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From SHARON CAMERON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick The Light in Hidden Places, comes a new novel based on an extraordinary true story set in the most hellish circumstances possible—the Sobibor death camp in Poland in 1943.

UP FROM THE ASHES

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Jane Loeb Rubin’s Mayhem in the Mountains—fourth in her acclaimed Gilded City Series—plunges readers into this forgotten chapter where firebrand heroine Ella Levine finds her voice against rising antisemitism.

1924 in the Catskills sizzled with chaos. The region’s turbulent history during that era could easily have erased any trace of the Borscht Belt’s grand hotels. Prohibition fueled bootleggers and whiskey stills-Dutch Schultz ran an underground distillery in nearby Ulster County. Meanwhile, the Ku Klux Klan stormed north after WWI, targeting new immigrants they viewed as threats to the American way of life. Amid the turmoil, the Isaacson family stood their ground, fiercely defending their land, livelihoods, and each other.

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A Reluctant Spy, follows a grieving widow who, on the day of her husband’s funeral, is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a dark-web cybercrime network. Kirkus Reviews called it “a captivating story of a woman who untangles mysteries and comes to know the importance of self-worth,”

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In Lost: An Ancient Artifact Adrift In Sarasota Bay, an award-winning mystery, Barbara

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Leah De Forest was born in Geelong, Australia, and lives in Boston. Her debut novel, ANY KIND OF KNOWN TOMORROW, is coming 9/15/26 from Betty, an imprint of WTAW Press.

Her fiction, essays and criticism have appeared in Griffith Review, CRAFT Literary, Ohio University’s Quarter After Eight, Bodega Magazine, Fiction Writers Review, LEON Literary Review, Monash University’s Verge 2020,  Kill Your Darlings, Eureka Street, Overland, and The Canberra Times. She serves as a senior editor at Bloom, a literary website featuring authors who debut at 40 or older, and publishes The Point of View Playbook, a craft resource for writers, on Substack.

Leah teaches writing at the Harvard Extension School (where she is also an academic advisor in the graduate writing program), was a contributor in fiction at the 2022 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and holds an MFA from the Program For Writers at Warren Wilson College. A former ward of the State, Leah has worked as a journalist, book reviewer, columnist, speech writer, and public servant.

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“Gay, sinewy and exotic, with nerves of steel, Jack Cole never quite fit in or became accurately recognized by the industry, but he was the driving force behind so much of Broadway’s and Hollywood’s dancing brilliance back in the glory days. Debra Levine peels back the dance veils and other layers with extraordinary reporting and insight, to reveal a groundbreaking creator who had complicated associations with Gwen Verdon, Gene Kelly and dozens of other artistic collaborators who brought jazz to the masses. Did he really wear high heels to show Marilyn Monroe her ‘Diamonds’ routines? Believe it. Did Fosse blatantly mimic his moves over and over again? Didn’t everybody? Levine’s immensely readable book gets to the bottom of the dazzle that put Cole on top.”

—Michael Musto, entertainment columnist

About the Author

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“Peace Warrior: How I Escaped the Prison of Anger” details the transformation of author Greg Payton. It is a powerful account of his journey as a young African-American from the Projects drafted into the Vietnam War, his subsequent court-martial, and his survival of a military stockade riot. After battling post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and homelessness upon his return home, Payton transformed his life and became an international peacemaker who has worked alongside figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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His new book, Bonds: A Bob & Marcus Mystery, is a high-stakes legal drama grounded in the relationships that endure under pressure: long-term partnerships, close friendships and the loyalties that bind them together.

Bonds, the fifth installment in Hirsch’s acclaimed Bob and Marcus mystery series, finds attorney Bob Abramson preparing to accept a powerful new role as chief assistant district attorney in San Diego when a close friend is accused of murder. The victim is a Navy surgeon.

The prosecution is led by the very man poised to become Bob’s new boss, transforming the case into a deeply personal legal battle that threatens Bob’s career, challenges both men’s principles and places mounting pressure on the life Bob and his longtime partner, Professor Marcus George, have built together.

Set against the politically charged climate of 2010, Bonds combines a murder mystery with an exploration of loyalty, commitment, and the complicated ways personal relationships endure under public and institutional strain.

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mystery series that offers not only suspense but also a nuanced exploration of how public policy reverberates through private lives.

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At a time when youth mental health, trauma and suicide prevention are dominating national conversations, Baltimore rapper Tashera “T” Savage is using film to tell a story rarely explored with this level of honesty. The upcoming biopic based on Tashera’s life, Thru the Eyes of the Hustler’s Daughter, confronts mental health, inherited trauma and the difficult, often fragile process of breaking cycles that feel inescapable.

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Jovelyn of Jovelyn’s Bistro Welcomes:

Sebastian Tillinger to discuss his memoir

The Ferris Wheel Was Broken: A Love Letter to Los Angeles. Without slick editing, the book is written in the voice of the author’s 25-year-old self.

Actor, author, and artist Sebastian Tillinger, son of acclaimed Broadway director John Tillinger and actress/director Dorothy Lyman (All My Children, Mama’s Family), bottles the chaos of a world on the brink of a new millennium with the angst of an artist constantly overshadowed by famous parents and family members.  Join Us!

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