For your reading pleasure today, a twisty domestic suspense novel and a strange/wonderful journey through a damaged brain seeking healing through art. (Courtesy of Lake Union Publishing) “Fortune”: by Ellen Won Steil (Lake Union Publishing, $16.99) Ellen Won Steil (Courtesy … Continued
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