Descendant Machine by Gareth L. Powell ~ a Review

by MK French

The Grand Mechanism is the dormant machine the size of Saturn’s rings that the alien Jzat watch over. Some Jzat and humans hope to gain power and opportunity if they activate it, but the only person who knows how is the Rav’nah Abelisk, a Jzat holy man on sabbatical aboard a vast alien megaship. Believing the Mechanism’s activation will bring galactic devastation, Nicola Mafalda has to seek out the Abelisk before his sacred knowledge falls into the wrong hands—but only if she can first escape the lethally radioactive remains of her wrecked scout ship.

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The View from Half Dome by Jill Caugherty ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

  

The View from Half Dome is a coming-of-age story set during the Depression about a young girl who is looking for a better life away from the tragedy and negativity of her life.  She finds her freedom and her new life in the beauty of the outdoors in Yosemite National Park.

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The Matchmaker by Catherine Walsh ~ a Review

by MK French

Katie Collins loves her tiny Irish village of Ennisbawn, but developer Callum Dempsey is building a hotel just outside the village, and planning to knock down Ennisbawn’s only remaining pub. That place is the last connection for Katie to feel close to her parents, who met at Ennisbawn’s once-famous matchmaking festival, both throwing coins into the wishing well that sits in the pub garden. To save the pub, Katie plans to uncover the well and revive the festival, which she's sure can bring the town back to life again. In addition to battling Callum for the fate of her village, Katie also hopes to help her two best friends find love as well. What’s another project when she's already taking on the village's evilest man?

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Home to River's Edge by Nan Reinhardt ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Still grieving Eli has made a promise to visit the house he was building before his fiancee died. Jasmine's life has imploded and she is heading home to lick her wounds when she literally runs into Eli. They haven't spoken in the 15 years since he dumped her a few days before senior year prom. But since both of their dreams have been derailed, they make a New Year's Eve pact to get their lives back on the right path by their high school reunion in the summer.

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The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro ~ a Review

by MK French

Alejandra is a wife, mother, and adopted daughter haunted by a darkness that others can't see. The vision is of a crying woman in a ragged white gown, and she soon learns that this is La Llorona, the weeping and vengeful spirit of Mexican legends. Alejandra's therapist explores her biological history, the heartbreak in past generations. While Alejandra has inherited that pain they had, she also inherited their strength. Now she will need to tap into that strength to banish La Llorona.

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To Dream of Shadows by Steve N Lee ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

She'll save hundreds of lives. But can she save her own?

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