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In Lindsey Davis’s next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of ... more >
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I was impressed by Briarley, Aster Glenn Gray’s debut retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw that Gray had a new, 120-page f/f retelling of Little Red Riding Hood just out, and that it was set in pre-revolutionary Russia, I thought Sirius, a lover of LGBT romances ... more >
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that working with an ex is a terrible idea… Annie Elliot never expected her life to turn out this way: living with her dad, working as an accountant – surely the least glamorous job in Hollywood?! – and dodging her family’s constant bickering. Landing ... more >
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Fitzempress’ Law by Diana Norman Three modern young people commit a crime against an old woman who sends them back through time to the time of King Henry II (known as Fitzempress because he was the son of Empress Matilda) where they must solve serious personal problems by making use ... more >
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Dear Ms. Mandel, I first heard of Station Eleven, your post-apocalyptic literary novel, when my friend, author Meredith Duran, recommended it to me. I was a bit hesitant to read it — literary fiction can be emotionally hard on me — but it turned out that this novel, for all ... more >
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‘I woke raging with desire for you’, Laurence Olivier told Vivien Leigh in unseen letters – The letters between Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh are going public for the very first time, and I’m thinking this story will make you want to read more of them. It always amazes me ... more >