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Grape Juice: An 831 Stories Romance
by Eliza Dumais
The characters are just as vivid as the setting . . . an addictive contemporary that will delight hopeless romantics and armchair travelers alike. --Publishers Weekly, starred review For readers who want their love stories effervescent but also substantive, Grape Juice offers a glass worth savoring to the last drop. --The Masters Review A gorgeous, seductive fiction debut from wine and dating columnist Eliza Dumais, about parsing romantic clarity amidst the mind-muddling effects of fermented grapes, the French language, and exhausting physical labor. Perfect for fans of Under the Tuscan Sun, French Kiss, and The Pairing. Alice is bored--romantically, professionally, creatively. So when her boss, a prominent wine importer, suggests she work a grape harvest in France, she sees it as a welcome opportunity to course-correct her apathy. Though Alice is plenty skeptical of the drink-pray-love premise, she begins to let her guard down when she finds herself picking riesling and practicing her French alongside a charming cast of international characters--and, most notably, Henri, the vineyard owner's nephew, who's just as lost as she is. This book was basically tailor-made for me: a sexy European romance that had me feeling like I'd escaped to France from the very first page. --Marisa Meltzer, bestselling author of Glossy and It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin Grape Juice is the romantic fantasy that has me refilling my glass time and time again. --Jamie Beck, photographer and New York Times bestselling author of An American in Provence Our heroine seduces us in a feast of glamorous gluttony. Grape Juice begs to be read ravenously. --Rachel Seville Tashjian, fashion critic at The Washington Post
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Television
by Lauren Rothery
Who needed to leave? Who needed to find the right place for them or the right people? Not me. I would never write about Los Angeles for as long as I lived. A handsome, aging movie star lotteries off his mega-million-dollar salary to a member of the general viewing public before taking up with a much younger Instagram model. His unbeautiful, non-famous best friend (and sometimes lover) looks on impassively while recollecting their twenty-odd years of unlikely connection. And a young aspiring filmmaker struggles to write a viable script, longing for the perfect circumstances that would finally afford her the freedom to make great art. And isn't it the meek that shall inherit the earth?--Provided by publisher.
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Shoot or Cut Bait
by William W. Johnstone
The star of the instant New York Times bestseller, Catfish Charlie, is back! Out of retirement--and into the crossfire--the former Texas Ranger heads into outlaw territory to find a lost stagecoach, a missing deputy, and a desert full of killers . . . When he's not at the local pond trying to catch an uncatchable catfish named Bubba, Catfish Charlie Tuttle can usually be found at the Lone Star Outpost with his old pal Deputy Brazos and the post's lovely owner Julia Claire. Catfish has a sweet spot for Julia, so he's more than a little worried when she announces she's taking a stagecoach to Tombstone, Arizona. The stage runs through hostile territory, including a treacherous valley crawling with outlaws. Sure enough, Julia's stagecoach never makes it to Tombstone . . . Even though Arizona is outside his jurisdiction, Catfish saddles up with Brazos and heads into outlaw country to find Julia. It's not long before they run into a gang of renegade soldiers led by a lunatic, Major Boneyard. Turns out Boneyard hid an arsenal of weapons on Julia's stagecoach, which he plans to sell to the Apache for gold. When their plan's revealed, the soldiers take Brazos hostage--leaving Catfish alone, outnumbered, and outgunned. Of course, that won't stop Catfish from trying to rescue his friends. Even if it leads him across the Mexican border--and into a full-blown war with the legendary El Serpiente, a poison-mean revolutionario who has a coiled serpent tattooed under his left eye . . . JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE OLD LEGENDS NEVER DIE . . . WITHOUT A FIGHT.
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We Inherit the Fire
by Kagiso Lesego Molope
A gorgeously rendered, unflinching portrait of the fractured relationship between a mother and her daughter--set against the tumultuous end of apartheid in South Africa. There is that photograph, of course. My mother: standing in front of a soldier, closer than anyone else would dare . . . In late-1980s South Africa, teenager Kelelo is forced to leave her mountain school for a newly desegregated school in town, where her identity as the daughter of celebrated freedom fighter Kewame Dolly Malaka makes her an instant curiosity. While her classmates see her as a symbol of progress, at home she struggles with a mother who is emotionally unreachable, still haunted by the violence and deprivation she endured as a political prisoner under apartheid. Kewame, now living in material comfort, hides a growing inner collapse as memories of prison life and the women who sustained her resurface, stirred by her grandmother's illness and the pressure of maintaining a façade of perfection. As mother and daughter navigate a shifting political landscape, We Inherit the Fire interlaces their voices to reveal the unspoken wounds, buried histories, and complex inheritance of resilience, pain, and responsibility that bind and divide generations of Black South African women.
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The Dark Is Descending: A Nytefall Novel
by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Reeling from shocking betrayal, the Star Maiden Astraea must now race against time to break the curse imprisoning her lover Nyte. She will have to decide if the hand of darkness, or that of her enemy, is an alliance that could bring him back. But with the loss of daylight and the realm on the brink of ruin, Astraea and her companions must set off on their quests to retrieve the Maiden's broken key, the only weapon that can kill the wrathful gods determined to rule the mortal world. Dragons will fly and their bonds may choose friend or foe. Gods will face gods, fathers will face sons, and all will face the end of the world. Because when the blood that binds them becomes a weapon to end them, two star-crossed lovers must yield to fate or pay their greatest sacrifice yet--Provided by publisher.
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Definitely Maybe Not a Detective
by Sarah Fox
In this delightfully charming rom-com mystery, a woman becomes accidentally entangled in a murder investigation (and with a handsome stranger) when her fake detective agency is enlisted to solve a real homicide. Emersyn Gray is definitely not a detective. Really, she's an unemployed twenty-eight-year-old raising her beloved niece in the only place she can afford after her ex-boyfriend ran off with her life savings: a run-down, seniors-only apartment complex that was desperate for tenants. But never fear--her wild best friend has the perfect plan to get Emersyn back on her feet and stick it to her thieving ex: scare him into returning her money by hiring a private investigator to prove he stole it. Only, there won't be an actual detective, just a fabricated business card from Wyatt Investigations . . . and a ridiculously hot stranger, who steps in to play the part--a stranger whose name is, coincidentally, Wyatt. Emersyn can't help but notice the real-life Wyatt is capital H-O-T hot, even though she's wary of his intentions. But her ex does seem flustered, and if she can get her money back and regain control of her life, maybe it'll finally prove to her parents that she can be a responsible caregiver to her niece. But the day after they set their plan in motion, the superintendent of Emersyn's apartment building winds up dead, and her neighbors turn to her fake detective agency for help after finding one of the phony business cards. With so many eyes on them--or maybe just their eyes on each other--Emersyn and Wyatt agree to take on the case. Now the question is, Can they solve the murder without getting tangled up in their own fictions--or each other? Fast-paced and quippy.--Catherine Mack, USA Today bestselling author of Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies
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This Side of Gone: A Vinnie Taylor Mystery
by Saundra Mitchell
In this gripping debut PI procedural, an ex-cop is dragged back into the policing world that she fled when a teen girl goes missing in her new town. Please help me. I think he killed Avery. Vinnie Taylor isn't a cop anymore. Once a decorated detective, Vinnie left behind a 25-year career in a blaze of scandal--working undercover to bust a sex trafficking ring in her own Homicide Unit. Nearly beaten to death by her former colleagues to prevent her testimony, Vinnie has found peace in the small town of Wills Harbor, Maryland. Or so she thought.When a local teenager goes missing and nobody in town seems concerned besides the girl's best friend, Vinnie can't help but take the case, even if it means returning to a world she's gone hundreds of miles to leave behind. She feels a certain kinship with Avery Adair, a whip smart teen who grew up on the wrong side of town, just like Vinnie. But as she digs deeper, Vinnie uncovers a trail of dangerous online encounters and a double life that Avery kept from even her best friends. The closer Vinnie gets to answers, the more perilous her own circumstances become. Does Vinnie have the courage to face the ghosts of her past and the ugly truths hiding in her new hometown?
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My Silver Lining
by Laura Pavlov
Lulu Sonnet is the bane of my existence. She's caused me more physical pain than any man should ever endure. From an accidental throat punch to a near death by shovel. Don't even get me started on that vicious, pool ball accident where she almost robbed me of my family jewels. She's a hot little heathen, and what's worse? She's staying in my brother's rental house while I'm temporarily living in the guest house. And now she needs a favor. A fake boyfriend. I'll dote on her for a few weeks, and she'll return the favor so my boss's daughter will stop nagging me, then we'll part ways. It seems simple enough. Until we end up in the same shower. And then the same bed. The lines are blurring. Lulu's beautiful, fierce and sexy all at the same time. But she isn't staying in Rosewood River forever. The place I call home is just a pitstop for her. My fake girlfriend has turned my world upside down. Suddenly, everything I thought I wanted doesn't seem as important. Now, nothing feels right without her--
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The Cheerleader
by Marina Evans
Everyone wants to be a Dallas Lonestars Cheerleader, but fame can have a deadly price... The Dallas Lonestars Cheerleaders are untouchable. They are the epitome of glitz and glamour, reeking of hairspray and perfection. But everything changes when America's Angel and cheerleading captain Jentry Rae Randall is found murdered in the squad's locker room. Filmmaker Nikki Keegan has the opportunity of a lifetime. Brought in to document the Lonestars' potential comeback after four disastrous seasons, Nikki is now perfectly placed to investigate the murder of the team's iconic frontwoman. Nikki turns to cheerleader Shaunette Simmons, the deceased's best friend, for help. As Nikki becomes closer to Shaunette, the more she suspects that Shaunette is hiding something. But when Shaunette is run off the road and left to die, it's clear that nobody on this cheer squad is safe. Because some people would kill to be a Dallas Lonestars Cheerleader... Marina Evans, a former NFL cheerleader herself, takes readers behind the gloss of this iconic American subculture in this high octane debut that is filled with twists, turns, and high kicks. Weaving between sisterhood and ambition, survival and scandal, The Cheerleader will keep you riveted until the final page.
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Pearls and Poison
by Erin Lindsey
Rose is back and this time she's flying solo as she investigates criminal paranormal activity in Gilded Age New York City. Murder in Manhattan Fully fledged Pinkerton agent Rose Gallagher has just caught her first solo case. Stolen jewels and suspicious deaths in a building on Pearl Street with supernatural markings in the wall are right up her alley. But without her partner, Thomas--whose abrupt departure still hurts her bruised heart--Rose fears she might not be up to the challenge. Especially when the investigation takes a deadly turn . . . Attending a high society séance hosted by a psychic of dubious repute should have been nothing more than a great opportunity to gather clues. And yet Rose finds herself being followed, her dear friend is brutally attacked, and her mother's life is threatened. With her loved ones in danger, can Rose stop the killer before their sinister scheme claims another victim? The fourth installment in Erin Lindsey's Rose Gallagher series, Pearls and Poison is an exciting adventure through Gilded Age New York. Fans of historical mysteries and all things supernatural will love this!
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The Secret Sharers
by Qiu Xiaolong
Ex-Chief Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau investigates the case of a vanished man in this poetic, atmospheric literary mystery set in contemporary Shanghai. Over two million copies of the Inspector Chen series sold worldwide. With the Chinese government's crackdown on private investigators, times are hard for those in the business: Which includes Inspector Chen's good friend Old Hunter. So when one of Shanghai's most successful businesswomen asks Old Hunter to help a man nicknamed X who's been vanished by the government, reason unknown, he accepts the politically dangerous--but extremely well-paid--case, and immediately turns to Chen for help in turn. What crime has the vanished man supposedly committed? Chen plunges in, his investigations soon leading back to the massacre at Tian'anmen Square, when X spoke up against the Party--and Chen did not. And as the inspector uncovers the life of a man whose background and tastes strangely echo his own, he becomes desperate not just to save the mysterious X, but to redeem himself for his own mistakes.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series--now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition. You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That's what. Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world--or just get to the next level--in a video game-like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that's actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain't your ordinary game show. Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not. Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.
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We Who Will Die
by Stacia Stark
Life in the perilous Thorn district is a constant battle for Arvelle and her younger brothers. And the vampire standing on her doorstep is about to turn their world upside down. Faced with an unthinkable choice, Arvelle makes a magically binding vow to do the impossible: kill the emperor, an ancient vampire created by the god Umbros. But first, she must enter the Sundering--an arena where only the fastest, strongest, and deadliest survive long enough to be selected for the emperor's elite guard. She quickly draws the ire of the Primus, the powerful figure charged with protecting the emperor. But the vampire under the armor is the last person Arvelle expects to encounter in the emperor's court--
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On Wings of Blood (Standard Edition)
by Briar Boleyn
Welcome to Bloodwing Academy.Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood.I didn't sign up for this. A half-fae in a school of highblood vampires? That's a recipe for suffering.I'm Medra Pendragon, last of the dragon riders--or so they tell me. Funny thing is, there are no dragons left. Not a single one. But somehow, that hasn't stopped the vampires from deciding I'm worth capturing. Now I'm stuck at Bloodwing Academy, where the highbloods run everything, and blightborn like me? We're just blood in their veins, pawns in their games.But that's not even the worst part. Enter Blake Drakharrow: cold, arrogant, and way too gorgeous for his own good. He's been tormenting me since the moment we met, and now, thanks to some ancient ritual, we're betrothed. He acts like he owns me, but I'm not going down without a fight.Bloodwing isn't just a school--it's a battlefield. Highbloods fight for power, and if you're weak, you're dead.Between deadly competitions, lies that could get me executed, and a dragon-shaped secret looming over my head, all I have to do is survive. Easy, right? Except I'm starting to think the real danger isn't the academy--it's what I'm becoming in this twisted game of power.And Blake? He might just be the one who pushes me over the edge.They think they can control me. They think they can use me. But they have no idea what they've awakened.FOR FANS OF: Enemies-to-lovers Dark Academia Morally Grey Men Forced Proximity Vampires and Dragon Riders Fourth Wing meets A Court of Thorns and Roses with a hint of Vampire Academy
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The Bond That Burns (Deluxe Limited Edition)
by Briar Boleyn
At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless-and as dangerous as fire. I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong. I accidentally woke a dragon-a creature of myth, of death, of fire. Now every highblood house wants control over me and the dragon's legacy I carry. But here's the truth: I have no control. I'm bluffing my way through every encounter, trying to keep everyone from realizing that I'm not the one pulling the dragon's strings. And then there's Blake Drakharrow. I thought he was on my side, that I might even be able to trust him. But he betrayed me. Now I'm his only blood source. How messed up is that? In a place like Bloodwing, where power and survival are everything, this bond may well be the death of us both. Unless I can find a way to end it. In this world of vampires, dragons, and lies, there are no happy endings. Just legends--and the darkness it takes to make them --
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The Damned
by Harper L. Woods
Trapped. He fell through the gate to Hell to save my life. Beelzebub, the Lord of Gluttony, is no longer his own. He's been mine ever since he caught me singing to myself, falling prey to the magic of my song. If I can keep my distance, we can both move on. But now, he is caught under my spell, which makes him forbidden to touch. And yet, he is the only one I can trust to get me back to Crystal Hollow. We'll have to make it through the Nine Circles of Hell first. No matter what we lose along the way--
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The Cursed: Special Edition
by Harper L. Woods
DELUXE EDITION--this beautiful hardcover features gorgeous stenciled edges!From Harper L. Woods, comes The Cursed, the next chapter in her Coven of Bones series--a pulse-pounding romantasy where The Magicians meets Gothikana. Betrayal. He was the deception waiting in the night; the truth I never saw coming. After a lifetime of manipulation, I finally learned the truth. I was his puppet--even if I never saw my strings. Even knowing how deep his betrayal runs, I can't shake the undeniable connection between Gray and I--the way a single glance from him sets my soul on fire. We are not the same. We're enemies, poised to battle for the future of the very thing I'd wanted to destroy. With the Covenant gone, the revenge I thought I wanted is no longer my priority. The witches that remain played no role in my aunt's death, and the only person standing in the way of righting those wrongs is the very man determined to keep me in his bed. But the remaining members of the Coven will never forgive me for the role I played in their demise and subjugation, and the worst part of all is that I can't even blame them for it. I'd been naive, believing my own delusions of grandeur when destiny clearly had other plans for me. Plans that had been set in motion centuries before my birth. But even that had been a lie, and now it is my duty to do everything in my power to undo it. To protect my Coven from my husband's hatred--no matter what the cost.
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Rough Pages: An Evander Mills Mystery
by Lev Ac Rosen
Set in atmospheric 1950s San Francisco, Rough Pages asks who is allowed to tell their own stories, and how far would you go to seek out the truth. Private Detective Evander Andy Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers. With bookseller Howard Salzberger gone suspiciously missing along with his address book, everyone on that list, including some of Andy's closest friends, is now in danger. A search of Howard's bookstore reveals that someone wanted to stop him and his co-owner, Dorothea Lamb, from sending out their next book. The evidence points not just to the Feds, but to the Mafia, who would be happy to use the subscriber list for blackmail. Andy has to maneuver through both the government and the criminal world, all while dealing with a nosy reporter who remembers him from his days as a police detective and wants to know why he's no longer a cop. With his own secrets closing in on him, can Andy find the list before all the lives on it are at risk? Dive into the full Evander Mills series: Lavender HouseThe Bell in the FogRough Pages
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Mirage City: An Evander Mills Mystery
by Lev Ac Rosen
Lev AC Rosen delivers a new and captivating 1950s mystery in this dazzling, award-winning series Private Investigator Evander Andy Mills' next case takes him out of his comfort zone in San Francisco-and much to his dismay, back home to Los Angeles. After a secretive queer rights organization called the Mattachine Society enlists Andy to find some missing members, he must dodge not only motorcycle gangs and mysterious forces, but his own mother, too. Avoiding her proves to be a challenge when the case leads Andy to the psychiatric clinic she works at. Worlds collide, buried secrets are dug up, and Andy realizes he's going to have to make some hard choices. With secrets, drugs, and doctors swirling around him, time is running out for Andy to locate the missing and get them to safety. And for him to make it back to San Francisco in one piece--Provided by publisher.
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Lavender House
by Lev Ac Rosen
Evander Mills, a gay police officer, is hired by the Lamontaine family to investigate the death of the matriarch and head of the Lamontaine soap empire.
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The Orchard
by Peter Heller
Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild things--including their exuberant Bernese Mountain dog, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith-- precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious reader--considers herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here. Season after season, it is the three of them--mother, daughter, and dog--until the spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door and upends Hayley and Frith's solitary existence. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Frith must come to terms with heartbreak for the very first time. By turns joyful and searing, The Orchard reminds us that, even during the hardest of times, the enduring power of nature, love, and friendship will prevail.
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The Mating Game
by Lana Ferguson
Two wolf shifters reluctant to love discover there's no fighting the call of the wild in this steamy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson.
Includes an excerpt from The final score.
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W. E. B. Griffin Direct Action
by Jack Stewart
When the original Presidential Agent is gunned down during a mass shooting, Pick McCoy swears a brutal revenge in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling series. Charley Castillo, the original Presidential Agent is in Virginia Beach to visit his son when two gunmen appear. Charley is able to thwart a deadly mass shooting, but he is hit and badly injured. Meanwhile Pick McCoy is at the Naval Academy catching up with some old friends. When the news of the attack reaches him, he senses that this is no random event. While Charley clings to life, Pick searches for the men responsible and in the process uncovers a deadly plot that threatens to strike deep at the heart of American democracy.
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The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson
In life, Marilyn Monroe's superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery. ... In the hours before her death, she argues with US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his brother-in-law Peter Lawford. 'Here I am, the most beautiful woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night.' On June 1, 2026, the world celebrates Marilyn Monroe's one hundredth birthday--without her--
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White Wolf: An Evan Ryder Novel
by Eric Van Lustbader
Evan Ryder races against time in a landscape where secrets can no longer hide behind digital walls. Ilona Shokova, the elusive, deadly assassin White Wolf, holds the key to mastering this unhackable method. Two powerful, deadly women, one quest. Will either one of them survive? In this pulse-pounding thriller, the future isn't just written in code-- it's locked behind it--
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Wash It All Away 05
by Mitsuru Hattori
With an endearing protagonist and luscious art, this seaside slice-of-life story offers tranquility in the chaos of the modern world. Remy, a woman from Canada, moves to Atami after her grandfather, a respected Japanese pottery artist, passes away. When Wakana reunites Remy's grandmother with the stuffed toy she'd previously cleaned, she learns the name of Kinme Cleaning's previous owner. Then, Kyusho seems to be moving away, but things get awkward when she bids him farewell...
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A Limited Edition Murder
by Lauren Elliott
While in England, a first edition of Emily Brontèe's Wuthering Heights leads bookstore owner Addie Greyborne to a murder on the moors ... Although enjoying her extended stay working at Second Chance Books and Bindery in West Yorkshire, Addie still feels adrift--far from home, her friends, and her own beloved bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios. The engagement party of her dear friend, Tony, at Milton Manor promises to be a joyful distraction. But there's an ill wind blowing at the estate: When Tony presents his fiancâe with a special copy of Wuthering Heights as an engagement gift, the lord of the manor insists the book was stolen from his library ... Things go from troubling to tragic when Addie takes her Yorkipoo, Pippi, out for a walk on the moors and stumbles across the body of a young woman. When the police suspect Tony of foul play, Addie vows to get to the bottom of what's going on. But it's a twisted, treacherous path to the truth and Addie will need to watch her every step--
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Murder by the Book
by Lauren Elliott
Addie Greyborne loved working with rare books at the Boston Public Library--she even got to play detective, tracking down clues about mysterious old volumes. But she didn't expect her sleuthing skills to come in so handy in a little seaside town ... Addie left some painful memories behind in the big city, including the unsolved murder of her fiancé and her father's fatal car accident. After an unexpected inheritance from a great aunt, she's moved to a small New England town founded by her ancestors back in colonial times--and living in spacious Greyborne Manor, on a hilltop overlooking the harbor. Best of all, her aunt also left her countless first editions and other treasures--providing an inventory to start her own store. But there's trouble from day one, and not just from the grumpy woman who runs the bakery next door. A car nearly runs Addie down. Someone steals a copy of Alice in Wonderland. Then, Addie's friend Serena, who owns a nearby tea shop, is arrested--for killing another local merchant. The police seem pretty sure they've got the story in hand, but Addie's not going to let them close the book on this case without a fight ...
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The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
by Laurie Gilmore
By #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café 'Unputdownable, I devoured [it] within days... Dream Harbor is not short of a vibrant and hilarious cast of characters to help breathe life into the already charming town'
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The Gingerbread Bakery
by Laurie Gilmore
The highly anticipated new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café! 'All the makings of a top tier Hallmark movie that happens to include a nice dash of spice'--People on the Dream Harbor series
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The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
by Laurie Gilmore
Fall in love with Laurie Gilmore's #1 New York Times bestselling cozy seasonal romance set in Dream Harbor! 'Never want this series to end!'
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The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman's new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now! The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this. --George R.R. Martin Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy. --Joe Hill A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre. --John Green The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I've read this century. --Cory Doctorow This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story. --The New Yorker The best urban fantasy in years. --A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of children's fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.
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The Pumpkin Spice Café
by Laurie Gilmore
The first book of the viral Dream Harbor series by #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore! TikTok Made Me Buy It - Winner of the TikTok Shop Book of the Year 2024, Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller. As seen on Good Morning America!
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The Christmas Tree Farm
by Laurie Gilmore
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe comes a #1 Sunday Times bestselling grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom! 'A charming break from reality' Publishers Weekly
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Children of Fallen Gods
by Carissa Broadbent
#1 New York Times bestselling author Carissa Broadbent returns to The War of Lost Hearts series with book two, Children of Fallen Gods No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win. Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war -- and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom -- far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets. As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory? For power? For love?-- Provided by publisher.
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Promised in Blood
by Sadie Kincaid
Order now and receive the stunning DELUXE FIRST PRINT RUN while supplies lastfeaturing gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and special cover design features. This breathtaking collectible is only available as part of a LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN in the US and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover. But there is one who can save the fates of all.For the child borne of fire and blood, shall be our ruin or our redemption. An ancient prophecy. A betrayal so deep it will echo through eternity. Ophelia Hart is no ordinary elementai. In fact, she is extraordinary in every single way there is. And now that she knows her true heritage and has bonded to the most powerful vampire who ever lived, and the three ruthless vampires he sired, she wonders if she might finally know some true happiness. It seems at last within her reach--so long as the truth of her identity remains a closely guarded secret. But secrets can't remain so forever. Ophelia must learn to harness the magical abilities she's awakened before the rest of the world discovers who she really is. And although her four bonded mates will do all in their power to protect her, there are forces at work that even they cannot fathom. Destiny beckons, but betrayal lurks just around the corner. And debts will be settled for oaths that are promised in blood.
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Hotel Melikov
by Jonathan Payne
Short Summary: An unnamed, mountainous kingdom in central Europe at the end of the Great War. When tensions between the government and revolutionaries erupt into civil war, a simple fishmonger finds that the future of the nation is in his hands.
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The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition
by Paula Lafferty
Outlander-meets-The Princess Bride plus Camelot in a fresh, big-hearted, feminist, timeslip adventure reimagining the epic saga of King Arthur, as told from the perspective of his spunky and surprising queen, Vera - complete with time travel and good running shoes! ***DELUXE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER with stenciled edges, a beautiful foil-stamped hardcover, exclusive interior design with full-color illustrated endpapers*** Only while supplies last. Vera always knew she didn't fit in. When she learns that she is meant to be in another time, she leaps at the chance to embrace a new life in a world of valor, intrigue, and unexpected magic in this bold and romantic retelling of Arthurian legend . . . 22-year-old Vera is at a crossroads: waiting tables, grieving her previous relationship, and jogging aimlessly each morning as if toward an uncertain future. Then an odd man shows up at her workplace, insisting that she was once the legendary Queen Guinevere of Camelot, and that her lost memories hold the key to changing both the past and the present. Somehow, it all feels like the direction she's been looking for. But when she asks the mysterious man to tell her more about Lancelot, Arthur, and a faithless queen, he can only say that much of what she's heard about Camelot is wrong. The truth, he claims, is something she must see for herself. After jumping through a portal in Glastonbury's historic center, Vera is not prepared for what she finds. Magic is everywhere, but a curse on the kingdom means it dwindles every day. She has no idea how to perform a queen's duties. Her fast friendship with Lancelot sets gossip flowing, and the stranger she must call husband often refuses to meet her eye. Arthur is a puzzle: cold, forbidding, and, while angry to her face, keeps leaving secret tokens of tenderness in her chambers. Worst of all, Vera's memories--and the answers locked within them--show no signs of returning. If Vera is truly destined to save Camelot, she'll have to trust her instincts. And her king will have to trust her . . .
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Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
by Claire Keegan
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church--Provided by publisher.
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Peach Tea Smash
by Laura Childs
During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He's been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the grist mill. Nobody can figure out why since Harlan was much beloved by everyone. It's only after Cricket and Delaine beg Theodosia to investigate that she realizes the killer might have mistaken Harlan for his crazy son, Duke. After all, Duke is a slum landlord and recently injured a woman in a boating accident.
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High Tea and Misdemeanors
by Laura Childs
Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are tapped to cater the elegant wedding of Bettina and Jamie. Theodosia and Drayton are setting up when they hear a crash from the greenhouse. Shockingly, they discover that part of the roof has collapsed, trapping the bride and groom. He will pull through, but his beloved is no more. Theodosia is convinced it was murder--
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The Red Scare Murders
by Con Lehane
July 1950. Mick Mulligan has just hung out his shingle as a private investigator in New York's sweaty Hell's Kitchen. A former Hollywood cartoonist whose life fell apart when he was blacklisted during a communist witch hunt, Mick is broke, divorced, and in need of a paying gig to make his child support payments. But maybe not this gig. ... Last year, universally reviled cab company owner Irwin Johnson was murdered. One of his drivers, an African American Communist Party member named Harold Williams, was arrested, tried, and found guilty, despite scant evidence. Now his execution date is two weeks away. No one has come out to fight the miscarriage of justice--not the liberals, not the unions, not the Communists. New York City labor leader Duke Rogowski asks Mick to make one last effort on Harold's behalf: can he find fresh evidence that might buy Harold a stay of execution?--
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Salty
by Kate Myers
A witty page-turner from the bestselling author of Excavations, Salty takes us to a tropical paradise with a hurricane on the way, where two estranged sisters uncover their rich employers' reckless development-could these yacht owners have something to do with the dead body found in the marina?--Provided by publisher.
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