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  Publication Date:  February 7, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Supernatural, ghosts Narrators:  Adam Lazarre-White Publisher:  Macmillan Audio  Length:   11 hours 15 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he's desperate for money—it's not easy to find steady, safe work when you can't provide references, you can't stay in one place for long, and you're paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you. When he comes across the strange ad for the Masson House in Degener, Texas, Eric thinks they may have finally caught a lucky break. The Masson proper...

  Publication Date:  March 23, 2021 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Coming of Age Publisher:  Ecco Length:  298  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis When Eva's husband is arrested for the murder of a friend, she must confront her murky past and embrace her magick to find out what really happened that night on the river. Eva Santos Moon is a burgeoning Chicana artist who practices the ancient, spiritual ways of brujería and curanderisma, but she's at one of her lowest points--suffering from disorienting blackouts, creative stagnation, and a feeling of disconnect from her magickal roots. When her husband, a beloved university professor and the glue that holds their family together, is taken into custody for the shocking murder of their friend, Eva doesn't know whom to trust--least of all, herself. She soon falls under suspicion as a potential suspect, and her past rises to the surface, dredging up the truth about an eer...

  Publication Date:  April 6, 2021 Format:  Hardcover Genre:   Magical Realism/black fiction  Publisher:  Harper       Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power. When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage. What she doesn’t know is that a baby will soon be delivered in...

  Publication Date:  June 11, 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Magical Realism/Asian American Lit Publisher:  Berkley                 Length:  315 pages Buy:  Paperback  |  Kindle  Synopsis At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco’s Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She’s even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother’s restaurant.  The neighborhood seer reads the ...

Publication Date:  January 19, 2021 Publisher:  Del Rey Format:  ebook Pages:   208 Genre:  Magical Realism Buy:   Kindle  |  Audio  |  Paperback Synopsis: The story begins: young lovers, anxious to connect, agree to a first date, thinking outside of the box.   At seventeen years old, James and Amelia can feel the rest of their lives beginning. They have got this summer and this summer alone to experience the extraordinary.   But they didn’t expect to find it in a house at the bottom of a lake.   The house is cold and dark, but it’s also their own.   Caution be damned, until being carefree becomes dangerous. For the teens must decide: swim deeper into the house—all the while falling deeper in love?   Whatever they do, they will never be able to turn their backs on what they discovered together. And what they learned:   Just because a house is empty, doesn’t mean nobody’s h...