New Fiction
February 2024
General Fiction
Acts of Forgiveness
by Maura Cheeks

A single mother is surprised when her family blocks her from uncovering her family's ancestry, past and secrets while trying to prove she was descended from slaves in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program.
The Adversary
by Michael Crummey

When his wedding to the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore is sabotaged, Abe Strapp, in an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline, seeks revenge on the person he despises most in the world, dividing the community with devastating consequences.
The American Daughters
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady, when she's separated from her mother, meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.
After Annie
by Anna Quindlen

After Annie Brown dies suddenly, her family and her best friend struggle to maintain their lives and eventually discover that they are able to grow, change and become stronger due to their memories and the lasting power of love.
All My Secrets
by Lynn Austin

When her husband's unexpected death bestows his fortune on a male heir, Sylvia tries to marry her daughter off to a wealthy husband to maintain their lifestyle, but is stopped by her mother-in-law, who wants more for her granddaughter.
Burma Sahib
by Paul Theroux

An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversee local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social , racial and class politics in the new novel by the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast.
Cahokia Jazz
by Francis Spufford

A detective and his indigenous jazz pianist partner investigate a seemingly ordinary murder that ultimately threatens to unravel the peace and reveal hidden secrets in an alternate history version of 1920s America where Native American populations thrived.
Chasing Endless Summer
by V. C. Andrews

Forced to live with her cruel grandfather and untrustworthy cousin in a gloomy and expansive mansion, Caroline hopes for a new and normal life after her estranged father resurfaces, in the second novel of the series following Losing Spring.
Dixon, Descending
by Karen Outen

A former Olympic-level runner working as a school psychologist abandons his family and students to join his brother on a quest to be the first black American men to summit Mount Everest, resulting in a tragedy that shatters his life.
Embers in the London Sky
by Sarah Sundin

Escaping to London while fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, a woman searching for her 3-year-old son befriends a BBC correspondent reporting on the Blitz in the new novel by the author of When Twilight Breaks.
A Fire So Wild
by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman

As a wildfire threatens to engulf Berkeley, California, the city's residents, both rich and poor, are forced to confront the social and economic inequities that plague their community in the new novel from a former climate journalist.
The Fortune Seller
by Rachel Kapelke-dale

Starting a job at a Manhattan hedge fund after graduation, Rosie uncovers the true identity the mysterious Annelise, a girl who infiltrated her elite Yale set with devastating consequences, and wonders if it's too late for her to put right what went wrong.
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel
by Charlie Jane Anders

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic lockdown a group of New York city neighbors gather on the roof to tell stories in a collaborative tale in which each character is written by a different major literary voice.
The Fox Wife
by Yangsze Choo

In 1908 Manchuria, Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the identity of a dead courtesan, while a secretive woman named Snow, seeking vengeance for her lost child, navigates the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits to find a murderer.
Girls With Bad Reputations
by Xio Axelrod

As aspiring rock drummer and her new tour bus driver, recently released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, have their secrets exposed, in the second novel of the series following The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes.
Green dot : a novel
by Madeleine Gray

Despite preferring women to men, Hera, adrift in millennial malaise, meets and falls for a married, middle aged journalist, Arthur, while working at a new outlet moderating their online comments section.
Greta & Valdin
by Rebecca K. Reilly

A gay, Maaori man living in Auckland with his sister is sent by work to Argentina, where he is forced to confront the feelings he's been trying to ignore about his ex-boyfriend who dumped him and moved to Buenos Aires.
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
by Ellen Baker

Now 94 and living a quiet life, Cecily Larson, when her family surprises her with an at-home DNA test, finds the unexpected results not only bringing to light the tragic love story she's kept hidden for decades but also calls into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own.
I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both
by Mariah Stovall

After a decade of estrangement, Khaki Oliver received a letter from her former best friend inviting her to a party for her newly adopted daughter and her memories going back to the 1980s weigh the risks and rewards of attending.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
by Hisashi Kashiwai

Down a quiet Kyoto backstreet,“food detectives” Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the proprietors of the Kamogawa Diner, through ingenious investigations, recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories, which hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness.
The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers
by Sarah Tomlinson

Accepting a job to work with a legendary model, style icon, and wife of the founder of the Midnight Ramblers, who died mysteriously in 1969, on her memoir, Mari Hawthorn, as she ingratiates herself into the world of the band, grows enchanted by these legendary rock stars, compromising her objectivity and her integrity.
Love and Hot Chicken
by Mary Liza Hartong

Returning home to Pennywhistle, Tennessee, for her beloved daddy's funeral, PJ Spoon, abandoning her PhD program at Vanderbilt, impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at the Chickie Shak, where she meets and falls for Boof, a talented singer-songwriter searching for her birth mother.
Medea
by Eilish Quin

Hearing the reviled sorceress Medea's side of the story through a feminist lens, this beautifully written novel follows Medea as she travels the treacherous seas with the her husband, the hero Jason, and the Argonauts, battles inconceivable demons and falls in love with the man who may ultimately be her downfall.
The Moorings of Mackerel Sky
by MZ

In Mackerel Sky, a small Maine lobstering town famous for its local myths and a close-knit community built through love and lore, readers will meet an unforgettable cast of characters who are still haunted by the legend of the Mermaid and the Captain who loved her.
Mrs. Gulliver
by Valerie Martin

In 1954, on Verona Island, Lila Gulliver, the proud owner of a high-end brothel, takes in Carità, a young, destitute and beautiful blind force of nature, who catches the eye of the scion of the wealthiest family on the island, setting in motion a passionate chain of events that changes all their lives.
Neferura: The Pharaoh's Daughter
by Malayna Evans

Dreaming of forbidden romance and freedom, Neferura, princess and high priestess of Egypt, to escape her vile half-brother, forms an unlikely alliance with a mysterious tattooed wisewoman who offers her a way out, forcing her to decide where her loyalties lie and how much she's willing to sacrifice.
Neighbors and Other Stories
by Diane Oliver

Filled with unforgettable characters dealing with the dangers of Jim Crow racism, this powerful story collection paints incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments.
Ordinary Human Failings
by Megan Nolan

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past.
The Other Valley
by Scott Alexander Howard

Vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil, 16-year-old Odile, who lives in an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, discovers her friend Edme is about to die, and sworn to secrecy to preserve the timeline, instead finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.
Ours
by Phillip B. Williams

Sweeping through 1830s Arkansas to rescue enslaved people, Saint, a fearsome conjuror, creates a town magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours, but, over time, as the town becomes vulnerable to intruders, some people wonder whether the community's safety might by yet another form of bondage.
The Painter's Daughters
by Emily Howes

The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.
The Phoenix Crown
by Kate Quinn

Offered patronage by Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate, in 1906, Gemma, a silver-voiced soprano, and Suling, a Chinatown embroideress, when Henry disappears, along with the fabled Phoenix Crown, are brought together five years later in one last desperate quest for justice.
Piglet
by Lottie Hazell

Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out. As an up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she’s got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fiancé, Kit, whose rarefied family she actually, most of the time, likes, despite their upper-class eccentricities. But when Kit confesses a horrible betrayal, Piglet finds herself torn between a life she’s always wanted and the ravenousness that comes with not getting what she knows she deserves.
Plastic
by Scott Guild

Erin, a figurine who sells wearable tech that allows full, physical immersion in a virtual world free from war, governmental monitoring and eco-terrorists, finally experiences hope when she meets Jacob, a blind figurine, until a crack in her carefully constructed façade threatens to expose her very real vulnerability.
Redwood Court
by Délana R. A. Dameron

Mika Tabor, the baby of the family, learns important lessons from the people who raise her: her hardworking parents, her older sister, her retired grandparents and the community on Redwood Court, who are committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall.
The Road from Belhaven
by Margot Livesey

In late-nineteenth-century Scotland, Lizzie Craig, gifted with the ability to see into the future, is courted by Louis, but when she follows him from Belhaven Farm to Glasgow, she learns the limits of his devotion, forcing her to make a terrible mistake until her second sight allows her a second chance.
Significant Others
by Zod Eisenberg

Sharing an intimate, decades-long friendship, Jess and Ren, who are each other's person, must adjust to the unexpected when a one-night stand with a tourist leaves Ren pregnant—and leaves both women wondering if this is one more thing they'll do together or if this will in fact change everything.
A Step Past Darkness
by Vera Kurian

Twenty years after a group of misfit kids working on a capstone project in 1995 uncovered sinister secrets within their local mines, one of them turns up dead sending the others racing back to finish what they started.
The Summer Book Club
by Susan Mallery

In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club—devoted entirely to romance novels—and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.
This Disaster Loves You
by Richard Roper

On the anniversary of his wife's disappearance, Brian, when he gets a sign, sets out to find her. coming back to life with the help of Tess, a sarcastic, kind and surprising travel companion who forces him to decide whether to stay in the past or take a chance on something unexpected.
The Turtle House
by Amanda Churchill

In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
The Things We Didn't Know
by Elba Iris Pérez

In the 1950s, 9-year-old Andrea Rodriguez and her brother leave Woronoco, Massachusetts, for the mountain villages of Puerto Rico and then, months later, are brought back to the tiny factory town where everything has changed and must navigate the rifts between their family's values and all-American culture as they journey into adulthood.
Union Station
by David Downing

Living a comfortable life in 1953 Los Angeles with his family, English journalist John Russell, a former double agent for Soviet and American intelligence, starts researching a World War II conspiracy, bringing him face-to-face with the dangerous instability of a post-Stalin Berlin that was once their home.
Waiting for the Flood
by Alexis J. Hall

When a flood brings Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency into his quiet world, Edwin Tully, haunted by fragments of the past, is offered the hope of something he thought he'd never have again as they grow closer in their struggle against rising waters.
Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange

Tracing the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 to the aftermath of Orvil Red Feather's shooting, Opal tries to hold her family together while Orvil becomes emotionally reliant on prescription medications, and his younger brother, suffering from PTSD, secretly enacts blood rituals to connect to his Cheyenne heritage.
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-reum

Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.
A Wild and Heavenly Place
by Robin Oliveira

After a bank failure, a young man from Glasgow travels to Seattle in the Washington Territory to search for his lost love, but finds himself caught up in the city's secrets and the challenges of the Pacific Northwest.
The Women
by Kristin Hannah

In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words“Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
Mystery / Suspense
The Atlas Maneuver
by Steve Berry

When he unwittingly becomes caught in a war between the world's oldest bank and the CIA, one that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust and a legendary treasure worth billions, retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, must stop cryptocurrency from being weaponized to attack the world's financial systems.
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
by C. L. Miller

When Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, dies under mysterious circumstances, Freya Lockwood returns to her quaint English hometown to find the truth and, following the clues to an old manor hosting an antiques enthusiast's weekend, she finds herself drawn back into the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts.
The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean R. Koontz

When he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée and his favorite chair, Benny Catspaw gets a strange inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of– a seven-foot-tall self-described“bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world.
The Boy Who Cried Bear
by Kelley Armstrong

In a well-hidden refuge for those who need to disappear, Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, when the town's youngest resident claims a bear with human eyes is stalking a hiking party and then a dead body turns up, must find out what they're up against.
A Catered Quilting Bee
by Isis Crawford

When one of their members is discovered dead, the members of the Longley Sip and Sew Quilting Circle don't accept the police's determination of suicide, in the seventeenth novel of the series following A Catered Book Club Murder.
The Chaos Agent
by Mark Greaney

Coming out of hiding when someone starts killing leading experts on robotics and intelligence, Gray Man, the world's deadliest assassin, must elude his enemies to uncover a sinister global plot.
Crosshairs
by James Patterson

NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer, in the 16th novel of the series following Obsessed.
Death of a Spy
by M. C. Beaton

Scottish Highland village Sergeant Hamish Macbeth introduces as his new assistant officer, James Bland, an American who is secretly investigating a Russian spy ring, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Death of a Traitor.
The Deepest Kill
by Lisa Black

When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts' increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who—and what—is at the heart of the crime.
End of Story
by A. J. Finn

Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead
by Jenny Hollander

After fleeing as the lone surviving witness to horrific, gruesome events at her graduate school, Charlie Colbert disappeared and rebuilt her life only discover that the events of that night are being adapted into a film.
Fatal First Edition
by Jenn McKinlay

Attending a conference in Chicago, library directory Lindsey Norris discovers under her chair a rare, first edition book inscribed to Alfred Hitchcock and tied to a murder, in the 14 novel of the series following The Plot and the Pendulum.
The Framed Women of Ardemore House : A Netherleigh Mystery
by Brandy Schillace

A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait goes missing, and to clear her name, she must unearth the town's secrets—and her own.
The Ghost Orchid
by Jonathan Kellerman

Consulting on the baffling double murder of a playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire and his married lover, brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis are led to L.A.'s darkest side as they contend with one of the most shocking cases of their careers.
The Guest
by B. A. Paris

When their friend Laure moves in after her husband reveals he's had a child with another woman, Iris and Gabriel, with Laure acting increasingly unhinged and broken relationships and hidden motives linked to a recent tragedy piling up around them, must reckon with whether their happy life has been an illusion.
Hollywood Hustle
by Jon Lindstrom

Discovering that his troubled adult daughter has been kidnapped, a washed-up movie star with no money to pay the ransom turns to his closest friends, a legendary Hollywood stunt man and a disgraced former LAPD detective, to get her back.
Keep Your Friends Close
by Leah Konen

Involved in a messy divorce and desperate for a friend, Mary confides in another playground mom, who disappears for two months only to reappear with a new identity after Mary's ex-husband is found dead, making her a prime suspect.
Kingpin
by Michael Lawson

Washington DC “troubleshooter” Joe DeMarco investigates the suspicious death of an intern for the Speaker of the House who was on the verge of releasing a report detailing political bribes, in the 17th novel of the series following Alligator Alley.
The Lantern's Dance
by Laurie R. King

Discovering an old journal written in a nearly impenetrable code that is linked to a zoetrope whose images dance with the lantern's spin, Mary Russell, when secrets of the past appear to be reaching into the present, must figure out how these items are related to Damian—and possibly to Sherlock Holmes himself.
Last Night
by Luanne Rice

During a blizzard in Rhode Island, a renowned artist is found murdered and her young daughter gone missing, plunging Detective Conor Reid, his brother Tom and the woman's grieving sister into a chilling investigation.
Last Seen in Havana
by Teresa Dovalpage

A newly widowed Cuban American baker, Mercedes Spivey, returns to her homeland to care for her ailing grandmother and investigate the mysterious disappearance of her mother, in the fourth novel of the series following Death of a Telenovela Star.
The Last Word
by Gerri Lewis

When the very much alive Leocadia Arlington requests her own obituary by the end of the week, and then turns up dead, obituary writer Winter Snow falls under suspicion and, with the help of friends and family, must uncover the killer before the next obituary written is her own.
Leave No Trace
by A. J. Landau

After an explosion brings down the Statue of Liberty, Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is sent to New York to investigate where he finds a young survivor with an important piece of information.
Like a Mother
by Mina Hardy

In the wake of her husband Adam's death, Sarah, with a daughter and a baby on the way—and left with no money—moves in with Adam's mother, whom he always said was dead, but soon discovers why Adam lied as she becomes trapped in a house with a madwoman.
Lone Wolf
by Gregg Hurwitz

Orphan X helps a little girl find her missing dog and finds himself battered between feuding AI technocrat billionaires and a female assassin called the Wolf in the ninth novel of the series.
Murder at an Irish Chipper
by Carlene O'Connor

Taking a holiday by the sea to eat enough fish and chips to support the struggling business of the aptly named Mrs. Chipper, newlyweds Siobhan and Macdara Flannery instead find the proprietor murdered and place their long-delayed honeymoon on hold to catch a slippery killer.
Murder at Haven's Rock
by Kelley Armstrong

Deep in the Yukon wilderness, in a place built for people to disappear where there is only one rule—stay out of the forest—Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are called in to investigate the murder of the town's construction crew members who broke it.
Murder by Lamplight
by Patrice Mcdonough

In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
Murder in Masquerade
by Mary Winters

When the scoundrel after marquis Simon Bainbridge's beloved younger sister is murdered, Countess Amelia Amesbury, aka Lady Agony, must employ more than her letter-writing skills to help the dashing marquis, mend the familial bond and find the murderer.
My Name Was Eden
by Eleanor Barker-white

When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she'd reserved for Eden's unborn twin, Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.
Nightwatching
by Tracy Sierra

Hiding her children in a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall to keep them safe from an intruder, a mother struggles to remain calm, but when she catches a glimpse of the man who is terrorizing them, she realizes she knows exactly who he is and what he wants.
One Wrong Word
by Hank Phillippi Ryan

With just two weeks to save her career and reputation, crisis management expert Arden Ward takes on the case of a Boston real estate mogul recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident and soon discovers she is protecting a murderer—and one wrong word can kill.
A Pie to Die For
by Gretchen Rue

Este March, owner of the Lucky Pie Diner in Northern Michigan, where certain customers are granted their greatest wishes upon eating her family's magical pies, investigates after an unpopular new produce vendor is found murdered on his boat.
The Price You Pay
by Nicholas Petrie

When they discover someone has stolen notebooks full of incriminating secrets about his closest friend Lewis's long-ago crimes, Peter and Lewis, to get them back, face ruthless and violent enemies at each turn, forcing them decide how far they'll go to save the people they love most.
The Split
by Kit Frick

When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24 hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past.
The Teacher
by Freida McFadden

A pariah at Caseham High School after having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher, Addie is desperate to keep the truth hidden, while Evie, horrified to find Addie in her class, is keeping something from her husband—and each will learn just how far someone will go to keep them silent.
Three-Inch Teeth
by C. J. Box

When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he's one of those six people.
Under the Storm
by Christoffer Carlsson

When his beloved uncle is convicted of killing a young woman and sentenced to life in prison, 10-year-old Isak Nyqvist finds this turn of events setting in motion something he cannot control that destroys the career of the rookie officer who prides himself on helping solved the murder.
Village in the Dark
by Iris Yamashita

When shocking clues emerge, revealing her husband and son were possibly murdered, potentially connected to a string of other deaths and disappearances, Detective Cara Kennedy will stop at nothing to find the truth, placing her own life and the lives of those around her in mortal danger.
The Woman Who Lowered the Boom
by David Handler

A beloved ghostwriter-sleuth is finally on the precipice of reclaiming his previous literary fame when threats against his editor appear to put both his career and her life in jeopardy.
Romance
At First Spite
by Olivia Dade

After her fianc�'s brother convinces him to break up with her before the wedding, Athena Greydon moves into a ten-foot-wide Spite House between the two and engages in some well-deserved payback.
At Her Service
by Amy Spalding

An assistant to a Hollywood talent agent, Max Van Doren, lets her roommate sponsor her for a new self-actualization app that brings her dreams close to coming true, in the second novel of the series following For Her Consideration.
Bride
by Ali Hazelwood

Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.
The Catch
by Amy Lea

While in a Canadian rural fishing village, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karisen, in a last-ditch effort to save her brand, agrees to poses as Evan Whaler's fiancé and as their fake relationship starts turns into something real, she must decide if she's willing to take a chance at love in the wild.
Fangirl Down
by Tessa Bailey

Once golf's fastest rising star, Wells Whitaker's career craters before his eyes, despite the ongoing support of a beautiful redhead who always cheers him on from the sidelines, who he eventually invites to be his new caddy.
Fish Out of Water
by Katie Ruggle

When her sister goes missing while on a simple day hike, Dahlia Weathersby uses charm and a little bit of blackmail to convince the local grouchy hermit, Winston Dane, to help her search, setting in motion an unexpected attraction.
Heartbeat
by Sharon Sala

When a series of exploding helicopters crashes into their mountain town of Jubilee, Kentucky, CPA Amalie Lincoln and IT technician Sean Pope believe there's something more sinister at work—something they'll have to stop or risking losing the love they've rediscovered.
How You Get the Girl
by Anita Kelly

High school basketball coach Julie Parker invites a team member's foster parent, a super-hot ex-WNBA star, to be her assistant coach and the pair begin to blur the lines between working together and dating.
In Want of a Viscount
by Lorraine Heath

Arriving in England in a desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat, American Leonora Garrison finds fate leading her to Viscount Wren and torn between desire and duty, risks everything to be in his arms.
The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck
by Kylie Scott

Saving the life of Good Witch Willow, Lilah Goodluck receives five unwanted predictions as a reward, and when the first three predictions come true, she is sent into a panic since, according to the fifth prediction, she only has a week to live unless she can stop the fourth one from happening.
Leopard's Hunt
by Christine Feehan

The #1 New York Times best-selling author introduces the next electrifying Leopard novel in which male and female shape-shifters navigate a dangerous and passionate modern world.
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
by Tia Williams

Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls around her, in the new novel from the author of Seven Days in June.
The Messy Life of Jane Tanner
by Brenda Novak

Shackled to her small town, vintage gift shop owner Jane Tanner longs to become a mother before her biological clock ticks out and drunkenly propositions the worst possible candidate, her sister's ex-boyfriend, who is on board until they're soon reminded just how messy life is.
Not Your Crush's Cauldron
by April Asher

When witch Olive Maxwell decides to take a walk on the wild-ish size, landing her on the Guardian Affairs watchlist, she gets her very own Guardian Angel to keep her out of trouble who happens to be her new roommate—and her long-time crush.
The Partner Plot
by Kristina Forest

When successful celebrity stylist Violet Greene and her high school boyfriend Xavier Wright wake up married after hooking up in Vegas, they decide both their careers could benefit from the marriage, but instead get an unexpected second shot at happily ever after.
Right on Cue
by Falon Ballard

Former actress-turned-screenwriter Emmy Harper, after a series of unexpected events, is stuck with the blockbuster action hero responsible for her disastrous first movie and early end to her acting career, but to save her film and her career, she must get her act together both on and off camera.
Simply the Best
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When Brett, the hottest sports agent in the business, and Rory, the sister of his superstar client, meet and have a disastrous one-night stand, resulting in murder, they find things getting messy, dangerous, heartbreaking and sexy as they struggle with themselves, each other and love.
To Woo and to Wed
by Martha Waters

When her widowed sister, Alexandra, won't move forward with an engagement until she, too, settles down again, young widow Sophie asks the Marquess of Weston to fake their own engagement and then break things off once Alexandra is happily married—a simple plan with complicated results. Original.
Speculative
The Bezzle
by Cory Doctorow

When he stumbles upon the ultra-wealthy's newest mark—California's Department of Corrections, Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant, discovers they will stop at nothing to extract money from the government and the hundreds of thousands of prisoners they have at their mercy.
The Book of Doors
by Gareth Brown

When her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds on to the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power and she is tasked with protecting it from those who will do evil.
The Book of Love
by Kelly Link

Brought back to life by their high school music teacher, Laura, Daniel and Mo, desperate to reclaim their lives, agree to perform a series of magical tasks, but when their resurrection attracts the notice of supernatural figures, they must solve the mystery of their deaths to save everything they love.
An Education in Malice
by S. T. Gibson

A dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.
A Fate Inked in Blood
by Danielle L. Jensen

After discovering that she is a shield maiden who can repel any attack, a fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath to protect Skaland in a Norse-inspired fantasy romance, from the best-selling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart 
by GennaRose Nethercott

A collection of dark fairytales about the evil that resides in everyone from the author of Thistlefoot include the stories of two teenagers who explore a sinister roadside attraction and a zombie rooster that solves a missing persons case.
The Frame-up
by Gwenda Bond

A magically gifted art forger, Dani Poissant, the daughter and former accomplice of the world's most famous art thief whom she betrayed, must assemble her estranged mother's old crew to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime heist and discovers there's far more at stake in this job than she ever realized.
The Hollow Dead
by Darcy Coates

To stop a shadowy organization profiting off spectral energy to extend their power and reach, Keira and her friends prepare to fight for the souls of the tormented dead but Keira soon discovers what she doesn't know about her past may ultimately come back to haunt her.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
by Malka Older

When 17 students and staff members disappear from Valdegeld University, Investigator Mossa once again needs Pleiti's insight, but Pleiti finds this new case threatening to further destabilize her dreams for humanity's future as well as her own.
Island Witch
by Amanda Jayatissa

Amara, the daughter of a 19th century Sri Lankan village's demon-priest is accused of witchcraft and must clear her and her father's names after someone or something begins mysteriously attacking men in the jungle.
Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice

When a community of Anishinaabe people, with their natural resources dwindling, needs to find a new home, Evan Whitesky leads a dangerous mission back to their ancestral home in the Great Lakes region, during which they encounter other survivors, some who thrive on violence.
Projections
by S. E. Porter

After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied—or suffer a fate worse than death.
Sun of Blood and Ruin
by Mariely Lares

In 16th-century New Spain, Lady Leonora, with witchcraft punishable by death, masquerades as Pantera, who uses her magic to fight the tyranny of Spanish rule—and who is doomed to a short life, and must fight to the end when an ancient prophecy of destruction threatens to come true.
The Tainted Cup
by Robert Jackson Bennett

Investigating a seemingly impossible death, detective Ana Dolabra, whose brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities, and her new magically altered assistant, Din, who is trying to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect, uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself.
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by Katherine Arden

In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, takes refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
What Feasts at Night
by T. Kingfisher

When they arrive at the Easton family hunting lodge in Gallicia, Alex Easton, Angus and Miss Potter find the caretaker dead and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence, and feel something is not quite right in their home—or in their dreams.
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