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The bookshop of second chances : a novel
by Jackie Fraser
Inheriting a quaint cottage and a hefty antique book collection in Scotland, Thea Mottram falls in love with her new surroundings and a gruff bookshop owner, soon realizing that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from.
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The idea of you
by Robinne Lee
A middle-aged art gallery owner begins a passionate fling with a member of her daughter's favorite boy band, who is 19 years her junior, and must fend off rabid fans and insatiable media after their affair becomes a viral sensation.
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The tea planter's wife : a novel
by Dinah Jefferies
A U.S. release of an internationally best-selling novel by the author of The Silk Merchant's Daughter is set in atmospheric 1920s Ceylon and follows the experiences of a young Englishwoman who confronts local hostilities before the discovery of her husband's secrets forces her to make a devastating choice.
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Unleashing Mr. Darcy
by Teri Wilson
After her reputation and teaching career is ruined by scandal, Manhattanite Elizabeth Scott escapes to England where she, while caring for a pack of show dogs, tries to deny her attraction to arrogant billionaire dog breeder Donovan Darcy.
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The disappearing act : a novel
by Catherine Steadman
A British actress new to Hollywood, Mia Eliot is forced to play the role of a lifetime when a girl she only met once disappears and an imposter shows up in her place, forcing her to question her sanity as the truth goes beyond anything she could have ever imagined.
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It's one of us
by J. T. Ellison
A successful interior designer who keeps failing in her quest to conceive is shocked when she learns that a suspect in a recent murder investigation is her husband's son from a long-ago donation to a sperm bank.
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26 Fairmount Avenue
by Tomie DePaola
In his first chapter book, a popular children's author recalls the childhood adventures he had in the late 1930s when his family built their house at 26 Fairmount Avenue.
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Great expectations by Charles DickensA mysterious benefactor enables Pip to become a gentleman and he begins to look down on his lower-class friends
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Once
A poor Czech immigrant and a down-on-his-luck Irish musician meet by chance on the streets of Dublin and start writing music together
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Raven black
by Ann Cleeves
When murder strikes a remote hamlet in the Shetland Islands, and the body of a teenage girl turns up in the winter snow, Inspector Jimmy Perez launches an investigation into the killing that takes him into the heart of sinister secrets from the past. Winner of the 2006 Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award.
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The house tells the story : homes of the American presidents
by Adam Van Doren
The author shares the illustrated letters he sent his friend, historian David McCullough, over the course of three years that depict the homes of former presidents, focusing on the small details of everyday life to provide a more intimate look at the presidents' lives
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Vacationland : true stories from painful beaches
by John Hodgman
The best-selling author of That Is All presents a memoir of his cursed travels through the woods of Massachusetts and coastal Maine, describing his midlife transformation from an idealistic youth to an eccentric family man and his observations on such subjects as the horror of freshwater clams and the evolutionary purpose of the mustache.
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Creepy carrots!
by Aaron Reynolds
The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch in a clever and hilarious picture book parable about a rabbit that fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Illustrations by the celebrated creator of Children Make Terrible Pets.
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Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel
Hired to investigate the black-skied Night City, Detective Gaspery-Jacques Roberts discovers an anomaly in the North American Wilderness, where he encounters a strange group of individuals who have all glimpsed a chance to do something extraordinary that could disrupt the timeline of the universe.
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
Embarking on a legendary collaboration launching them to stardom, two friends, intimates since childhood, have the world at their feet until they discover that their success, brilliance and money won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of the heart.
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The burning girls : a novel
by C. J. Tudor
Assigned to a remote English countryside parish after a suspicious suicide, an unconventional vicar and single father investigates the village's tragic history and the recent disappearances of two teens. By the award-winning author of The Chalk Man.
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Calico
by Lee Goldberg
A disgraced ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, tries to start over in Barstow, California, and investigates an old skeleton buried in a shallow grave, uncovering a series of disturbing clues that force her to confront her troubled past.
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Don't forget the girl : a novel
by Rebecca McKanna
We never remember the dead girls. We never forget the killers. Twelve years ago, 18-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be executed. Abby's best friends, Bree and Chelsea, watch as Abby's memory is unearthed and overshadowed by Blue and his flashier crimes. The friends, estranged in the wake of Abby's disappearance, and suffering from years of unvoiced resentments, must reunite when a high-profile podcast dedicates its next season to Blue's murders. Tense and introspective, Don't Forget the Girl is an astonishing debut thriller that mines the complexities of friendship and the secrets between us that we may take to the grave.
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Heat
An uptight FBI Agent and laid back Boston police officer team up to take down a drug lord
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California golden : a novel by Melanie BenjaminTwo teens in 1960s California grapple with the unconventional path of their mother, who defies societal expectations as a talented female surfer, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Children's Blizzard.
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One summer in Paris
by Sarah Morgan
Embarking on a solo Paris vacation after being dumped by her husband of 25 years, cautious Grace unexpectedly bonds with a rebellious London teen who helps her forge new understandings of family, love and self-confidence.
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The Paris dressmaker
by Kristy Cambron
An haute couture dressmaker in 1939 Paris joins the Resistance during the occupation and uses her skills to infiltrate the Nazi elite, sewing for them and collecting secrets at their glamorous headquarters in the Hôtel Ritz.
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