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Storm Front by Susan May Warren

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description A tornado has destroyed a small Minnesota community and among the missing are not only a group of students but PEAK Rescue team leader Chet King. Ty Remington will stop at nothing to rescue his mentor, not even when the girl...

The Man He Never Was by James L. Rubart

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Book Description What if You Woke up One Morning and the Darkest Parts of Yourself Were Gone? Toren Daniels vanished eight months back, and his wife and kids have moved on—with more than a little relief. Toren was a good man but carried a...

No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district–and...

Together Forever by Jody Hedlund

  Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description Marianne Neumann has one goal in life: to find her lost younger sister, Sophie. When Marianne takes a job as a placing agent with the Children’s Aid Society in 1858 New York, she not only hopes to give children a...

The Rules of Communication

“No More Quiet” A bumper sticker that our local library gives out, loudly proclaimed the message of change, but the carefully penned words underneath gave voice to the way some of the users felt about it. “Talking is okay. But no cell phones.”...

Where The Fire Falls by Karen Barnett

  Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko About the Book: Stunning Yosemite National Park sets the stage for this late 1920s historical romance with mystery, adventure, heart, and a sense of the place John Muir described as “pervaded with divine light.”...

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