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Every Woman's Fear Authors: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Chloe is tired of the high-paced demands of her career and decides to take an exclusive retreat where she can learn to relax and unwind with the help of a personally tailored program. It sounds like the perfect opportunity, but in reality it’s a nightmare that she may not survive. The Getaway was another of my Audible freebies, downloaded years ago and left to languish in my audio library. It’s hard to not download a free book . . . but also difficult to take the time to listen to something [...]

RULES AND REGULATIONS Author: TJ Klune I am fully aware that YA magical fiction is not everyone’s cup of tea. But perhaps sometimes we don’t know our cup of tea until we drink it. Or in this case, read it. For I fully believe that The House in the Cerulean Sea rises above genres and age groups to sit firmly in humanity’s happy place. The House in the Cerulean Sea opens with an introduction to Linus Baker. Linus works at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, or DICOMY. He is a caseworker, traveling from orphanage to orphanage, assessing that [...]

Spiked Jam, Fêtes, and Fate Author: M.C. Beaton Agatha is once again using her magic (and bullish influence) for PR to support the church fête of a nearby village at the behest of Mrs. Bloxby and to gain the attention of George Selby, a handsome widower. The fête attracts people and news channels from far and wide when Agatha trucks in a singer who owes her a favor, but the event soon takes on a darker note when a man throws himself off a nearby roof.  It’s not long before the police discover that the jam-tasting booth is at the [...]