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Rough Pages (Evander Mills, 3)

By Lev AC Rosen - Published 2024

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Gay private investigator Evander “Andy” Mills returns, briefly, to the Lavender House in the latest installment in this gripping, queer mystery series. The ...Read Review

The Queen of Steeplechase Park

By David Ciminello - Published 2024

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1930s Coney Island. Young Italian American Belladonna “Bella” Marie Donato has been a firecracker since her earliest years, in which she was tasked ...Read Review

An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery Book 7)

By Dianne Freeman - Published 2024

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Mystery/Crime

In this latest installment of the Countess of Harleigh mystery series, husband-wife mystery-solving duo George and Frances receive a letter from his maiden ...Read Review

Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (A Miss Morton Mystery)

By Catherine Lloyd - Published 2024

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Mystery/Crime

England, 1838. In the latest Miss Morton mystery, Caroline Morton, a lady who has fallen upon hard times after the suicide of her deeply ...Read Review

The Emperor and the Endless Palace: A Romantasy Novel

By Justinian Huang - Published 2024

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Historical Fantasy

Set in three different periods, The Emperor and the Endless Palace is a fantastical, queer take on the past life romance. In 4 BCE, ...Read Review

The Lost Girl

By Rosie Goodwin - Published 2024

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Saga

In the 1870s, Esme and Gabriel are forced to leave the safety of the vardo (gypsy caravan) where they once lived happily with ...Read Review

Double Lives (A Lexington, Alabama Novel)

By Mary Monroe - Published 2024

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Twin sisters Fiona and Leona, two Black girls growing up in the South during the early 20th century, look so much alike even ...Read Review

The Genizah Codex

By Susie Helme - Published 2024

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The book opens with an intriguing scene set in the present day, depicting a tense encounter between one of the protagonists, Catherine, and ...Read Review

In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mysteries, 20)

By Clare Broyles - By Rhys Bowen - Published 2024

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Mystery/Crime

New York, June 1908. In the latest addition to the Molly Murphy mystery series, heavily pregnant, “retired” detective Molly is sent by her husband ...Read Review