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New Must Read eBooks at HPL! June 2020
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You can access the eRead Illinois catalog to search and browse all titles here. You can access the OverDrive catalog to search and browse all titles here. On mobile devices download the Axis 360 App for eRead Illinois and Libby App for Overdrive.
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The Summer Deal by Jill ShalvisReturning to her Wildstone hometown in the aftermath of a latest heartbreak, Brynn discovers that her tough but chronically ill rival, Kinsey, is actually her half-sister, before agreeing to a summertime relationship with a childhood crush.
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The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettSeparated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-race identical twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
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The Lies That Bind : A Novel by Emily GiffinForging an unlikely connection with a stranger at a bar who warns her against resuming a dysfunctional relationship, an aspiring reporter investigates when the man goes missing on September 11, 2001. By the best-selling author of Something Borrowed.
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Hush by James PattersonAn imprisoned ex-cop seeking justice for her brother’s murder is offered her freedom in exchange for helping the Deputy Police Commissioner who put her away rescue his missing daughter and grandchild. Co-written by the award-winning author of Kiss the Girls. Read by Kathryn Hartman.
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Credible Threat by Judith A JanceAli Reynolds and her team at High Noon Enterprises try to save an archbishop from a would-be killer who has been sending sinister death threats. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Joanna Brady series.
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Fair Warning by Michael ConnellyWhen a woman with whom he shared a one-night stand is found brutally murdered, veteran reporter Jack McEvoy tracks down a serial killer who has been operating under the radar. By the best-selling author of The Poet.
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Hideaway by Nora Roberts.Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star—yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared.Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house—but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones.Cate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Finally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night—one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…
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Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali DevThe author of Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors adapts Jane Austen’s Persuasion in the story of a chef who partners with her celebrity first love during a reality-show competition she hopes will save her restaurant. Original.
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The Book of Longings by Sue Monk KiddA first-century intellectual fights the limitations imposed on women before an encounter with an 18-year-old Jesus leads to their marriage, his dangerous public ministry and her flight to safety in Alexandria. By the author of The Invention of Wings.
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All Adults Here by Emma StraubA matriarch confronts the legacy of her parenting mistakes while her adult children navigate respective challenges in high standards and immaturity, before a teen granddaughter makes a courageous decision to tell the truth. By the best-selling author of Modern Lovers
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Wrath of Poseidon by Clive CusslerA latest entry in the best-selling series that includes, The Oracle, continues the high-risk exploits of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. Co-written by the co-author of the Dirk Pitt Adventures.
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Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason ReynoldsA timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited. 100,000 first printing.
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Hell and Other Destinations : A 21st-Century Memoir by Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRevealing, funny and inspiring, the six-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State—one of the world’s most admired and tireless public servants—reflects on the final stages of her career and how she has blazed her own trail in her later years.
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The House of Kennedy by James PattersonA revelatory portrait of the Kennedys explores how the dual mottos, “To whom much is given, much is expected” and “Win at all costs” shaped generations of life inside and outside the family.
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