Spotlight of The Book of Eternity by Jacqueline Pennewill

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THE BOOK OF ETERNITY

JACQULINE PENNEWILL

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF ALESSIA OF WUNDERKIND PR.

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This deeply engrossing young adult fantasy is the debut novel of Jacqueline Pennewill–SAG award-winning actress known for her role on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

This paranormal romance delivers a thrilling, irresistible slow burn.

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February 24, 2026

Indigo River Publishing

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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF ETERNITY:

 “The Book of Eternity is the perfect fantasy read - immersive, whimsical, mysterious, with a touch of forbidden romance. This story will lead you down a figurative path of twists and turns that will hook any reader instantly! Bravo to Jacqueline Pennewill on a job well done!”–Josie Gallina, actress, Boardwalk Empire, Tapestry

“This story will draw you in and keep you thinking about it for weeks to come. A truly captivating plot that makes me wish I was living in the world! One of the best debut-author novels I have read in a while.”–Lucy Gallina, actress, Boardwalk Empire, The Irishman

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ABOUT THE BOOK OF ETERNITY:

Grey never wanted to spend the summer in Sleepy Key.

But when the Book of Eternity falls into her hands, she awakens a curse older than time.

Angels of light and shadow wage war for her soul. And Zale, the dark leader of the Fallen, is bound to her by fate — and by love.

Their choices will decide whether the world descends into chaos or is saved from it.

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MORE ABOUT THE BOOK OF ETERNITY:

After her father’s death, sixteen-year-old Grey, a shy, naive girl, reluctantly moves with her mother and twin brother to Sleepy Key for the summer.

There, she is mysteriously drawn into the shadowed woods, where an ancient manuscript, The Book of Eternity, falls into her hands.

The moment Grey touches it, an ages-old curse awakens, pulling her into a hidden war and the fight for her soul between two powerful factions of angels: The Surge, sworn to uphold order, and The Fallen, who crave chaos.

Caught between heaven and hell, Grey discovers she is far more than a pawn—she may be the key to the fate of both worlds.

When she meets Zale, the dark and tormented leader of The Fallen, everything changes.

Bound by the same curse, their fates are entwined, and Grey must decide whether love is her salvation or her undoing.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jacqueline Pennewill is the author of The Book of Eternity, her debut novel. She is the head of Happy Wanderer Films Inc. and the writer, co-director of the award-winning short film And Then She Was Gone. A film and television actor, she received a SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast for her portrayal of Lillian on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

When Jacqueline was little, her parents nicknamed her “Happy Wanderer” because as soon as she could walk, she was always eager to explore—often wandering off on her own adventures. That sense of wonder never left her. She’s still happiest when she’s wandering—whether through new worlds in her imagination or on real-life adventures with her Shih-tzu pup and partner-in-crime, Shadow.

Jacqueline’s imagination knows no bounds—she’s time-traveled with angels, swam with dolphins without needing to come up for air, and ridden dragons through magical forests. She’s forever grateful to her parents for nurturing her creative spirit and encouraging her to dream beyond the ordinary.

Jacqueline has a background in writing and filmmaking. Her passion for storytelling continues to guide her through every world she creates—on screen, on the page, and beyond.

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Spotlight of We Inherit The Fire by Kagiso Lesego Molope

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WE INHERIT THE FIRE

KAGISO LESEGO MOLOPE

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF DANIELLE LESAGE | MANAGER, PUBLICITY & MARKETING | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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A gorgeously rendered, unflinching portrait of the fractured relationship between a mother and her daughter—set against the tumultuous end of apartheid in South Africa.

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January 13, 2026

McClelland & Stewart | Hardcover

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Fiction

World Literature

Africa - Southern Africa

 Fiction – Women

Fiction – Feminist

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PRAISE FOR WE INHERIT THE FIRE:

“Kagiso Lesego Molope writes with striking precision and intelligence, crafting prose that moves like poetry while speaking directly to the heart. This novel of the bonds and betrayals between mothers and daughters and the scars of a changing country sparks like a flame: dangerous and beautiful. Deftly weaving the less told stories of young women and the haunted memories of political prisoners in South Africa, We Inherit the Fire asks what it means to be truly known amidst the collective struggle.”—Janika Oza, author of A History of Burning

 

"We Inherit the Fire is a dazzling and poignant portrait of intergenerational love, trauma and resilience, about a hero mother and her teen daughter made strangers by apartheid’s violence. A story that will leave you fired up and holding your heart at the same time."—Farzana Doctor, author of Seven and The Beauty of Us

 

"Blazingly brilliant. In We Inherit the Fire, Kagiso Lesego Molope brews a simmering coming of age story about the mother of a nation alight with violent, racist, and colonial oppression. While apartheid has ended, Lesego Molope reminds us a nascent state is not a utopian, static place to arrive at. She deftly situates the reader in intergenerational transitions from childhood to adulthood, using youthful longing and nostalgia and the struggles of motherhood to sharply question whether habitual and ongoing suppression should be fought through quiet dignity or by professing legitimate anger. She asks us, where we find ourselves in repressive situations, what costs we are willing to bear and complicates ideals of the mother figure through a fiery character drawn as iconic, heroic, rationally hostile yet traumatized."—Jamie Chai Yun Liew, author of Dandelion

 

“To the world, Kewame 'Dolly' Malaka is a freedom fighter, a symbol of unyielding resistance. To her daughter, she is both formidable and fragile, scarred by prison and loss. Amid the final tremors of apartheid, We Inherit the Fire is a haunting portrait of two lives bound by history and undone by its wounds; a mother and daughter wading through love, rage, and the unextinguishable blaze of memory.”—Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread

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ABOUT WE INHERIT THE FIRE:

There is that photograph, of course. My mother: standing in front of a soldier, closer than anyone else would dare . . .

 

In late-1980s South Africa, teenager Kelelo is forced to leave her mountain school for a newly desegregated school in town, where her identity as the daughter of celebrated freedom fighter Kewame “Dolly” Malaka makes her an instant curiosity.

While her classmates see her as a symbol of progress, at home she struggles with a mother who is emotionally unreachable, still haunted by the violence and deprivation she endured as a political prisoner under apartheid.

 

Kewame, now living in material comfort, hides a growing inner collapse as memories of prison life and the women who sustained her resurface, stirred by her grandmother’s illness and the pressure of maintaining a façade of perfection.

As mother and daughter navigate a shifting political landscape, We Inherit the Fire interlaces their voices to reveal the unspoken wounds, buried histories, and complex inheritance of resilience, pain, and responsibility that bind and divide generations of Black South African women.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

KAGISO LESEGO MOLOPE is an Indigenous novelist and playwright of the San people of Southern Africa.

She is the author of four other novels: Dancing in the Dust, which was on the IBBY Honour List for 2006; The Mending Season; Such a Lonely, Lovely Road; and This Book Betrays My Brother.

She has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times.

She is the winner of the 2014 Percy FitzPatrick Award, the 2019 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction, and the 2019 inaugural Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award. Across Southern Africa and in parts of Europe, her works are read in schools in several languages.

She wrote the play Maya Angelou: Black Woman Rising, which was staged for five years at Oslo’s Nordic Black Theatre.

She lives on the unceded and unsurrendered Anishinaabe Algonquin territory.

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HARD HEADED WOMAN

by Howard Gimple

February 2 - 27, 2026 

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Synopsis:

No one but Hannah Johansson believes her father was murdered. Not even her mother. The doctors say he had a stroke, but Hannah knows he was poisoned. She just doesn’t know who did it or why. One thing she does know is that the answers can be found at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a pristine 9,000 acre nature preserve where her father was superintendent.

When she goes back to the Refuge, instead of answers, all she finds are more questions. Ominous questions. Where are all the birds? Why is there a heavily armed guard at the gate? What’s in the mysterious bundles being dropped off there in the middle of the night? When the police won’t investigate, Hannah is determined to find the answers herself, and she won’t quit until she learns the truth. Not even after she is shot at, thrown in jail, and beaten up by a 300-pound lesbian biker.

Praise for Hard Headed Woman:

"A gamesome detective story, dramatically absorbing and intelligently wrought."
~ Kirkus Reviews

"Hard Headed Woman is a refreshingly original story, free of many of the tropes often associated with mystery novels. That alone makes it deliciously difficult for the reader to guess who did what, and that makes this story one of the better mysteries we’ve read recently."
~ The Mystery Review Crew

"The writing was exquisite, with vivid descriptions of all the events. It was a gripping read, especially with all the changes happening in the wildlife refuge. I found the story thoroughly enjoyable and was engrossed until the final page. The conclusion was a major surprise, and I did not expect it at all."
~ Readers’ Favorite

Book Details:

Genre: Mystromedy (a mystery comedy)
Published by: MYSTROMEDY BOOKS
Publication Date: June 22, 2024
Number of Pages: 416
ISBN: 979-8990761513
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Read an excerpt:

Hannah Johansson stood at the lectern in front of 300 people staring at her, waiting for her to say something heartfelt and meaningful. She looked around the room. A room that was unfamiliar to her even though she’d been in it thousands of times. But that was when it was the multipurpose room at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. She played in the large barn-like structure as a child with her dolls and toys and electric trains. She practiced her jumpshot here when her father put up a hoop after she made her junior high team. And when she was a little older, it was where she came when she needed to be alone with her thoughts and her guitar.

But the room that Hannah knew was gone. It was now the Axel Johansson Memorial Auditorium, renamed to honor her father’s memory.

Every seat was filled. The first two rows were reserved for relatives and VIPs. Hannah’s aunt Gilda and cousins Catherine and Phillip were sitting in the middle of the front row, flanked by officials from the Mayor’s Office, the New York City Parks Department, the National Parks Service and local assemblymen and state senators. The second row held representatives from a half-dozen environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, the National Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund.

The rest of the packed hall was crammed with children from neighborhood schools, birdwatching enthusiasts from all over the city and beyond, and men and women of all ages and ethnicities who loved the beauty and tranquility of the Refuge and wanted to show their appreciation and gratitude for the man who created and nurtured it.

Michael Leigh, the president of the east coast chapter of the National Environmental Conservancy and the organizer of the event, had just finished the last of a dozen tributes to her father, the man who transformed a rat infested, garbage strewn swamp into one of New York City’s environmental treasures.

Before Leigh left the stage he said, “Our final speaker, Superintendent Johansson’s daughter Hannah, would like to say a few words.”

On one side of the podium an easel held a portrait of her father in his khaki superintendent’s uniform, surrounded by a snowy egret, a great blue heron and a glossy ibis, painted by the celebrated wildlife artist Arthur Singer. On the other side was a wrought iron plant stand, but in place of a plant it held a hand-enameled aluminum urn containing her father’s ashes.

Tiny pearls of sweat formed on Hannah’s forehead. She gripped the lectern for support.

“Thank you all for coming,” she said, fighting to maintain composure. “I know my father meant a lot to you. He meant everything to me. He was my hero. My mentor. My best friend. I loved him more than I could ever possibly say.”

Her face contorted. Her eyes welled up.

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry I killed him,” she wailed.

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Excerpt from Hard Headed Woman by Howard Gimple. Copyright 2024 by Howard Gimple. Reproduced with permission from Howard Gimple. All rights reserved.

Author Bio:

Howard Gimple was a writer at Newsday, the editor of a newsletter for the New York Giants football team, and a copywriter and creative director for several New York ad agencies. He has written English dialogue for the American releases of Japanese anime cartoons, reviewed books for the Long Island History Journal, and written movie scripts for a pay-per-view television network.

Howard was Chief Creative Officer at TajMania Entertainment, a film and TV production company dedicated to creating socially conscious programming. He wrote the award-winning documentary, 'The Garbageman,' about a waste management executive who helped save the lives of more than 50,000 children with congenital heart disease. He was a writer and sports editor for the Stony Brook University alumni magazine. He also taught two seminars at the university, 'Rock & Relevance,' about the political influence of 60's rock & roll and 'Filthy Shakespeare, ' exploring the dramatic use of sexual puns and innuendos in the Bard's plays and poems.

He grew up in Brooklyn, lived in Manhattan and Long Island, and now lives in Glendora, California, with his wife and goldendoodle.

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Question of the Week:

When writing reviews, do you align your text to the left, center, right, or justify it? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee-Addicted Writer)

My Answer:

I center the book cover, and my review has the text aligned left.

FEATURING: Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson

Lillian was skepticaL about the nanny job, but also couldn’t believe the luck of being able to live in a mansion’s guest cottage with domestic help.

The only draw back is that the children have some rare disease where they automatically combust when they get upset. 

Yes...they catch on fire.

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When I Kill You by B. A. Paris

Even though Elle changed her name to Nell, she still has her ghosts from before.

Elle witnessed a kidnapping that turned into the victim being murdered.  Elle was obsessed with accusing the man she saw driving the car even though the police had cleared him.

Nell still thinks about the incident and then meets Alex who spends two weeks in London and two weeks in the United States.

She questions if Alex is being truthful with her especially when strange things happen, and she knows someone is stalking her.  She also finds out that Alex's other two girlfriends were murdered or killed.

Questions and suspicions abound.

WHEN I KILL YOU keeps you on edge especially when the letters from the stalker are interspersed and you know someone isn’t who they are or someone is getting close.  The ending line of each letter is chilling.

You know you’re in for a good read with B​. A​. Paris​.  

Will you guess who the stalker is?  5/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book.  All opinions are my own.