“Mary Howard has always lived in the shadow of her powerful family. But when she’s married off to Henry Fitzroy, King Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, […]
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Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe
“Twenty years ago, a barmaid in a harbor town fell for a young sailor who turned pirate to make his fortune. But what truly became […]
Read moreThe Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
“When Cat Novak was a young girl, her father brought Finn, an experimental android, to their isolated home. A billion-dollar construct, Finn looks and acts […]
Read moreMaplecroft by Cherie Priest
“The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second […]
Read moreBlackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Angry Robot Books, based in England, often bills itself as a purveryor of SF, F, and WTF fiction. It’s that last category that often intrigues […]
Read morePractical Magic by Alice Hoffman
“For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally […]
Read moreAfter the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
Superheroes have been a part of our culture for decades. Figures such as Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are just as familiar to us as any […]
Read moreSomething Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
“Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined […]
Read morePassage by Connie Willis
Connie Willis is one of science fiction’s most inventive authors. Her novel Doomsday Book won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and she has […]
Read moreWaste of Space by Gina Damico
“Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that’s the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are […]
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