Title: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique Author: Samantha Verant Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: December 6, 2022 Genre: Romance A talented chef discovers how spices and scents can transport her—and, more importantly, how self-confidence can unlock the greatest magic of all: love—in this perfectly seasoned new novel by Samantha Vérant.Kate Jenkins doesn’t believe in fate. … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique by Samantha Verant
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Book Highlight: Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece
Title: Wildwood Whispers Author: Willa Reece Publisher: Redhook Publication Date: August 17, 2021 Genre: Women's Fiction, Magical Realism Step into a world of hope, fate, and folk magic in this bewitching debut when a young woman travels to a sleepy southern town in the Appalachian Mountains to honor her best friend. Mel Smith’s life is shattered … Continue reading Book Highlight: Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece
Book Highlight: In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power
Title: In a Garden Burning Gold (The Wind-Up Garden #1) Author: Rory Power Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: April 5, 2022 Genre: Fantasy Rhea and Lexos were born into a family unlike any other. Together with their siblings, they control the seasons, the tides, and the stars, and help their father rule their kingdom. Thanks to their magic, the family has ruled … Continue reading Book Highlight: In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power
Book Highlight: In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker
Title: In the Shadow Garden Author: Liz Parker Publisher: Forever Publication Date: September 13, 2022 Genre: Magical Realism, Mystery, Romance There’s something magical about Yarrow, Kentucky. The three empathic witches of the Haywood family are known for their shadow garden—from strawberries that taste like chocolate to cherry tomatoes imbued with the flavors of basil and … Continue reading Book Highlight: In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker
Book Highlight: The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
Title: The Savage Garden Author: Mark Mills Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: May 6, 2008 Genre: Mystery & Thriller Young Cambridge scholar Adam Banting is in Tuscany, assigned to write a scholarly monograph about the famous Docci garden—a mysterious world of statues, grottoes, meandering rills, and classical inscriptions. As his research deepens, Adam comes to suspect … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
Book Highlight: From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
Title: From Bad to Cursed (Witches of Thistle Grove #2) Author: Lana Harper Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: May 17, 2022 Genre: Fantasy Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and—despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe—also a cuddly animal lover. When she’s not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium’s haunted … Continue reading Book Highlight: From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
Book Highlight: The Faithless by C.L. Clark
Title: The Faithless (Magic of the Lost #2) Author: C.L. Clark Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: March 7, 2023 Genre: Fantasy In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess Luca must return to Balladaire to reclaim Luca's throne and to face the consequences of dismantling an empire.The rebels … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Faithless by C.L. Clark
Book Highlight: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Title: Garden Spells (Waverly Family #1) Author: Sarah Addison Allen Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: August 28, 2007 Genre: Magical Realism In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fruit. … Continue reading Book Highlight: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Book Highlight: The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina
Title: The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World Author: Laura Imai Messina Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Publication Date: March 9, 2021 Genre: Fiction When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina
Book Highlight: Resembling Lepus by Amanda Kool
Title: Resembling Lepus Author: Amanda Kool Publisher: Grey Matter Press Publication Date: April 26, 2022 Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery Earth’s sixth mass extinction has ended, and in its wake a post-dystopian civilization has struggled to rebuild after a global cataclysm shattered its ecosystems and propelled all life to the brink of eradication. In a world … Continue reading Book Highlight: Resembling Lepus by Amanda Kool