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Cake, Lemonade and Sprinkles by Aishah Hight

Cake, Lemonade and Sprinkles by Aishah Hight A quick and charming children’s book about being yourself, Cake, Lemonade and Sprinkles by Aishah Hight offers a bright burst of wisdom for young readers.

It’s London’s birthday, and while all of her friends have come up with great ideas for costumes to wear to the party, London doesn’t feel particularly inspired. Debating whether to imitate her friends or choose a costume that will please her mother, London is worried that she’ll be embarrassed at her own celebration. London’s mom encourages her to dream up a costume that feels true to her identity, and not necessarily what other people may […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-10-18T15:18:01+02:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Children's Book Reviews|

Fury in Her Eyes by Phillip Vega

Fury in Her Eyes by Phillip Vega An intensely personal drama, Fury in Her Eyes by Phillip Vega is a thrilling and unpredictable portrait of connection, resentment, and romance that refuses to die.

Ollie Morales is living out his high-stakes dream as a professional photojournalist when a mob of Trump supporters nearly beats him to death on January 6^th, 2021, sending his life into chaos. While he assumes that the explosion of violence was random, it gradually becomes clear that what happened to him was no accident.

Thirty years earlier, Ollie had been a normal high school senior, a photographer on the school paper, and […]

SPR2024-10-14T08:31:30+02:00October 14th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews|

The Scheme by Amethyst Drake

The Scheme by Amethyst Drake When Olivia Ames, the brilliant daughter of a domineering CEO, goes missing, Katherine Carson and her crack team of private eyes reluctantly join the hunt in The Scheme by Amethyst Drake, a gritty and gripping first installment of the Carson Crime Files series.

Locating an uber-rich runaway is not the typical Carson Investigations case, but the deeper they dig, the more sinister the trail becomes. Olivia had a wildly promising future in the profitable realm of bio-printing research, and appears to have caught the attention of some powerful people, leading to a tangle of motives, family members, red herrings, suspects, […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-26T18:57:35+02:00September 26th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Detective Fiction Book Reviews, Mystery Book Reviews|

A Piece of My Heart by Katherine P. Stillerman

A Piece of My Heart by Katherine P. Stillerman The fifth book in the precisely crafted and well-researched Barton Family Series, A Piece of My Heart by Katherine P. Stillerman is a heartfelt tribute to the resilience of women during World War II.

When Will breaks off his promise to marry her, Hattie is absolutely shattered. However, little does she knows that after several decades – during which Will moved to Shanghai with another woman as his wife, and Hattie built a family with a man she grew to love – their paths will cross again. Middle-aged, mature, and both recently widowed, Hattie and Will’s love resurfaces stronger […]

Marina Dora Martino2024-09-24T10:50:51+02:00September 24th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Historical Fiction Book Reviews, World War II Book Reviews|

Moscow Nights Return by Beth H. Macy

Moscow Nights Return by Beth H. Macy A fast-paced plunge into contemporary spycraft with some classic Cold War twists, Moscow Nights Return by Beth H. Macy is a gripping international thriller.

Despite being a respected elder in the realm of espionage, Elda Ainsworth can still throw down with the best of them, but there is risk in every mission – especially when it comes to extracting Russian agents in possession of dangerous secrets. Shaking off the rust of near-retirement, Elda must lose her tails and find an exit route for her precious cargo before a merciless assassin ties them both up as one more loose end. Getting […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-19T18:40:24+02:00September 19th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Spy Thriller Book Reviews|

Heavy Weight of Darkness by JM Erickson

Heavy Weight of Darkness by JM Erickson A violent clash of duty, truth, morality, and vengeance, Heavy Weight of Darkness by JM Erickson is a soul-searching second piece to an exceptional sci-fi series.

The interplanetary “terrorist” Cassandra Kurtz has become a liberatory force to be reckoned with, terrorizing the wealth-wielding Patrician class by freeing slaves and disrupting their colonization efforts on Mars. Acting Captain Thomas Bennett, after two years of reputational destruction and imprisonment for failing to kill that same rebel leader when he had the chance, is given a redemptive shot at revenge. However, Bennett’s experiences on the opposite side of the truncheon have changed him, […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-17T16:00:17+02:00September 17th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews|

Apache Sun by Jeffrey W. Tenney

Delivering a classic western adventure, Apache Sun by Jeffrey W. Tenney taps into the harsh beauty of New Mexico and the gritty struggle of its tenacious denizens, for a thorough portrait of frontier living.

When Lacey Hudson sets off in search of the man suspected of murdering his sister and kidnapping his niece, he doesn’t expect to find himself endlessly scouring the deserts and barren plains of the Southwest. However, the accused is desperate to avoid capture, and skilled in backcountry survival, which leads to a sweeping hunt across arid lands and unforgiving outposts. With the support of unlikely companions, […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-09T13:00:53+02:00September 9th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Western Book Reviews|

Fighting the Shadow Warriors by Harry Knickerbocker

Fighting the Shadow Warriors by Harry Knickerbocker Told with the unmistakeable fire of a soldier who has seen too much scorched earth, Fighting the Shadow Warriors: A Marine in Vietnam by Harry Knickerbocker is a powerful memoir from a writer with passion and conviction.

Sharing his battle-strewn tour in Vietnam with painstaking care, Knickerbocker brings readers right into the foxholes and hellish firefights of that horrific conflict. Explaining the brutal routine of life as a grunt, where a sniper’s bullet, a landmine, or an excruciating booby trap threatens with every step, this is a particularly gritty and unflinching account, which brings physical strife and psychological strain into […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-09-03T16:56:06+02:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Memoir Book Reviews|