Mountain Shire: Books & Gifts

“After 33 years of bookselling, I can say I have not read a novel as original and shocking as Scorched Grace. She’s a (punk) nun like none other (bad pun, but true) resolved to solve a murder to protect her new community and her own choices.”

Barbara Peters • Poisoned Pen Bookstore

“Wonder what the metaverse will be like? This novel gives a glimpse into one possible future, where users of virtual reality turn memories into ‘experiences’ anyone else can share. This story has stayed on my mind since I finished it.”

Victoria Ford • Comma, a bookshop

“With a descriptive literary style, Burt keeps you engrossed as this family drama unfolds, based on their immigration history, adolescent awakenings, and social structures that bind them. This would be a great book club pick!”

Tina Greene-Bevington • Bay Books

“The London Séance Society proves that the sophomore novel can be just as explosive as the first! Penner weaves readers through the dark, mysterious streets of Paris and London in a fast-paced thrill ride. This book is a perfect escape!”

Kelsey Jagneaux • Tombolo Books

“This well-researched and entertainingly penned account of Madame Restell draws startling parallels between the 19thcentury and our own, and adds an important entry to the body of work about the ‘forgotten’ women who shaped our country.”

Julie Schultz • This House of Books

“Time’s Undoing is a first-rate story of racial injustice and redemption. Based on the author’s family history, this dual timeline story chronicles a Black man’s death in 1929 and his great-granddaughter’s efforts to uncover the truth in 2019.”

Trish Brown • Just One More Page Books