June 2024 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham
Bay Books shop owner Bruce Cable is reunited again with best-selling author Mercer Mann to solve another murder on Camino Island, Florida, in the third novel of the series following Camino Winds.
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Goddess of the River
by Vaishnavi Patel
Born to the cursed river goddess, prince Devavrata makes an oath to never claim his father's throne and sets into motion a tragic war, in this reimagining of the story of Ganga, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of Kaikeyi.
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
by Helen Simonson
In the summer of 1919, Constance, sent as a lady's companion to Hazelbourne-on-Sea, is welcomed by Poppy Wirrall, a baronet's daughter who runs a ladies' motorcycle club, but as the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peace, the club realizes the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked.
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How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
by Django Wexler
Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler's laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.
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Housemates
by Emma Copley Eisenberg
After becoming housemates in Philadelphia, two aspiring artists, Leah and Bernie, embark on a three-week road trip across America, documenting the heart of the nation through words and photographs while facing their own artistic and romantic destinies.
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I Hope This Finds You Well
by Natalie Sue
Trapped between petty revenge and a life-changing opportunity, Jolene navigates coworker drama, hidden secrets and forbidden feelings to save her job, risking exposure of an email vendetta and the walls she's built around her heart.
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I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
by Peter S. Beagle
Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people call him Robert) recently inherited his dad's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart in part because he likes dragons, but mainly because his dream has always been the impossible one of transcending his humble origin to someday become a prince's valet. Needless to say, fate has something rather different in mind...
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Last House
by Jessica Shattuck
Spanning multiple generations and nearly 80 years, this emotional tour de force follows one American family, during the radical movements of 1968 against Big Oil, as they are forced to reckon with the consequences of the resources that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy.
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The Last Murder at the End of the World
by Stuart Turton
On an isolated island where 122 villagers and three scientists live in peaceful harmony, one of the scientists is found brutally murdered, which triggers a security system, giving the islanders only 107 hours to solve the murder or be smothered by the fog that destroyed the planet.
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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan
The Gresham Trust is nearly gone and Rufus Leung Gresham must attend his sister’s high society wedding to find a woman with money to save the family legacy. But Rufus wants to confess his love to the girl next door, the daughter of a doctor, which would betray his family and squander his legacy. When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans—and their reputation—go up in flames. Can the once-great dukedom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for two decades, reveal a shocking twist in this tale that takes readers from Hawaii to Marrakech, and from Los Angeles to England’s oldest family estates.
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Long After We Are Gone
by Terah Shelton Harris
Told from alternating points of view from all four siblings, this emotional story about the power of family and letting go follows CeCe, Junior, Nance and Angeline, each fighting their own personal battles, as they return home to save their ancestral land—and themselves—after the death of their father.
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Love at First Book
by Jenn McKinlay
When her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in Ireland, Emily, jumping at the opportunity, helps Siobhan author the final book in her acclaimed series and spends her days bantering with Siobhan's annoyingly handsome, mercurial son, making her decide if she's ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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Mistakes We Never Made
by Hannah Brown
Frenemies Emma and Finn are reunited for a mutual friend's wedding, but when the bride goes missing, they must embark on an adventure-filled road trip in hopes of saving someone else's happily-ever-after but find themselves crossing more than just state lines as old feelings spark once more.
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One Perfect Couple
by Ruth Ware
Landing on a tropical paradise where they'll compete against four other couples to win a cash prize, Lyla and Nico, starring on the new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, find themselves trapped on a storm-swept island where they all must band together for survival as a killer walks among them.
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Oye
by Melissa Mogollon
The baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana, when her eccentric grandmother, Abue, moves into her bedroom, finds her wild demands, unpredictable antics and devastating secrets a welcome distraction, putting her on center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.
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Rednecks
by Taylor Brown
Dramatizing the 1920 to 1921 events of the West Virginia Mine Wars, this powerful story of rebellion against oppression follows a Black WWI veteran and coal miner as he leads a miners' revolt and a Lebanese American doctor who risks his life and career to treat the sick and wounded miners.
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The Return of Ellie Black
by Emiko Jean
When Ellie Black, who disappeared two years earlier, is found alive in the woods of Washington State, Detective Chelsey Calhoun, whose own sister went missing when they were teenagers, realizes something is not right with Ellie and it's up to her to find the answers before another girl is taken.
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Seven Summers
by Paige Toon
Liv and Finn met six summers ago in a bar on the Cornish coastline, but a night of passion ended in tragedy that bound together. The result was a promise that Finn would return every year so they could spend the summer together. But this summer Liv crosses paths with Tom – and they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn’t broken every autumn. Now she must make an impossible choice. And when Liv discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she’ll need to trust her heart even more.
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Southern Man
by Greg Iles
The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy, about a man—and a town—rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love
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Still Waters
by Matt Goldman
Moments after they learn their brother is dead, estranged siblings Liv and Gabe receive a scheduled email from him, claiming he was murdered, and returning home to investigate, they risk everything to unearth the secrets in a small town where someone is willing to kill for the truth to stay buried.
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The Stolen Child
by Ann Hood
Haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, involving a French artist and her baby, Nick Burns, with only months left to live, enlists Jenny, a college dropout, to help him unravel the mystery, forcing them both to reckon with regret, betrayal and the lives they've left behind.
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Unladylike Rules of Attraction
by Amita Murray
To claim a fortune left to her by Dowager Countess Budleigh, Anya Marleigh, a singer and sitar player in Queen Charlotte's court, must marry before her next birthday, and with the Budleigh family out to destroy her, she must fight her attraction to the man who stands in her way.
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Very Bad Company
by Emma Rosenblum
On an exclusive retreat in Miami with her new employer, trendy tech startup Aurora, Caitlin Levy, when a fellow high-level executive vanishes, whose disappearance could cost the team millions, and her colleagues must continue the charade to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations.
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A Wedding in Lake Como
by Jennifer Probst
A destination wedding in Lake Como, Italy reunites three best friends, Ava, Madison, and Chelsea and forces them to face past secrets, in the third novel of the series following The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti.
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When Among Crows
by Veronica Roth
A hunter who sacrifices his soul to slay monsters, Dymitr, tasked with finding legendary witch Baba Jaga, offers Ala, a fear-eating zmora, a cure for her curse in exchange for her help, and together they fight against time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld where his secrets could destroy them both.
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You Are Here
by David Nicholls
When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather bring Michael and Marnie, complete opposites except for the fact they're both recovering from heartbreak, together on a ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse until they find exactly what they've been looking for—each other.
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You Should Be So Lucky
by Cat Sebastian
Ordered by the team's owner to give a bunch of interviews to reporter Mark Bailey, baseball shortstop, Eddie O'Leary, during the 1960 season, slowly gives in to the attraction between them, and when it's just them against the world, they must decide if that's enough.
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