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Heartwood : a novel
by Amity Gaige
In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail
hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother
as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
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Rabbit moon : a novel
by Jennifer Haigh
Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get
a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has
been critically injured in a hit and run accident. Ata Shanghai
hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and
preparing for the worst.
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The sirens : a novel
by Emilia Hart
Lucy searches for her missing sister Jess in a modern-day
coastal Australian town shrouded in eerie legends, uncovering connections to Jess's adolescent past and twin sisters from
1800 whose haunting ties to the sea ripple across generations.
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Open, heaven
by Seâan Hewitt
In a remote village in the north of England, shy 16-year-old
James realizes how his desire could separate him from his family.
He is drawn to slightly older, handsome but wounded Luke, in a mesmerizing hymn to boyhood, sensuality and love in all its forms.
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Big chief
by Jon Hickey
There, There meets The Night Watchman in this gripping literary
debut about power and corruption, family, and facing the ghosts
of the past. Mitch Caddo, a young law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. But alongside his childhood friend, Tribal President
Mack Beck, he runs the government of the Passage Rouge
Nation, and with it, the tribe's Golden Eagle Casino and Hotel.
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The geographer's map to romance
by India Holton
Geography professors Elodie and Gabriel Tarrant, bound by a
failed marriage of convenience, are forced to team up on a
high-stakes magical disaster mission in Wales, where perilous
conditions, and unresolved feelings threaten to complicate the
fate of England and their hearts.
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Say you'll remember me
by Abby Jimenez
There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush
comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes-all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can
say the absolute wrong thing.
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Six days in Bombay
by Alka Joshi
This sweeping novel follows young Anglo-Indian nurse Sona, as
she embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through
Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover a mystery and
prove her innocence after famous painter Mira Novak dies in
her care.
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The summer guests
by Tess Gerritsen
In Purity, Maine, former spy Maggie Bird and her Martini Club of
ex-CIA operatives are drawn into the search for a missing teen
with ties to their past. As they confront an innocent friend's
wrongful suspicion, a buried corpse, and dark secrets that
threaten to unravel everything they've worked to protect.
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The strawberry patch pancake house
by Laurie Gilmore
Renowned chef Archer moves to Dream Harbor to raise his
daughter, Daisy, and reluctantly hires Iris, a free-spirited job-
hopper, as a nanny, sparking unexpected connections and the
possibility of love as they navigate their new roles and Daisy's matchmaking efforts.
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Theft
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
In early 21st-century Tanzania, Karim, Fauzia and Badar navigate ambition, escape, and uncertainty as their lives intertwine amidst
global changes that bring both opportunities and challenges,
reshaping their understanding of destiny and self-determination.
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Broken country : a novel
by Clare Leslie Hall
When her brother-in-law's actions reconnect her with a former
love, Gabriel, whose son eerily resembles her deceased child,
Beth's carefully constructed life unravels as past secrets and
jealousies resurface, leading to deadly consequences and a
difficult choice.
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The good samaritan : a novel
by Toni Halleen
After finding a young boy in distress during a storm, grief-stricken professor Matthew Larkin makes a risky decision to help the child.
This forces him to confront his own shattered past, unresolved guilt,
and the fragile hope for redemption.
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All the other mothers hate me : a novel
by Sarah Harman
When single mom Florence Grimes' son is accused of causing
the mysterious disappearance of a bully classmate, she must
manage her disdain of the other moms, her own self-doubts
and unexpected truths to prove his innocence.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman
Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a
cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of
how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague
recollection of their lives before.
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Saltwater : a novel
by Katy Hays
Thirty years after Sarah Lingate's mysterious death on Capri, her daughter Helen returns with the family for their annual retreat.
She uncovers a buried necklace, renewed suspicions, and
dangerous secrets, as betrayal and paranoia threaten to
rupture the family and claim more lives.
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The buffalo hunter hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones
In 1912, a Lutheran pastor documents the chilling confessions of
Good Stab, a Blackfeet vampire seeking justice for a historical
massacre, intertwining themes of revenge, survival and haunting
truths on the Blackfeet reservation.
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Midnight black
by Mark Greaney
The Gray Man, aka assassin Court Gentry, must face miles
of frozen wasteland and the Russian police state to free his
lover, ex-spy Zoya Zakharova, from Penal Colony IK22.
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Back after this : a novel
by Linda Holmes
Podcast producer Cecily Foster reluctantly agrees to host a
show documenting her dating life under the guidance of an
influencer coach. She must reconcile her growing feelings for
a kind photographer with her coach's conflicting advice.
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Nemesis
by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan Smoak is dedicated to his assassin's 10 Commandments, but
when Tommy Stojack, gifted gunsmith and possibly his best friend, crosses a line while helping a dead friend's son, Smoak is ambushed when trying to confront him, and the dispute explodes into open warfare.
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North of ordinary : stories
by John Rolfe Gardiner
In these pages, we meet a nervous young apprentice to a
weathered tree climber; a dangerously obsessed student at
a Southern Bible college; an attractive schemer trying to build
an audience for her tiny radio station; an undercover, cross-
dressing lawman whose friendship changes the life of a deaf
child in a suburban cul-de-sac; and an elderly Black mason
whose knowledge of the town's history harbors truths that
shake his visitor's foundation. Surprising, touching, and deeply
humane, the ten stories of North of Ordinary offer an intimate,
revelatory look at our fractured society and pull us together
through the power of art.
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More or less Maddy
by Lisa Genova
Maddy Banks, an NYU student recently diagnosed with bipolar
disorder after experiencing a wild and terrifying mania, rejects
the stability of a “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy,
in a novel from a Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York
Times bestselling author.
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The housekeeper's secret
by Iona Grey
In a sweeping romance set in a crumbling mansion at the turn
of the 20th century, as the days darken, the secrets within grow
harder to keep.
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How to sleep at night : a novel
by Elizabeth Harris
Ethan and Gabe's marriage is tested when Ethan announces his congressional run as a Republican. Meanwhile, Nicole rekindles a romance with Ethan's sister Kate, a political reporter whose life
spirals as family and career collide.
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Mothers and sons : a novel
by Adam Haslett
Forty-year-old New York City asylum lawyer Peter has been
estranged from his mother, Ann, for years. They must grapple
with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling
story about family, forgiveness, and how a fleeting act of violence
can change a life forever.
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The queen of fives : a novel
by Alex Hay
A master con woman in 1898 London, Quinn le Blanc has just five
days to impersonate a wealthy heiress and ensnare a duke into marriage. As she infiltrates the high society of the Kendal family,
she discovers that deception and hidden motives run on all sides.
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Witchcraft for wayward girls
by Grady Hendrix
Four teenage girls trapped in a secretive maternity home for
unwed mothers in 1960 St. Augustine, Florida, find an
unexpected source of power through witchcraft.
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The life of Herod the Great
by Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston's unpublished novel offers a reimagined
portrayal of Herod the Great, not as the notorious villain of the
New Testament, but as a philosophical and visionary king who
brought prosperity to Judea during a tumultuous period of war
and imperial expansion in the first century BCE.
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Dead money : a novel
by Jakob Kerr
Lawyer Mackenzie Clyde, Silicon Valley's unofficial problem
solver, is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder
of a tech CEO to protect billions in dead money frozen in his will,
while navigating a world that consistently underestimates her.
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The life cycle of the common octopus
by Emma Knight
Offers compelling portraits of womanhood, motherhood and
female friendship, along with the irresistible intrigue surrounding
an extraordinary British family.
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Shattering dawn
by Jayne Ann Krentz
When PI Gideon Sweetwater disrupts the kidnapping of Amelia
Rivers, they escape and return to the ruins of the hotel where
Amelia lost a night to amnesia. They are desperate to stop a
killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments
with a dangerous drug designed to enhance psychic abilities.
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