Book Reviews

The Forgotten Kingdom (The Lost Queen #2) by Signe Pike

8/3/2020

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AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to wage war against her brother, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter, Angharad, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history scatters its survivors to the wind, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands, while nine-year-old Angharad must summon all Lailoken has taught her and follow her own destiny through the mysterious, mystical land of the Picts.

In the aftermath of the battle, old political alliances unravel, opening the way for the ambitious adherents of the new religion: Christianity.

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Fable by Adrienne Young

7/30/2020

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Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.

As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food.

To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her.

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More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn

7/20/2020

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Growing up under his punk rocker dad’s spotlight, eighteen-year-old Luke Greenly knows fame and wants nothing to do with it. His real love isn’t in front of a crowd, it’s on the page.

Hiding his gift and secretly hoarding songs in his bedroom at night, he prefers the anonymous comfort of the locally popular podcast he co-hosts with his outgoing and meddling, far-too-jealousy-inspiringly-happy-with-his-long-term-boyfriend twin brother, Cullen.

But that’s not Luke’s only secret. He also has a major un-requited crush on music blogger, Vada Carsewell.

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Q&A with Author Erin Hahn

7/16/2020

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Author Erin Hahn. Credit: Hilary Nichols Photography

I love getting the chance to ask authors questions about their books because there are usually so many "behind the scenes" things I want to know (I'm nosy, sue me!). When St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books asked if I had any questions for Erin Hahn about her newest book, More Than Maybe (out on July 21, 2020) I immediately said yes!

Q&A's about More Than Maybe

1. Both of your novels revolve around the music industry. I’d love to know more about what draws you to the industry and, besides country, what are some of your favourite genres?

I grew up listening to my parent’s music, so a whole lot of singers and songwriters of the seventies and eighties… James Taylor and Carole King and Billy Joel. In the late eighties, pop music started to make the scene and so my very first cassette tapes were of the bubble gum pop variety… Tiffany and Debbie Gibson-style.

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My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

7/7/2020

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Welcome to 1876 and a rootin’-tootin’ America bursting with gunslingers, outlaws, and garou.

JANE (a genuine hero-eene)
Calamity’s her name, and garou hunting’s her game—when she’s not starring in Wild Bill’s Traveling Show, that is. She reckons that if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one.

FRANK (*wolf whistle*)
Frank “the Pistol Prince” Butler is the Wild West’s #1 bachelor. He’s also the best sharpshooter on
both sides of the Mississippi, but he’s about to meet his match. . . .

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Hideaway by Nora Roberts

6/11/2020

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A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’ emotional new suspense novel.

Caitlyn Sullivan, a daughter of Hollywood royalty, was already a star at ten, but still loved to play hide-and-seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared.

Despite her glamorous background, Cate was a shrewd, scrappy survivor, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bruised and terrified girl huddled in his ranch house kitchen—but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge and comfort, reuniting her with her loved ones.

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