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Spread: The Hill

The Beginning of the End Author: Iain Rob Wright Ryan wants to evoke the past, to go back to the glory days one last time. He’s rented a remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands for his bachelor party. There will be no strippers, no strangers. Just him, the close buddies from his teenage years, and his younger brother. It’s not the party his friends expected – or wanted – but it’s Ryan’s last chance to say goodbye to a part of his life. A part he is not so secretly terrified to lose. The bachelor party blues soon get worse as [...]

Year of Wonders

Interesting Premise, But Breaks the Historical Mystique Author: Geraldine Brooks It’s 1666 and recently widowed Anna Frith is beginning to see hope and possibility. Not only has her new lodger brought some much-needed money into her domicile, but his love of her children, his inappropriately amusing city stories, and the bolts of colorful cloth he uses to weave the latest fashions are slowly drawing her back into the world. Perhaps there is more between them – or could be. Perhaps it is time to let go of grief and embrace life again. But then her boarder dies, horribly, and she [...]