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New Adult Fiction Titles recently added to our collection October 2026 |
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I Never Knew You at All
by Christine Pride
Bestselling authors Christine Pride and Jo Piazza return with a gripping and thought-provoking new novel about a Black woman whose interracial marriage is tested when a journalist investigates a decades-old murder tied to her wealthy husband's family. Simone Hartwell has made trade-offs to build a life she loves, including giving up her once promising career as a journalist. But as her husband, Alex, stands to finally take the reins of the family business--a chain of high-end grocery stores his grandfather started--Simone vows to settle contently into her role supporting him and raising their son Langston.
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American Nightmare
by Kelly McWilliams
With its unflinching excavation of our dark past, American Nightmare is a page turner with a message. In this haunting historical novel, a light-skinned Black man goes undercover to investigate lynchings in the South, only to be confronted by the very evil that has pursued him since childhood... Clark Wendell White first encountered the Nightmare as a child during the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, when he and his father stood guard over their family home. In the eyes of the mob surging through his neighborhood, Clark sensed this malevolent presence.
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The Unfinished Work: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln
by Jeff Shaara
New York Times bestselling novelist Jeff Shaara brings to vivid life the man, public and private, who guided the U.S.A. through its most troubled, conflicted time: Abraham Lincoln. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. The Unfinished Work is the finest work yet by one of the most popular, most acclaimed historical novelist of our time, a capstone to a life's work.
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The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
A sly, spry, literary debut novel about the murder of an infamous moonshiner and the cacophony of true stories a small town can tell about itself. Rich Milford is dead. At last. We find ourselves in 1920s Oklahoma, just far enough out of Tulsa, just long enough after the Race Massacre of 1921. For as long as anyone can remember, the Milfords have led plentiful lives on the backs of the townspeople of Newville.
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The Me I Used to Be
by Kristan Higgins
At their twenty-fifth high school reunion, four best friends discover that growing up is way messier than anticipated and the past isn't finished as they thought. Back in senior year, Audrey, Micah, Jasmine and Beck were the Core Four: the lucky one, the beautiful one, the smart one, the sporty one. They had color-coded dreams, inside jokes and a lifelong friendship they thought would last forever. But graduation night ended in a tragic accident, followed by silence that stretched for decades.
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Every Story Is a Love Story
by Imbolo Mbue
From the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers and How Beautiful We Were, a captivating novel about love lost--and the weight of regret What if I'd never gotten into that car? What if I'd pulled out of the driveway five minutes earlier, or ten minutes later? Three years ago, Wolo's wife was killed in a tragic car accident. In an instant, the great love of his life was gone, and so was their beautiful future.
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The Tulip Poplars
by Silas House
A sweeping historical novel about hidden, forbidden love in the early 1900s by bestselling writer and former poet laureate of Kentucky, Silas House. A masterful storyteller, House has crafted an ambitious and utterly beautiful love story so attuned to the minute moments in which a life can change. Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, yet Tom cannot shake his strict religious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family's farm.
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Sisters of the Midnight Sun
by Fiona Valpy
Two women from different generations connect over their shared need to recover from trauma as they attempt to heal and begin their lives anew 2001: Overwhelmed by grief in the wake of losing her twin sister, Ruby Reid has come to the north of Scotland to escape. Her new job as companion to Hanna Kristiansen, an elderly woman living on a rugged homestead in the wild and remote Shetland Islands.1940: Hanna's quiet life on the fjords of northern Norway is overturned when her hometown is attacked and her country falls into the hands of Nazi occupiers.
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The Chestnut Tree
by Mathew Tekulsky
In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Chestnut Tree is a coming-of-age novel about conscience and courage. A twelve-year-old boy comes of age in the suburbs of 1960s New York, where first love, family, and quiet divisions in his community shape his understanding of who he is. Adam Jacobs navigates his first crush on Sally Fletcher-a Catholic girl from a very different world-Adam is drawn into a complicated web of friendships, loyalties, and unspoken tensions within the community.
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Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas A sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist who’s determined to build Britain’s first women’s bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family she’s created. In Victorian England, no woman—not even a brilliant economist like Reina Martin—is allowed to open her own bank account. Men will take care of everything, women are told. But Reina knows better.
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Odette Rising
by Julianne Edwards
An extraordinary young woman, long reclusive and alone, steps into a life she'd never dreamed possible, with the help of an unorthodox found family in turn-of-the-century France She had always felt that she must stay in the shadows, that if she asked for little, she could not feel loss. But here was life and joy. It's 1896 in Svres, France and, from her bedroom window, Odette Hur watches a funeral procession carry her father's coffin away. She is 21 and she has not left the house for years. She looks on as her life passes, reading and soothing herself with food.
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Miss Wolcott's Ghost
by Louise Penny
Armand Gamache returns There's a body in Lost Nation. Where? demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed. But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the S ret du Qu bec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified. And so Armand is thrust out of a deep sleep and into the surrounding forests in search of the mythical Lost Nation. And a body.
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The Family Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller
by James Patterson
Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world. Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist--and a relentless hunter of killers for the FBI and DC Metro Police. To his beloved Nana Mama, he's still the boy she raised--and every morning, as he straps on his service weapon, she's reminded just how dangerous his world has become. But in Washington, DC, there are places even the police don't go--an unseen underworld where violence thrives and rules don't apply.
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The Hollow: A Harry Bosch Novel
by Michael Connelly
Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller. The final showdown will make your heart thrum with vigilante pride. When Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children's Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades after its closure, a massive class action lawsuit has resulted in a multibillion-dollar settlement for former residents.
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All in
by David Baldacci
The 6:20 Man is leaving U.S soil--this time drawn into a storm of billion-dollar secrets and international power plays that could shatter the world order. When fearless war correspondent Theresa Lee is shot on a storm-swept Manhattan street and the man she was meeting, Bill Walker, vanishes, the 6:20 Man, aka former Army Ranger turned federal investigator Travis Devine, is called in.
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Bad Company: A Thriller
by Sara Paretsky
To all appearances, Lily Sedako is an ordinary retiree--a seventy-something single woman living in Chicago, her days filled with the routine tasks of normal life. But underneath that exterior, lies a remarkable past. A former CIA field agent, she spent her career in various Central Asian countries, most notably in Hayalistan, a former USSR territory. But everything went sideways when Lily's connections to the mountain tribes resulted in her being moved to a new post and Rani, the tribal leader and first democratically elected President was removed, presumed killed.
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Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is hard to find. It's not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive. She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can't trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace. Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado.
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Bark Humbug: An Andy Carpenter Mystery
by David Rosenfelt
Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter helps a desperate sister investigate the widely publicized murder of a gubernatorial candidate in Bark Humbug, the latest Christmas mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. This time, Andy is serious about retiring. Besides, he can't hear the sound of his phone ringing over the football game. But when the local newspaper asks him to participate in their Christmas spread of local celebrities and their dogs, he pauses the game and brings Tara along for the ride.
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Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo
by Janet Evanovich
In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter than others and Stephanie will be lucky if she makes it to the end of the week. Over the years, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter has acquired a long list of enemies. It's an occupational hazard as a bond enforcement agent. The problem is that she now has a mysterious enemy whose name isn't on any list.
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The Taken Ones: A J. P. Beaumont Novel by J. A. JanceDespite her name, Twinkle Winkleman is as tough as nails. A skilled mechanic and certified spitfire, she has a nose for trouble. So when young women from Anchorage begin disappearing after heading to Seattle for “internships,” Twinkle is convinced that something dangerous is happening. But both the Anchorage and Seattle authorities dismiss her out of hand
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Clive Cussler Obsidian Sky
by Dirk Cussler
A forgotten civilization. A lost Biblical artifact. A criminal enterprise lurking beneath the seas. What links them with a potential cataclysmic event that threatens all of humanity? That's the question facing Dirk Pitt in this latest electrifying novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the grand master of adventure Clive Cussler. When National Underwater and Marine Agency director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of archaeologists trapped in a cavern by an earthquake, an unexpected artifact is discovered that rewrites history.
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Please Enjoy Your Stay
by Tara Goedjen
A gripping page-turner you'll want to stay up all night to finish. After a true crime podcast reopens her cousin's murder case, a woman must confront her past at a glamorous European castle where she follows a trail of toxic family secrets and deadly lies in this addictive, atmospheric , gothic-tinged thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.
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Old Ham: A Thriller
by Seraphina Nova Glass
Everyone knows Junie Oldham is more than a little strange--but is she actually dangerous? She's unique, to say the least. Junie Oldham is a middle-aged hoarder who knits sweaters for cats, befriends rescued mice, and pretends to be a recovering alcoholic so she can socialize at AA meetings. Living among the piles of childhood treasures in the home she inherited, she also hangs on to a few resentments--not all of them innocuous.
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Bad Like Me
by Louise Griffin
A propulsively told, multi-POV domestic thriller exploring envy, desire, privilege, and parenthood, for fans of Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies. When Sam, the hottest dad in the neighborhood, is stabbed to death in a leafy local playground, no one in tony Larchwood can imagine who would want him dead. No one except the mom he snubbed, the dad he laughed at, the outsider he humiliated. Oh, and don't forget his lover. Or his wife.
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The Ferryman's Daughter
by Yasmin Angoe
The daughter of an infamous murderer gets caught up in a copycat's sick game in this thriller about family secrecy. Forensic science teacher Sanaa Karrem buried her past as deep as she could. When her serial killer father, known as the Ferryman, disappeared eighteen years ago, she tried to disappear with him. She changed her name, built a new life. And for a while, it all felt like a distant nightmare But when bodies turn up with pennies on their eyes, Sanaa recognizes her father's signature.
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A Killer for Christmas
by Kim Harrington
Wrapped in red has a bloody new meaning in this contemporary holiday romance with a murderous twist, perfect for readers who enjoyed The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year. Christmasville, Maine, is the only place where Kelsey Hendricks has ever felt happy. When she loses both her job and her boyfriend, the move is a no-brainer, especially when she sees a listing for a position as Christmasville's social media manager. Surrounded by twinkling lights and candy canes and with the perfect job, this tinsel town is working its magic on Kelsey. .
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Wisdom Corner
by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
From the award-winning author of Winter Counts comes a new thriller about life--and death--on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.Virgil Wounded Horse is desperately trying to escape his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But when a legendary figure from the reservation is murdered, he's forced to return to the job. Making matters more complicated, threats are coming from the Pine Ridge 705--a street gang from a neighboring reservation who want to expand their reach into Rosebud.
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Revenge Plot
by Stephanie Wrobel
A desperate writer's pursuit of a powerful literary agent takes a dark turn in this new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Hitchcock Hotel and Darling Rose Gold. All Arnie Tenderton wants this Christmas--all he's ever wanted--is to be a published author. For decades he has toiled over one novel after another. Each was missing something. Until now. He's finally written his perfect book. What he needs next is someone who can get his book into publishers' hands.
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Murder on 34th Street
by Mariah Fredericks
From the author of The Girl in the Green Dress comes a delightful and captivating novel about a fictional murder mystery at the iconic Macy's parade leading up to the holidays in historic New York City.New York, 1932. Grace Verlander is the secret beating heart of Macy's. She's the assistant to the assistant to the someone who's in charge, the go-to person for keeping everything running smoothly behind-the-scenes at the famous, bustling store.
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Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories
by Helene Tursten
Little old lady or stone-cold killer? Maud might just be a little of each. Now, for the first time ever, all eleven Elderly Lady stories--plus a brand-new adventure--come together in this long-anticipated edition featuring bonus recipes and a delightfully dark original cross-stitch pattern. Up to No Good (soon to be an original series starring Glenn Close) brings together all of Maud's darkly funny capers.
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Where the Road Ends
by Brian Freeman
The murder of a judge and his wife turns Jonathan Stride's world upside down and leaves him facing a shocking crossroad. Jonathan Stride's partner, Maggie Bei, is driving home after midnight when a call comes in: shots fired at the home of a Duluth judge .Moments later, she finds Gordon and Tracy Hartwick murdered in their bed. But someone is hiding in the judge's house, and as Maggie lays chase, she's forced to make a split-second decision that leaves the intruder dead.
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All the Little Secrets
by May Cobb
Sexy, scandalous and completely addictive. As the fallout from an utterly unexpected death reverberates over every margarita and through every pine-lined street down in Texas. Longview is a place quite familiar with social scandal and unsolved crimes, but now that the queen has fallen from her throne, there's more at stake than just pinning a murder on someone. For those who would relish their own empire, like a certain trad wife or a deviously ambitious daughter, the town crown is there for the taking--if you're not taken to jail first.
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The Keeper
by Ana Huang
The final installment in the Gods of the Game series. He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want. Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn't do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string of fired nannies in his wake, he has no choice but to hire the last person he wants close to his orbit.
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Murmuration
by Tj Klune
A timeless romance set in a perfect little town with a big dark secret. A bookseller, a waiter, and the best little town there is On a temperate morning in 1954, Mike wakes up in the idyllic town of Amorea. Amorea is perfect. Mike works his dream job at the local bookstore, where he leads lively discussions of literature with the local women's club. At the diner, the walls are plastered with beaming photos of the residents, and all the staff know his order--
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The Sleight Before Christmas
by Kate Stewart
It's that most hectic time of the year, and all a certain married dad wants for Christmas is to rekindle the very hot spark he once shared with his wife in this heartwarmingly spicy, holiday-themed romantic dramedy My kids are a**holes. Yeah, I said it. I said the thing no father is supposed to say about their children, and I'll say it again because I miss my wife. Serena's checked out and now resides in 'yes dear' robot mode, complete with a new eye twitch. Reason being, the impish elves we spawned are currently sucking the life out of her--daily.
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
by Ally Carter
A billionaire's grandson and the housekeeper's daughter square off in this cat-and-mouse holiday romance-mystery. Ella Chambers didn't kill Liam Montgomery. If she had, she certainly wouldn't have done it outside his family's mansion during the Christmas party of the year. She definitely wouldn't have loaded his body into the trunk of her car. And she absolutely would not have announced to the town that the boy who ruined her life ten years ago was so dead to her.
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Unapologetic Love Story
by Elle McNicoll
He's looking for a headline. She's about to become his whole story . . . Raina Lewis is at the top of her game. As the creator of a smash-hit podcast celebrating neurodivergent women, she's taking the world by storm, and doesn't need anything - or anyone - slowing her down. Tom Branimir has a reputation for cynicism. As an investigative journalist, his career has been built on exposing anything that seems too good to be true - and now, he's set his sights on Raina.
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A Date with Santa: A Christmas Novel
by Debbie Macomber
Romance blooms when an unlikely couple plans to surprise a child in need of some Christmas magic in this sparkling holiday romance. For single career woman Sage Madison, Christmas means premade cookies and artificial trees. But when her sister needs her help, Sage volunteers to care for her five-year-old nephew, Ricky. Determined to give Ricky a memorable Christmas, Sage enlists help from her assistant and close friend, Erica and her colleague Ethan, who agrees to dress up as Santa--if Sage and Ricky join him in holiday fun to get in the spirit.
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What Happens at Nightfall
by Lauren Willig
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig returns with What Happens at Nightfall, a delightfully Gothic romantic adventure, complete with a little bit of demon-hunting.In the sprawling Gothic expanse of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, some secrets refuse to stay buried.Recently laid off and searching for purpose, Jess reluctantly joins her best friend on a supposedly fun nighttime cemetery tour. Separated from her group by accident, she discovers a bunch of terrified boys and a strange, ancient key.
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Always Be My Pumpkin
by Linda McEvoy
Sunny librarian Gracie isn't looking for love. After dumping her cheating ex, she's living the life she's always dreamed of as a small-town librarian - surrounded by books, knitted pumpkins, and the cosy magic of Samhain. Then Flynn Anderson walks back into her life. Not only is Flynn her childhood best friend, he's the boy who broke her heart ten years ago, disappearing to New York with no explanation. Now he's back, annoyingly handsome.
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Big Bad Wolf
by Laurie Gilmore
If you enjoyed Dream Harbor come join me in Maple Hollow... my next obsession series from Laurie Gilmore--NetGalley ReaderCozy and atmospheric... a delicious blend of small town romance, paranormal magic and swoon worthy tension... will have you howling for the next book!--Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author
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Cozy Little Christmas
by Raeanne Thayne
Christmas in Shelter Springs is the season of twinkling lights, open hearts and unexpected second chances. And for Hannah Goodwin, it also brings the one person she never wanted to see again...Hannah's built a full life for herself in the warmth of her close-knit town, with her family, her work and her music. And when her dear friend Morgan desperately needs her help, Hannah temporarily steps in to care for Morgan's children. That's what friends do--especially at the holidays.
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Mingle All the Way: A Small Town Christmas Romance Novel
by Susan Mallery
Published for the first time together, MINGLE ALL THE WAY includes the reader-favorite story The Christmas Wedding Guest and a bonus novella from Susan Mallery's sparkling Wishing Tree series This Christmas, the Somerville sisters invite you to the wedding of the season...
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Snow This Is Love: Meant to Be Holiday Tales
by Christina Lauren
The Cozy Holiday Romances You've Been Dreaming Of... Come in from the cold and let your heart melt this holiday season with five all-new cozy romance stories from the best-selling authors of Disney's Meant to Be collection: Zoraida C rdova, Jasmine Guillory, Christina Lauren, Julie Murphy, and Jesse Q. Sutanto. From Christmas to New Year's Eve to Lunar New Year, today's best romance writers reimagine beloved Disney tales as contemporary romances with a dusting of holiday magic.
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Meltdown: A Home for the Holidays Christmas Romance Novel
by Sheila Roberts
Jordan Frost had to do it. Her family was simply too perfectly eccentric not to put in a novel. She was thrilled when she got an agent and then a publishing deal. For two books. Two Then reality set in. The book about an oddball family's holiday adventures is coming out in November. Just in time for her trip home to Holly Bay, Washington, from the big city. Jordan is desperately hoping she can keep her pseudonym a secret so she can stay in her family's good graces.
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The Secrets of Clarence Manor
by Devney Perry
Aston University might be teeming with prestigious and wealthy students, but the currency on campus isn't their millions. It's their secrets. And the three women living at Clarence Manor are filthy rich. Cassia came to Aston to escape the demons of her past. Elora pretends to be an ice princess to guard a shattered spirit. Ivy disguises the pain of her mistakes with a beautiful mask. Maybe they could have kept the skeletons in their closets, except love has a way of lifting the veil.
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Christmas Staycation by Meghan QuinnNothing says Merry Christmas like fake fiances, family pressure, and accidentally falling for your ex's brother. Nolan never met a spotlight he didn't like. As a major league baseball player with a filthy mouth, an ego the size of the North Pole, and zero interest in behaving, he's perfectly happy breezing into Christmas in Kringletown like the charming disaster everyone expects him to be.Taran, on the other hand, has made an art form out of keeping the peace.
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Devoted to Love
by Tracie Peterson
While Leah Garrison has a distrust of men after a friend's tragedy, Dr. Erik Sjolander refuses to believe in lasting love after his mother abandoned their family. When they clash over Leah's charity for unwed mothers, their hearts are tested as America edges toward World War I and dark secrets come to light. Will faith and love be the remedy they need?
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A Castle of Sand
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Retreat to the Florida Amish community with Sharon Raber as her heart grieves its greatest loss. . .and encounters a second chance at love.
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A Plain Confession
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Sam Mustang seeks redemption in Stoney Ridge, determined to make amends for his past while bonding with nurse Darcy. When Dok Stoltzfus's former foster child returns with troubling changes, their lives collide in unexpected ways. As secrets surface in this Amish community, can forgiveness heal old wounds and offer the second chances they desperately need?
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Return to the Shack: A Journey Into Redemption
by Wm Paul Young
In the long-awaited sequel to one of the world's most beloved and widely read books of the last twenty years The Shack, Paul Young leads us back to the great questions of human existence: How does life go on in the face of irreconcilable loss? How can the irredeemable find redemption? Ten years after the devastating events of The Shack, Mackenzie Allen Phillips is still living in the shadow of loss.
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Unwavering Heart: The Story of Rebekah
by Angela Hunt
Rebekah leaves behind the only world she has known and ventures into the sunbaked lands of Canaan to marry Isaac. She vows to love all her children equally, but when twins Jacob and Esau arrive--one gentle, one wild--she finds herself torn between her promise and undeniable truths. Can she keep her love impartial even as she places her faith in God's covenant?
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The Resurrection of Evania James
by Jaime Jo Wright
In 1879, Eloise James desperately hunts for her sister, who goes missing after being admitted to an asylum. In the present day, Tilly unearths bones that were never meant to be found, and the past's dark secrets refuse stay buried.
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Deadly Charade
by Lynette Eason
Kira Miller's new role as an FBI undercover special agent entails gathering intel on an art smuggling ring. She and Special Agent Bryce Lambert are assigned to pose as newlyweds and move next door to the prime suspects, but as their mission unfolds, can they play the part their lives and careers depend on while keeping their own hearts in check?
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The Calling
by Rachelle Dekker
Remko Brant had never been so sure of anything as escaping the Authority City with Carrington Hale. But bravado comes easy when you have nothing to lose. Now a husband, father, and the tactical leader of the Seers, Remko has never had so much at risk.As he and his team execute increasingly dangerous rescue missions inside the city, they face growing peril from a new enemy. Recently appointed Authority President Damien Gold claims to be guiding a city shaken by rebellion into a peaceful, harmonious future. But appearances can be deceiving.
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Trail of the Brave
by Susan May Warren
When Alaskan veterinarian Stormi White saves single father and dog handler Wilder Fronter's life, she's surprised to discover her rescue dog has extraordinary tracking skills. They're forced to rely on the dog's abilities in a race through the frozen wilderness to save his kidnapped daughter, with their own hearts and lives on the line.
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Dive Bar at the End of the Road
by Kelley Armstrong
Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar. A forested road at night, slick from the pounding rain and eerily illuminated by flashes of lightning. Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something--or someone--mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid.
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Brigands & Breadknives
by Travis Baldree
Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller's life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend's coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her! If only things were so simple. It turns out that fixing your life isn't a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.
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Killing the Boogeyman
by Richard Chizmar
The terrifying horror trilogy finale that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from one of horror's indispensable writers Notorious serial killer Joshua Gallagher--dubbed the Boogeyman by the media--has vanished from prison. One moment, he was locked inside a maximum-security cell; the next, he was gone, leaving behind on the wall a crude hangman puzzle and two chilling words: IT'S TIME. Now, days later, the world is coming apart again.
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Under the Iron Sky
by A. T. Emerald
A fallen empire. A warrior determined to protect her people. And the masked soldier who captures her behind enemy lines. This is the first novel in a dark, seductive, and all-consuming trilogy where hope is fickle but the fight is never over. Vordell was beautiful once. Its people lived in harmony, and their civilization flourished as they learned to harness and control the power of Light. Then the darkness came.
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Rottenheart
by Kat Dunn
Feed this directly into my veins. From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist--and where the only thing more dangerous than a family secret is a mother's revenge. Revenge me. For I am murdered . . . Odette and her best friend, Cecilia, grow up between two grand homes, one in Hampstead and one in Suffolk, the ancient and imposing Herne House.
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This B Just Won't Die!
by Tanya Pell
This humorous, heart-pounding, feminist slasher follows an aging scream queen as she is pursued by a serial killer mimicking the murders from her horror films. In this darkly humorous love letter to the slasher film and the iconic doll, aging scream queen Barbra Jacobs desperately wants to break out of the box Hollywood has neatly packaged her in. Cast as the star of the Mirror horror franchise films twenty years ago, the role that shaped her career has also destroyed her dreams of being taken seriously as an actress.
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The Woman of the House
by Kate Mooney
A terrifying, twisty, and impossible-to-put-down supernatural thriller that reminds us that houses are never just houses--and secrets never stay buried. Rose Crawley isn't the perfect wife--or the perfect woman--that her husband thinks she is. And she isn't about to let him find that out, ever. She's finally gotten everything she's ever wanted: a house by the lake, an adoring husband, and a fresh start from the past she's long tried to outrun. But the house she now calls home seems to have other plans.
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As We Fall Through Time
by Claire North
An absolute masterpiece of a book. A future that is already broken. A paradox that must be solved. A love that can never be erased. ?An extraordinary tale of time travel, betrayal, and queer romance. In the beginning, the world will end. This is the story of what happens next. When Cal meets a soldier of the French Revolution, he knows his lover is destined to die. But what's the point of being a time traveler if you can't make a few small tweaks to the course of history
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Stone Mad
by D. M. Pulley
A thriller about a haunted mansion, a missing girl, and the woman who connects them.Life fell apart for Mannie Wallace after her daughter's best friend was abducted from the playground right under Mannie's nose. Six years later, Mannie is working as an engineer turned insurance investigator and barely holding the pieces of her family together. When an eccentric developer hires her to survey an infamously haunted Gilded Age mansion, Stone Mad Castle, it could be just the thing she needs to get her career and life back on track.
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A Thousand Monstrous Forms
by Saratoga Schaefer
Bluebeard gets a gothic horror and sapphic romance twist in this fairy-tale retelling from the author of Serial Killer Support Group and Trad Wife. Artist Poppy Reed doesn't care if others think her marriage to Celia Marie Fox, a wealthy art dealer, is impulsive. Sure, they've only known each other for six months, and Celia has an infamous romantic reputation, but Poppy is brimming with excitement when she moves across the country to Celia's home: a formidable, isolated, and art-filled manor called Busirane.
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