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Book Review: The Pug Who Didn't Belong by Janina Kelly & Tommy Hardman

Book Review: The Secret Life of Shadows by Johnny DePalma

Book Review: Russian Bride by Doc Richter

Book Review: The Lonely Veteran's Guide to Companionship by Bronson Lemer

Book Review: Immortality Bytes by Daniel Lawrence Abrams

Book Review: Otello's Oil by D.W. Layton

STARRED Book Review: Hey You Assholes by Kyle Seibel

8 of the Best Book Series of the Last Few Years - Independent Book Review

Book Review: Civil War (The Phoenix Elite, 2) by C.T. Clark

Book Review: River Trash by L.A. Fields

Book Review: The Broken Fife by Gary C. Demack

Book Review: The Blue Medallion by Kate Lutter

Book Review: Punctuation to the Rescue by Cheryl Olsten

Book Review: Passion and Provocation by Judith Partelow

Book Review: A Good Day And Other (Mostly) Humorous Stories & Lists - Independent Book Review

Book Review: I Was a Hero Once by Peter P. Mahoney

Book Review: A Glimmer in the Hollows by Lorna Selley

Book Review: Guardians of the Glimmer Nook by Ramsey Dellinger

STARRED Book Review: The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler

Book Review: The Dreamer's Quarry by Michael A. Luksch

Book Review: Look With Your Eyes by Matthew C. Lucas

Book Review: Prescription for a Frozen Heart by Jo-Anne Duffett

Book Review: Cooling Our Environment by Kalpana Sutaria

Book Review: The Gift by Scott Terry

Book Review: Legend of the Broken Blade by Aaditya Sengupta Dhar

STARRED Book Review: The Fleet Admiral's Daughter by J.A. Gaudio

STARRED Book Review: Spin Cycle by Alfredo Botello

Book Review: Virgin Island Vengeance by Jack Heape

Book Review: I Belong by Trish Mastel Stricklin

Book Review: Empathic Evolution by Jennifer Elizabeth Moore

Book Review: The Surgeon Who Dreamed He Was a Knight by Eric Renaud

Book Review: You, From Below Em J. Parsley

Book Review: The Wren Enigma by John Broughton

Book Review: The Great Dempseys by Brianna MacMahon

Book Review: A Drinker's Poems Thoughts Dialogue by C.O.B.

Book Review: Montjoy by Curt Finch

Book Review: My Father's Name Is War by Bauder

Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie's Biscuits by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Book Review - Christiane von Goethe: Her Vengeful Return by Gisela Fitzgerald

Book Review: Leo Gets His Nighttime ZZZs - Independent Book Review

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