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12/31/2025

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." - Terry Pratchett

12/29/2025

Pocket Dog is a smart, upmarket rom-com about Ollie Allyinphree, a hapless and perpetually single (if charmingly nerdy) research librarian in Boston. When Ollie comes into a sizeable fortune, he begins to receive marriage proposals from women all over the world. One relationship after another falls through until, with the help of a long-lost twin brother and a mysterious tiny rescue dog, Ollie learns how to overcome his passivity and take the risks that lead him to find and name what he truly wants.

Pocket Dog explores themes of taking risks in relationships and decision-making, the limits of knowledge and logic, and the meaning of love.

"... an original and stunning tour de force, laughing out loud more times than I can count...the wit, the satire of contemporary culture, the detailed knowledge, the brilliant writing..."
—Minrose Gwin, professor of English, author of The Accidentals, Promise, and The Queen of Palmyra

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https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Dog-Jim-Garland/dp/1633377504?fbclid=IwY2xjawO-XZdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEerfJhCER6A2sbk-byYmiAJwCC61pjRNulzZk0JfRuyxoTLV15a-7KlQEqHnU_aem_5NEtD8t1iXYKkhTzH3cD8g

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12/26/2025

Shortly after a corrupt attorney pays a visit to an inmate serving a life sentence in a federal supermax prison, people from the inmate’s past start to die. Bryce Chandler, a retired FBI agent eking out a living as a private investigator in the Florida Keys, ties the string of killings to a shadowy murder-for-hire organization operating on the dark web. As Bryce digs into the murders, he discovers the final name on the hit list is his own.

Meanwhile, a simple divorce case turns out to be much more than meets the eye, as Bryce’s investigation of the defendant leads him down a path of international drug smuggling, money laundering, and violent henchmen bent on keeping him silent. The two storylines run parallel to one another until they eventually converge in a final bloody outcome.

"As an avid reader of true crime, I'm happy I took the chance on this fictional crime thriller! This book was exceptionally well written with great character development. The story itself was creative and imaginative while still being realistic and believable. The plot, the twists and turns, and the tradecraft used by the good and bad guys all read like a true-crime story. I couldn't put it down!" - 5-Star Amazon Review
https://www.amazon.com/Sonny-Bryce-Chandler-Crime-Thriller/dp/1633377555?fbclid=IwY2xjawM4C9BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr6T_kq4Rl58J_QcZQ5TkkzU4RKRxwyQMHllZZ4XrQBGtF85eKlvcdUI1JhS_aem_IWgM4PjPmj4bY5xO4r3Lnw

Shortly after a corrupt attorney pays a visit to an inmate serving a life sentence in a federal supermax prison, people from the inmate’s past start to die. Bryce Chandler, a retired FBI agent eking out a living as a private investigator in the Florida Keys, ties the string of killings to a...

12/24/2025

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde

12/22/2025

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon isn't just a popular brand of whiskey; its launch in 1984 was historic. As the first single-barrel bourbon, it is bottled one barrel at a time as opposed to first mixing together multiple barrels. It helped define a new “super-premium” category for bourbon, where only the choicest barrels are selected and bottled.

Warehouse H: The Story of Blanton’s Bourbon, America’s Most Influential Whiskey dives deep into the story behind the brand, explores its origins, and documents the unlikely rise and contribution of the first single-barrel bourbon. In addition, it is a catalog of all known Blanton's releases, some exceptionally rare, with insights and anecdotes capturing all things Blanton's, from its birth to the present day.

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Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon isn't just a popular brand of whiskey; its launch in 1984 was historic. Dive deep into the history of the brand in the new book Warehouse H: The Story of Blanton's Bourbon, America's Most Influential Whiskey.

12/19/2025

The Beast Keepers is the story of Jonathan F. St. Roche, a young veterinarian who takes a job in the rural Ohio town of Carrollton. He soon discovers it is a safe haven for a menagerie of mythical creatures (including a pregnant pegasus, a flying monkey with a sprained wing, a centaur with Cushing’s disease, and a unicorn with a sweet tooth) who rely on him for their medical care and shelter from the outside world. When a deadly basilisk threatens the town, Jonathan and his new friends must balance the dangerous creature’s needs against the risk to the community.

"This story has an incredibly imaginative premise, and Julie Fudge Smith keeps it feeling very real in her debut fantasy novel. I'm not a huge reader of the genre, but I enjoyed this book immensely!" - 5-Star Amazon Review

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is the story of Jonathan F. St. Roche, a young veterinarian who takes a job in the rural Ohio town of Carrollton. He soon discovers it is a safe haven for a menagerie of mythical creatures (including a pregnant pegasus, a flying monkey with a sprained wing, a centaur with Cushing’s disease, and...

12/19/2025

Read local. Support independent authors and small presses. Brave the cold to shop your neighborhood bookshop. Tell someone you love them by buying them a book.

Thanks to every author who trusted us with their book this year. As we start to wind down after the crush of the Christmas rush in the book industry, it's a delight to take a quiet moment and survey our bookshelf. What a year of exceptional books, with many more to come in 2026!

From our bookshelf to yours, happy holidays from the team at Boyle & Dalton!

12/17/2025

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.” ― Samuel Johnson

12/15/2025

This full-color graphic novel asks the question: When does revolution become revenge?

Reeling from the collateral brutality of imperialism, Prince Dakkar, an enlightened intellectual Indian revolutionary leader, is driven from insurgency to a lifetime of uncompromising vengeance as Captain Nemo.

A familiar story, the undersea expression of Captain Nemo's vengeance has been told many times and spawned new, sometimes fanciful, chapters of what comes after Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.

But . . .
Getting at how and why Prince Dakkar became Captain Nemo requires descending into a dark psychodrama that unfolds across the turbulent landscape of Southern Asia, caught in the rampant colonial expansion of the Victorian Age.

Enter the world of Rage Runs Deep, a timeless allegory about the undesirable but all too predictable consequences of imperialism, that fuels the dark seduction of vengeance justified as revolution.
https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Runs-Deep-Demetri-Capetanopoulos/dp/1633377318/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOsCphleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEexqf081XvIFfBTJBk24NpC18f6uqZntGoSZyAEUbu40GXBQhUiA1WWP2ZItE_aem_0D-xhw9hAkZ7kizi6LZABg

This full-color graphic novel asks the question: When does revolution become revenge?

12/12/2025

Thirty-three-year-old Jason Foxx FINALLY knows what he wants.
He wants to get his damaged brother, Brian, back on his feet. He wants to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend Adele and be a dad to her son, Stephen. And after nine years of teaching, he wants at last to set aside his own traumas-his imprisoned conman father, a mother who abandoned the family years before she died-and become a principal at a high school for troubled kids. Kids he can save, like his teachers saved him.

But things don't always work out the way you want.

"Dedicated social studies teacher Jason Foxx is beleaguered by a reckless brother, unknown saboteurs inside of his school plotting his demise, and a fragile romance that seems impossible for him to enjoy, given the odds. Lavey's writing elevates the machinations of Foxx's complicated life into Shakespearian tragicomedy. His writing is distinguished by economy of expression, insightful probing into the human psyche, and deft touches of refreshing humor." —KIM ZANTI, Creativity Specialist

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12/10/2025

“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you.” ― Anne Lamott

12/08/2025

Tina Davidson is three-and-a-half when she is adopted from her foster home in Sweden by a visiting American professor. Soon she is the oldest of five children, living with her mother and stepfather in Turkey, Germany, and Israel. She studies music and becomes a prolific pianist and composer. But something about her birth remains unnamed and hidden. When she returns to Sweden, she contacts the Swedish adoption agency. "Come," says the voice on the phone, "I have information for you."

In Let Your Heart Be Broken, Tina Davidson juxtaposes memories, journal entries, and insight into the life of an artist-and a mother-at work. Along the way, Davidson meets Ernest Hemingway and Carl Sandburg, survives an attack by nomads in Turkey, and learns her birth father is a world-famous scientist. And throughout, there is the thread of music, an ebb and a crescendo of a journey out of the past and into the present, through darkness and into the light.

"The composer Tina Davidson has given us such a beautiful, poetic, and illuminating memoir of her artistic and personal life. Hers is a life fully examined and I found her journey both fascinating and deeply satisfying." -Amazon Reviewer

Order your copy of "Let Your Heart Be Broken" by Tina Davidson today! Don't forget to leave your own review on Amazon or Goodreads when you're finished.
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