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The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
by Chanel Cleeton
The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes (2/5/2025)
Throughout history books have catapulted readers out of their daily lives and into a world that can be as immersive as it is thrilling. Books guide us, educate us and challenge us to become more empathetic human beings. As readers we search for that one book that can do all …more
The House on Biscayne Bay
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
The House on Biscayne Bay (1/4/2024)
The House on Biscayne Bay gives fans of Chanel Cleeton another reason to appreciate her work. While paying homage to the Sunshine State and its history, the novel has all the trappings of a Gothic tale. The plot is teeming with suspense and maintains a level of tension and …more
Banyan Moon
Banyan Moon: A Novel
by Thao Thai
Banyan Moon (5/8/2023)
In the opening Chapter of Banyan Moon, Thao Thai's outstanding debut novel, there is a scene that I kept coming back to again and again as I read the novel. The family, grandmother Minh, daughter Hu'o'ng and granddaughter Ann have taken a rare trip to the beach. Ann rests …more
Scatterlings
Scatterlings: A Novel
by Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe
Scatterlings (10/10/2022)
Scatterlings is at once beautiful and painful, insightful (and for those of us not familiar with the history of South Africa) educational. It is also a novel the blends historical and literary fiction. The novel takes the reader on a journey to explore what it means to …more
Natural History
Natural History: Stories
by Andrea Barrett
Natural History (7/31/2022)
The six stories in Andrea Barrett's Natural History are similar to stepping stones in a Zen garden. In following Barrett's path we experience the interconnectedness of the natural world and the creatures who inhabit it.

Each of the stories in this work threads through …more
Widowland
Widowland: Widowland #1
by C. J. Carey
Widowland by C.J. Carey (5/9/2022)
Widowland is an engaging, page turner of a novel that crosses genres- feminist, historical, dystopian and challenges the reader to imagine what if… women were classified, literature was "corrected" and history could be re-written. Certainly these topics are not new, but …more
Fencing with the King
Fencing with the King: A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber
Fencing with the King (12/8/2021)
Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jabar opens with a falconry exhibition that is part of the King of Jordan's 60th Birthday. The descriptions of the pageantry and culture of the country are part of the novel's appeal. The author winds past and present history, as well as …more
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    The River Knows Your Name
    by Kelly Mustian
    A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.
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