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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Famine Orphans by Patricia Falvey, a sweeping historical novel set in 1848. Across Ireland, 4,000 girls, most of them orphans, are selected from overcrowded workhouses and sent to Australia under the Earl Grey Scheme. Officially, they’re promised work as domestic servants. Unofficially, they’re expected to help “civilize” the male convict population and lay the foundations of new settlements.
Among them is Kate Gilvarry, who’s endured six bleak months in a Newry workhouse, surviving on little more than watery porridge. With no future in famine-stricken Ireland, she boards a ship bound for the unknown. But the journey is only the beginning. In Sydney, Kate and her fellow passengers face hostility and rising anti-Irish prejudice. Struggling with homesickness and heartbreak after a fleeting romance at sea, Kate must navigate a harsh new world, first as a servant to a demanding Englishwoman, then as a bride on the unforgiving frontier.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Detonate by Luna Mason, a gritty, emotional romance packed with heat and heartbreak. Seven years ago, I walked away from the special forces and from everything I knew, after a betrayal that nearly destroyed me. In New York, I built a new life from the ashes. By day, I train world-class boxers. By night, I’m a hitman for the mafia. It’s brutal, but it’s where I belong. In the shadows. In control. Free.
Then she kissed me, and everything detonated.
She’s the one woman who swore she’d never forgive me. The one who saw through the armor I wear and lit up the darkness I live in. My sunshine. My undoing. Just when I thought I could have it all, fate ripped it away. Now I know exactly what I’m willing to do to fight for her. But can she love a man who was never meant to give her the fairy tale she dreams of?

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman, a haunting dual-timeline novel that explores the hidden lives of women confined by society, and by those who claimed to love them.

Seventeen-year-old Izzy Stone has spent the last decade trying to outrun her past. Her mother murdered her father in cold blood, and Izzy has never forgiven her or visited her in prison. Now living with foster parents who work at a local museum, Izzy is tasked with cataloging artifacts from a long-abandoned state asylum. Among the dusty remnants, she uncovers a journal, a bundle of unopened letters, and a mystery that may hold the key to her history.

In 1929, Clara Cartwright is eighteen and in love with an Italian immigrant her wealthy parents disapprove of. When she refuses an arranged marriage, her father sends her to a private institution for “nervous invalids.” But after the stock market crash wipes out the family fortune, Clara is cast into a public asylum, forgotten, silenced, and left to fight for her freedom.

As Izzy pieces together Clara’s story, she begins to confront the truths she’s buried, and the possibility of healing what was once broken.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea, a gripping thriller that weaves together murder, media, and long-buried secrets. Avery Mason, the savvy host of American Events, knows exactly what captivates viewers: scandal, sex, and tragedy. Her latest story has it all. Thanks to cutting-edge DNA technology, the New York medical examiner has just identified a 9/11 victim: Victoria Ford, a woman accused of murdering her married lover in a sensational case that shocked the nation. In her final moments, Victoria made a desperate call to her sister, pleading for someone to prove her innocence. Emma Kind has spent two decades trying to clear her sister’s name. Alone, she’s gotten nowhere. But Avery’s fame and resources might be the breakthrough she needs. Driven by ambition and the promise of a bigger contract, Avery dives deep into the case. The evidence is damning; Victoria’s DNA was everywhere at the crime scene, where her lover, a bestselling author, was found hanging from his balcony.
But the deeper Avery digs, the more she realizes that the truth isn’t just buried, it’s been deliberately hidden. And someone will do anything to keep it that way.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for It Happened on the Lake by Lisa Jackson, a haunting tale of buried secrets and chilling suspicion.
Harper Reed Prescott owns a sprawling Victorian mansion on Lake Twilight, along with the private island it rests on, but she wants nothing to do with either. Two decades ago, her grandmother died under mysterious circumstances while in Harper’s care. That same night, Harper’s boyfriend vanished without a trace. No body was ever found, and no charges were filed, but the whispers never stopped. Over the years, more tragedies have followed, accidents, deaths, all somehow tied to Harper and her family.
Now, with her marriage in ruins and her daughter keeping her distance, Harper returns to the lake with one goal: to sell the property and start over. But being back dredges up more than just memories. The rumors resurface. The unease creeps in. And as Harper looks out across the water, she can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching her, and waiting.

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A. E. Chandler, Win personalized, full-color copies of The Worldview From My Chair, a quirky, limited-run humor zine, plus a prize pack featuring a free audiobook code for The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood and a signed bookmark. Final entries close August 25, 2025.

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