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In the second installment of the Nora Breen Investigates series—“perfect for cozy mystery lovers” (Book Riot)—beloved former nun Nora Breen returns, this time to track down a ghostly killer before …
FYI, this was meant to be a review but ended up mostly being a meditation on the online debate over this novel. Yesteryear was a rarity for me on two fronts: I don’t often read books that hav…
The queen of historical crime brings chariot racing to life in all its gruesome and glamorous glory. When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome’s famous Circ…
Cymin has agreed to become a spy, defeated a fiery curse, inadvertently derailed a train, and survived a bloody ambush in the Sacred Necropolis—all to escape conscription in a Storm Tower. Now, at …
He expects an arranged marriage to a sweet, biddable wife—but gets her spirited twin sister instead. A straightforward solicitor, Rupert Iverson looks forward to an uncomplicated arranged marriage …
A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York T…
She called his mother at 1 AM and said sa copine. She told the nurse at 5:47 and said girlfriend. He doesn’t know about either one. Four and a half dates. Two kisses — one accidental, one del…
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The Octopus by Guojing Join a little girl as she discovers the hidden world of her new octopus friend in this stunning wordless picture book by critically acclaimed author-illustrator Guojing. A li…
In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest—and unknowingly alters the fate of her world—in this dazzling novel from t…
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself? One year. …
Based on the true story of an illegal women’s clinic at the center of a high-profile trial in 1940s Chicago and the nurse who risked her safety and freedom to work there, a thought-provoking, power…
In the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, forty years after the world nearly ended, a worn-out robot is attacked, and realizes old evils are stirring Wrestling with themes of loneliness, connect…
Content Note: Violence, sexual violence Dear Nora Roberts, Arden Bowie is a young, debut author from Columbus, Ohio, having her first book signing. The last person to request she sign her book is D…
From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer w…
Will a courtship ruse… Lead to complete ruination? Roguish gentleman Jameson Russell is given an ultimatum by his brother: marry or be cut off. So he hatches a foolproof plan—find a lady so entirel…
When confidential informant Erin Daniels is abruptly pulled off an insider trading investigation and sent across the country with just a few hours’ notice, she’s definitely not expecting her new as…
This is an overdue roundup of what I’ve read; it’s also uninspiring, with seven of the ten books being C range. The theme is “books that I didn’t think were that good and al…