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General Fiction September 17, 2025 |
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The secret book society : a novel
by Madeline Martin
London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club--a sanctuary where they can discover freedom, sisterhood, and the courage to rewrite their stories. Eleanor Clarke, a devoted mother suffocating under the tyranny of her husband. Rose Wharton, a transplanted American dollar princess struggling to fit the mold of an aristocratic wife. Lavinia Cavendish, an artistic young woman haunted by a dangerous family secret. All are drawn to the enigmatic Lady Duxbury, a thrice-widowed countess whose husbands' untimely deaths have sparked whispers of murder. As the women form deep, heartwarming friendships, they uncover secrets about their marriages, their pasts, and the risks they face. Their courage is their only weapon in the oppressive world that has kept them silent, but when secrets are deadly, one misstep could cost them everything.
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The listeners
by Maggie Stiefvater
June Porter Hudson struggles to maintain the elegance of the Avallon Hotel in 1942 West Virginia when it is secretly repurposed to house captured Axis diplomats, forcing her to balance wartime tensions, divided loyalties, and the covert operations of an FBI agent.
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I see you've called in dead : a novel
by John Kenney
Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes, he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one night and proceeds to pen and publish his own obituary. The newspaper wants to fire him. But now the company's system has him listed as dead. And the company can't fire a dead person. The ensuing fallout forces him to realize that life may be actually worth living. As Bud awaits his fate at work, his life hangs in the balance. Given another shot by his boss and encouraged by his best friend Tim, a worldly and wise former art dealer, Bud starts to attend the wakes and funerals of strangers to learn how to live.
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The wilderness : a novel
by Angela Flournoy
Five young Black women—Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia—navigate strained family ties, motherhood, ambition, and identity as they support and challenge each other while forging their adulthoods in New York and Los Angeles across two turbulent decades.
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The Satisfaction Cafâe : a novel
by Kathy Wang
After a failed marriage and a whirlwind romance with a wealthy American, Joan Liang builds a new life in California, eventually opening the Satisfaction Café, where she creates a space for connection while searching for fulfillment in her ever-changing world.
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How to sell a romance
by Alexa Martin
Kindergarten teacher Emerson joins a too-good-to-be-true beauty company to make ends meet, but ultimately teams up with Lucas, whose ex was ruined by the same scheme, to expose its shady secrets and grapple with their increasingly unprofessional chemistry. Original.
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