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Working security at an LA stripper club should be an easy gig for Juno Hardwick after time as a marine in Afghanistan when her …
Book of the Week February 26, 2026 Brilliant. Groundbreaking. Emotionally intense. These adjectives, and more, just begin to touch on Gigl’s latest novel, which …
Full of twists and turns and characters whom readers will both love and hate, Murder Like Clockwork is the second title in Whyte’s 10 …
Bookstore-themed mysteries are cozies, right? Well, not this one. Bookseller Kate is in a complicated relationship with security-specialist Gary, who has taken a new …
Prith’s YA debut is set in a world where the dead have lived alongside the living for nearly 20 years. Persephone Green is 17 …
Bea can’t believe her luck when handsome and well-heeled Jake spots her at a bar, a meeting that which blooms into coupledom, and soon …