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Book Review: Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon

A contemporary retelling of Demeter and Persephone featuring a Hades who is a pharmaceutical company executive with a private island. Summary:Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Rolo…

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Book Review: Rouge by Mona Awad

When Belle’s semi-estranged mother dies falling off a cliff in California, she comes from Montreal for the funeral and soon finds herself sucked into the same “spa” her mother was frequenting before her death. Summary:For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back…

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Book Review: The Witch's Lens by Luanne G. Smith

A witch finds herself recruited to WWI’s eastern front to fight a scourge of zombies. Summary:With her husband off fighting at World War I’s eastern front, Petra Kurková embraces her fleeting freedom, roaming the city at night with her camera. A born witch, she’s discovered that she can capture the souls of the dead on film. Her supernatural skills don’t go unnoticed by the enigmatic Josef…

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Book Review: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Tommy is a hustler just taking care of himself and his dad in 1920s Harlem when an old white man invites him to play at his private shindig in his home. Summary:Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father’s head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse…

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Book Review: Peace Child by Don Richardson

Part history of the 20th century for the Sawi people of New Guinea, part personal memoir by the first missionary to live with them. Summary:In 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Peace Child tells their unforgettable story of living among these headhunters and cannibals, who valued treachery through fattening victims with…

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Announcement: Sign Up to Get FREE Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) of My Upcoming 2024 Releases!

I’m so excited to announce that sign ups are now open to receive Advanced Reader Copies of my upcoming 2024 book releases! You can sign up for all of them, one, or a couple. My releases planned for 2024 are: A sweet sapphic short story collection (June) A pro-environmentalism scifi novel that also confronts grief and disordered eating (late summer) The sequel to Ecstatic Evil a m/f paranormal…

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Book Review: Daniel Boone's Own Story & The Adventures of Daniel Boone by Daniel Boone and Francis L. Hawks

This book presents Daniel Boone’s summary of his adventures in the late 1700s and early 1800s plus a biography of his life first published in 1844. Summary:Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. Thousands followed, settling in Boonesborough, Kentucky, to form one of the first English-speaking communities west of the Appalachians. This two-part tale of the legendary…

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Book Review: Death Valley by Melissa Broder

A woman dealing (or not dealing) with her husband’s and father’s medical conditions arrives in the desert to research her newest novel and has a fantastical experience. Summary:A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow—for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness…

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Book Review: Amen Maxine by Faith Gardner

You move cross-country with your brand-new husband and newborn to start a new life only for your digital assistant to inform you that your husband is going to try to kill you. Summary:Welcome to Silicon Valley, where the weather is perfect, the income is high … and Rowena Snyder is miserable. A transplant from New York, Rowena moved into her husband Jacob’s idyllic childhood home with their new…

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Book Review: The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin

Sarah Slade’s a self-help influencer who’s trying to make content out of her attempt to flip the infamous Black Wood murder house. But of course not everything goes to plan. Summary:Sarah Slade is starting over. As the new owner of the infamous Black Wood House—the scene of a grisly murder-suicide—she’s determined that the fixer-upper will help reach a new audience on her successful lifestyle…

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Book Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

Just how much can real life -your own and others’ – inspire your fiction? Summary:In a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood summer companions and the killer that stalked the small New England town. Of the body they found, and the horror of that discovery echoing down the decades. And of Sky,…

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Book Review: Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry

Three different women find themselves living out scenarios that seem weirdly like the plots of popular books – only real people start being murdered. Summary:Celia wakes up in a house that’s supposed to be hers. There’s a little girl who claims to be her daughter and a man who claims to be her husband, but Celia knows this family—and this life—is not hers… Allie is supposed to be on a fun…

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Book Review: Maame by Jessica George

When Maddie’s mother returns from Ghana to London, she encourages her to take a break from caregiving for her father with Parkinson’s by moving out. She does, but things don’t go according to plan. Summary:It’s fair to say that Maddie’s life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana (yet still somehow manages to be overbearing), Maddie is the primary…

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Book Review: How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

A poet recalls her childhood growing up as a minoritized Rastafarian in Jamaica with an abusive father. Summary:Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world…

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Book Review: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

Two years after her conservatorship ended, pop star Britney Spears tells her story. Summary:In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the…

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Publication Announcement: Novella – Ecstatic Evil – Second Edition

I am thrilled to announce the publication of the second edition of my novella Ecstatic Evil. I published the first edition 11 years ago in 2011. I have completed major updates throughout the second edition, as well as added an author’s note and a content note. You can view both of the notes in their entirety by using the preview book feature on its Amazon page. I have also added a paperback…

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Two 1980s Horse Girl Books Face Off

Will The Horse that Came to Breakfast or Maggies Wish win? I’m doing something a little bit different this week. I’ve been going through my bookshelves to determine what to keep and get rid of. If it’s a book I don’t really remember very well, I’m re-reading it to help decide. As a person born in the 1980s, I just so happened to have two middle grade horse girls books first published in the…

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