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Wiving by Caitlin Myer is a literary memoir of one woman’s journey from wife to warrior, in the vein of breakout hits like Cheryl Strayed’s ​Wild​ and Jeannette Walls’s ​The Glass Castle​. At thirty-six years old, Caitlin Myer is ready to start a family with her husband. She has left behind the restrictive confines of her Mormon upbringing and early sexual trauma and believes she is now living her happily ever after . . . when her body betrays her. In a single week, she suffers the twin losses of a hysterectomy and the death of her mother, and she…

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson Review is here. This novel brings back Pip Fitz-Amobi as this is the sequel to Good Girls Guide to Murder. We pick up a little while after the first book ended. Pip now has a successful podcast where she documented solving her first case. She has amassed a HUGE following in her podcast with sponsors contacting her left and right to advertise. However, Pip is reluctant to accept their offers because she is done solving crimes. Pip sacrificed so much while trying to figure out Addie and Sal’s case, putting her family, herself,…

New Gods by Graham McQuade is out now. This novel is the first in the Johnson trilogy. Creatures who aren’t exactly human are found in a cave deep within the Rhône-Alpes in France. This triggers a chain of events while Europe becomes paralyzed by an uncontrollable virus. Margaret and Jon are assigned to solve the mystery taking them from Europe all the way to Africa. New Gods is a story of fortitude, bravery, and heart all in the face of hardship. This novel was my first by author Graham. New Gods is a plot-driven story that is so relevant in…

Called by Darkness by Ashton Abbott is out today! The Morrigan has fallen. Badb, goddess of war and death, has been captured.Her sisters have been taken, and there is nothing she can do to seek revenge. Yet. The order that has imprisoned them claims to protect the balance of the human world, yet they have made it their mission to dismantle all who maintain that stability through dark means. All through her torture Badb has held on to her sanity, knowing that one day her captors will be on the receiving end of the horror that has become her existence.…

The Summer House by James Patterson Review is here! The Summer House is co-written Brendan DuBois and centers around the ‘Summer House.’ Order your copy from Amazon! It was once a very pristine property where celebrities vacationed along with former presidents. However, the wealthy family that owned it fell into debt, and over the years, the home deteriorated. It all comes to a halt when seven bodies, including a toddler, are found murdered. Local witnesses put four Army Rangers, known as the Ninja Squad amongst their fellow comrades, at the scene. They recently returned from Afghanistan. Was this a crime…

The Stunning Debut Book by Nutrition and Wellness Expert TRICIA SILVERMAN 2016 SCW BOSTON FITNESS IDOL Want to lose weight, gain energy, increase productivity, and live a longer, healthier life? As an expert in nutrition, wellness coaching, and fitness, Tricia Silverman shares countless tips in this book. These tips are investments that yield the results—or wellness dividends—you desire. Wondering how to start eating healthy, or how to lose weight? Learn the nuts and bolts of the NuTricia’s Way of Eating. Use Tricia’s Nutrition Staircase to learn the steps you can take on your journey toward optimal health. Learn easy ways…

The Renascent World by Carryn W. Kerr is out now! At five years old, Cassidy had outlived almost Earth’s entire population. Now, at sixteen, she’s in a forbidden relationship with an unworthy Earth boy. Cassidy Jones was five years old when her parents escaped Earth with her and her brother. They were safe in Earth’s orbit in the town of Petriville—hovering at the center of an indestructible sphere—when the meteor impacted Earth and killed Cassidy’s grandparents, aunt, and cousin. But now, eleven years later, Gina Petri, Petriville’s founder, assigns a mate to each youth. When Cassidy refuses to participate in…

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand Review is here. Mallory Blessing is on her deathbed when she tells her son, Link, to go in her drawer and call the number listed. It turns out to be Jake McCloud, the husband of Ursula de Gournsey. She’s the frontrunner to win the presidential election. Rewind twenty-eight years prior, and we meet Mallory in her twenties living in NYC with her best friend, Leland. Mallory is unhappy, but her luck seems to be changing when she gets a call her Aunt left her a cottage on Nantucket Island along with a nest egg. Mallory…

Seven Rules of Time Travel by Roy Huff is available on Amazon today! Quinn Black is having the worst day ever . . . over and over again. The same car blocking his driveway, the same horrific accident he witnesses, the same cop that keeps preventing him from saving his boss from dying in it, and the same memory of a girl from his past that gets sharper each time. Then he realizes he has the power to travel through time and change the future. With infinite opportunities to alter the past, the possibilities are endless. Could he prevent terrorist…

Can good things really come from bad things?Why does God allow bad things to happen?Will Daddy still be able to hear me from Heaven? These are just some of the questions Renee starts thinking about after she finds out that her daddy has cancer. She feels very sad and struggles to understand why this is happening. He hasn’t even been her daddy for that long – there’s still so much they haven’t done yet! All she can think to do is pray and ask God to make her daddy better. But when she realizes he isn’t, she begins to wonder…

Out of Chaos by Natalie Nascenzi is out now. What happens when the greatest battle you fight is in the mirror? Out of Chaos is a unique collection of poetry that combines the art of storytelling with personal reflection to explore the ongoing battle of the mind. This story of mental health will take you on a personal journey from start to finish. The author uses metaphors, traditional rhyme flow, alliteration, and assonance to paint a descriptive picture of each emotional topic–doubt, insecurity, duality, loneliness, hope, and the human connection. Each poem is different, but together, they complete an entire…

Road Kill Girl by Nicole Herbert is out now. “On the highway of life, I am roadkill.” That is how eighteen-year-old Mar started her last high school assignment. She’s felt both invisible and unwanted for the past four years and thinks about leaving her small Canadian town. After a sudden breakup with her swoon-worthy musician boyfriend, she is steered into an investigation into her mother’s death by the most unexpected visitor: a mangy, sassy cat claiming to be her guardian angel. When secrets of her dead mother’s past resurface revealing that her ex-preacher dad might not be her biological father,…