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The Raging One
by Lexy Wolfe
Legacy isn't inherited-it's chosen.A Guardian haunted by prophetic silence allies with a Magus whose caste-defying power reveals cracks in the fabric of fate itself. As ancient wrongness stirs across Forenta's sacred borders, these souls must choose whether to remain students of tradition-or become the teachers of what's to come.When a weary Guardian of Time uncovers whispers of an ancient darkness lost to memory, and a lowborn Magus finds cracks in his council's wisdom, fate begins to stir in places even prophecy forgot. Across shifting alliances, broken traditions, and tangled roads-Gyspari-born, bard-trained, god-called-souls drawn to each other must decide whether to uphold the fractured systems that shaped them or forge a new kind of power. As forgotten arts resurface and temporal tides begin to swell, these unlikely students step beyond duty to chase truth...and perhaps rewrite the laws the gods never made.
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The Brushfires of Freedom
by Blaine L. Pardoe
In a fractured America ravaged by civil war, the fight for the nation's very soul comes to a boiling point in The Brushfires of Freedom, the explosive sixth installment in Blaine L. Pardoe's acclaimed Blue Dawn series. What began as a struggle of ideology has erupted into full-scale war between two rival nations-America and Newmerica-each claiming to represent the true legacy of the United States.As the conflict deepens, battle lines blur between patriotism and tyranny. Former NSF operative Caylee Leatrom undertakes a perilous mission to assassinate Newmerica's Vice President before a Constitutional Convention cements a new totalitarian order. Raul Lopez risks everything to liberate Social Quarantine camps where political prisoners face unspeakable abuse, while General Trip Reager spearheads a bold campaign to reclaim California from enemy control. At the same time, Major Judy Mercury's mastery of psychological warfare offers a chance to capture St. Louis without a single shot fired-if her gamble succeeds.Through a vivid cast of soldiers, dissidents, and civilians, Pardoe exposes the human toll of ideological extremism. From Braylon Ironsides, who barely survives a reeducation camp, to Deja Jordan, a conflicted Social Enforcer caught between duty and conscience, each character embodies the cost of freedom in an age when truth itself is weaponized.Rich with political intrigue, military strategy, and raw emotional depth, The Brushfires of Freedom delivers a gripping exploration of loyalty, sacrifice, and moral courage in a nation on the brink of permanent division. Both a cautionary tale and a pulse-pounding military thriller, it reminds readers how fragile liberty can be-and how easily it can be lost.Fans of People's Republic, American War, and The Handmaid's Tale will find this riveting novel impossible to put down.
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| The Old Fire by Elisa Shua DusapinTranslated from French, this "delicate and elegant novel" (Kirkus Reviews) explores the knotty relationship between two sisters as 30-year-old New York screenwriter Agathe visits rural France to help 27-year-old Vera clean out their childhood home within nine days. But the task causes them to revisit their troubled early years, when their mother left and Vera stopped speaking. Try these next: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes; Bear by Julia Phillips. |
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| Family Drama by Rebecca FallonAs actress Susan Bliss finds stardom on a soap opera in the 1980s and '90s, she commutes from Massachusetts, where her college professor husband works, to filming in California. This continues even after she becomes a mother, causing tension, and then when her twins are seven, she dies. As they grow into adulthood, artist Sebastian clings to his mother's memory while Viola ignores it, until she falls for her mom's former costar. Try this next: The Dazzling Truth by Helen Cullen. |
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Catch My Fall: A Dark Academia Military Romance
by Jessica Scott
Scarred military heroes. Wounded Caregivers. Starting over after at an elite southern campus after their deployments. The strength of the story is the attention Scott pays to the needs of returning veterans. Publisher's WeeklyHe was the biggest mistake she ever made... Deacon Hunter knows what it feels like to want. To ache. To longing for the woman who captured his heart when they were deployed in Iraq. To know that he screwed everything up with the one woman who trusted him. He'll never forgive himself for failing her...Kelsey Ryder has scars, the kind of scars she hopes that no one ever sees. Working around the guys at the Pint, she's reminded of everything she lost when she left the Army behind. But she can't leave. She won't.No matter how much she might be afraid of the sleepless nights. But some scars refuse to stay hidden. Nothing will ever be the same.Being alone in the dark changes everything. It's the silence that breaks her. Makes her reach out to the one man she shouldn't.And Deacon doesn't know if he's strong enough to catch her when she falls.
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| This Is Not about Us by Allegra GoodmanThis "unsparingly frank, wryly funny" (Kirkus Reviews) linked story collection is narrated by three generations of the Rubenstein family as they navigate 74-year-old Jeanne's death, a feud between her older sisters over apple cake, and various other gatherings for holidays, divorces, a bat mitzvah, and more. Read-alikes: The Family Izquierdo by Ruben Degollado; Underburn by Bill Gaythwaite. |
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The End of Romance
by Lily Meyer
A dark valentine of a novel. --TIME Magazine A sly subversion and exemplar of the romance] form. --The New York Times A big-hearted, wise, unceasingly buoyant love story about a woman who, after escaping a bruising marriage, theorizes that happiness is possible solely with the eradication of all romance--only to find someone that could change her life forever Sylvie Broder was taught early to embrace joy. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors whose greatest priority was enjoying the life they'd snatched back from Hitler, Sylvie believes in the tenacious pursuit of pleasure--yet, somehow, finds herself trapped in a suffocating, emotionally abusive marriage. With enormous fortitude, Sylvie frees herself and turns to graduate school, where she develops a new philosophy: Straight women will find true liberation and happiness only once romance is eradicated. Now, Sylvie prides herself in separating sex from tenderness--having fun with men, but never committing to one. Then she meets Robbie and Abie, and finds her philosophy sorely tested. A warm and gentle man, Robbie treats Sylvie with patience and enormous kindness, offering her comfort she hasn't had since childhood. Abie is passionate and dynamic, a man who challenges Sylvie, and with whom she finds herself constantly disarmed. With both men, she feels a deep desire that looks, worryingly, a lot like love. Cleverly constructed, delightfully funny, and beautifully written, The End of Romance is an anti-romance romance novel that charts its fallible heroine's tumultuous journey to love and happiness with erudition and deep feeling--a story for anyone who, despite their very best efforts, has fallen in love, and wondered why.
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Ctrl+Alt=Desire: Where the Mind Finds Its Escape
by Darron Thomas
Behind the veil of ordinary lives, Ctrl+Alt=Desire: Where the Mind Finds Its Escape delves into the secret worlds of women seeking profound fulfillment. Through intensely vivid internal experiences-often exploring sensual and forbidden connections-each woman confronts the gap between her mundane reality and her deepest yearnings. A psychologically driven journey into passion, escape, and the ultimate surrender to one's authentic self, every woman becomes the main character in this immersive, emotionally charged exploration of desire and control.
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