Tag: Rating: 3.5 stars
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Yellow Wife
Pheby has lived a relatively sheltered like on a plantation, shielded by the master’s sister and her mother’s position. She has been promised freedom on her 18th birthday, but just before she turns 18 she is sent to the Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia.
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Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead
Finlay Donovan is back and still a hot mess. Someone wants Finlay’s ex-husband, Steven, dead, but saving him will send her down a rabbit hole of hit-women disguised as soccer moms, and a little bit more involvement with the Russian mob than she’d like.
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The Magnolia Palace
Formerly a sought-after artists’ model, Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an employment as a private secretary at the Frick mansion—a building that, ironically, bears her own visage—Lillian jumps at the chance. The more deeply…
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Road of Bones
An American documentarian and his British cameraman travels a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia, collecting ghost stories and local legends along the way. Only, when Teig and his team reach their destination, they find an abandoned town, save one catatonic nine-year-old girl―and a pack of predatory wolves, faster and smarter than any…
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No Land to Light On
Hadi and Sama are a young Syrian couple living in Boston, expecting their first child, and chasing a bigger life. Suddenly, Hadi’s father dies in Jordan, and Hadi flies back for the funeral. Upon return to the U.S., Hadi discovers that the President has issued a travel ban for anyone from Syria, regardless of refugee…
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Secret Santa
Lussi is out of work and desperate to find another job in publishing. A bizarre set of circumstances leads to her hire and a firm mandate: Lussi must find the next horror superstar to compete with Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Peter Straub. It’s the ’80s, after all, and horror is the hottest genre. But…
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The Alice Network
Two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
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Greedy: Notes from A Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
A collection of essays, offering an intimate look at bisexuality, gender, and, of course, sex.
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When Sparks Fly
Though both Avery and Declan can afford their own place, Avery likes to live with someone else, and it works well to live with her best friend Declan. When Avery is in a car accident that Declan bailed on, guilt-ridden, Declan insists on taking care of Avery as she recovers. The two get closer than…
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Payback’s A Witch
Emily Harlow has not been to her magical hometown in years. But she is forced to return to fulfill her family duty as arbiter of a spellcasting tournament between the town’s founding families. Emily finds herself aligned in a pact with her best friend and the beautiful Talia as they seek to dethrone the Blackmoore…
