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The end of the world as we know it : new tales of Stephen King's the Stand
by Christopher Golden
Set during and after the events of The Stand, this authorized anthology gathers original stories from acclaimed writers who expand on the novel's apocalyptic world, exploring survival, morality, and human resilience amid civilization's collapse and the uncertain rebuilding that follows.
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The cruel dawn
by Rachel Howzell Hall
The second part of a "romantasy" where gods bleed, realms fall and one woman stands between salvation and ruin.
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Mayra : a novel
by Nicky Gonzalez
Ingrid's friend Mayra fled Hialeah, west of Miami, years ago for a Northeast college, but after Ingrid accepts Mayra's sudden invitation to a getaway in the Everglades where Mayra's boyfriend Benji is unexpectedly present, danger looms, and while exploring the mysterious house, Ingrid loses a sense of herself.
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The alchemy of flowers : a novel
by Laura Resau
"A woman takes a job at a secretive French garden to avoid reminders of children; there she meets a mysterious girl needing help. This debut adult novel blends the charm of The Secret Garden and magic realism of Where the Forest Meets the Stars"-- Provided by publisher
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The Tokyo zodiac murders
by Sōji Shimada
In 1979, an illustrator and an astrologer attempt to solve Japan's most baffling cold case—the 1936 Tokyo Zodiac Murders, in which seven women were dismembered per a mad artist's cryptic plan—unraveling astrological clues amidst illusion and obsession in a deadly nationwide pursuit. Original.
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Love you to death : a novel
by Christina Dotson
Kayla's only bright spots are best friend Zorie and their pastime of crashing weddings to steal money and gifts, but their getaway after one last wedding takes a gruesome turn, and as they flee from Georgia to the bayou, Kayla realizes Zorie is more dangerous than she imagined.
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The witch's orchard : a novel by Archer SullivanFormer Air Force Special «Investigator Annie Gore is getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up.
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Vulture
by Phoebe Greenwood
"An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza. The four-star hotel is a global media hub, promising safety and generator-powered internet, with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's media, even as their own homes and families are under threat. Sara is determined to launch her career as a star correspondent. So, when her fixer Nasser refuses to set up the dangerous story she thinks will win her a front page, she turns instead to Fadi, the youngest member of a powerful militant family. Driven by the demons of her entitled yet damaging childhood, Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself in this war, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her"
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Heart strings
by Ivy Fairbanks
When cancer survivor Lo reunites with the musician who broke her heart at an Irish castle wedding, she must decide if love deserves a second chance, in the second novel of the series following Morbidly Yours. Original.
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The hospital
by Leslie Wolfe
After surviving a brutal attack, Emma wakes in a hospital with no memory of the past three years, only to find her life unrecognizable and everyone around her suspicious, forcing her to unravel the truth before her forgotten enemy strikes again. Original.
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A game in yellow
by Hailey Piper
After discovering pages of a mysterious play called The King in Yellow, Carmen is drawn into a dangerous cycle of desire and hallucination, blurring reality and nightmare as she risks bringing horrors back into her world. Original.
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Seduction theory : a novel
by Emily Adrian
When married Edwards University professors Simone and Ethan tiptoe toward infidelity, Ethan sleeping with administrative assistant Abigail, Simone growing close to graduate student Robbie, their transgressions are brought to light in Robbie's searing thesis project.
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The gossip columnist's daughter
by Peter Orner
Struggling with writer's block and a fractured family, Jed Rosenthal becomes obsessed with the decades-old, unresolved death of Cookie Kupcinet, hoping that uncovering the truth behind her mysterious end will help him understand his own family's unraveling.
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The violet hour : a Lowcountry tale by Victoria Benton FrankAfter breakup and personal tragedy, Violet Adams questions her identity while navigating life among her vibrant family on Sullivan's Island, aided by her influencer best friend Aly Knox as they seek reinvention, healing, and purpose in South Carolina's Lowcountry.
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The frequency of living things : a novel
by Nick Fuller Googins
When middle sister Ara lands in jail, her responsible twin Josie, fading rockstar sister Emma, and estranged mother Bertie must each confront past wounds and shifting roles as they navigate addiction, ambition, and the fragile bonds holding their fractured family together.
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Loved one
by Aisha Muharrar
Julia's first-love-turned-close-friend, Gabe, dies unexpectedly at twenty-nine, and after beginning an intercontinental quest to recover his possessions, she collides with Elizabeth, the last woman he loved, who insists on withholding Gabe's beloved guitar—both women, it turns out, have something to hide.
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The French kitchen : a novel
by Kristy Cambron
As Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, Kat Fontaine never expected the skills she learned in a French chateau kitchen to be the key that unlocks the secrets swirling in her new post-war life. Original.
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The diary of lies
by Philip Miller
In a destabilized post-COVID Britain, journalist Shona Sandison chases a dangerous lead, her old colleague Hector uncovers a covert government project, and a grieving ex-MI6 chief contemplates revenge ... while a vast, dark conspiracy threatens them all.
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Ghost fish
by Stuart Pennebaker
"Alison is mired in loneliness and grief. Freshly twenty-three and mourning the loss of her younger sister, who has drowned at sea, she's moved out of her hometown and into a cramped apartment on New York's Lower East Side...She doesn't need originality; she just needs to be alive. Then, late one night, she rounds the corner and sees a shape in the air-a ghost. And how strange, it looks like a fish. What is it? Alison knows, without hesitation: it is her beloved sister...the ghost fish goes wherever Alison does...She knows she has to keep her safe from the world, the way she didn't before. She knows that, together, they will never be lonely again"
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Dogs : a novel
by C. Mallon
Cruising Carbon's lonely backroads one night, the quiet Hal witnesses both beauty and horror in his troubled hometown, where a catastrophic chain of events threatens his fragile bond with his compassionate friend Cody John and shatters their world.
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Watch Your Back
by Tate James
The second book in the Devil's Backbone series, a spicy and dark "why choose" romance series from TikTok sensation Tate James.
Dear Reader,
Just when you think it can't get any worse, the universe seems to take that as a personal challenge. The Devil's Backbone Society has their fingers everywhere. It's more than a secret society--it's a leash and a prison sentence. The elders insist it's about making connections that will help you for the rest of your life, but what they don't tell you is how long--or, in this case, short--your life might be.
The society has already cost me--cost us. Blood. Sweat. Tears.
Lives.
Now, it may take more than what I have to give. A part of me wants to be here, wants to see this through to the end. But the rest of me?
The rest of me worries that even if I watch my back, it won't be enough. How do I protect them? How do I protect these handsome, crazy, over-the-top men that I'm falling for?
How do I save them from the society and themselves? And more importantly, how do I save myself?
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What hunger
by Catherine Dang
In the summer before high school, Ronny Nguyen drifts through boredom and sibling anxiety until tragedy fractures her Vietnamese American family, awakening in her a strange, primal hunger that blurs the line between grief, identity, and a dark new power she cannot fully control.
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How to tempt an earl
by Bronwyn Scott
"Kieran Parkhurst has been awarded the title of earl from the Crown--blood money for the loss of his brother. Keen to avenge him, Kieran meets with a mysterious informant promising valuable information, bringing him face-to-face with captivating Celeste Sharpton, the ward of his enemy. Celeste is risking her life to help Kieran, so for her protection, they go to his country estate. Among Kieran's close-knit family, Celeste finally feels like she belongs, but can she tempt the guarded earl into believing they have a future when the enemy is closing in?"
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My Best Friend's Earl
by Bethany Bennett
Free-spirited Constance, eager to escape monotony, agrees to help a reluctant bride escape her engagement, only to clash with the bride's fiancé, the orderly Earl of Southwyn, whose structured world unravels in the face of unexpected passion. Original.
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Road Trip With a Rogue
by Kate Bateman
Tasked with stopping an heiress's elopement, Daisy Hamilton crosses paths with Lucien Vaughan, the Duke of Cranford—and the man who once broke her heart—as they chase the runaway couple and confront their unresolved past and growing attraction. Original.
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To wed a devlish duke
by Christine Merrill
"Portia Braddock must find a wealthy husband after her late father leaves her with a mountain of debts. But her reputation is destroyed when she unwittingly becomes the center of a duel between two devilish dukes. Now, the only way to secure her future and silence the gossips is to wed one of them! Julian Parish, Duke of Septon, accepts her demand--a marriage in name only will allow him to continue his rebellious rakehell ways. Except soon, their insatiable attraction throws the convenience of their marriage into jeopardy"
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The Warrior's Forbidden Viking Bride
by Sarah Rodi
A dramatic, forced proximity Viking romance where forbidden love becomes hard to resist...
A forbidden desire...
...for his enemy captor!
Mourning his wife and unborn child, Saxon warrior Ryce has found solace behind the walls of a monastery and become a priest-in-training. Then Viking shieldmaiden Alivia, blazing with righteous fury, attacks and takes Ryce captive.
Ryce must resist the spark between him and his captor. For he's vowed to devote his life to the priesthood, and to her, he represents the enemy who killed her family. Forced to work together to protect their people, impetuous and fierce Alivia reignites his warrior instincts. Now Ryce has a choice: return to his duty, or embrace a new future with Alivia by his side?
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Warrior princess assassin : a novel
by Brigid Kemmerer
As a deadly drought threatens his kingdom, fire-wielding King Ky enters a fragile alliance Princess Jory, whose fading powers to control weather and secret ties to assassin Asher complicate a tense marriage pact that could either save or doom their realms.
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Life drawing
by Jamie Hernandez
"Ten years in the making (and torn from the pages of the legendary Love and Rockets), Jaime Hernandez's newest graphic novel skillfully weaves two generations of his beloved characters into a satisfying story of love--both young and middle-aged. Life Drawing darts primarily between the youthful Tonta and the venerable Maggie. Tonta has a crush on her art teacher, Ray, as well as an axe to grind with an older woman in the neighborhood. When Tonta finds that the woman, Maggie, is married to Ray, things get complicated. And Tonta does not handle complications well"
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Raging clouds
by Yudori
"Amâelie is a brilliant woman trapped in the restricting social mores of high Dutch society in the mid-16th century. Her marriage to Hans, a swashbuckling merchant, is a terrible match. While he charms the townsfolk, at home he is her intellectual inferior and treats her with cruelty and sexual violence. Expected to be a devoted housewife, Amâelie can only be her true, free-spirited self when Hans travels away on business -- when she can explore the town alone, lose herself in literature, and study winged animals to learn about the mechanics of flight. She looks to the skies and dreams of flying far away. Her life changes when Hans returns from his journey with Sahara, a slave mistress from a distant land. The two women are drawn to each other -- each recognizing their confinement in a world dominated by men -- and work together to seek their freedom"
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Simplicity. : a novel by Mattie Lubchansky"In 1977, a group called The Spiritual Association of Peers decamps to the woods of the Catskills, taking over an abandoned summer camp. They name their new home Simplicity. In 2081, scholar Lucius Pasternak, a fastidiously organized trans man, tries to keep his head down living in the New York City Administrative and Security Territory, which was founded after the formal dissolution of the United States in 2041. Then, he's offered a job by the mayor, billionaire real estate developer Dennis Van Wervel, to complete an anthropological survey of the people of Simplicity for a history museum he's financing. A wary Lucius is nevertheless drawn in by the people of the small wooded community, intrigued by its strange rituals and in particular by the charming acolyte Amity Crown-Shy. Born and raised on the compound, Amity is comfortable in their own skin, a striking contrast to Lucius' repressed reserve. But Lucius' control starts to slip when he begins to suffer visions both terrifying and sensual-visits from beautiful but nightmarish creatures. Then, just as Lucius discovers that Van Wervel's project is more sinister than it seemed, members of the community begin to disappear, leaving behind grisly signs of struggle. The denizens of Simplicity believe that a being they call "The Lamentation" is responsible for the attacks. Amity and Lucius set out to hunt for the creature in the dangerous Exurb Zones, a wild wood full of libertarian doomsday preppers, wealthy isolationists, and worse. There, they'll finally discover the true threat to their way of life-and what they're willing to do to stop it"
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God and sex by Jonathan RaymondWhen a devastating environmental disaster endangers the woman he loves, Arthur Zinn, a writer of spiritual texts, experiences a mysterious event that forces him to confront questions of faith, mortality and the nature of desire.
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The Grand Paloma Resort : a novel
by Cleyvis Natera
As ambitious resort manager Laura nears a career-defining promotion, her troubled sister Elena becomes entangled in a harrowing scandal involving missing children, forcing both women to confront the brutal realities of privilege, exploitation, and sacrifice within a luxury Dominican resort.
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House of monstrous women
by Daphne Fama
In 1986 Philippines, Josephine accepts an invitation to a childhood friend's eerie, labyrinthine house to play a game that promises her heart's desire, only to find herself trapped in a deadly contest where winning may cost her blood.
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Fonseca : a novel
by Jessica Francis Kane
In 1952, pregnant Penelope Fitzgerald journeys to a remote Mexican town with her young son to pursue an inheritance, only to find rival claimants, a chaotic household full of artists and opportunists and a handsome stranger who could change everything.
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The midnight hour : a novel
by Eve Chase
When her mother vanishes, seventeen-year-old Maggie navigates London's hidden corners to care for her brother and uncover the truth, but decades later, a discovery beneath their former home threatens to expose the secrets she buried to build a new life. Original.
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When the cranes fly south : a novel
by Lisa Ridzâen
"Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he's got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company ... though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo has grown too old to properly care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the imperfect way he's expressed his love over the years"
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Women, seated
by Yueran Zhang
As a wealthy Chinese family faces a sudden political downfall, longtime nanny Yu Ling—quietly observant and deeply entangled in their private lives—must navigate shifting power dynamics and decide how far she'll go to secure her future.
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The City Changes Its Face
by Eimear McBride
In mid-1990s Dublin, Stephen and Eily's intense new romance begins to fray under the pressures of returning family, unspoken choices, and shifting ambitions, forcing them to confront what remains between them after passion gives way to reality.
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L.A. women
by Ella Berman
In 1960s L.A., writer and Hollywood outsider Lane becomes envious when socialite and fellow writer Gala gains fame; 10 years later she betrays Gala by writing a successful book based on her life—her only problem is Gala's now been missing for months.
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Lime juice money : a novel
by Jo Morey
A woman is trapped in an increasingly volatile relationship 5,000 miles from home in a Central American jungle. A first novel.
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High season
by Katie Bishop
After the death of a troubled young socialite, the victim's twin brother is determined to hold the family together, at any cost.
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Five found dead
by Sulari Gentill
After surviving terminal cancer, Joe boards the Orient Express for a fresh start, but when a passenger disappears and the train is quarantined, he and his sister race to catch a killer before they become the next victims. Original.
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Too old for this
by Samantha Downing
Retired and hidden under a new identity, Lottie Jones faces exposure when a persistent journalist starts digging into her murderous past, forcing her to confront old crimes and attempt one more cover-up before age—and curiosity—catch up with her.
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Dusk
by Robbie Arnott
Desperate for work, lowlands twins Iris and Floyd join a deadly hunt for a killer puma in the haunted highlands where they uncover the land's hidden complexities and confront both ancient conflicts and their own personal struggles.
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Kiss her goodbye
by Lisa Gardner
Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose friend suspects she is in grave danger—before it is too late.
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The fortune hunter's guide to love
by Emma-Claire Sunday
"Fortune-hunting Lady Sylvia is on the brink of financial ruin. Her solution? A summer by the seaside, where wealthy bachelors abound. But when she strikes a deal with practical, down-to-earth farmer Hannah--help Sylvia land a rich husband in exchange for funding Hannah's dream cheese shop--their partnership takes an unexpected turn"
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The summer house
by Masashi Matsuie
"This prize-winning debut novel offers a compelling, insightful portrait of modern Japan through a group of architects competing to design a major new building in Tokyo. Tåoru Sakanishi is a recent university graduate who joins the prestigious Murai Office, a small architecture firm founded by Shunsuke Murai, former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. A sensitive and observant narrator, Sakanishi is captivated by the artistic quality and careful consideration the Murai Office shows to each of its designs. As the sweltering summer months approach, the Murai Office migrates from Tokyo to Kita-Asama, a mountain village and artists' colony whose heyday has passed. There, this small team of architects, including two women who Sakanishi is clumsily attracted to, set out to design the National Library of Modern Literature, competing against a rival firm that snaps up one government project after the next. Beautifully translated by National Book Award-winner Margaret Mitsutani, The Summer House is a character-driven story with prose that highlights the natural beauty of Japan, the ingenuity of architecture, and the clashing of modernity and tradition"
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Six weeks by the sea : a novel
by Paula Byrne
As Jane Austen's family relocates to Bath, she finds solace in a seaside holiday where family ties, budding romance, and unexpected friendships—including with a mysterious lawyer—shape her reflections amidst the social complexities of Regency England.
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Zomromcom
by Olivia Dade
When zombie chaos erupts for the first time in decades, human Edie Brandstrup and her reclusive vampire neighbor Max join forces to uncover a deadly conspiracy, battle undead threats, and confront the growing bond that could cost them everything they're fighting to protect. Original.
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When the road comes around
by Katie Powner
"Tad Bungley has a reputation for trouble, but Anita Wilson believes that all Tad needs is a chance, so she convinces her husband to offer Tad a job at their ranch. She didn't anticipate the effect Tad would have on her disabled son, and together Anita and Tad must learn when to hold on, when to let go, and how to embrace grace"
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Songs for other people's weddings : a novel by David LevithanFrom an award-winning, bestselling author and acclaimed singer-songwriter comes a novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship.
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People like us : or The other continent, or Johnny Wordcount stumbles into a high-end croissant bar on the Siene in search of The Kid & orders the big dream
by Jason Mott
"People Like Us is Jason Mott's electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason's life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and don't let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt. In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds"
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My other heart
by Emma Nanami Strenner
Seventeen years after Mimi Truang's toddler daughter disappears in 1998 in Philadelphia, best friends Kit and Sabrina make plans in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, before starting college—but when Mimi, Kit and Sabrina come face to face, they will confront the people they truly are.
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The memory hunters
by Mia Tsai
The gifted blood-memory diver Kiana Strade wants to pursue her own research at the Museum of Human Memory with her friend Vale, but their discovery of a diverging memory leads to dangerous consequences as Key's obsession grows and threatens both their futures.
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Moderation
by Elaine Castillo
When Girlie Delmundo's parent company purchases Fairground—the preeminent VR content provider—she becomes an elite VR moderator, which solves her family's money and mobility problems, despite the isolation that VR requires; but when she meets Playground's cofounder William Cheung, she finds herself falling in love.
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Jenny Cooper has a secret : a novel
by Joy Fielding
While visiting a friend at memory care facility Legacy Place, Linda meets Jenny, a 92-year-old dementia patient who admits that she kills people; Linda dismisses her “secret” as the confusion of Jenny's ailing mind until a fellow patient dies.
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The locked ward : a novel
by Sarah Pekkanen
When Amanda visits her institutionalized twin Georgia—accused of murdering their younger sister—she's drawn into a chilling spiral of doubt, buried family tensions, and psychological manipulation that forces her to question the truth, her past, and her own sanity.
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Lucky day
by Chuck Tingle
One woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world. By the USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus.
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The magician of Tiger Castle
by Louis Sachar
As political pressure mounts in the faltering kingdom of Esquaveta, Princess Tullia falls for a scribe, forcing disgraced court magician Anatole to choose between salvaging his reputation and protecting the one person who still believes in him.
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Dwelling : a Novel
by Emily Hunt Kivel
As the world collapses and mass evictions leave her with nothing, Evie journeys to a strange Texas town filled with surreal characters and magical logic, seeking belonging, meaning and a place to finally call home. 30,000 first printing.
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For the record : a novel
by Emma Lord
Pop princess Mackenzie Waters and punk rockstar Sam Blaze electrified audiences as their bands clashed on stage, but behind the scenes, their simmering tension grew into something more—until suddenly both bands fell apart; but will the two of them get a second chance at love? Original.
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Indian country : a novel
by Shobha Rao
Independent Janavi and engineer Sagar are forced into an arranged marriage in India and must relocate to Montana for Sagar's work, but when Sagar's unfriendly colleagues suspect him after his coworker drowns, is he paying the price for the white man's arrogance?
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The dead husband cookbook
by Danielle Valentine
When Thea Woods is chosen to work with Maria Capello on her sure-to-be-infamous memoir, she finds that there might be something sinister lurking behind the Capello family.
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Automatic noodle
by Annalee Newitz
From an acclaimed sci-fi author comes a cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own restaurant.
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The build-a-boyfriend project : a novel
by Mason Deaver
Eli Francis, a frustrated assistant at an online magazine, fakes a dating advice article while secretly profiling awkward but endearing Peter Park, only to find their staged relationship shifting into something real as ambition, honesty and vulnerability collide in unexpected ways. Original.
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The cleaner : a novel
by Mary Watson
"One of the estate's residents has ruined her life-and she's come for revenge-in a twisty psychological thriller that reveals the danger of underestimating the seemingly powerless"
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Into the leopard's den
by Harini Nagendra
In Bangalore, 1922, pregnant Kaveri investigates an elderly woman's death, but when one murder turns to two and then three, Kaveri, assisted by milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi in Bangalore and husband Ramu and Inspector Ismail in Coorg, must expose a brutally intelligent killer.
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Lonely crowds : a novel
by Stephanie Wambugu
Two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early '90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
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Full bloom : a novel
by Francesca Scottoline Serritella
After receiving a mysterious perfume that transforms her into the center of attention, Iris Sunnegren navigates newfound power, buried trauma and the dark secrets of New York's elite, in the new novel from the bestselling author of Ghosts of Harvard.
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A dog in Georgia
by Lauren Grodstein
A missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and lack-luster personal life and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.
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The good liar
by Denise Mina
New evidence in an old murder case forces one woman to make an impossible choice.
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The dead come to stay
by Brandy Schillace
When neurodivergent American Jo Jones relocates to her family's North Yorkshire estate, she's pulled into a murder investigation with gruff detective James MacAdams, uncovering ties to missing teens, illicit artifact trading, and buried family secrets harbored by the region's polished elite.
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Atomic hearts : a novel by Megan CumminsAfter an accident sends her to live with her newly sober father, 16-year-old Gertie grapples with fractured friendships, reckless choices, and family relapse, ultimately finding solace in the fantasy novel she writes to survive a summer that changes everything.
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Warrior princess assassin : a novel
by Brigid Kemmerer
Three characters?— princess caught between duty and desire, the fearsome warrior king she's promised to and the assassin tasked with hunting them down—are torn between chasing, betraying and craving each other.
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The society of unknowable objects : a novel
by Gareth Brown
A trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties. Maps.
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If not for my baby
by Kate Golden
When Clementine Clark joins an Irish rockstar's U.S. tour as a backing vocalist, she trades her small Texas town for a whirlwind of sold-out stadiums, unexpected romance, and a chance to reclaim the musical dreams she buried long ago. Original.
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The understudy
by Morgan Richter
Kit lands the lead in a daring new opera, but when her alluring understudy Yolanda begins a ruthless ascent, envy and ambition spiral into danger, forcing Kit to confront a chilling murder and uncover the dark history Yolanda wants to keep hidden.
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Dawn of fate and fire
by Mariely Lares
A Zorro reimagining, and the second book in a duology, weaves Mesoamerican mythology and 16th-century Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery and romance. Maps.
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I know how this ends
by Holly Smale
Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a 10-year relationship, she's willfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps and living in total chaos, until she meets the actual man she had pictured in a vision.
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Departure 37 : a novel
by Scott Carson
After pilots across America refuse to fly following mysterious calls from their mothers, some long dead, a teenager in Maine becomes entangled in a decades-old secret tied to a 1962 naval experiment, a deadly discovery and rising global tensions.
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We are all guilty here : a novel
by Karin Slaughter
When two girls vanish on fireworks night in North Falls, Officer Emmy Clifton races to uncover their secrets and redeem her past failure, only to find the town—and those closest to her—harbor darker truths than she ever imagined.
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Grommets
by Rick Remender
"Grommets is both an authentic look at '80s skate culture--a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon--as well as a heartfelt coming-of-age story following two friends from troubled homes navigating their damage in an era when no one cared. The series' title springs from skater slang, a "grommet" is a commonly used term for a young up-and-coming skater or surfer. Since the '60s it's been used to describe the next generation of kids who, with youthful exuberance, love the sport but want to put their spin on it"
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Well, actually : a novel
by Mazey Eddings
"While the following romance is rompy, goofy, and fairly irreverent, please be aware that the following are present/discussed in the novel: internalized biphobia, workplace abuse, toxic masculinity and internalized misogyny, grief after loss of a loved one. As always, I've done my best to handle these topics with nuance and compassion. Please take care of yourself while reading."
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Last light over Galveston
by Jennifer L. Wright
"Galveston, Texas. September 1900. Only months ago, Kathleen McDaniel returned from finishing school in Switzerland to her family home in New York's Hudson Valley with a future of promise and privilege set before her. But one horrific event shattered her picturesque life. Now she has fled as far as the train line and a pocketful of money would take her, finding refuge at the St. Mary's Orphan Asylum on Galveston Island, where she helps the nuns care for their young charges and prays her past will not find her...Then in one fateful day, Kathleen's fragile new life begins to crack as it becomes clear that she can't run far enough to escape the reach of her former life"
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Sisters of Fortune : a novel
by Esther Levy Chehebar
As Fortune prepares for her wedding, she and her sisters—bold Nina and curious Lucy—grapple with love, identity, and autonomy within the expectations of their close-knit immigrant community, each questioning what tradition means for their future.
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The blonde who came in from the cold : a novel
by Ally Carter
One year after vanishing from her former lover and fellow spy, a woman wakes up handcuffed to him in a dark unknown location, forcing the estranged agents to survive a deadly conspiracy together—despite a decade of secrets, betrayal, and unresolved tension between them.
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House of the beast : a novel
by Michelle Wong
After sacrificing her arm to a terrifying god in exchange for her mother's survival, Alma is trapped in her estranged father's cruel noble House and begins plotting revenge, aided by the monstrous Beast bound to her. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations. Maps.
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The faceless things we adore
by Hester Steel
Eat, Pray, Love goes full Lovecraft in this queer, feel-good cosmic horror that reflects on gaslighting and emotional abuse. Lemon, poppy seed, sun-warmed sand. These visions convince Aoife to quit her job, leave her manipulative boyfriend, and escape to the isolated shores of the Farmstead commune. There, among its charismatic and hedonistic residents, Aoife finds everything she's been missing: a community that adores her, the freedom to indulge, and the promise to be a part of something miraculous. But darkness underpins her airy new way of life. A disappearing cave looms above an ocean no one dares step foot in, mysterious crying fills the night hours, and a rot is spreading across the island. But perhaps most concerning is the commune's reverence for their leader, Jonah--a love tinged with fear that Aoife knows all too well. When Aoife's boring old life comes crashing into her bold new one, loyalties are tested, unleashing a spiral of unspeakable violence that threatens to fracture reality itself. At the helm, Aoife finds herself desperately trying to protect everyone and everything she's grown to love. Awkward, clumsy Aoife, who was always told she was weak, will soon realize the depths of her strength--and the pleasures of her rage.
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The confessions : a novel
by Paul Bradley Carr
As a global supercomputer shuts down and anonymous letters expose humanity's darkest acts, former nun Maud Brookes and tech CEO Kaitlan Goss navigate a collapsing society and their own buried truths, each seeking to outmaneuver the other as they attempt to restore order.
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Florida palms : a novel
by Joe Pan
During the 2009 recession, three friends' furniture-moving job descends into a dangerous drug-running operation, forcing them to navigate betrayal, violence, and their own escalating addictions, testing their loyalty against the brutal realities of Florida's criminal underworld.
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Birth of a dynasty : a novel
by Chinaza Bado
"After witnessing the massacre of everyone he's ever known and loved, M'Kuru Mukundi, the sole surviving member of the High Noble House Mukundi of Madada, vows revenge. M'kuru flees to a small village where he hides under the guise of farm boy Khalil Rausi... unaware that the real Khalil's father is the bloodthirsty General of Zenzele army, and under the direction of the King's scheming son, Prince Effiom, was responsible for the murder of M'kuru's people. When an imposter claiming to be M'kuru shows up in the village, the real M'kuru-now Khalil-must bide his time amongst his enemies, pretending to be everything that he hates in order to get vengeance. In another part of the country where giants roam free, young Zikora Nnamani, the only daughter of Lord Nnamani, knows nothing of political intrigue-she wants little more than to be a fierce Seh Llinga warrior. But a well-known prophecy places too much potential power on her small shoulders, and-as far as Prince Effiom and the King know-she is the only living threat to their dynasty ruling forever. However, when a messenger arrives to "invite" Zikora to stay at the palace, her family is not in a position to refuse. Before she is taken away, she begins The Rite of Blessing, a magical inheritance that she will need to learn how to use, but that may also bring the world one step closer to the completion of the prophecy that Prince Effiom so fears. Between scheming ladies at court, backstabbing princes on the prowl, and paranoid kings, M'kuru and Zikora must do what they can, no matter how terrible, to save their people and claim vengeance for their families. But they are just two young people against an entire kingdom-and a prophecy destined to thwart their dreams-and the last thing they can do is trust anyone...even each other"-- Provided by publisher
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She didn't see it coming
by Shari Lapena
When young mother Bryden vanishes from her upscale condo without a trace, her husband Sam and the investigators must unravel the mystery behind her disappearance, exposing hidden tensions, unreliable neighbors, and cracks in the seemingly perfect life they built together.
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Far and away : a novel
by Amy Poeppel
When a scandal and a surprise job swap upend their lives, Texan Lucy and Berliner Greta impulsively trade homes and uncover tangled secrets, unexpected connections and a friendship neither knew they needed. Original.
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King of ashes : a novel
by S. A. Cosby
After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and family business Carruthers Crematorium—with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
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The Burning Stones
by Antti Tuomainen
A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered ... in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen - top salesperson and the victim's successor at Steam Devil. And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren't enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all - before it's too late...
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Before Dorothy
by Hazel Gaynor
"Chicago, 1924: Emily Gale and her new husband, Henry, yearn to leave the bustle of Chicago behind for the promise of their own American dream. But leaving the city means leaving Emily's beloved sister, Annie, who was once closer to her than anyone in the world. Kansas, 1932: Emily and Henry have made a life in the warmth of the community of Liberal, Kansas, and among the harsh beauty of the prairie. Their lives hold a precarious and hopeful purpose, until tragedy strikes and their orphaned niece, Dorothy, lands on their doorstep. The wide-eyed child isn't the only thing to disrupt Emily's world. Drought and devastating dust storms threaten to destroy everything, and their much-loved home becomes a place of uncertainty and danger. When the past catches up with the present and old secrets are exposed, Emily fears she will lose the most cherished thing of all: Dorothy."
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Rules for Second Chances
by Maggie North
Brimming with heart and heat, Rules for Second Chances explores the hardest relationship question of all: can true love happen twice...with the same person?
Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want. But she's always been labeled different from everyone else in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions--that is, if anyone notices her at all. Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis is a sinkhole of toxic positivity where she's the only one saying no. In a mountain resort town built around excitement, introverted Liz gets...spreadsheets.
When she gets mistaken for a server at her own thirtieth birthday party and her last line of communication with Tobin finally snaps, Liz vows to stop playing a minor character in her own life. The (incredibly well-researched and scientific) plan? A crash course in confidence...via improv comedy class.
The catch? She's terrible at it, and the only person willing to practice with her is a certain extroverted wilderness guide who seems dead set on saving their marriage one bonkers improv scenario at a time. But as Liz and Tobin get closer (...again), she's forced to confront all the reasons they didn't work the first time, along with her growing suspicion that there might be more to her social awkwardness than anyone realized. Liz has just eight weeks to learn improv's most important lesson--"yes, and"--or she'll have to choose between the love she always wanted and the dreams that got away.
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Milktooth
by Jaime Burnet
Sorcha is over the hook-ups and gay haunts of her twenties. At thirty-one what she wants, more than anything, is to have a baby. Then she meets Chris-- with her buttoned-up plaid, 90s heartthrob hair, and grand romantic gestures-- and things get serious. Fast. Though Sorcha's friends find her new partner problematic, Sorcha has an explanation for everything.
As Chris's moods turn volatile and Sorcha becomes increasingly isolated, Chris paints an idyllic picture of domestic bliss in Cape Breton. Sorcha is all in: if her conservative religious upbringing taught her anything, it's how to save. Plus, Chris promises Sorcha the thing she wants most--a baby.
But when Sorcha becomes pregnant and Chris's abuse escalates, Sorcha realizes she must escape the life they've built together, just as she escaped her own stifling family years before.
When Sorcha's estranged Aunt Agnes, a retired midwife, messages Sorcha out of the blue, her bothy in the Scottish Highlands seems the perfect place to hide. As the bundle of cells in Sorcha's belly diligently divides, she daydreams that Agnes will deliver the baby and they'll stay in Scotland, where Chris can't find them. And where, just maybe, Sorcha could build the sort of family she's always ached for.
Exploring the clandestinity of queer abuse, the fierceness of friendship, and the magic of found family, milktooth is a bold, inventive, lyrical and darkly funny story about finding the strength to cut away what's harmed you and create something entirely new.
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Murder takes a vacation : a novel
by Laura Lippman
Former PI and widow Mrs. Blossom wins the lottery, books a cruise on the MS Solitaire, and meets Allan on her transatlantic flight—but when he is found dead in Paris, she doesn't know who to trust, especially Danny, who's convinced Allan was transporting stolen art and that she knows something about it. Simultaneous.
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The river is waiting : a novel
by Wally Lamb
Corby Ledbetter, grappling with addiction, prison life, and the tragedy that shattered his family, finds unexpected kindness and connection behind bars, as he seeks redemption and hopes for forgiveness from those he's hurt the most.
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Angel down
by Daniel Kraus
World War I soldier Cyril Bagger and his squad venture into No Man's Land on a mission, only to discover a fallen angel whose fate could end the war, if they can overcome their own greed, paranoia and darkest instincts.
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Culpability
by Bruce W. Holsinger
"When the Cassidy-Shaws' autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident. During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie's future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And Lorelei's odd behavior tugs at Noah's suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident"
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Girl, 1983
by Linn Ullmann
In a quest to reconcile her past and present, a woman revisits her 16-year-old self lost in 1983 Paris, navigating memory and oblivion across Oslo, New York, and Paris, to unearth a long-guarded secret of desire and shame.
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Ink ribbon red : a novel
by Alex Pavesi
At a remote birthday gathering, six friends play a murder-themed storytelling game that dredges up secrets and grudges, but as fiction bleeds into reality, the line between imagined killings and real danger disappears. 50,000 first printing.
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I Found Myself : The Last Dreams by Naguib MahfouzI found myself in our old house in El Abbassiya, visiting my mother. She received me with perplexing indifference and then left the room. I assumed she'd gone to make coffee, but she never returned. [Dream 216]
In his final years, the Egyptian master storyteller and Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz drew on his dreams, combining the mystery of what we experience in the night with the deep wells of his narrative art. These last dreams, stunning poetic vignettes--now brought beautifully into English for the first time by the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar--appear here with dreamlike photographs by the famous American photographer Diana Matar, which both mysteriously rhyme with Mahfouz's nocturnal reveries and, allowing the reader a chance to dream in turn, open up the texts. These sketches and stories are tersely haunting miniatures. Recurring female characters may be figures of Cairo herself, especially one much-missed lover from Mahfouz's youth. Friends, family, rulers of Egypt, and many beautiful women all float through these affecting brief tales dreamed by a mind too fertile ever to rest, even in slumber. A tender and personal introduction by Hisham Matar, recollecting how he and his wife met Mahfouz in Cairo not long after the assassination attempt on the author, is moving and likewise indelible.
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The library at Hellebore
by Cassandra Khaw
Forced into an elite academy for the dangerously powerful, a reluctant student learns of its dark graduation ritual, leaving her among a handful of students trapped in the library, where they must unite—or be devoured by the very institution meant to redeem them.
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Roll for romance : a novel
by Lenora Woods
After losing her job, Sadie finally agrees to play Dungeons & Dragons with her best friend and joins the game as Jaylie, a powerful human cleric; when handsome bartender Noah is roped into the game, Jaylie succumbs to his bard character Loren, while Sadie falls under Noah's spell. Original.
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Mendell Station : a novel by J. B. HwangWhen Miriam's best friend Esther dies in 2020, she loses her faith and quits teaching at a Christian school to join the postal service; while on her route, she composes letters to Esther that she will never deliver, reflecting on their shared childhoods and difficult families.
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You belong here : a novel
by Megan Miranda
When her daughter enrolls at the college Beckett Bowery fled after a deadly scandal two decades earlier, Beckett is forced to return to Wyatt Valley, where buried truths and old suspicions threaten to resurface against the backdrop of the picturesque Virginia town.
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Volatile memory
by Seth Haddon
Desperate for a payday, scavenger Wylla discovers a powerful AI mask containing the preserved consciousness of a dead woman, and together they form an unexpected bond as they confront dangerous secrets—and Wylla's ex-husband—across a perilous, tech-scarred galaxy.
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Sunbirth : a novel by An YuAs the sun ominously diminishes over the desolate village of Five Poems Lake, a young pharmacist and her sister Dong Ji search for answers in their father's past and the arrival of mysterious Beacons, hoping to survive a surreal, encroaching darkness that threatens to consume their world.
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The entirely true story of the fantastical mesmerist Nora Grey
by Kathleen Kaufman
Gifted medium Nairna Liath flees an itinerant life with her deceptive father in rural Scotland and rises in elite Spiritualist circles in Edinburgh and Boston, where visions of her imprisoned grandmother draw her toward a fateful confrontation with her past and her power.
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Love forms : a novel
by Claire Adam
Now 58 and divorced with her sons busy with their own lives, Dawn yearns to reconnect with the baby she gave up for adoption in Trinidad when she was sixteen, and she retraces her steps in an emotional journey to find her child.
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Glorious rivals
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
"Players move into the next round of the Grandest Game, where millions of dollars in prize money are on the line-and new relationships, motivations, and threats come to light"
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An oral history of Atlantis : stories
by Ed Park
A story collection from the Pulitzer Prize-finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams. explores identity, memory and the absurdity of modern life through tales that blur reality revealing the strange beauty and fleeting nature of art, youth and everyday existence.
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The winds from further West
by Alexander McCall Smith
After professional and personal setbacks in Edinburgh, university lecturer Neil Anderson retreats to the remote Isle of Mull, where a pair of mysterious wolf cubs and a connection with local vet Katie lead him toward unexpected renewal.
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Strange houses
by Uketsu
"From the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan-unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms- a sinister conspiracy is concealed within a house's warped and unsettling floor plans When a writer fascinated by the macabre is approached by an acquaintance, he finds himself investigating an eerie house for sale in Tokyo. At first, with its bright and spacious interior, it seems the perfect first home. But upon closer inspection, the building's floor plans reveal a mysterious "dead space" hidden between its walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plans with his friend Kurihara, an architect, only to discover more unnerving details throughout. What is the true purpose behind the house's disturbing design? And what happened to the former owners who disappeared without a trace? When a body suddenly appears and a young woman reaches out about a second house, it soon becomes clear that the writer and his friend may be in over their heads. Structured around a series of chilling floorplans, with Strange Houses, mystery-horror YouTube sensation Uketsu casts readers in the role of detective, inviting them to help map out the truth hidden within these puzzling floor plans . . . and the terrifying plot behind it all"-- Provided by publisher
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