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Book Review: Tethered, The Binding Chronicles Book 1, By Elayna R. Gallea
Indie-published in February 2023, the first book in the series introduces Luna, the fourth daughter of a human lord, and Sebastian, the Prince of Darkness. When Luna is sold into marriage to the vampire prince known as the Prince of Darkness, she thinks she knows what fate awaits her. She couldn’t have been more wrong.… Continue reading
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Book Review: Barry’s Bay #2, One Golden Summer, by Carley Fortune
If you’re new to Barry’s Bay, pick up Fortune’s book, published May 6th, 2025, by Berkley. It’s available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at your local library, or through the Libby app. “Good things happen at the lake.” Alice Everly is a photographer who feels comfortable on the sidelines behind her camera. Her… Continue reading
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Book Review: Divergent #3, Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Katherine Tegen Books published the third installment of the Divergent series in October 2013. The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at local libraries or through the Libby app. Roth explores the world of what if. What if your whole world was a lie? What if… Continue reading
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Book Review: Divergent #1, Divergent by Veronica Roth
Published by Katherine Tegen Books in February 2012, the book and its editions are available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, and through the Libby app. Roth brings her readers into a war-torn world broken into factions: Abnegation are selfless, Amity are peaceful, Candor value honesty, Dauntless are brave… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Song To Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
Published by St. Martin’s Press on October 1, 2024, this book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, and through the Libby app. Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of Ancient China’s Four Beauties, Liang reimagines her as a woman whose beauty, seen as a blessing by… Continue reading
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Book Review: Snow Like Ashes #1, Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
First published in 2014 by Balzer + Bray, it is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, at local libraries, or through the Libby app. Raasch introduces a world she crafted: eight Kingdoms, each with its own customs, ideals, and magic. Sixteen years ago, the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved.… Continue reading
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The Land is Waking And It Remembers
Magic is stirring in Raven’s Point. It doesn’t crash in. It creeps. A flicker in the roots beneath the soil.A pulse that doesn’t belong to any witch, any spell, any hand. The kind of shift you don’t hear until it’s already inside everything. The air has changed. The silence isn’t empty anymore.It’s holding an ancient… Continue reading
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If You Believe in Fate. This Series Will Test You.
Here’s a series you might love… If you’re drawn to stories where love feels inevitable, dangerous, and a little bit defiant, Pumpkin Spice & Mr. Right Café might be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Set in the quietly haunted town of Raven’s Point, this fantasy romance series weaves together soul-deep bonds, ancient land magic,… Continue reading
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Indie Author Month: Celebrating the Stories That Refuse to Wait
There’s something extraordinary about an indie author. Not just the stories they tell, but the way they bring them into the world. No gatekeepers. No waiting. No permission slips. A spark of an idea and the quiet, unrelenting pull to follow it. Because some stories don’t ask politely. They linger. They hum beneath the surface,… Continue reading
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