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Book Review: The Amendment by Anne Leigh Parrish

 What do you do when you lose your partner in life? That’s the question asked in Anne Leigh Parrish’s The Amendment. Main character Lavinia Starkhurst loses her husband in a freak accident. She then decides to go on a road trip on a bit of a whim to see all the things she hadn’t seen before …

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Book Review: The Scythian Trials by Elizabeth Isaacs

Sometimes, you need a novel that will be not only a fun read, but one that leads to some insight into the human condition. In Elizabeth Isaac’s The Scythian Trials, Part dystopia, part science fiction, The Scythian Trials focuses on a strong female main character, Anya Thalestris. Not only is she one of the strongest and smartest, but …

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Book Review: Louisiana Catch by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

In Sweta Srivastava Vikram’s novel, Louisiana Catch, Ahana has fled her mother’s death – taking her from New Delhi to New Orleans. She’s working to increase awareness about violence against women. While she works on this project at an Annual Conference, she meets Rohan Brady. At her support group, she meets Jay Dubois. Soon, she finds …

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Book Review: I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan

Two crimes, 20 years apart, in the same location plague a community. Gilly Macmillan’s I Know You Know keeps readers involved from the moment they pick up the novel.  I’ve been on a bit of a quick and easy reads kick lately, namely because I’ve been sick, training for a half marathon, and, well, I have …

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Q&A With Candace N. Ford, Author of The Agitated Agenda

Candace N. Ford’s The Agitated Agenda is the first book in a contemporary new adult series about what happens when main character Priscilla Richardson had her life fully planned and figured out. Here’s a Q&A with the author and entrepreneur.  Candace N. Ford Answers Questions As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? …