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Michael Thal Author Of The Lip Reader

From Michael's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Diane Bittner wants to remove the old playhouse her murdered husband built for their daughter, Brittany. Now in sixth grade, Brittany has outgrown the thing. The new neighbor next door, the noisy one who hammers and saws all day and night, makes Diane’s life miserable, did her an accidental favor by crashing a tree on the rotting playhouse.

Josh Lorenz, a sing dad to twelve-year-old Carly, was the holdout juror in the trial of Will Bittner’s murder trial. Josh empathized with the young defendant believing his story of protecting his mother and a child with a gun—an accident. The murderer was set free making Lorenz Bittner’s enemy #1.

It was Josh’s misjudgment that caused the playhouse’s destruction, and when he shows up to apologize, Diane recognizes him immediately and knows who he really is; or does she?

The Family Next Door, by Jacqueline Diamond, is an enemies-to-lovers romance that will…

By Jacqueline Diamond ,

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1 author picked The Family Next Door as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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An enemies-to-lovers romance you won’t want to miss! Diane’s new neighbor, a single dad, freed her husband’s killer. How can she make peace with him? Josh was the holdout juror who let her husband’s killer go free. Now he moves next door to Diane... and he and his daughter need her help. A simmering attraction and an attempt to reconcile feuding daughters draws teacher Diane Bittner to Josh Lorenz. But when an old hurt surfaces between them, their girls have to turn the tables and find their own justice of the heart. Can enemies ever become lovers? Welcome to Book…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Hello Love

Michael Thal Author Of The Lip Reader

From Michael's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Michael's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Michael Thal Why Michael loves this book

Dan, a recent widower at 40, is barely holding on a year after his beloved wife’s death. He needs to talk to someone about his inner most feelings, and he can’t share that with his teenage daughter, Lindsay, so his floppy eared beagle mix, Anni, takes on the job. Unfortunately, one winter day, while Lindsay grabs the mail, Anni wanders off a bit and is abducted by two nasty men.

Across town, Andrea Keller, the manager of a property development firm, discovers a dog in one of her buildings that doesn’t permit pets. Andrea checks out the problem and discovers an abused dog in that apartment and rescues the animal from the “frat boys”—middle aged men who have never grown up.

Anni has a very positive affect on Andrea. As the months pass the two become inseparable. But Dan and Lindsay spend all their free time searching for their missing…

By Karen McQuestion ,

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1 author picked Hello Love as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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"An enchanting, impossible-to-put-down novel about big hearts and second chances." --Claire Cook, USA Today bestselling author of Must Love Dogs. A year after the death of his wife, Christine, Dan is barely holding on. But one thing gets him through the long, lonely nights and that is his cherished dog, Anni. When she is stolen from his front yard, Dan and his daughter, Lindsay, are devastated. Meanwhile in another part of town, Andrea Keller is recovering from the heartbreak of a messy divorce. After she rescues a defenseless dog from an abusive tenant, her life changes in ways she never…


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