Red (NYPD Red #1) by James Patterson & Marshall Karp
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