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		<title>Book Review: A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by M. K. Oliver</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the outside, Lalla Rook’s life looks perfect. She has a handsome banker husband, two adorable young children and a beautiful house in the genteel London neighborhood of Muswell Hill: The house boasts panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass doors, a generous south-facing garden, five well-appointed double bedrooms, three exquisite bathrooms, and two light-filled reception rooms – one…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Excerpt: Fury in Death by J. D. Robb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prologue Summer 2048 Steve Redman thought: Raising a toddler killed brain cells. Just past midnight on a hot summer night, and two-year-old Luke wouldn’t settle. Trying to spare his very pregnant wife, let her sleep—or try to—Steve had pulled out all the stops. He’d read Luke’s favorite, In the Night Time, three times. He’d sung…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Dead First by Johnny Compton</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Private investigator Shyla Sinclair is used to dealing with weird, wealthy clients. The last person to hire her, after all, was a billionaire who was concerned that he might actually be the Antichrist. After Shyla managed to straighten him out, she gained a reputation for being thorough and practical, even in the face of the…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Killer Deals: June 2026 Discounted Mystery &amp; Thriller eBooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<em>THE RITUAL</em> by Adam Nevill 2-Jun-26 &#8211; 26-Jun-26, $2.99 <em>PARENTS WEEKEND</em> by Alex Finlay 10-Jun-26 &#8211; 26-Jun-26, $2.99 <em>IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME</em> by Alex Finlay 23-Jun-26 &#8211; 26-Jun-26, $2.99 <em>THE WHISPER MAN</em> by Alex North 3-Jun-26 &#8211; 10-Jun-26, $2.99 <em>ALTER EGO</em> by Alex Segura 1-Jun-26 &#8211; 30-Jun-26, $2.99 <em>I KNOW WHO YOU ARE</em> by Alice…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Storm Warning by James Byrne</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Ayers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Desmond &#8220;Dez&#8221; Limerick possesses a rare and specialized skill set that makes him the go-to operative when shadowy government agencies need someone they can trust. As a trained gatekeeper, he can breach any entrance, hold it open for the duration of a mission, and maintain airtight control over who passes through. When a team of…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Adrift by Will Dean</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peggy and Drew Jenkins live on a houseboat with their teenage son Samson. Drew is a writer who has never quite matched his earliest success. Nowadays, he earns cash by working at a scrapyard. Peggy, meanwhile, volunteers at a library. Finances can be tight but fortunately their biggest expense is the tuition of the prestigious…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>6 Mysteries with a Sprinkle of Romance…For Better or Worse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darby Bozeman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My two favorite genres have always been thriller and romance. It’s no surprise that when I set to work on my debut novel, I wanted to find a way to blend the two. The fun part about this type of genre-bender is there’s no rulebook; budding romances might turn into something real, or they might…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cooking the Books: Murder in a Lavender Daze by Daryl Wood Gerber</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellness center owner Emma Brennan is relieved that being accused of murder hasn’t ruined her livelihood. It helps that she was a key component in solving the mystery of her frenemy’s death, and was instrumental in ensuring that the real killer was put behind bars. Of course, having a spa that provides excellent services alongside…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<i>Man of My Dreams </i>by Olivia Worley A romance author is shocked when one of her characters-in-progress seemingly comes to life… but is he too good to be true, in this dramatic and twisty thriller perfect for fans of Ashley Winstead and Kate Alice Marshall, where the truth really is stranger than fiction.  <i>The Break-Up…</i>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Excerpt: Mother Daughter Sister Stranger by Hank Phillippi Ryan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I remember the falling. Only the falling. At seventeen I was old enough to remember, and other things from that time are piercingly clear: the maple tree out my bedroom window, my shelf of books that I had secretly annotated and hoped Mom would not discover, and how my father, a physics professor, loved to…]]></description>
		
		
		
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