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There’s something irresistible about a story that asks what would you change if you could slip back in time? Stephen King takes that question, cracks it open, and lets it bleed across nearly 900 pages in 11/22/63, a novel that surprised me with its warmth just as often as it startled me with its tension.
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Rating: ★★★★½ “What they took from us, we bury. What they left behind, we burn.” Some books don’t just ask to be read—they demand it.They whisper from your nightstand, promise bruises and revelations, and leave you gasping in the dark. Kristi DeMeester’s Dark Sisters is exactly that kind of novel—a fevered, feral hymn to womanhood,
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If you love historical fantasy with dark, atmospheric storytelling and complex sisterly bonds, The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen is a book to put on your radar. Set in 17th-century Norway, this debut novel weaves magic, revenge, and the struggle between belonging and rebellion into a haunting tale of two
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We all know the story of Romeo and Juliet. Two star-crossed lovers of opposing families, destined to fall in love but never to be. Struck down in their youth. A tragic love story to be sure. But what if Shakespeare had it wrong? Meet Helene. A journalist in LA whose marriage is crumbling. She whisks
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1871. Chicago. Emmeline Carter is engaged to the most eligible bachelor in the city. But on the night of her engagement party, she can’t stop thinking about the boy who’d stolen her heart as a child, Anders Magnuson. Her best friend, Fiona Byrne, has been in awe of her friend’s rise through Chicago’s society. With
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