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33 Place Brugmann
by Alice Austen
On the eve of Nazi occupation, the residents of 33 Place Brugmann in Brussels are forced to choose between submission or risking everything to protect one another in the face of betrayal, love and courage.
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me
by Sarah Harman
Darkly comedic debut thriller about a pop star turned bad mom who will do anything to save her son after he becomes the prime suspect in his classmate's disappearance.
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The Antidote
by Karen Russell
A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraska town.
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Beach Vibes
by Susan Mallery
Beth's idyllic life running her Malibu beach shop unravels when she discovers her brother's infidelity and must make a moral decision threatening her newfound happiness and forcing her to choose between love and loyalty.
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Blood Beneath the Snow
by Alexandra Kennington
Revna, a magicless royal outcast, enters the deadly Bloodshed Trials to save her friends, only to be kidnapped by a powerful enemy general whose unexpected motives could change both her life and the fate of her kingdom.
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Blood Moon
by Sandra Brown
Haunted by an unsolved case, a detective teams up with a determined true crime producer to solve the mysterious disappearances of local teenage girls, all who went missing during the night of a blood moon.
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Broken Country
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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Count My Lies
by Sophie Stava
When Sloane lies about being a nurse to meet an attractive single father, she becomes his children's nanny, entering a seemingly perfect world that hides dangerous secrets and forces her to confront the consequences of her deceptions.
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Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Explores the lives of four Nigerian women, each grappling with love, loss and the complexities of modern life, as they face personal growth, societal expectations and the pursuit of happiness, in the new novel by the best-selling author of Americanah.
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The Dream Hotel
by Laila Lalami
After a dream-analysis algorithm predicts that she will harm her husband, Sara is detained in a facility with similarly accused women, where she navigates shifting rules until a new arrival leads her to confront the forces controlling her fate.
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Early Thirties
by Josh Duboff
As Victor and Zoey navigate career ambitions, relationships, and the challenges of growing older, their decade-long friendship is tested by shifting dynamics and unexpected tragedy, forcing them to confront what truly matters in their lives.
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Far From Home
by Danielle Steel
Fleeing Paris after her husband's execution for opposing Hitler, Arielle von Auspeck hides in Normandy, joins the Resistance and forges a bond with a grieving widower as they fight to reunite with their loved ones.
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Fight or Flight
by Fern Michaels
Haunted by a tragedy in her past, reclusive author Katherine Winston must leave her isolated mountain retreat to help a young fan whose life is threatened, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and courage.
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The Filling Station
by Vanessa Miller
Sisters Margaret and Evelyn Justice grew up in Tulsa's prosperous Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street. Evelyn dreams of studying fashion design on the East Coast, while Margaret plans to teach in Greenwood. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre shatters their lives, forcing them to flee along Route 66. They find refuge at the Threatt Filling Station, where they process their pain and regain strength. Realizing they must help rebuild Greenwood, they search for their father and a future that honors their lost community.
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Girl Anonymous
by Christina Dodd
Haunted by her mother's role in a deadly feud years ago, Maarja is drawn back into the dangerous world of the Bouchard crime family forcing her and Dante Bouchard to confront their pasts and a relentless shared enemy.
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The Girl from Greenwich Street
by Lauren Willig
Bitter rivals Hamilton and Burr unite to defend a carpenter accused of murdering Elma Sands, a mysterious young woman found in a well, intertwining a high-profile trial with their own political ambitions and personal enmity.
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Goddess Complex
by Sanjena Sathian
Grappling with the aftermath of a failed marriage and the pressure to conform to societal expectations, Sanjana Satyananda finds herself entangled in a bizarre quest to find her missing ex-husband and confront the choices she made about motherhood.
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Gothictown
by Emily Carpenter
Offered a spacious Victorian home and business grant in a small Georgia town for just $100, Billie Hope sees a chance for a fresh start after losing her New York restaurant, but the too-good-to-be-true deal may be a dangerous trap.
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The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth
Paranormal investigator Olivia Becente, struggling with her sister's death and her sudden gift to commune with spirits, investigates mysterious deaths at a Denver hotel, uncovering ties to a cult and dark secrets about her sister's hidden life.
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The Human Scale
by Lawrence Wright
FBI agent Tony Malik travels to Gaza for a family wedding but becomes entangled in a complex murder investigation with an Israeli officer, navigating deeply rooted tensions, personal discoveries, and a volatile political landscape as they work together to uncover the truth amidst corruption and violence.
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I Leave it Up to You
by Jinwoo Chong
"From the award-winning author of Flux comes a dazzling novel about love, family, and the art of sushi that asks: What if you could return to the point of a fateful choice, wiser than before, and find the courage to forge a new path?"
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I Would Die for You
by Sandie Jones
When Nicole Forbes opens her door to an interview in 2011 about British 80s band Secret Oktober on the same day her daughter goes missing, she suspects a connection and must revisit her past, which includes sister Cassie's teen obsession with Secret Oktober's frontman Ben Edwards and his eventual interest in Nicole.
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The Jackal's Mistress
by Chris Bohjalian
Managing her gristmill amid the turmoil of war in 1864 Virginia, Libby Steadman must choose whether to risk treason and aid a gravely injured Union officer left to die, while her desperate hope for news of her imprisoned husband collides with the harsh realities of war.
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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
by E. M. Anderson
Cursed to wander far from home, immortal ghost hunter Peter Shaughnessy must choose between protecting his new friends in Harrington, Ohio, and confronting the heartbreak of staying with the found family he never expected.
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Lucky Night
by Eliza Kennedy
Nick Holloway and Jenny Parrish have been meeting monthly for sex for six years despite being married to other people, but when a fire starts outside their hotel room, fear strips away their defenses, and they are forced to be honest with each other and themselves.
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Murder by Memory
by Olivia Waite
On the luxurious HMS Fairweather—where new bodies are provided upon request, and minds can be temporarily preserved in the Library—detective Dorothy Gentleman is in a body that isn't hers when someone is killed—and must discover the murderer who is purposefully deleting minds.
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My Big Fat Fake Marriage
by Charlotte Stein
Nice guy Beck admits to Connie that he's told his publishing house coworkers that he's married, and she agrees to be the fake wife he doesn't have—but the tension builds between them, and Connie wonders if this might be real after all.
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The Paris Express
by Emma Donoghue
Set on a fateful 1895 train journey to Paris, a diverse group of passengers—including politicians, a medical student, an inventor, and an anarchist—navigate personal ambitions and hidden motives, culminating in a disaster that forever changes their lives.
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Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder
by Bellamy Rose
Upper East Side heiress Pomona Afton's paranoid grandmother is murdered and her will mandates freezing her assets, so Pomona and Gabe, son of Pomona's former nanny, must solve the murder so his mom gets her retirement money and Pomona can return to luxury.
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The Second Sun
by P. T. Deutermann
In March 1945, Captain Wolfe Bowen investigates a captured German U-boat carrying Japanese civilians and mysterious cargo, triggering a race against time to determine Japan's potential atomic weaponry and report the findings to newly inaugurated President Truman.
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Stag Dance
by Torrey Peters
This collection of one novel and three novellas explores community, desire and the complexities of gender through stories of lumberjacks navigating identity in Stag Dance, a gender apocalypse in Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, boarding school intrigue in The Chaser and dark choices on the Vegas strip in The Masker.
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Story of My Life
by Lucy Score
A disillusioned romcom author moves to a quirky small lake town, hoping to reignite her belief in love by renovating a house and joining the town council, only to find unexpected inspiration and connection in the community's own quest for a fresh start.
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Theft
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. As rapidly accelerating global change reaches even their quiet corner of the world, bringing tourists, technology, and unexpected opportunities and perils, each arrives at a different understanding of what it means to take your fate into your own hands.
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Ward D
by Freida McFadden
Medical student Amy Brenner's dreaded overnight shift on Ward D spirals into a nightmare as patients and staff mysteriously vanish, forcing her to confront buried secrets and the escalating danger within the locked psychiatric ward.
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Welcome to the Honey B&B
by Melody Carlson
With a moody teenager in tow, Jewel McKerry returns to the family farm to help her aging parents. Turning the old farmhouse into a charming B&B seems like a fun solution to looming money problems, but juggling her dad's dementia, an old flame, and the oh-so-helpful neighbors is not exactly what she had in mind when she uprooted her life.
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
When the Moon inexplicably turns to cheese, humanity grapples with the absurd transformation through the perspectives of astronauts, billionaires, professors, and everyday people, confronting faith, science and survival over a single surreal lunar cycle.
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The Writer
by James Patterson
When the husband of bestselling true-crime author Denise Morrow is found dead in their luxury apartment, NYPD Detective Declan Shaw must unravel whether she is a target, a victim, or the mastermind behind a chilling plot.
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Continuing Series - New Releases
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Lethal Prey
by John Sandford
Twenty years after her sister Doris's murder, when Lara Grandfelt offers $5 million for information leading to an arrest and a true-crime blogger finds the murder weapon, detectives Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers must discover the killer who's lurking in plain sight.
Book 35 in the Lucas Davenport Series
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Nobody's Fool
by Harlan Coben
Backpacking in Spain, Sami Kierce wakes up covered in blood, his girlfriend Anna dead, and he runs—then years later he sees Anna in his night school classroom, she bolts, and he must find her to solve the mystery that has haunted him.
Book 2 in the Kierce Series
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Silent As the Grave
by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy Sullivan, juggling motherhood in 1900s New York, investigates deadly sabotage on a film set after her adopted daughter, Bridie, lands a starring role, uncovering tensions between rival studios amidst the fledgling movie industry's dangerous experiments.
Book 21 in the Molly Murphy Series
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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.
Book 2 in the Martini Club Series
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