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New Adult Fiction Titles recently added to our collection 02-10-2026 |
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Fireflies in Winter
by Eleanor Shearer
A gripping novel about two women fighting for survival in the icy wilderness of Nova Scotia, and the love that simultaneously sustains them and threatens their very existence, from the author of the Good Morning America Book Club pick River Sing Me Home. 1796. Cora, an orphan newly arrived from Jamaica, has never felt cold like this. In the depths of winter, everyone in her community huddles together in their homes to keep warm. So when she sees a shadow slipping through the trees, Cora thinks her eyes are deceiving her. Until she creeps out into the moonlight and finds the tracks in the snow.
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Keeper of Lost Children
by Sadeqa Johnson
One American woman's vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way. Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI's, Ethel f eels compelled to help find these children homes. Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Manheim, Germany, he meets a local woman, Jelka, and the two embark on a relationship.
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This Is Not about Us: Fiction
by Allegra Goodman
Was this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubenstein family, it could go either way. When their beloved older sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into decades of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives-divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals-their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.
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So, I Met This Guy
by Alexandra Potter
Two women, one con man, and a European adventure fueled by friendship, heartbreak, and having nothing left to lose. Maggie thinks she's finally found the love of her life. Theo is charming, passionate, and crazy about her. So when Theo mysteriously disappears, Maggie certainly doesn't expect that he's gone for good--let alone stolen her life savings, heart, and self-esteem. Now she's living in a caravan in a muddy field in the middle of nowhere, left to pick up the pieces.
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The Fourth Princess
by Janie Chang
Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even as the mansion's own secret threatens the present. Shanghai, 1911. Lisan Liu is elated when she is hired as secretary to wealthy American Caroline Stanton, the new mistress of Lennox Manor on the outskirts of Shanghai's International Settlement. However, the Manor has a dark past due to a previous owner's suicide.
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Cross and Sampson
by James Patterson
Metro PD detective John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a DC street, calling in the bomb squad. Dispatch, this is Sampson. Contact the FBI and the ATF. We've got a suspected terrorist attack here. In Chapel Hill, NC. Alex Cross searches the apartment of a missing psychology grad student--his own son Damon. Has following in his famous father's footsteps made Damon a target? It will take more than distance to weaken the partnership of Sampson & Cross.
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The Hadacol Boogie: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
by James Lee Burke
Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke's iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex ofcorruption and violence in the Louisiana bayouWhen a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux's property, he knows his world and family are about to change.
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The Jills
by Karen Parkman
Virginia is a Jill--a professional Buffalo Bills cheerleader. She spends her weekdays practicing, her weekends cheering, and her nights hopping between events and bars and clubs with her close-knit band of teammates, especially her best friend, Jeanine, whose dynamic friendship has given Virginia confidence in spades and allowed her to put aside her troubled past with her sister, Laura. But one Sunday, Jeanine fails to show up for a game, and all her calls and texts go unanswered.
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Warning Signs
by Tracy Sierra
A father-son ski weekend becomes a desperate fight for survival At twelve years old, Zach admires his father almost as much as he fears him. When Bram takes him on a father-son ski trip in the Colorado backcountry with a few select others, Zach feels brave, cautiously optimistic--his mother taught him the ways of the mountain, and the hushed whiteness should quiet Bram's complaints, his temper. But Zach knows his father well enough to always be on high alert:
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A Study in Secrets
by Jeffrey Siger
A retired gentleman with a complicated past. A missing priceless treasure. A young woman in trouble. The first in the brand-new Redacted Man mystery series set in NYC introduces a Sherlock Holmes-worthy sleuth. Michael A-- lives a quiet, comfortable life since his retirement from the intelligence services. Practically a recluse, he spends his days imagining the lives of the anonymous people he watches in the park beneath the window of his elegant New York townhouse.
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Man One
by Loren D. Estleman
Hard-boiled Private Investigator Amos Walker races to save a beautiful widow in the latest mystery from Loren D. Estleman--master of the noir PI novel and recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Young widow Sage Holland doesn't look like a murderer--and that's because she isn't one. The beautiful dame has driven non-stop from her home in frozen Alaska to seek out the services of private investigator Amos Walker, bringing not just the ice and snow with her. Sage has a stalker:
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Impostor: An Alexander Gregory Thriller
by Lj Ross
There's a killer inside all of us...In the remote hills of western Ireland, fear spreads as the locals struggle to make sense of a killer who is seemingly one of their own...Dr. Alexander Gregory, a psychologist recovering from the collapse of a high-profile criminal profiling unit, wants nothing more than a quiet life to finally sit and think things through. but his rare ability to understand the minds of violent offenders makes him hard to ignore--especially when a small town is shaken by a brutal murder.
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Antihero: An Orphan X Novel
by Gregg Hurwitz
In the next book in this New York Times best-selling series, Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet one where he not only has to protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy. Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.
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Cold Zero: A Thriller
by Brad Thor
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor and USA TODAY bestselling author Ward Larsen, comes a heart-pounding thriller of survival, espionage, and global brinkmanship, where the frozen Arctic becomes the deadliest battlefield on Earth. A vanished plane. An earth-shattering secret. A countdown to World War III. Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777--the most advanced jetliner ever built--disappears without a trace over the North Pole.
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Ours Is a Tale of Murder
by Nora Murphy
A shocking collision made all the more satisfying by Murphy's brilliant twists...Clear your schedule-you won't be putting this down until that last, mesmerizing page. One quiet neighborhood Three different families Murder will soon thread its way through this world in ways no one will see coming-unless you've been plotting all along-
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The Better Mother: A Thriller
by Jennifer Van Der Kleut
A woman ends up pregnant after a casual fling, but the father's girlfriend has much more sinister intentions. Still recovering from a devastating breakup, 34-year-old Savannah Mitchell has finally managed to put her life back together when she gets the shock of her life--after a brief fling with a man named Max, she is pregnant. When she gets in touch to tell him, he reveals that he's just gotten back together with his ex, Madison, and he will need time to break it to her.
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Two Can Play
by Ali Hazelwood
Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her. When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can't think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.
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And the Crowd Went Wild
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Dancy Flynn is desperate to find sanctuary far from the crowd. But where can a washed-up sex symbol hide? How about making an unannounced appearance at the secluded lake house of the sweet, sensitive high school boyfriend she hasn't seen in almost twenty years? But Chicago Stars quarterback Clint Garrett is no longer the kid Dancy remembers. Now he's a gridiron superhero, still holding a massive grudge against her for breaking his teenage heart.
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Gemma Summers is broke, burnt out, and about three weeks from moving back in with her parents. Her career has imploded, her confidence is circling the drain, and the last thing she needs is a run in with Alder Hawke--the dangerously charming ex who still haunts her dreams and could buy her a new life with just his pocket change. When a magical tarot card sends them spiraling--literally--into another realm and they land in the steampunk inspired Kingdom of Cups. |
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You & Me and You & Me and You & Me
by Josie Lloyd
If you read just one book this year, read this one--a time-bending love story full of nostalgia and 'what-ifs. Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly 25 years and stuck in a rut. Then Adam stumbles across a box of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses Play ...With the power to travel back in time, Jules and Adam can recapture the headiness of falling in love.
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Racing Hearts
by Ann Adams
When a competitive rower's losing streak threatens her Olympic dreams, she must train for the summer with a hometown coach to win it all back in this irresistible opposites-attract romance. Katherine Parker doesn't just dream of rowing in the Olympics. She has a carefully crafted plan. With a strict training schedule, a meticulous diet, and no one else in her boat to slow her down, she's as good as gold. Then her boyfriend breaks up with her at the starting line of a big race and Kath comes in dead last.
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I'm Looking for a Man in Finance
by Sabrina Waldorf
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days meets Gossip Girl in this steamy, enemies-to-lovers rom-com. Sparks fly when a journalist seeking the most eligible man on Wall Street goes head-to-head with the finance bro determined to get in her way. Journalist Hallie Woods has a new assignment: date the hottest guy on Wall Street and document every moment for the magazine she works for. The only problem? Finance bros couldn't be further from Hallie's type.
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On the Brink of Bliss
by A. L. Jackson
The last thing I expected when I found a trespasser bathing in my river was for it to be her... Daisy Adair is forever my dream girl. From when we were best friends in high school to finding her now on my property, three kids in tow. She is gorgeous in every way possible. When she tells me she's on the run from her ex, I promise to do anything to keep them safe, even marry her to protect her kids. I became a recluse for a reason, though. The life I chose is full of wickedness and peril.
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Even After This
by Deborah Clack
When widow Meredith Harper meets Harlan Holcombe during her Colorado escape, their instant chemistry reawakens her spirit. Despite his viral heroism, Harlan carries the weight of past mistakes. As their unexpected romance deepens, both must decide whether to guard their wounded hearts or embrace the healing power of a second chance at love neither saw coming.
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Ambush of the Heart
by Mary Connealy
As Owen Riley and his fellow marshals escort Delaney Bridger to Fort Russell, a gang of outlaws ambushes them, bringing death and devastation to their party. Romance sparks between Owen and Delaney as they fight for survival on their perilous wilderness trek toward the fort. Can they overcome the obstacles and find a future together?
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Marrying the Matchmaker
by Jody Hedlund
Zaira Shanahan has ambitious pursuits that contradict her family's wishes and defy societal norms. Witty Bellamy McKenna has yet to find a wife and prove to St. Louis's Irish community that he's a capable matchmaker. As a scandal brews, can Bellamy and Zaira's pretend match break their unlucky streak of misfortune and blossom into true love?
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Mists Over the Channel Islands: A Novel of World War II
by Sarah Sundin
The German invasion of the British Channel Islands shatters Dr. Ivy Picot's peaceful world, and she risks her life treating escapees from labor camps. Dutch engineer Gerrit van der Zee crosses paths with Ivy while building enemy fortifications. As their missions grow increasingly dangerous, they must decide if love can survive the cost of defiance?
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An Unconventional Lady: A Low-Spice Regency Romance
by Sarah E. Ladd
One woman works to expose a scientific fraud while also finding love in the latest sweet Regency romance by Sarah Ladd. Perfect for fans of Julie Klassen, An Unconventional Lady delivers what Publishers Weekly calls Ladd's pitch-perfect blend of suspense and sweetness (The Cloverton Charade).
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Operation Bounce House
by Matt Dinniman
A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible.
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The Beauty Book One
by Jeremy Haun
Don't miss THE BEAUTY on FX, Ryan Murphy's new smash hit horror series starring Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, and Jeremy Pope How far would you go to become the idealized version of yourself? Find out in the first volume of the groundbreaking sci-fi horror graphic novel series In a culture increasingly obsessed with physical beauty, what if you could be guaranteed a shortcut to becoming beautiful?
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Throne of Nightmares
by Kerri Maniscalco
A prince who prefers games of the head to those of the heart. Prince Sloth hates leaving his enchanted library, but when a forgotten deity threatens the very fabric of the Underworld, he's thrust into a race against time. He must find the Book of Nightmares--an ancient artifact that has the power to break worlds--before it unleashes a deadly game to free its master, the Goddess of Night.
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Wicked Onyx : A Dark Academia Romantasy
by Debbie Cassidy
In a ruthless magical academy where she's cursed and powerless, the last Onyx must unravel dark family secrets and navigate dangerous alliances to reclaim her legacy and make those who betrayed her pay. You don't graduate Nightsbridge Academy--you survive it. Born into a sorcerer bloodline, cursed, and cut off from my power, I was accustomed to being an outcast. For generations, my bloodline carried the weight of a crime committed by our ancestor. But my mother's death changed everything.
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Heartsong
by S. E. Wendel
For fans of Ruby Dixon comes a steamy monster romance from S. E. Wendel, following a museum worker who gets the shock of a lifetime when one of the (very attractive) gargoyle statues in an exhibit comes to life and claims her as his mate...A gargoyle warrior unprepared for the modern world...Fifteen hundred years ago, Frey and all his kind were cursed by the vicious fae queen, their magic stolen and their bodies rendered stone.
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Trad Wife
by Saratoga Schaefer
A traditional wife influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in this unnerving horror novel, from the author of Serial Killer Support Group. Every #tradwife needs a baby. She'll get one at any cost. When Camille Deming isn't cooking, cleaning, or homesteading in her picture-perfect country farmhouse, she's posting about her tradwife lifestyle for her online followers. She takes inspiration from other tradwives on social media, aspiring to be like them, but Camille's missing a key component: a baby.
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A Slow and Secret Poison
by Carmella Lowkis
1922, Wiltshire: When Vee Morgan accepts the job of gardener at a crumbling stately home in southwest England, she's hoping it's a fresh start. But Harfold Manor is shadowed by its own grief and the memories of long-faded glory, its rooms haunted by the only surviving member of the family, Lady Arabella Lascy. Vee is fascinated by her enigmatic new employer, a woman obsessed with the curse she believes has killed her family one by one and is coming for her next.
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The Found Object Society
by Michelle Maryk
An atmospheric speculative suspense novel following a mysterious society offering its members the chance to relive the death of another person and the self-destructive woman determined to uncover its secrets. For 20 years, Greta Davenport has lived with the guilt of surviving the accident that killed her parents. She's tested the limits of her own mortality ever since, but little gives her the dopamine rush she craves. Not until the night she almost crashes her car into a tree, and a peculiar blank card slides out an invitation to the Found Object Society.
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Dead First
by Johnny Compton
From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious billionaire to discover why he can't die. When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of mysterious Texan tycoon Saxton Braith, she's more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith's assistant driving an iron rod straight through the back of his skull.
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