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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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The Knave and the Moon
by Rachel Gillig
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES Rachel Gillig, the queen of gothic romantasy, returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries, and deeper longings in this gorgeous sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling sensation The Knight and the Moth. Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead--and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquish him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom's faith--and herself--in the process. But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the tournament lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil's ticket to undoing Benji's power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves, where a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom's faith is to save it. The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy. Simply stunning.Alix E. Harrow, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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The Thrice-Bound Fool
by Christopher Buehlman
The Thrice-Bound Fool is the epic, rollicking next chapter in the bestselling and awesome as hell (Nicholas Eames) fantasy adventure series that began with The Blacktongue Thief. Professional thief and inveterate trickster Kinch Na Shannack has always enjoyed a good book. But now his life, and the future of all of Manreach, depends on deciphering a very bad book indeed; a stolen, sentient tome that tries to kill him every time he opens it--and often when it's closed. Galva, veteran of the goblin wars and death's sworn handmaiden, has vowed to protect Kinch while he mines the book for its dark magic and even darker secrets. She does so not for Kinch's sake--though the cheeky bastard is growing on her--but because the book is the key to stopping the shadowy tyrants out to kill the queen she serves--and loves. The ruthless, all-seeing Taker's Guild dogs their every step, and thief and knight must flee the known world entirely if they hope to succeed. But trouble finds Kinch wherever he goes, and the pair may have traded the devil they know for horrors far darker and hungrier as they enter lands unknown. Also by Christopher Buehlman: The Blacktongue ThiefThe Daughters' WarBetween Two FiresThe Suicide Motor ClubThe Necromancer's HouseThose Across the RiverThe Lesser Dead
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The Blacktongue Thief
by Christopher Buehlman
Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path. But today, Kinch Na Shannack has picked the wrong mark. Galva is a knight, a survivor of the brutal goblin wars, and handmaiden of the goddess of death. She is searching for her queen, missing since a distant northern city fell to giants. Unsuccessful in his robbery and lucky to escape with his life, Kinch now finds his fate entangled with Galva's. Common enemies and uncommon dangers force thief and knight on an epic journey where goblins hunger for human flesh, krakens hunt in dark waters, and honor is a luxury few can afford. --Provided by publisher.
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Dark Reading Matter: The Last Thursday Next Novel
by Jasper Fforde
Will literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next find her happy ending? The outrageous, heartfelt conclusion to the New York Times bestselling series, which began with The Eyre Affair, will have you, Dear Reader, laughing out loud. Ex-Literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final fictional adventure, and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are aware of it, too. Old foes and new are plotting a terrible revenge: to disrupt the narrative and make the last Thursday Next novel, Dark Reading Matter, not just unreadable but unpublishable. Thursday can't let that happen, and needs to use all her guile and narrative trickery to unmask the antagonists. It won't be easy. The Martians have broken out of their H. G. Wells novel and threaten both the real world and the BookWorld. Agents from a higher reality want unfettered access to the Dark Reading Matter, the realm where deleted books and unrealized literary ideas end up. A Gateway to Hell has opened up at Wantage's Shakesmania, the nation's second-worst Shakespeare theme park, and the cozy world of Enid Blyton has been hijacked by ultra-right-wing nationalists. With Reality Field Distortion experiments going haywire, a partially redacted donkey, a BookWorld on the brink of losing its imaginative energy to Big Tech and a murderous stamp collector with philaticide on their mind, Thursday has to navigate a tightrope of borderline unusable narrative devices to bring the series to a satisfying conclusion. It's a tall order, but Thursday has several secret weapons: her own adaptability; her husband, Landen; a host of stalwart friends and ultimately the most loyal compatriots she can call upon--her readers.
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Switzy
by Emma Cline
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL BY: The New York Times, Associated Press, Goodreads, NPR, Harper's Bazaar, Los Angeles Times, and more A mesmerizing portrait of an aging man's last pilgrimage, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest. Piercing and suspenseful.--The Wall Street JournalBold . . . arresting . . . stylistically adventurous.--The Boston GlobeProfoundly moving.--The Guardian A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting. A mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable. This is what David knows: Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades. His final destination is Zurich. David glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life. His grasp on the present slips away, and the past rushes in: the Sunday roasts of childhood. The stiff clothes meant only for church. A summer at a school friend's house. The losses and missteps that punctuate a life. As David's arrival in Zurich looms, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unraveling mind emerges, both darkly humorous and profoundly moving. Hypnotic and startlingly original, Switzy probes the depths of human consciousness, revealing what a man is left with when the accomplishments and compromises that have defined him, and the illusions he's relied on, vanish.
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Wolves of Summer
by Donna Freitas
A girl goes missing in a Rhode Island beach community, leaving everyone to wonder: Is there a monster among us? From the bestselling author of Her One Regret. July 1979: The people of Bonnet Shores are shaken to their core when local twelve-year-old Christina Grove doesn't come home one night. Christina's older sister, Maddie, takes the disappearance especially hard and blames herself for sending her little sister alone through the woods on her bike. Everyone shows up to help find the missing girl: from Bonnet Beach Club royalty to working-class neighbors who pick up donuts and coffee for the search parties. Maddie has suspicions of her own that lead her to take ever more dangerous risks despite her mother's fears of losing a second daughter. Meanwhile, another local, Cricket Kelly, decides to investigate the unsavory characters of Bonnet in an attempt to both find Christina and come to terms with her own teenage trauma. The Groves' neighbor, twenty-one-year-old criminal justice student Diana Gonz lez, is just getting her start working part-time at the Narragansett Police Department and jumps in to help with Christina's case. Diana knows there's more to Bonnet than carefree nights of flashlight tag and bonfires up in the dunes, and she suspects an ugly reality: Someone who pitched in to help with the search for Christina is likely responsible for her disappearance. A riveting story about lost childhood, female friendship, trauma, and redemption, the second Ocean State Novel takes a hard look at violence against women and girls in a beach town where the wolves are always circling.
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Midnight Curfew
by Penelope Douglas
Two rivals from opposing families fight their forbidden attraction to each other in the brand new romance from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas. Summertime is off-season in southern Florida. Families leave their homes to escape the heat, the streets are empty, and the nights are quiet. Perfect time for a little mischief while the police aren't looking. As the middle Jaeger brother, Dallas was often lost in the shuffle growing up. Now a man, he's prideful of his community on the wrong side of the tracks--Sanoa Bay--and aggressively protective of his land and his inner circle. He's hungry and ready for a fight. Callum Ames has a reputation in St. Carmen, the affluent neighborhood abutting Sanoa Bay. The hottest. The most popular. Rich. Powerful. Strong. The one all the women want. After four years away, he's back, but for all his bravado, he's got one major secret: he doesn't want a woman. Summer is also storm season. Heat, wind, rain... And a lockdown. In a desperate bid to impress his influential father, Callum suggests a curfew to hinder their rivals in the Bay. Unfortunately, the Jaegers don't like rules. As Dallas and Callum face off and engage, out for each other's blood, they can't stop the consuming fire between them and the outcome they already see coming... The storm of the century.
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The Striker (Deluxe Edition)
by Ana Huang
**This stunning DELUXE EDITION is only available while supplies last and features lithofoil and spot gloss on the cover and a full color exclusive tip-in art piece.**The first in a brand new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ana Huang.She's the only woman he wants...and the only one he can't have.Asher Donovan is a living legend--the darling of the Premier League, the (arguably) greatest footballer in the world.But his reckless antics and recent team transfer have caused much controversy, and when his feud with his rival-turned-teammate costs them a championship, they're forced to bond during off-season cross-training.Surviving the summer shouldn't be hard...until Asher meets their new trainer. She's beautiful, talented, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't take his mind off her.The only problem? She's his rival's sister--and completely off limits.***Scarlett DuBois is a former prima ballerina whose career was cut short by a tragic accident.Now a teacher at a prestigious dance academy but still haunted by the ghosts of her past, the last thing she wants is to spend the summer cross-training Asher Donovan, of all people.She swore she would never date a footballer, but when her brother leaves town for an emergency, she finds herself thrown into dangerously close proximity with the gorgeous, charming striker.Training, she can deal with. But falling in love? That's out of the question--especially when he's the only person with the power to break her heart.
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The Keeper (Deluxe Edition)
by Ana Huang
The final installment in the Gods of the Game series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ana Huang.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.Carina is too stubborn and far too appealing for her own good, but she's also a natural with his daughter.And the way his heart skips a beat whenever she's around? That's nothing more than a coincidence. He's sure of it.***Carina Vu has a problem. She's worked multiple jobs and saved up for years to fulfill her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica, but just when she's close, an unexpected emergency wipes her account clean.Now, she's back to square one. The clock is ticking, and she needs another job ASAP. Her best (and only) option is to nanny for Noah, the brooding athlete whom she's convinced hates her.But the more time she spends with him and his adorable daughter, the more cracks she sees in his gruff exterior. And the man underneath all that grumpiness? He's enough to make her rethink everything--including what (and who) it is that she actually wants.
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The Defender (Deluxe Edition)
by Ana Huang
As the captain of Blackcastle Football Club and one of the highest-paid athletes in the game, Vincent DuBois should be on top of the world. But when his fame brings danger to his doorstep, he finds himself in a nightmare scenario; sharing a flat with his coach's daughter, knowing full well she's far too big a temptation for him to resist. ... As a sports nutritionist and the daughter of a legendary coach, Brooklyn Armstrong is used to dealing with hotshot athletes. However, no player gets under her skin like Vincent, her best friend's infuriatingly cocky (and gorgeous) brother. She left California hoping for a fresh start, and he's the kind of distraction she doesn't need--
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The Poison Daughter
by Sheila Masterson
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The must-have, true enemies-to-lovers standalone romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison . . . until she meets the one man who can survive her kiss. This edition features a full-color illustrated case, designed endpapers, and an exclusive bonus chapter from Henry's POV. In the absence of a conscience, men need something to fear. I've made myself their monster. Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that's the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade's magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition. Her first husband is in the ground. Her mysterious new betrothed is next. But Harlow has a secret. When she's not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante hunting abusive men in their walled-off city. Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn't die. Worse, the man immune to her kiss is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. The only way to protect her secret and her city is get close enough to Henry to figure out why the Havenwoods have reappeared after years of silence and what they have planned. Cursed with a husband she can't kill and trapped in a fortress surrounded by vampire-infested woods, Harlow's survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she's a killer fall in love with her anyway. Tropes: Marriage of inconvenience / Feminine rage / Forced proximity / Touch her and die / Enemies to lovers / Vigilante FMC / Dash of vampires / Primal/fear play / Who did this to you / Dual POV
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Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore (a Hope Harbor Novel): A Cozy Fall Romance
by Brittanée Nicole
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Sparks fly as the leaves fall this autumn...From the New York Times bestselling superstar romance author of the Boston Bolts hockey series comes a spicy and swoony friends-to-lovers fake-dating delight. These old flames are ready to catch fire. For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed between the pages of a book. After a very public failed engagement, she'd rather cozy up by the fire with a book boyfriend than a real one any day. And as the owner of Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore, she has her pick. Then Jake Monty Montgomery returns home. Her high school best friend, now a struggling author with inked forearms and wicked green eyes. And he needs her help. His proposal is simple: She'll teach him to write the perfect book boyfriend and he'll pose as her real boyfriend, keeping Hope Harbor's busybodies--and their obsession with Penny's love life--at bay. But when their lessons begin, the line between fiction and reality grows dangerously thin. As pretend kisses in the apple orchard turn into searing ones beneath the autumn moon, Penny begins to wonder if Monty could really love her, or if she's destined for another broken heart.
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Heart of Glass
by Jennifer Hillier
Instant New York Times bestsellerJennifer Hillier is the master of suspense. --Freida McFaddenAmazing dialogue, complex characters and a dazzling plot. Never has betrayal seemed so fascinating. S.A CosbyTwenty-five years ago in Seaside, Washington, a charming drifter named Sam met three inseparable teenage girls at the local amusement park. Days later, one of them was found dead, her body surfacing in a flooded cranberry bog not far from where she was murdered. Barb and Nicolette were shocked to learn that the man they all met at Wonderland was the Carnival Killer. After he's arrested for the murders of five young women - one of whom was their best friend, Lorelei - Nicolette moved to the city to pursue her dreams of being famous. Barb stayed behind in Seaside, eventually becoming a reporter for the local paper. Their past safely behind them, they've both moved on with their lives. But when the Carnival Killer recants his confession and a new body washes ashore on the eve of Wonderland's grand reopening, the secrets that Barb and Nicolette have worked so hard to bury begin to resurface, threatening to destroy everything in their carefully constructed lives.
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Paper Ghosts
by Sarah Addison Allen
Part ghost story, part love story and steeped in magical realism, Paper Ghosts will transport you to a place where old secrets echo through the years and love finds a way of bringing us home. Every family has its secrets . . .The Wester women live inside theirs. For decades, the women of Wester House have unsettled and fascinated their small, timeless North Carolina town. Their home is full of whispers, old griefs, and uncanny knowing. But when Willamena Wester reaches out to the granddaughter she once pushed away, long-buried truths begin to stir. 1976: Restless young Willamena falls for a stranded musician who brings freedom and the promise of another life to her carefully controlled world. Their brief, incandescent love story promises to escape the pull of the Wester legacy until Willamena makes a fateful choice that changes her life forever. Present day: Returning home is the last thing Bailey Wester wants. Yet as she reconnects with Willamena, the grandmother she feared, Bailey begins to understand the love, heartbreak, and impossible choices that shaped the women in her family and realizes the past may not have been trying to haunt them after all. A luminous novel filled with Sarah Addison Allen's stunning prose and signature blend of romance, Southern charm, and wonder, Paper Ghosts reminds us that in order to have the future we really want, sometimes we need to live with the past, and not let go of it.
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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. A two-thousand-year-old silver scroll contains a message in a language more ancient than Phoenician and offering clues to a priceless treasure from antiquity. While they work to decipher the message, another mystery arises. A freighter has disappeared without a trace in the Mediterranean. When Pitt and his partner Al Giordino find the wreck, they discover that the cargo--a large scale particle accelerator capable of creating plutonium and radioisotopes--is missing. In the wrong hands, its use could spell disaster for Western civilization. It's only the first step in a perilous journey to uncover a trail of drugs, deceit, secret technology, and a conspiracy that threatens the planet. From a desperate car chase in the hills of Sicily, to a wild escape on a Spanish river, to a harrowing ride on an underground boring machine, the race begins to connect the pieces in a puzzle with very ancient roots but deadly modern consequences. Only Pitt can discover the truth and halt the plans to extinguish humanity and turn the skies to obsidian.
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Bad Company: A Thriller
by Sara Paretsky
International bestseller and groundbreaking icon Sara Paretsky returns with a brand new novel and character - proving once again that she's one of the pre-eminent authors in crime fiction and beyond. 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, in a coup. All of this is long behind her when she receives an anonymous package containing a magazine with an article about Hayalistan--an article with a previously unknown photo showing Lily in the background. This was no mistake--someone out there is trying to expose Lily, after more than two decades, for reasons unknown. Even worse, the magazine story casts doubt on everything she believed to be true about her time in Hayalistan.Lily is determined to find out who is behind this and, even more important, the truth of what really happened so long ago. As word of her investigation reaches the CIA, the company knows that they must silence her but Lily is no one's pawn, even now. Using hard won skills and personal connections from her former life, Lily takes on the unwise, and perhaps impossible task of fighting back against the powerful forces aligning against her. In a powerful novel about love, power, corruption, aging, trust...and revenge, Bad Company reaffirms Sara Paretsky place as one of the pre-eminent crime writers of our time.
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The Tarot Trials
by Katee Robert
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series, this high-octane, fast-paced epic fantasy of tarot magic and deadly competition launches an explosive new series perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Carissa Broadbent. DELUXE EDITION--featuring gorgeous stenciled edges, designed endpapers, a foil case stamp, and a detailed map The deck has always been stacked against her. Kestrel has trained her whole life to compete in the Tarot Trials. Her mother won once, earning a place among the five ruling Cinque--then paid for it with her life, executed for alleged treason against the Minor Court. But fortune favors the bold. Now it falls to Kestrel to take up her mother's mantle as Champion of the Moon, enter the Trials, and face her fate. If she can master her new powers of shadow and illusion, navigate the poisonous game of alliances and lies, and corner the fellow Champion who dealt the killing blow to her mother years ago, she may uncover the truth she's seeking without losing her head... or her heart. But in the Trials, betrayal is a question of when, not if. And winning the game isn't about what she must do to win, but who she needs to survive.
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Vengeful
by V. E. Schwab
Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luther. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Great partnerships--now soured on the vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she's gained the control she always sought--and will use her newfound power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes, from taking over the mob to collecting her own sidekicks, and even leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. But with Marecella's rise, new enmities create surprising opportunity--and the stage of Merit will once again be set for a final, terrbile reckoning.--Publisher.
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Vicious
by V. E. Schwab
Includes the Tor.com short story, Warm up; an excerpt from the novels sequel, Vengeful; and, an excerpt from the first book in the Shades of Magic trilogy, A darker shade of magic.
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The Birthing Tree
by Amanda Peters
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORCarnegie-Winning Author - Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize - A New Yorker Best Book of the Year From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel about a woman who must confront her family's buried truths and memories of passionate young love when her grandmother's death leaves her as the only guide to her community's future Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mi'kmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother died bringing Aliet into the world under that very tree; her father remains a mystery no one will name. Aliet's childhood is shaped by seasonal apple pickers, the medicinal wisdom of the old ways, and the quiet, steadfast presence of John, a boy who becomes her anchor. But the world beyond their community is changing. Traditional midwifery is condemned, prejudice deepens, and when the wrong person witnesses a birth, the consequences are disastrous. As Aliet comes of age, she navigates love, loss, and a personal tragedy that veers her from the path her grandmother wanted for her. She becomes a nurse trained in modern medicine, yet she carries Kiju's teachings close, tucked beside memories of the tree that once welcomed new life. Years later, when the call comes that Kiju has died, Aliet returns home to a crumbling house, a community scattered, and a past she thought she'd outrun. As Aliet restores the house room by room, something inside her stirs awake: the threads of her lineage, the old ways of her grandmother, and the mystery of her own bloodline. As Aliet digs to uncover who her family really is, each revelation pulls her deeper into a web of long-guarded silences, dangerous loyalties, and generational wounds that refuse to stay buried: Someone knew the truth about her mother's final moments. Someone knew what happened in the orchard all those years ago. And someone wants the past to remain undisturbed. Spanning decades of loss and reclamation, this sweeping yet intimate novel follows one woman's journey to protect the land, the traditions, and the memory of the women who came before her--and to decide which parts of her inheritance she will carry into the future.
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Bad Words
by Rioghnach Robinson
A book that could only ever have been written by R oghnach Robinson, whose clear, clever voice and incisive social commentary elevate the book's irresistible will-they-won't-they romance to a once-in-a-lifetime read about truth, art, vulnerability, and all the sticky places they intersect. BAD WORDS LEFT ME BUZZING. - EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA sharp and deeply felt debut about the connections that both inspire and undo us.Parker Navarro's debut novel was meant to define his career - until critic Selina Chan's blistering review made it the flop of the decade. Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can't refuse. When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight. But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins - one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity, and each other. Both incisive and tender, Bad Words lays bare the costs of creation - the pull between ambition and integrity, the vulnerability of being seen, and the unexpected closeness that can grow in the space between critique and care. A genre-redefining romance that sets a thrilling new standard... Easily one of my favourites of the year, if not the decade. - Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFull of blistering barbs, incisive takedowns and searing gazes, Bad Words is smart and propulsive. - Mary H.K. Choi, New York Times bestselling author
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A Serving of Hope
by Hisashi Kashiwai
Discover new delicious mysteries in this fourth installment in The Kamogawa Food Detectives series, the beloved Japanese bestseller and celebration of the healing power of food. Off-beat and charming, with] more complexity of flavor than you might expect. - NPR - Fresh Air with Terry Gross Miso soup for the soul. --Kirkus Reviews If I hadn't searched for the 'flavors' of my memories, I think I would have spent my life endlessly chasing the past . . . Down a Kyoto alleyway, near Higashi Honganji Temple, the Kamogawa Diner attracts lost souls. The father-daughter food detective duo of Chef Nagare and Detective Koishi help their clientele who seek meaning in their lives by helping them access lost memories through the food of their past. From the onigiri gifted alongside cherished promises to the ginger pork that became a memory of unrequited love, the not-too-sour chilled noodles from grandma's house, and the macaroni gratin shared by a father and young son for the last time, there is no dish or memory too complex for father and daughter. Welcome to another delicious mystery. The Kamogawa Diner is a tonic for the soul, and its customers will leave with a warm belly and a full heart.
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Exit Party
by Emily St John Mandel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman--a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State--searches for answers. Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party's host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change.
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Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Demon Copperhead, a story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she's kept at bay for a lifetime.Shifting between past and present, Livia's decision to meet or reject the reunion means confronting step by step, in memories framed as musical dances, the experiences of childhood loss, abandonment, self-immolating passion, and perilous attachment to a man who broke her belief in love and ruptured the course of her life.With razor-sharp acuity and deep affection, Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver's unforgettable new novel reflects on class barriers, the risks of ambition, and the timeless, life-changing power of art.
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We Chase Shadows: A We Solve Murders Mystery
by Richard Osman
#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman's globe-trotting series We Solve Murders returns with the thrilling new mystery, We Chase Shadows. Back together. Back on the case. And back to solving murders . . . At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man. Back at We Solve Murders HQ, Amy, Rosie, and Steve leap at the chance to take on their first proper case. So what if their new client seems to have his own reasons for avoiding the police? All they need to do is uncover who left the note, and then find them. Simple. But once they start digging, the suspects keep piling up: there's Sweden's most-wanted criminal, a canny ex-wife and a fierce business rival - yet the murderer keeps evading them. And as the trio chase a villain through the shadows, danger travels closer to home . . . Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve's village pub, can the team catch an elusive killer who knows EXACTLY where to hide?
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Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers: A Flavia de Luce Novel
by Alan Bradley
A nun's corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming final novel in the New York Times bestselling series. I love the Flavia de Luce novels Flavia is the best female detective I've ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion (in roughly equal parts), and her tales are hilarious, engaging, and occasionally heartbreaking.--Diana Gabaldon In the cloisters of Golgotha House, a mere binocular's-squint away from Buckshaw, a nun lies dead. When her fellow sisters prepare her corpse for burial, they discover that their companion has been living a shocking lie for years. The truth about her past, and the dark reasons she harbored for escaping it, are impossible to fathom. Charged with cracking this mystery is the firm of Arthur W. Dogger & Associates (Discreet investigations)--consisting, of course, of the inimitable young Flavia de Luce and her faithful partner-in-detection Dogger. Working under the eye of a glowering Mother Superior, Flavia and Dogger must uncover a decades-old crime and a secret that lies an ocean away--along with a trail of deception that lies closer to home.
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The Pumpkin Vice Cafe: A Bakeshop Mystery
by Ellie Alexander
Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland, OR As autumn settles over the charming hamlet of Ashland, Oregon, ushering in cool, crisp breezes and a stunning show of color, everyone at Torte is keeping warm by whipping up a bevy of fall treats and spicy lattes. Jules is nearing her due date, and the whole town is abuzz--placing bets on when the twins will make their grand debut. Helen and the team are working on a secret surprise baby shower, complete with cupcakes, cookies, and a feast fit for royalty, or maybe just a mother-to-be. Meanwhile, Lance and Arlo are busy planning their nuptials in what is sure to be as close to a royal wedding as Ashland has ever seen. But when the high-end wedding planner they hired is found dead in the frigid waters of Ashland Creek, what looks like a tragic accident, a slip on an icy bridge, quickly reveals itself as something much more sinister. Jules knows at once--this was no mishap. A killer is loose in Ashland, and they may be ready to strike again.
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Death on the Royal Yacht
by S. J. Bennett
Amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II investigates on the high seas in the sixth installment of this historical mystery series the New York Times Book Review calls sheer entertainment, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Richard Osman. 1966, Caribbean Sea. The Queen is touring the islands of the West Indies aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Her schedule is packed with official visits, but when her new diary secretary, young Pamela Sinclair, is found dead in her cabin, the whole trip threatens to be thrown off course. Pamela's death from an overdose of prescription pills is surrounded by details that don't add up. It looks as though she was afraid of someone on board, and Joan McGraw--the Queen's loyal sidekick and assistant private secretary--is the leading suspect. With the whole world watching, the real circumstances surrounding her death must be uncovered, and quickly. Luckily for the Queen, she and Joan are experts at floating from one engagement to the next as the tour continues and the killer roams free--for now.
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To Crown It All
by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch never expected to be more than a guest at the coronation of King George VI but murder and some international intrigue make for a change of plans... One of the most daunting things about being related to the royal family but not being royalty myself is finding just the right ensemble for incredibly important events like the coronation. The process has become especially difficult as my maid has fallen ill and I am now relying on Queenie for everything--well almost everything. We do have a lovely new nanny with whom my son James is quite smitten. My concerns about gowns and Queenie-related disasters are put aside when I receive a worrisome letter from my mother. She seems anxious to see me and is missing her grandson-not at all like her Darcy and I read between the lines only to discover a coded plea for help. We decide the best way to get Mummy away from Hitler and his cronies is to secure her an invitation to the coronation and have her stay at Eynsleigh along with our other guests for the big event. Two complications quickly arise. A stern member of the German government has arrived with Mummy who seems to be watching her-and our-every move. And then I unexpectedly find myself involved in the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Well, that solves my worry about what I should wear as I will be outfitted by Buckingham Palace for the festivities. But with a house full of visitors for the big event, Darcy receives word that the ceremony itself, and all of the royal attendees are under threat. And to make matters immeasurably worse, one of my esteemed house guests is found quite dead in their bed. Darcy and I must find a killer and prevent a terrible tragedy all while I do my best to avoid any embarrassing mishaps at the coronation, as quite literally, the world will be watching
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The Killing Time: A Mystery
by Elly Griffiths
The second mystery following Ali Dawson, the brilliant time-traveling detective, on her newest foray into Victorian London Detective Ali Dawson leads a unit that investigates cases so cold her team must travel back in time to solve them. But ever since their technical expert, Jones, got stuck in Victorian London, Ali and her team have been forbidden from time travel. At a loss, Ali dives into a present-day case - an apparent suicide of a young man who fell to his death from a high building. Ali believes the death is linked to a bad-news psychic medium, Barry Power, who convinced the boy he could fly. Suspicious, Ali attends one of Power's shows, where he claims to be in contact with none other than Jones. Minor trouble closer to home inspires Ali to sneak back in time just long enough to prevent misfortune. Her plan backfires, and she finds herself once again in Victorian London, where she reencounters Jones, as well as the darkly mysterious Cain Templeton, with whom Ali has unfinished business from her previous visit to the nineteenth century . . . When she spies Barry Power lurking in the past, Ali knows she's onto something. But with a potential murderer operating in multiple centuries, how on earth is she supposed to protect everyone at risk? It's a different time. It's a dangerous time. It's the killing time.
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Dead Before Tea Time: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
by M. C. Beaton
Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin's Cotswolds village is in an uproar when word spreads that their beloved Red Lion pub is set to close. The brewery that owns the building has raised the rent, ousting the pub's owner so they can redevelop the space into apartments. As the villagers scramble to change the brewery's mind, Agatha and her team at Raisin Investigations begin looking into more direct ways to save the pub. Meanwhile, Sir Charles Fraith attempts to wheedle his way back into Agatha's affection, crossing swords with James--Agatha's other paramour--who is determined to thwart his efforts. As the two attempt to woo Agatha at a local reenactment of a 17th-century battle, Agatha has her sights set on something else. Amidst the chaos of the battle, a body is discovered in a copse of trees just off the battleground. While many brush off the death as an accident, Agatha digs deeper after discovering the dead man had connections to the same brewery putting the Red Lion out of business. After an attempt is made on Agatha's life during a visit to the brewery, her investigation becomes all the more urgent. Can she find the murderer before becoming their next victim? And perhaps even more importantly for the village, can she find a way to save the Red Lion at the same time?
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Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo
by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum's life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author 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. Disturbing packages, threatening notes, and near misses are keeping Stephanie in the dark and her anonymous tormentor, who wants her dead, in the shadows. Bond jumper Greb Tusi also wouldn't mind getting rid of Stephanie. He's wanted for going on a three-hour rampage--one that he swears wasn't his fault--that included mugging an old lady and stealing a hearse. And if adjusting to being newly married isn't enough to take a few years off Stephanie's life, working for her ex-fianc and mentor, Ranger, might do the trick. Ranger has taken a security job for a powerful political figure, and Stephanie is in charge of babysitting one of the figure's family members. The clock is ticking for Stephanie to find bail-jumper Greb Tusi and the invisible stalker who is sending her increasingly menacing messages. If she lets her guard down for even a split second, her time will be up.
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The Heist Before Christmas
by Lucy Score
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score brings a psychic twist to Christmas in this hilarious all-new Riley Thorn adventure, the fifth in the romantic mystery series.'Tis the season for mayhem, mistletoe, and one very unfortunate mall uniform.Engaged. Overwhelmed. Running a small business with a purple-haired octogenarian who thinks Rhonda El Bano is a convincing alias. For reluctant psychic Riley Thorn, the holidays are less magic in the air and more fire in the living room. Between the backlog of invoices, a PI license teetering on revocation, a disapproving grandmother lobbing ominous predictions about the upcoming wedding, and the fact that Riley cannot see a single thing about her own future with Nick Santiago, she just wants to survive until December 26th.Nick Santiago doesn't do mellow. He does Christmas. Hard. He's the man who owns a twelve-foot inflatable Santa and feels no shame about it. So if closing out the year means going undercover at the East Shore Mall to catch a slippery theft ring--even if it costs him one truly terrible security uniform and several shifts with the world's most punchable assistant manager--fine. The sooner he catches the bad guy, the sooner he can haul his fianc e under the mistletoe and convince her everything is going to be fine.Between mall chaos, psychic guild parties, warring families descending for Christmas Eve dinner, and one stray kitten who has personally destroyed two rooms and a dog's dignity, they have five days to catch a thief, save a license--And figure out why the future looks so suspiciously blank.
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Peculiar Stars
by Rebecca Yarros
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a slow-burn romance about love, family, and what it means to become the truest version of yourself.Callista Moran has spent a lifetime putting her own plans aside to care for other people. Once she and Darren Knight announce their engagement, she thinks her future is finally set. But when a routine sailing trip goes tragically wrong, a cyclone blows those carefully made plans away.Stranded on an island for the next eighteen months alongside the crew and her fianc 's cousin, Callista discovers a strength she never knew she had. And begins to question the life she always thought she wanted. With Dominic, an ex-army medic, she finds true peace--and a version of herself that she doesn't need to explain. They resist their connection at first, but as months wear on, and the hope of rescue fades, something real starts taking shape, built on who they are when everything else is stripped away.When they're finally found, the world hasn't changed. But they have. In the height of a modern media frenzy, learning to live as the people they've become will challenge not only their definition of survival, but love.
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Dina Gets Lucky
by Uzma Jalaluddin
At a sumptuous family wedding, two former friends rediscover their own love story and the lies that tore them apart in a chaotic and swoony second-chance romance by the author of Yours for the Season.Toronto attorney Dina Haq is looking forward to her influencer sister's lavish South Asian wedding. She wouldn't dream of overshadowing the event of the season by revealing her carefully guarded secret: Her own marriage has gone bust. She just needs to make sure her odious ex keeps his mouth shut, too. Complications arise once she discovers that the groom's best man is none other than Luqman Lucky Latif, a law school crush who ghosted her six years ago.Forced to abandon his lawyerly ambitions to help his struggling family in Chicago, Lucky rebuilt his life, and a successful contracting business, and has moved on from past hurts...or so he thinks. Then he sees Dina again, the woman who not only rejected him but also had the nerve to marry his best friend instead. He's not sure his heart can survive another encounter.As the wedding festivities unfold, Dina and Lucky rediscover their connection and begin to unravel the part her manipulative ex-husband played in their almost-love story. The past isn't quite what they thought, but is it too late to imagine a new future together?(c) 2026 by Uzma Jalaluddin, all rights reserved.
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Broken Rival
by Tessa Bailey
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey comes a gripping, heated romance about a girl trapped in a new reality, forced to make a choice between two brothers--one who is the high school golden boy, the other sworn to hunt down her kind--time travelers. This is Tessa Bailey as you've never seen her before.Magnolia Brown loves Friday night football games, volunteering and dominating at high school swim meets. Just your average everyday eighteen-year-old. Except for one thing: She's from fifty years in the future.Magnolia's parents, two brilliant scientists, are the inventors of time travel, but due to widespread destruction and rampant abuse of the technology from a corrupt few, time travel is outlawed and punishable by death. When Magnolia's parents are seized and executed for illegally traveling to the past, they leave Magnolia stranded in 2026 without a way to get home.Now Magnolia has nowhere to turn but a complicated Kansas family with two sons--Fallon, her high school sweetheart with secrets of his own, and Ramsey, the brooding militia commander who hunts and kills criminals like her. Magnolia knows Ramsey resents and hates her, but how can he be her true enemy when he looks at her with such hunger, despite his callousness, and guards her with his very life? Which brother can she trust and is the real danger coming from inside the house?
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Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection)
by Rebecca Yarros
The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza. This breathtaking collectible is available only in the US and Canada while supplies last. Full blurb to be revealed soon
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Spellstruck
by Martha Waters
A whimsical, fantastical romp of a historical romance. --Emily Krempholtz, USA TODAY bestselling author Chemistry isn't only for cocktails in this lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who must team up when potions begin to go awry--from acclaimed author Martha Waters. In an alternate version of 1920s London, vestiges of England's magical past exist, but the use of magic has been outlawed, leading families still with powers to operate illegal speakeasies for a public still hungry for magic. Vesper Holloway runs her family club, where a dash of spell powder or an enchanted cocktail can add a little extra intrigue to the evening. But when a spate of accidents strikes these establishments, she worries patrons will flee her family's business. Enter Maxwell Ashbridge, a onetime friend of Vesper's brother, who has joined the government agency tasked with enforcing the ban, and who has a personal vendetta against the magical elite. But he does not have a vendetta against Vesper; in fact, he finds her rather enticing. He promises immunity for her club if she teams up with him to investigate, which does little to quell the growing chemistry they share. As accidents continue and the fight to repeal the ban gains ground in Parliament, Vesper and Max will have to decide--is the magic between them worth fighting for?
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Cozy Little Christmas: A Second Chances Holiday Romance Novel
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. But she never expected to run into Wes Kenner...Moving back home is the last thing K9 law enforcement officer Wes Kenner ever wanted. It's where he fell in love with Hannah--and where an accident changed his mother's life forever. But when his grandfather needs a helping hand, he can't say no. It's the perfect opportunity for him and his beloved K9, Kodiak, to recover. Still, seeing Hannah again fills him with regret--and hope.After all this time, Hannah still represents all of the joy and light Wes pushed out of his life. Everything he's desperate to get back. And as Hannah brings much-needed holiday magic to Morgan--and her kids--he realizes this is his chance. Because this Christmas, all he wants is her.A cozy and uplifting reunion romance about two exes who work together at the holidays to help a family in need--and realize their Christmas wish is for a second chance with their first love.Perfect for readers who love: Holiday feels Reunion romance Second chance Forced proximity Longing Small town setting
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Sunflower Season
by Danica Nava
Fed up and burnt out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Danica Nava. Drained by her high-pressure tech job, June Walker finds an escape in homesteading videos and the fantasy of a quieter life. When she finally hits her breaking point, she does the only reasonable thing: she quits her job and buys a crumbling sunflower farm in rural Oklahoma where she grew up. June thought her biggest challenge in restoring Sunshine Farm would be the rotting fences, but soon comes to the crushing realization that positive vibes are not a business plan. Nothing, however, tests her resolve quite like running into her first love, the boy she left behind after her world imploded when she was seventeen. She's back for a fresh start, not to unpack old heartbreaks. Noah Abbott never left Love County. Between his family, his job with the local fire brigade, and a town that knows him inside and out, he has everything he needs--except answers. So when June Walker returns as the new owner of Sunshine Farm, Noah is determined to find out why the girl who once meant everything to him vanished without a word. As old wounds crack open and attraction flares back to life, June and Noah are forced to reckon with their past and decide whether first love is a memory best left buried, or the one thing worth replanting.
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Thank You for Remembering
by Emily Harding
Emily Harding's writing is fresh, romantic, full of wit You can't go wrong with one of her books --Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author For fans of Hello Stranger and Pictures of You, a modern amnesia romance about fresh starts, unexpected love, and what happens when forgetting your past sends you stumbling straight into your future. Growing up, Marnie Stephens believed that destiny was real and the universe had a plan. But at thirty, real life has become more difficult than divine. Especially when Marnie wakes up at a hospital in Boston with no memory of how she got there...or the last year of her life. Her doctor tells her she suffered a head injury, her boyfriend, Matt, insists they broke up months ago, and her hair is somehow eight inches shorter. Before she knows it, she finds herself in an apartment she doesn't remember with a new neighbor, Ben Morgan, she's sure she won't forget. As Marnie sets out to retrace the last year of her life, the last thing she needs is to start falling for Ben, the grumpy--and incredibly attractive--neighbor helping her. But the universe has other plans, and it's not long before Marnie begins to wonder if fighting for the past is as important as the one person who could be her future.
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
by Matt Dinniman
Welcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly-complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down. Down is up. Close is far. The cars are filled with monsters, the railway stations are less than safe, and the exit is always just a few stops away. But there is hope. For the first time, the crawlers are all working together. The loot is better than ever. And the secret to unraveling it all may be hidden in the pages of a seemingly-useless book. Welcome, crawlers. Welcome to the fourth floor of the dungeon--
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As You Wake, Break the Shell
by Becky Chambers
Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award-winning author Becky Chambers.Life on the resource-poor planet of Fortune is challenging, but for its inhabitants, it's home. For two of them, Signy and Cora, this home might no longer be enough.Signy is a brilliant but reclusive botanist who bio-prints medicine from her small plant shop, often bending the rules to help those the system leaves behind. Her life is filled with the green of her store, the warmth of her one elderly friend, and the quiet determination to help others without putting herself in danger.Cora is a rorqual pilot, one of the few with the unique ability to navigate the massive, living ships that connect the scattered settlements of their solar system. Her bond with her rorqual, Colibri, is profound--a connection that is both her greatest gift and a threat to her career.It is that threat--the mindbleed, a dangerous side effect of her piloting--that brings her to Signy's shop, and her appearance puts Signy in the danger she so fears. But it's soon apparent it's not just about losing her license--this delicate balance between risk and trust has the potential to change everything for them.Told in an alternating timeline of their initial coming together and a not-so-distant future where they have found domestic bliss, this is a story harrowing and haunting, heartfelt and hopeful. Through a love story centered around survival, we are given a glimpse into the very best of what Becky Chambers does in her writing: explore what it means to be human, and what it means to come together.
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Victorious
by V. E. Schwab
The triumphant conclusion to the Villains series from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Eli Ever. Victor Vale. Two men, first best friends, then mortal enemies, each destined to be the other's shadow. One left standing--but the game isn't over yet Against all the years-and the odds--a group of allies and arch rivals meet on a chess board set by an opponent they couldn't have predicted... to see who will be victorious. The Villains SeriesViciousVengefulVictorious
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The Collateral Heart
by Jeffery Deaver
New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with a propulsive new thriller featuring forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs (from The Bone Collector) as they investigate a series of arsons in New York City. When a harrowing arson in Manhattan burns a building to the ground, Rhyme and Sachs are called to investigate, only to discover in the rubble a package of clues that teases where the perp will strike next. Rhyme and Sachs work feverishly to unravel the mystery, turning to an unlikely source for help: one of the nation's most popular history podcasters. Along the way they cross paths with Desdemona Vale, a determined detective from Long Island who is in search of the killer of a young woman from her neighborhood. As Rhyme's team digs into both cases, it becomes increasingly clear that their suspect's plot might be more complicated than they initially thought. But can Rhyme and Sachs unpack his vile scheme, and stop the carnage in time?
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Conspiracy Theory: A Thriller
by Phillip Margolin
Searching for a plot for his next legal thriller, D.C. area lawyer and novelist Michael Harris stumbles across a conspiracy theory that may have put his own life at risk.Five years ago, Gloria Hale, the President's wife, was assassinated by a lone gunman, who was himself killed in a shoot out with a security guard while trying to escape. At the same time and hotel, a young lawyer, Marsha Hart, disappears in the chaos after the shooting, only to have her murdered body turn up a few days later, her murder never solved. Michael Harris is a D. C. area lawyer with a second career as a novelist, but after a very successful debut, his subsequent legal thrillers have been less and less successful. With one more book due under his contract and desperate to revive his flagging career, Harris is stumbles across the voluminous research done by a recently deceased former Secret Service agent obsessed with proving that the First Lady's assassination was a conspiracy. Thinking he might be able to turn one of these wildly unlikely theories into his next book, Harris begins to look into the matter. He doesn't turn up anything but his inquiries might have set something into motion - leading to another murder, a fire destroying the original evidence, and an attempt assault of Harris himself. This might be a coincidence or Harris may well be the next target in an increasingly deadly conspiracy.
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The Throwaways
by Greta Kelly
A well-written, twisty thriller with an intricate plot, engaging characters, and a satisfying emotional core. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review The Calloway women are notorious for three things: Olympic-level banter, an inexplicable fear of dolls, and secrets. And one of these things is going to get them killed. Aster Calloway only sold her grandmother's Faberg music box on eBay to finance her mom's mayoral campaign. It's not like Poppy Calloway has any real business running for office, but the only other candidate is her book-banning high school nemesis--and she's in the lead. But what Aster doesn't realize is that selling the heirloom has toppled the house of lies her grandmother, Iris, has been living in for the past forty years. Because hidden inside that jewel-encrusted music box was a list of names--names that protected defected KGB operative Iris, her daughter, and her granddaughter. Now the list is gone, and a creepy doll is on Poppy's doorstep, which can only mean that the list is in play...and the three most dangerous spies in the world are on the hunt: The one who broke Iris's heart. The one who gave her Poppy. And the one who wants all the other spies, and especially those bickering Calloway women, dead.Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run in the U.S. and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover.
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The Murder Trial: A Thriller
by James Patterson
A young woman stands trial for the double murder of her parents in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. Eighteen-year-old Janelle Thompson is used to seeing her adoptive parents in the news. Her father is a rising political star. Her mother is the mind behind his first major campaign. Then one Friday night, the whole family makes headlines. Her parents are missing, declared dead--and all the evidence points to Janelle. A perfect family destroyed by a daughter barely old enough to vote. From her cell at Westfall Justice Center, Janelle swears she's innocent, that she loved her parents. If only she could convince someone--anyone--that she's telling the truth.
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Brain Damage
by Freida McFadden
Delicious and dark...starts with a bang and closes with a knockout punch of an ending. -- Kirkus ReviewsHow can you survive when you can't remember who wants you dead?Dr. Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her.Until the night a bullet tore through her skull... and stole everything.Now Charly wakes in a rehabilitation hospital unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name. All she knows is that someone tried to kill her--and they may still be out there. As fragments of memory surface, so do unsettling questions about the people around her, including the attentive man who keeps appearing at her bedside.The truth of what happened that night lives somewhere inside her brain. And as Charly pieces together the jagged edges of her past, she begins to realize the most terrifying possibility: the person who wants her dead might be the one she once trusted most.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a scalpel-sharp psychological thriller about fractured memory, buried secrets, and how far the mind will go to protect you from the truth.
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All in
by David Baldacci
In this exciting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author 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. Theresa is an investigative journalist, Walker a legendary analyst for the Five Eyes alliance that gathers intelligence that could topple governments around the world. A professional hit team has tried to silence one and snatched the other--and Devine has to find out why. From New York's glass-and-steel canyons to the glittering harbors of Australia, Devine is pulled into the orbit of the Woolwine empire--an Australian dynasty whose fortune makes them more powerful than some nations. Partnering with Anais Jones, a driven, Sydney-based homicide detective, he uncovers a lethal convergence of rogue intelligence operations, Russian mobsters, compromised prisons, and a quiet campaign to redraw the global balance of power. To stop a conspiracy fueled by weaponized data and manufactured truths, Devine will have to untangle a love story that may be a lie, a rescue that may have been conjured, and a billionaire's ambition with a body count. In a world where enemies wear the faces of allies, the only currency that matters is information--and the 6:20 Man is running out of time to keep it all from crashing down.
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The True Meaning of Love
by Danielle Steel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This powerful novel by bestselling author Danielle Steel is a stirring story of the lives of ordinary people during wartime. February 24 is the eighteenth birthday of a Ukrainian ballet school student named Vlad. It also happens to be the day that the first bombs of the 2022 Russian attack land on his homeland. As life for every person in the country is turned upside down in a moment, Vlad is immediately called up to serve in the military. But as much as he wants to defend his country, he is desperate to get his girlfriend, Tatyanna, an orphan whose only home has been the ballet school, out of the country. With their home under siege, Tatyanna tries to make her way to safety in Poland. Also joining the refugees is Yulya, who is torn between getting her young children across the border and staying at the side of her husband, Symon, and her elderly parents, Petro and Oxana, who refuse to abandon their home. As millions flee, Vlad and Symon join a volunteer civilians' unit to fight. Even elderly citizens like Petro and Oxana are given AK-47s, though soon starvation becomes as much of a threat as the encroaching troops. Sasha, an obstetrician, and Anton, a surgeon, who are secretly lovers, stay behind to treat the never-ending waves of wounded. When the Russians bomb hospitals, the heroic couple finds themselves delivering babies in bomb shelters. Through the stories of Vlad, Tatyanna, Yulya, Symon, Sasha, and Anton--each struggling to protect their loved ones and preserve their own humanity--Danielle Steel tells a gripping and deeply moving story of regular people surviving as a war rages around them.
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Celebration
by Danielle Steel
Second chances come in the most unexpected forms in this wise and moving novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. A timeless beauty in her sixties, Anna Hughes is a sought-after photographer. Six years after the love of her life passed away, she finds fulfillment in her work and in being a mother to her two adult daughters. Ashley is an entertainment lawyer who lives in Los Angeles with her producer husband and two children, and Isabelle is a painter in New York City--and a dreamer who has yet to find direction. While in Los Angeles to photograph a famous actress, Anna's son-in-law asks her to consider being on a dating show for seniors he's producing called Golden Couples. Having no interest, she politely declines, though she agrees to attend at a dinner for potential cast members to help fill out the guest list. At the dinner she meets Shep Anderson, a bank manager devoted to his late wife's memory, his sailboat, and his adult son, Bill. Though neither Anna nor Shep is looking for a new partner, they are drawn together in friendship, and perhaps something more. But just as they are getting closer, their children's lives seem to implode. Ashley's marriage crumbles when she suspects her husband is having an affair. Isabelle shocks her mother by announcing she's pregnant by a man who seems as ill-equipped for adulthood as Isabelle herself. And Shep is equally upset to learn Bill is involved with a woman who wants him to father her baby after six weeks of dating. Surrounded by a whirlwind of chaos with their children, Anna and Shep question whether a relationship is possible. In this tender and nuanced novel, Danielle Steel invites us to celebrate love at any age, despite what life may hurl our way, and remember that it's never too late if we are brave enough to stay open to new opportunities.
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Our Noble Selves
by Kate Atkinson
A thrilling tale of post-World War II London, where the peace proves as tricky to navigate as the past, from the #1 international bestselling author of Life After Life. Atkinson] boasts an immaculate prose style, a dry wit and a taste for narrative legerdemain. This splendid historical farce proves her versatility as well. --The Wall Street Journal When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation's creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch. When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance--and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda. There may be a carnival atmosphere in London as the country attempts to throw off the drab privations of war, yet beneath the frivolity there is also a worthy attempt to hold up a mirror to both its history and its future. With her unique voice and her skill at conjuring the past, Kate Atkinson turns her light on a nation reconstructing its image and the lengths to which some might go to manipulate the outcome. Witty, brilliantly plotted, and with an unforgettable cast of characters, Our Noble Selves paints a vivid portrait of a former empire struggling with its identity in the aftermath of war.
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The Widow of Woodlark Cottage
by Julie Klassen
Young widow Elizabeth Eaton travels to the North Devonshire coast to collect her late father's belongings. While there, she meets a charming seafarer who fills her head with local legends and an aloof man of business with his own agenda. When strange incidents begin to occur, Elizabeth must decide which man to trust when her life--and heart--are in danger.
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Whale Harbor
by Mary Beth Keane
From New York Times bestselling author of the magnificent (Fresh Air), propulsive (People), and profound (Vogue) Ask Again, Yes, a sweeping multigenerational saga inspired by the author's own family history, following eleven brothers as they are set on different paths between Ireland, England, Montana, and New York. 1960s, Ireland. In the wake of tragedy, a father makes choices for his eleven grieving sons. The older brothers will emigrate to England for work, while the younger ones will stay behind. The second eldest, Macdara, is offered a job on a Montana cattle ranch and sets off. His spirited younger brother Rian begs to come along and Mac promises to bring Rian to America as soon as he's old enough. But then one day Mac gets a call that Rian has gone missing. His disappearance will haunt Mac and his family across decades. Spanning lifetimes and continents, Whale Harbor is tender, immersive, and exquisitely written (Florence Knapp, author of The Names) with award-winning author Mary Beth Keane's signature wit, eloquence, and attention to the emotional resonance of family, brotherhood, and the choices that echo across generations.
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Portrait of a Witch Undone
by K. S. Shay
For fans of Starling House and A Discovery of Witches with a Thomas Crown Affair twist: a contemporary New England coven hides the mysteries that lurk in the marshes north of Boston--and how they are connected to the largest unsolved art heist in modern history. Once, Maeve Ryan was the strongest witch of her generation. But Maeve messed up a spell to contact the Lady of the Fens, an eerie Revenant who lures the unwary to their deaths in the brackish marshlands of the North Shore. Maeve destroyed her reputation, hurt her best friend Ash, and tainted herself with unbound, wild magic that transforms witches into insane Revenants. With unbound power eating away at Maeve's mind, all she wants is to get rid of her magic. Forever. But Ash's research into how the spell went awry leads in an unexpected direction: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and a link between the Lady and a decades-old art theft worth $500 million. When Ash disappears through a stolen painting's empty frame, Maeve has to follow. Inside is the Other Marsh, a haunting, deadly realm where only the Lady's rules apply. Within this half-world lie secrets about North Shore's history, Maeve's failure, and the fate of the masterpieces that disappeared over three decades ago. But as Maeve fights toward the truth, she risks her friendship, her coven, and her life against enemies hiding in plain sight.
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This Wretched Alchemy: Ruinous Fate Saga: Book One
by Tina Mars
Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last, featuring a beautiful cover with foil details and colorful, designed edges, with more surprises to come I screamed, I cried, I was left absolutely breathless. - Nisha J. Tuli, USA Today bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen * * * BETRAYAL. In a fractured realm ruled by warring noble Houses and the tyrannical Prime, the most coveted power lies in god-shards - divine fragments that grant extraordinary abilities to those who possess them. Revel's brother was murdered in pursuit of one. A DEADLY GAME. For avenging him, Revel's life is on the line. Forced into a treacherous bargain, she must compete in the Call - a bloody contest of heirs vying for the throne - on behalf of her enemies, and assassinate the realm's most formidable alchemist, the Warbringer. Victory means her family's freedom. Failure means death. A MONSTROUS POWER. The Prime sets the heirs on a brutal race to find the god-shard that could shift the balance of the realms. Everyone wants the win, but Revel just wants the kill. Except, the Warbringer isn't the monster she was promised. Bound by secrets of his own, he is as dangerous as he is disarming. With betrayals mounting and desire warring with duty, Revel must decide who to trust in a game where even the gods have their favorites. This Wretched Alchemy by Tina Mars is a dark, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy where love and loyalty become the very weapons that could destroy everything. A LOVE THAT CAN CUT DEEPER THAN ANY BLADE.
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The Wolf Queen's Curse: A Witch of the Wolves Novel
by Kaylee Archer
DELUXE EDITION - featuring gorgeous stenciled edges - In The Wolf Queen's Curse, the much anticipated sequel to Witch of the Wolves, Cordelia and Bishop must seek alliances with other packs and confront their Alphas in order to restore their beloved Trevelyan, no matter the cost. The previously quiet life of Cordelia Levine, half-werewolf, all witch, has been turned upside down. Both of her parents are now dead, and her grandmother's vicious attack on Trevelyan, her pack's home, has left the Albion Pack fleeing and severely reduced in number. As they recover and strategize a path forward, Cordelia is navigating her role in the pack as well as her feelings for her new husband, the Alpha. But even as their love grows stronger, the fate of the pack lies in their hands, and they must focus on finding a way to survive. The pack decides that the only way to defeat the cabal and forge a path back home is to rekindle old alliances. The journey proves complicated, however, as each Alpha they encounter has an agenda of his own. But Cordelia and Bishop will stop at nothing to protect their pack - and reclaim their rightful home.
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Lina & June
by Genevieve Wheeler
From the author of Adelaide comes a bittersweet, deeply felt story that follows the start and unraveling of a seemingly unbreakable bond between two young women.Lina and June's friendship shouldn't make sense. June has her future planned to a T; Lina takes life day by day, party by party. June's dreams are color-coded and neatly filed, while Lina's are even too big for New York City, where she and June are students at the same university. But after a messy night out throws the two girls together, it seems like nothing can tear them apart. Until June's health takes an unexpected turn for the worse. Until Lina jets off to Paris, leaving her best friend behind. As Lina and June's once-intertwined lives veer off on separate paths, they're on their own to figure out how to fix their severed bond--and decide if it's even worth repairing--or risk running out of time completely. Are some heartbreaks too big to patch?
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The Bureau of Unknown Fates
by Gaëlle Nohant
In the tradition of The Lost and The Postcard, a powerful novel of loss and restitution in and after wartime, like a detective novel in reverse. When young French woman marries and moves to her German husband's small hometown, Bad Arolsen, she finds a world where no one discusses what the locals did during the war. She has no idea that her life will be changed forever when she accepts a job at the secretive International Tracing Service--founded by the Allies at the end of WWII to help trace the fates of millions of wartime dead and displaced. Meticulous and conscientious, Irene quickly becomes obsessed with her work--at the cost of her personal life. Years later, she is entrusted with returning thousands of confiscated objects, recovered from the liberated camps. Ir ne pieces together the identity of each object's rightful owner, in order to give the descendants of the victims something to remember their lost relatives by. A faded cloth doll, a medallion, an embroidered handkerchief . . . every object contains its secrets. During her research, Ir ne meets people who will inspire and guide her from Lublin to Warsaw, from Berlin to Paris, to discover a past that concerns her personally. In so doing, she glimpses humanity--at its worst, but also, its best--and looking for the dead, she finds the living. Weaving together the trajectories of these individual lives with the collective memory of Europe, this devastatingly beautiful novel is suffused with wisdom and compassion.
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Solace House
by Will MacLean
You are about to enter a place of strange genius, possible madness, and timeless love . . .The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House . . . rich, thoughtful, terrifying.--Nicholas Binge, author of DissolutionAn addictive and brilliant puzzle box of a novel following a group of university students who discover an astonishing secret while clearing out a neglected Victorian mansionFor Alex Lane's wealthy university friends, the summer break stretches out before them, full of promise and fabulous plans. But for Alex, broke as usual, going home is not an option. So when the university offers him an unusual summer job clearing out a dilapidated Victorian mansion, Solace House, he jumps at the chance.Alex joins an unlikely crew of students, from stoner Clive to uptight, short-tempered Helen, and the extremely peculiar Adam. Alex is particularly drawn to mercurial, red-headed Ella, and as the students begin sorting through piles of old newspapers and magazines, dusty antiques, and esoteric junk, Alex and Ella become enthralled by the elaborate and eerie journals of the house's former owner, Edwin Flayne. In these diaries, Flayne details his obsession with his missing mother and his belief in a mysterious realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions on how it might be reached.As the students gradually uncover the house's secrets, the rift between those who want to delve further and those who believe they've already gone too far grows ever wider.
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The Bridge
by Colm Toibin
The stunning new short novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island. Miquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's family house in the Pyrenees. Miquel's mother left the year before, in a rage, and died alone in a snowstorm. Miquel's brother has too abandoned what's left of the family. But the construction of a new bridge will soon end the valley's remoteness. No longer will these Pyrenees villages be so isolated; no longer will small time smugglers cart their contraband over the rope bridge on donkeys. Where Miquel's father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to the outside world for which his father is desperately unprepared. A gorgeous and gutting short novel about grief and desire, The Bridge is a masterpiece. With meticulous precision and an unerring eye, Toibin captures lives caught between the past and the present, and the devastating journey of a young man seeking connection, haunted by loss.
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Murder Unabridged: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery
by P. J. Nelson
The Old Juniper Bookstore is the scene for an unexpected mystery when a late night visitor confesses to a long-ago unsolved murder, then turns up dead by morning.Madeline Brimley is still getting used to running The Old Juniper Bookstore in Enigma, Georgia. When she inherited it from her aunt, it came at an opportune time. Madeline's acting career had slowed down to the point that it was exhibiting no signs of life so returning home to the small Georgia college town of Enigma actually sounded like a good idea. And, except for a murder, arson, and a long-dead body found in the front garden, it's actually turned out well. But when an old man, claiming to be a distant relative named Trilby, shows up in the middle of the night, then confesses to an unremembered murder that happened in the Victorian house that is now The Old Juniper Bookstore, Madeline is...to put it mildly...poleaxed. Given the inclement weather and time of night, Madeline puts him up for the night, hoping to turn him over to the local police in the morning. A plan that goes wrong when, next morning, Trilby is found to have died overnight. And not of natural causes - he was poisoned. Now the bookstore is a crime scene and Madeline a possible suspect. Now Madeline has both an old and a new mystery to solve if she is to clear her own name before she finds herself taking the fall for this unusual and unexpected death.
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The First Ladies' Guide to Murder
by Amanda Flower
Amid the lavish environs of Gilded Age-era Washington, the Capitol's most influential women - none other than First Lady Frances Cleveland and her predecessor, Julia Dent Grant - band together to solve the suspicious murder of a young maid in this dazzling new series from USA Today bestselling and multi-Agatha and Edgar Award-winning author Amanda Flower. 1894, Washington This is not the kind of homecoming Nellie Grant hoped for. The only daughter of former President Ulysses S. Grant, Nellie has left England after being granted a divorce from her abusive husband. She plans to hide away with her three children at the home of her mother, Julia Dent Grant. However, Julia, the unofficial queen mother of Washington's elite, has other ideas--and convinces Nellie to attend a White House dinner in honor of the current president, Grover Cleveland. The lavish event turns somber when First Lady Frances Cleveland discovers that her prized Tiffany brooch is missing. Young maid Kitty Thorn is accused of theft and dismissed on the spot. The next morning, Kitty is found drowned, her death ruled a suicide. Frances calls upon Nellie and Julia to implore them for help. She doesn't believe Kitty stole the brooch--or committed suicide. She believes Kitty was framed and murdered. For while the authorities deem the victim a woman of no consequence, despite her lowly status, Kitty saw and knew a great deal. She was a keeper of secrets--and in the capital, every secret has a price. Nellie especially feels a tie to Kitty, who years ago did her a kindness that she hopes to repay by finding her killer. But the risks will be great, for this crime has ramifications for all the First Ladies . . .
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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 a literary agent, someone who can get his book into publishers' hands. Not just any agent will do, of course. Arnie wants the best. Arnie wants Claudia Conley. She already rejected him once, and Arnie has never forgiven her. He could move on. Instead, he finds out where Claudia is spending the holidays: alone in a remote house in the Catskill Mountains. He decides to show up there to make his pitch. Claudia may try to turn him down again, but this time Arnie won't take no for an answer. Because his book is about her. And he's not leaving until the story ends the way he wants.
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A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition)
by Talia Hibbert
LIMITED TIME DELUXE EDITIONShe's hard to hold onto, but he's good with his hands...Prickly, autistic, and shadowed by a scandalous past, Ruth Kabbah will always be Ravenswood's black sheep. It's a lonely life, but at least it's safe... until Evan Miller comes to town.Calm, confident, and instantly accepted by their small English town, Evan is Ruth's opposite in every way--yet he meets her suspicion with a smile, handles her awkwardness with ease, and watches her with a hunger that threatens to tear down her all her defenses.The gossips want to know how she's bewitched him. Ruth just wants to know when he'll get bored and leave. Because if there's one thing she's learned, it's that girls like her don't get happily ever afters.But when a monster from Ruth's past comes back to haunt her, she's forced to make a choice: should she trust Evan completely? Or is her heart safest alone?
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Untouchable (Standard Edition)
by Talia Hibbert
Sleeping with the staff wasn't part of the plan.Sensible, capable, and ruthlessly efficient, Hannah Kabbah is the perfect nanny... until a colossal mistake destroys her career and shatters her reputation. These days, no-one in town will hire her--except Nathaniel Davis, a brooding widower with a smile like sin and two kids he can't handle. Prim and proper Hannah is supposed to make Nate's life easier, but the more time he spends around his live-in nanny, the more she makes things... hard. He can't take advantage of her vulnerable position, but he can't deny the truth, either: with every look, every smile, every midnight meeting, Nate's untouchable employee is stealing his heart. The trouble is, she doesn't want to keep it. Forbidden love isn't high on Hannah's to-do list, and trust isn't one of her strengths. When dark secrets threaten to destroy their bond, Nate's forced to start playing dirty. Because this reformed bad boy will break every rule to finally claim his woman. Please be aware: this book contains depictions of depression and anxiety that could trigger certain audiences.
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Want Me, Take Me, Haunt Me, Make Me
by Isabel Crowley
A dangerously seductive supernatural romance where a woman marked for damnation discovers that the monsters stalking her may be impossible to resist--and desire could cost her more than her soul.Hazel Lewis has a serious problem.The dying man who hired her turned out to be a serial killer under a demonic contract...and hers is the soul he intends to exchange for his own. Now a demon's mark is spreading beneath her skin, awakening hungers she doesn't understand and thinning the veil between her world and everything that prowls beyond. Worse, the now-dead killer hasn't gone anywhere. He's waiting inside the darkness tethered to her soul, ready to take possession of her body the instant she dies.So Hazel runs.She disappears into a lonely house far from anyone she might hurt, determined to master the thing growing inside her before it consumes her. Solitude should make that easier. Instead, Hazel discovers she's anything but alone.There's the relentless reporter who knows too much and refuses to stop digging. The dangerously tempting neighbor whose easy smile and undeniable chemistry make Hazel want things she has no business desiring.And then there's the man outside her window. Every night, he stands beyond the glass. Watching. Waiting. His eyes glow red in the darkness, and Hazel knows she should be terrified of whatever he is.Instead, he makes her desperate for more.Before the s ance, Hazel thought she understood the supernatural. Now she's discovering an entire world built on bargains, blood, desire, and monsters beautiful enough to make damnation feel like temptation.And she may be running out of the strength to fight its irresistible pull...
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Bound and Unbound: A Paranormal Novella Duology
by Ali Hazelwood
New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood's intoxicating paranormal romance novella duology--together for the first time in print and ebook Read the captivating dark academia romance in Bound, then flip your book over to unleash the dangers of forbidden love in Unbound. BoundA reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound by an arcane text--in more ways than one. Veronica Vero Mercer grew up with grifters for parents, and she knows her way around a con. When grad school bills pile up and her friends are in trouble, she turns her art history skills into a forgery side hustle. It's supposed to be a short term deal, but her work draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor. Instead of turning her in, Ashworth kidnaps her--politely--and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him. Soon Vero finds herself spending long nights with Viktor, bent over rare vellum samples and obscure inks. But as the con grows riskier, Vero has to wonder: what does Viktor really want, and why can't she stay away? UnboundA five-thousand-year-old woman who has outlived empires. A doctor who has spent his life fighting death. Their fates collide in a blood game of vengeance. Lilit of Nineveh has spent millennia in control. As a powerful revenant, she enforces one rule above all: protect mortals. Disciplined and focused, she has never made the same mistake twice, and she has learned that attachments can only lead to ruin. Enter Roman Martin. An overworked and relentlessly kind ER physician, he is the one mortal Lilit cannot quit. Any relationship between them is against everything Lilit has fought for. Still, she keeps coming back to him. Until someone starts hunting Lilit, and Roman is caught in the crossfire. When everything comes crashing down, Lilit must choose between the world she has sworn to protect and the man she was never meant to love.
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In Every Future, It's Us
by Katie Naymon
A yearly New Year's Eve game pushes two lifelong best friends to change their lives forever in this gorgeously sweeping romance, told through past and present timelines, from critically acclaimed author Katie Naymon. When childhood neighbors and best friends Florence Parker and Tom Sinclair were on the precipice of graduating college, they made a pact they hoped would link them forever: Every year at their families' lavish New Year's Eve party, they'd each write five secret predictions about the other's year ahead. Whoever got the most guesses correct would make one big life decision for the other. So it went for nearly a decade--until the final year, when one letter shattered their friendship. Now Tom and Florence are home for the holidays and haven't spoken in a year. To keep up appearances, they're forced to plan the New Year's Eve party together. But hidden in the tense silences and charged interactions is a wealth of history they can't escape, and feelings they've never spoken aloud. It's their last opportunity to make amends before Florence moves away, but are they willing to take a chance on a future they can't predict?
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If These Walls Could Talk
by Alexandria Bellefleur
From USA Today bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur comes a heartfelt new adult romance about blurred boundaries, mutual misunderstandings, and the fears that keep us from following our hearts.College sophomore Ryan Miller was born for the stage. But he's living his father's dream now, pursuing a teaching degree and sensible future. Everything's on track until his new roommate walks in--and Ryan finds himself face-to-face with his old high school crush.Colton Everett is talented, magnetic, and impossible to read. Their icy reunion eventually melts into late-night talks and whispered confidences, but their surprising friends with benefits arrangement feels far from casual. They make rules. Break them. And tiptoe around their feelings.A visit from Colton's sister, who thinks they're just friends, brings their secret simmer to a boil. It's hard to keep pretending--especially when forced to share a bed. And as Ryan struggles to balance family expectations with his own desires, a miscommunication threatens to destroy the only relationship that feels real. But just as he's about to give up, a spark from an unexpected source offers one last chance to follow his heart.(c) 2026 by Alexandria Bellefleur, all rights reserved.
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The Secrets of Clarence Manor (Standard Edition)
by Devney Perry
An elite university, billionaire, new adult romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Devney Perry, for fans of Gossip Girl and We Were Liars.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 neatly tucked away, except love has a way of lifting the veil. And as each woman meets a man determined to win her heart, there's no such thing as a buried secret.Who's hiding the ugliest truths?Step through the gates of Clarence Manor and judge for yourself.
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The Soul Mate
by Lana Ferguson
Two wolf shifters reunite after a steamy night they thought was in the past in this spicy omegaverse romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson. Single mom and omega Ada Langley has been trying--and failing--to forget the sexy alpha from the bar that she went home with six months ago. So when a trip to the tattoo shop means being surprised by none other than that same alpha, she's understandably thrown for a loop. Afraid to risk her feelings on an alpha again after one left her heart shattered, Ada wants to keep that night a secret--and in the past. After years of apprenticing in New York, alpha wolf Levi Madden has moved back to his hometown to open a tattoo shop. He's done his best to let go of that night with the omega from the bar, but he can't shake the lasting impression she left before disappearing the morning after. When Levi's aunt recruits his artist alter ego to help save her gallery--the very same one where Ada works--fate gives him a chance to get to know Ada for real this time and, if he's lucky, win her over. Working together while trying to avoid the growing feelings that took root all those months ago proves difficult, but with every moment spent together, it becomes obvious that Levi is perfect for Ada in every way. Even as guarded as Ada is, it's not long before they both start to wonder if their chance encounter has led them to their soul mate.
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Witch Trial
by Harriet Tyce
Absolutely superb--grips like a vice throughout and has a perfect, bold ending that no one will see coming. An utter masterpiece of the murder mystery and the legal thriller genre.--Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done and The Monogram MurdersA legal thriller unlike any you've ever read, this mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.--Ellery Lloyd, author of The ClubInternationally bestselling author Harriet Tyce returns with a page-turning thriller involving three teenage girls, one murdered classmate, and a chilling modern-day witch trial that will leave readers breathless.Let the Witch Trial begin . . .When eighteen-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in a park, the city of Edinburgh is stunned--and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with the murder. As social media explodes in a tizzy of theories and headlines scream for justice, rumors of bullying are overshadowed by something more wicked and frightening: whispers of dark rituals, feverish obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.When the trial begins, everyone in Edinburgh clamors for a front-row ticket to the show: to look upon the murderous Eliza and Isobel with their own eyes. Everyone, that is, but Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon picked for the jury. But, as the trial unfolds--and the girls' lawyers offer a surprising and unsettling defense--the reluctant Matthew finds himself questioning everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. Then he begins to have strange visions of terrifying things--hallucinations he tells himself. After all, witchcraft isn't real . . . or is it?Who is telling the truth? Who can be trusted?And what really happened to Christian Shaw?
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The Party in the Woods
by Fiona McPhillips
A gripping mystery. . . A riveting story of privilege, friendship, and the weight of guilt. Not to be missed --Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the much-praised author Fiona McPhillips (Excruciating suspense -- Stephen King; Shocking --NYTBR), a novel of murder and betrayal, pulse-pounding music, and all the lives we leave behind Annie Fagan, one of Ireland's first female electronic DJs and producers, spent her early twenties hosting and playing illegal raves across Ireland. Part of a legendary free party crew, she was surrounded by loud music, beautiful people, and the alluring chaos of the dance floor. But after one of their huge parties in the woods, Annie's friend Se n disappeared without a trace, and Annie gave up that part of herself for good. Years later, when Se n's body is discovered in the Dublin mountains and new information about his disappearance comes to light, Annie reunites with her old group of friends--led by Fran Baker, the man she once believed she was destined to end up with--and feels inexplicably drawn back into the scene. Annie--and the police--starts to realize that, far from a tragic accident or random misadventure, Se n's death must have been caused by someone who was at their party. Someone who had a motive. One of her friends. As Annie investigates, her new and old worlds clash, another old friend is silenced, and she realizes that some people may not want the mystery of Se n's death to be solved. In fact, they might do anything to stop her from discovering what happened that night, when the party truly ended.
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The Heights
by Ian Rankin
#1 International bestselling author Ian Rankin returns with a razor-sharp, twisty standalone thriller--this one exposing the lives of the 1% in London's most exclusive high rise. Facing Hyde Park, The Heights is London's most coveted luxury high-rise apartment--designed to satisfy every need, with a gym, infinity pool, cinema, and more, where self-made owner-developer Allan Franklyn himself has claimed the penthouse duplex. His neighbors include some of Money London's biggest personalities: a wealthy art dealer, a young heartthrob pop star, a foreign heiress, a gangster's wife. The residents are used to service, deference, and privacy, all on their terms. But when nighttime concierge Dwayne Hogarth is found dead in the lobby, none of that is in their control anymore, and everyone's under the unwelcome scrutiny of Detective Sergeant Gillian Gish. Her questions begin with the party on the 4th floor the night Dwayne died, which ended with a fight; the missing key to one of the apartments; and a mysterious gap in the security camera footage. Before long, Gish uncovers the unsavory truths and dark secrets that lurk beneath the glittering facades of the building and its inhabitants. Filled with shocking twists and unforgettable characters, The Heights confirms Ian Rankin's status as one of the most original and compelling crime writers of our time.
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Peregrine Hill
by Nina de Gramont
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair comes a sweeping novel set in Gilded Age New York where a forced marriage, family secrets, and the fight for freedom collide in an unforgettable story about a desperate mother and headstrong daughter navigating a world built on men's appetites and women's silence. A luminous, entrancing novel...The Gilded Age springs to vivid life in these pages, but beware, for not all that glitters is gold. --Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series At the dawn of the 20th century, widow Isabelle Bishop still believes in love--but she knows only money can save her. After losing her husband and three of her children in a shipwreck, she has one chance to rescue what remains of her family: her daughter Mariah and her elderly mother. When Isabelle captures the attention of John Whitten, one of New York's wealthiest men, she dares to hope that fortune might finally favor her. But Whitten's interest is not in Isabelle--it's in eighteen-year-old Mariah, still reeling from a romantic but disastrous scandal. When Whitten discovers the secret mother and daughter have tried to keep buried, he uses it to his advantage, threatening to expose them unless Mariah accepts his proposal. For the sake of their survival, Isabelle makes a devil's bargain: She will urge her daughter into a marriage she knows could destroy her. Mariah quickly realizes her husband's home is a gilded cage. Yet even under his watchful eye, she begins to carve out passions of her own, finding an unexpected ally in her ambitious maid, Hetty, and daring to imagine a life beyond her constricted world. Together, she and Hetty risk everything to claim a measure of power and self-determination in a world that attempts to deny them both. From the glittering parlors of Gilded Age New York to the windswept cliffs of Rhode Island, Peregrine Hill is a novel in the tradition of Edith Wharton and the Bront sisters, about unlikely love affairs and the impossible choices women have always been forced to make.
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Rabbit Rabbit
by Jennifer E. Smith
A life-changing year. One month at a time. A heartwarming novel about what it means to chase the life -- and love -- of your dreams, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James. As the clock counts down to midnight on New Year's Eve, Billie -- 39, single, an American film editor on a girls' trip to Florence -- makes a decision: this is the year she's going to have a baby on her own. Less than an hour later, she meets Arthur -- 44, single, a Scottish conservationist celebrating a friend's stag party -- who seems perfect but for his conviction that kids are not for him. Over the course of the next year, Billie finds herself pursuing both versions of her life, moving back and forth between visits to fertility clinics and romantic getaways around the world as she tries to figure out what she wants most. But as she approaches the inevitable fork in the road, she'll discover that it's not so easy to follow your heart when it's pulling you in two very different directions. Full of Jennifer E. Smith's signature heart and warmth, Rabbit Rabbit is a powerful romantic novel about paths not taken...and what happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time.
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The Magic of Chamomile Cottage
by Heather Webber
Magic is brewing.A storyteller in search of a story. A healer in need of hope. A town looking for a fresh start. And the magic that binds them together. Popular storyteller Sunny Callaway is known for writing captivating human-interest stories, but lately she's having trouble writing anything after a devastating diagnosis and a painful breakup. When a surprise discovery leads her to a small town fighting for survival after the closing of its tea factory, she finds family she hadn't known and a story that will change her life forever. Tea shop owner Nova Frances Clark has an old soul, a healer's heart, and a big secret. Although her special chamomile tea blends can heal minor ailments, she's at a loss on how to help save her hometown. When her long-lost cousin Sunny arrives for a visit, it sets into motion a dramatic revitalization plan, finally giving Nova hope for the future. As they attempt to save the town, Sunny and Nova learn to trust the magic that comes from opening up to each other, that tea is best when it's shared with those you love, and that the most meaningful stories come from the heart.
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Female Life on Planet Earth
by Laleh Khadivi
WINNER OF THE 2026 CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARDA novel about love, secrets, and the unknown depths of the people we love, Female Life on Planet Earth is intoxicating. Khadivi writes with bristling intelligence and real beauty.--Katie Kitamura, national bestselling author of AuditionThe weird thing is, I'm more interested in my mother now she's dead.From an award-winning author comes a stunning, darkly funny novel about a daughter discovering her mother's secret past.When Heti's mother, Ana, dies, she leaves behind a spotless legacy: affectionate parent, modern career woman, and life of the party. Heti moves in a daze until her grief is upended by the arrival of an unmarked package containing photographs of Ana as a young woman--robed, standing in front of a burning building, and pointing a gun at a group of sobbing women.Female Life on Planet Earth follows Heti as she raises teenage daughters, keeps up with client accounts, sits in LA traffic, and prepares to host the traditional anniversary memorial--all while quietly reeling with the violent secrets of the woman she thought she knew. Though the dead can't answer her questions, the living never seem to shut up. Heti is buoyed as she listens to the women who populate her world: hilarious aunts and cousins, aggressive soccer moms, business associates, dear friends, and total strangers. Inside these surprising, uproarious stories of female life, Heti discovers the selves women hide away, selves defiantly in search of pleasure, autonomy, delight, and connection. Heti begins to understand the complex and contradictory possibilities that exist inside every woman--including her mother, including herself. As the one-year mark of Ana's death arrives, Heti calls together the women who knew her and asks them: Who was my mother, truly? And who are we?Told with humor and emotional precision, Female Life on Planet Earth is a celebration of lineage, inheritance, and the boundlessness of women over time and space.
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