New Fiction - March 2024
 
General Fiction
2054
by Elliot Ackerman

Set 20 years after the events of the New York Times best-selling 2034 the fate of American democracy is threatened by tech visionary in the Amazon rainforest who uses a breakthrough in AI to assassinate the president.
All Our Yesterdays
by Joel H. Morris

A novel set 10 years before the events in Shakespeare's classic play follows the life of Lady Macbeth who was married to the violent, sadistic Mormaer of Moray at age 15 and relied on her wits to survive with her young son.
All the World Beside
by Garrard Conley

In 18th century Cana, Massachusetts, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield, a pillar of the local community, develops a passionate relationship with physician Arthur Lyman and their families must deal with secrets, lies and judgements at the start of the Great Awakening.
American Spirits
by Russell Banks

Three interlocking tales about the locals in a rural New York town, including two criminals who kidnap an elderly couple to blackmail their grandson and a man who is hounded on social media after selling his property to a stranger.
Annie Bot
by Sierra Greer

Looks at the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy and control.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xochitl Gonzalez

A first-generation Ivy League student uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death.
Bad Animals
by Sarah Braunstein

A Maine librarian is fired after a teen accuses her of spying on her romantic romps in the bathroom and reaches out to her favorite author to speak at their library and help her clear her name.
Becoming Madam Secretary
by Stephanie Dray

Describes how Frances Perkins met a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt in turn-of-the-century New York and, despite initially not getting along, the pair formed a historic partnership that led them both to the White House.
Bye, Baby
by Carola Lovering

From the author of the Hulu sensation Tell Me Lies comes a novel about female friendship, a missing baby, and the toxic, secret history between two women.
The Day Tripper
by James Goodhand

After an altercation with a former childhood bully leaves him bruised, bloody and almost drowning in the Thames, 20-something Alex Dean wakes up each day in a different year and must piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night to save himself and the people he loves most.
The Divorcées
by Rowan Beaird

A novel set at a 1950s Reno "divorce ranch" explores the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future.
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
by Justinian Huang

A queer, Asian reimagining of an epic love story blending historical figures with Chinese folklore.
Expiration Dates
by Rebecca Serle

Every time she meets a new man, Daphne Bell receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together; usually she is right, but when she meets Jake, her whole system is thrown for a loop.
The Extinction of Irena Rey
by Jennifer Croft

Eight translators search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a Polish forest.
Fervor
by Toby Lloyd

A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.
Finding Margaret Fuller
by Allison Pataki

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller-America's first feminist and the pioneering journalist who inspired a generation of writers and activists-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post.
Fruit of the Dead
by Rachel Lyon

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter is set over the course of one summer on a lush private island and explores addiction and sex, family and independence and who holds the power in a modern underworld.
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
by Claire Swinarski

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter and a mysterious young man work to bring a community together.
Glorious Exploits
by Ferdia Lennon

A literary novel celebrates that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties
by Jesse Q. Sutanto

While in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her family, newlywed Meddy Chan, when a former beau of Second Aunt crashes the party, is unwittingly drawn into a decades-long war between Jakarta's most powerful business factions, along with her Aunties, and must come with a plan to save them all.
A Great Country
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

This latest novel from the New York Times best-selling author explores how the aftermath of the arrest of a young sibling in a close-knit Indian-American family exposes both their close ties and fractures.
The Great Divide
by Cristina Henrâiquez

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal casts light on the unsung people who lived, loved and labored there.
Great Expectations
by Vinson Cunningham

A young Black man and father considers questions of history, art, race, religion and parenthood while coming to terms with his identity after accepting a job working on an Illinois senator's campaign to be the first Black president.
Headshot
by Rita Bullwinkel

Eight teenage girl boxers from different backgrounds travel to Reno, Nevada, to compete against each other in a tournament to be named the best in the country, in a series of raw, intense face-offs.
Help Wanted
by Adelle Waldman

A group of misfit, big-box store employees working the overnight shift in a small upstate New York town vie for the stability, salary and possibility of a new job when their store manager announces he is leaving.
The Hunter
by Tana French

Moving to rural Ireland, Cal Hooper, who took early retirement from Chicago PD, has built a relationship with Lena and is gradually turning teenager Trey Reddy into a good kid, but when Trey's long-absent father reappears with an English millionaire and a get-rich-quick scheme, Trey wants revenge.
The Inheritance
by Joanna Goodman

A mother and daughter who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve.
It Must Be True Then
by Luci Adams

When Daisy takes a stopgap job as a nanny to help a single father with his two young girls, being immersed in a close-knit, loving family starts to poke holes in her plan to be on her own to recover from a very bad year.
James
by Percival Everett

Describes the events of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of the enslaved Jim, who decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island after learning he is to be sold to a man in New Orleans.
The Last Verse
by Caroline Frost

From the author of the award-winning Shadows of Pecan Hollow comes a novel set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville about a struggling musician who writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime.
Like Happiness
by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

Explores the complexities of gender, power, race and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer.
The Lost Book of Bonn
by Brianna Labuskes

In 1946 Germany, librarian Emmy Clarke, while cataloging literature plundered by the Nazis, finds a poetry collection which leads her to two sisters, a horrific betrayal and an extraordinary protest of hundreds of brave women who did what so few others dared to do under the Third Reich—they said no.
Lost Man's Lane
by Scott Carson

A teenager explores the darkness hidden within his hometown.
Memory Piece
by Lisa Ko

Moving from the predigital 1980s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, a novel of friendship, art and ambition follows three lifelong friends as they strive for meaningful lives in a world that turned out to be radically different from the one they were promised.
Mona of the Manor
by Armistead Maupin

In the early 1990s, Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain's golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son Wilfred come to the aid of an American visitor with a troubling secret.
The Morningside
by Téa Obreht

Settling at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in Island City, Silvia, struggling with her new reality, becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse and is determined to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past.
My Heavenly Favorite
by Lucas Rijneveld

In this unflinching depiction of abjection and a pointed excavation of taboos and social norms, a veterinarian, visiting a farm in the Dutch countryside, becomes enraptured by the farmer's daughter, who, on the verge of adolescence and longing to have a boy's body, uses him to escape her conservative rural life.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
by Damilare Kuku

The anti-rom-com collection features 12 outrageous, bold and humorous stories about the perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, Nigeria.
Never Been Better
by Leanne Toshiko Simpson

A year after discharge from the psych ward, Dee arrives in Turks and Caicos to attend her best friends' Matt and Misa's wedding, and to confess feelings for Matt, but disrupting their nuptials would jeopardize the entire support system that holds the trio together, forcing her to choose between love and recovery.
Never Too Late
by Danielle Steel

Starting a new life in New York, Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, moves into a beautiful midtown penthouse where she forms an instant connection with her movie-star next-door neighbor over their strong impulse to help those in need after a devastating crisis strikes the city.
The Other Side of Disappearing
by Kate Clayborn

Accompanying her sister on a search for their mother, who ran off with an accomplished con man years earlier, Jess, as they make their way across the country, unraveling the mystery of where the couple disappeared to and why, discovers a willingness to expand beyond the walls she's so carefully built.
Pelican Girls
by Julia Malye

Captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.
Perris, California
by Rachel Stark

After surviving years of abuse, 27-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, is at peace in this familial existence until she runs into Mel, the woman she used to love, who causes her to question the very foundations of the life she's built.
Say Hello to My Little Friend
by Jennine Capó Crucet

In Miami, a young man attempts to capitalize on his mother's murky legacy.
Studies at the School by the Sea
by Jenny Colgan

Even though literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast, lately she's been feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown.
Sylvia's Second Act
by Hillary Yablon

Divorcing her cheating husband, 63-year-old Sylvia and her best friend, Evie, a glamorous older widow, set up a new life in Manhattan, pawning jewelry and roughing it in tiny apartments, until Sylvia revives her decades-old wedding-planning business and realizes her entire second act is right in front of her.
The Tower
by Flora Carr

In 1567 Scotland, Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in the isolated Lochleven Castle, along with her two inconspicuous serving women, and, after reluctantly surrendering her throne, is joined by her closest friend, Lady Seton, and they all hatch a perilous getaway plan, forming a bond that transcends class and religion.
The Trail of Lost Hearts
by Tracey Garvis Graves

After her fianc� dies and she discovers that he was actually already married with children, Wren Waters escapes to the Pacific Northwest for a getaway and throws herself into the world of geocaching, a hobby for modern-day treasure hunters.
The Underground Library
by Jennifer Ryan

When the Blitz destroys Bethnal Green Library in London, librarian Juliet Lansdown, along with two other women, relocates the stacks to the local Underground station where the city's residents shelter nightly, determined to lend out stories that will keep spirits up, but soon tragedy after tragedy threatens to destroy what they've built.
Until August
by Gabriel García Márquez

In a rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Ana Magdalena Bach has been happily married for 27 years, and yet, every August, she travels by ferry to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.
Victim
by Andrew Boryga

A hustler from a family of hustlers, Javi Perez, after college graduation, writes a viral essay embellishing his life story, which lands him a gig at a legendary magazine, but when his childhood best friend is released from prison, Javi offers to cut him in on the deal in exchange for his silence.
Wolf at the Table
by Adam Rapp

A Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-finalist playwright presents a harrowing multigenerational saga about a family harboring a serial killer in their midst.
The Woman With No Name
by Audrey Blake

When her house bombed and she has nothing left, Yvonne Rudellat prepares to take her own life but fate intervenes, offering her the opportunity to train as a Special Operative Executive where she vows to set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after.
Women of Good Fortune
by Sophie Wan

At a high-society Shanghai wedding, the reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own personal motives and fed up with the way society treats women, forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day.
Worry
by Alexandra Tanner

Two siblings-turned-roommates navigate an absurd world on the verge of calamity.
Mystery / Suspense
The #1 Lawyer
by James Patterson

A small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation, Stafford Lee Penney, Mississippi's #1 lawyer who has never lost a case, when his wife is scandalously killed, spirals into a legal and personal legal streak, ruining his career, and making him the nation's #1 suspect.
Baby X
by Kira Peikoff

In a world where any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder—or the craziest stalker.
The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
by Alexia Casale

After killing her husband—a truly terrible man, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group of women who have come together to heal the damage their husbands have done—and to work out a plan to get rid of the bodies and get away with it.
Black Wolf
by Juan Gâomez-Jurado

Unusually gifted mind Antonia Scott is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes; but she is unwilling to move past the last case, convinced it's related to a personal tragedy, until a series of deadly events pulls her back in.
Blessed Water
by Margot Douaihy

A tattooed nun who moonlights at a detective agency feels she is called on by god to find the killer after discovering a dead priest in the second novel of the series following Scorched Grace. 100,000 first printing.
Cape Rage
by Ron Corbett

Danny Barrett investigates a family of criminals with long-standing smuggling business in the Pacific Northwest after the FBI suspects them of robbing a bank in Seattle, in the second novel of the series following The Sweet Goodbye.
Cheater
by Karen Rose

San Diego Detective Kit McKittrick investigates a nursing home with numerous skeletons in the closet after a resident is found stabbed to death with his apartment ransacked, in the second novel of the series following Cold Blooded Liar.
Day One
by Abigail Dean

In the weeks following a tragic shooting in an idyllic Lake District town in England, two young people find themselves at the epicenter of a conspiracy theory in the new novel by the author of Girl A.
A Deadly Endeavor
by Jenny Adams

In a historical mystery, a serial killer is on the loose in Jazz Age Philadelphia.
A Deadly Walk in Devon
by Nicholas George

A grieving San Diego detective and his best friend join a group walking tour of England to get his mind off the loss of his partner and become entangled in a murder mystery involving a wealthy and unpopular entrepreneur.
Death and Fromage
by Ian Moore

An English bed and breakfast owner in Val de Follet investigates after a scandal involving a famous, local restaurant's Michelin star downgrading causes the leading goat cheese supplier to drown himself in a pasteurization tank.
The Dredge
by Brendan Flaherty

When a real estate developer plans to drain Gibbs Pond, where they buried a secret long ago, estranged brothers Cale and Ambrose return home where they collide with Lily, the contractor in charge of the dredging, who also has secrets to protect, and together, they unearth the devastation of the past.
Every Single Secret
by Christina Dodd

A woman lives alone in an isolated lighthouse on the coast of California ... until a man appears on her doorstep who knows every single secret she's kept since one fateful night.
Finding Sophie
by Imran Mahmood

A couple whose only teenage daughter went missing become obsessed with an occupant on their block who won't break his silence and speak to them about the case, forcing the parents to reexamine their own lives and relationship.
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime, Vero, arrive in Atlantic City and must find the location of Vero's kidnapped crush and a stolen car.
Galway Confidential
by Ken Bruen

Irish detective Jack Taylor awakens from a coma to discover that his sleuthing services are needed after two local nuns are found bludgeoned by a hammer, in the 17th novel of the series following A Galway Epiphany.
Good Half Gone
by Tarryn Fisher

After witnessing her twin sister get kidnapped years prior, Iris Walsh decides to intern at a hospital for the criminally insane where she believes the perpetrator is being held and discovers something even more sinister going on.
A Grave Robbery
by Deanna Raybourn

Veronica and Stoke investigate after the purchase of a beautiful wax figure by Lord Rosemorran turns out to be the perfectly preserved body of a real young woman, in the ninth novel of the series following A Sinister Revenge.
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
by Nicci French

Two families shattered by tragedy have secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed.
How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin

After a fortune teller in 1965 predicts her murder, Frances spends her life searching for her best friend, who disappeared at a county fair, until she actually is murdered 60 years later, leaving her grand-niece, Annie, to solve both crimes.
The Inmate
by Freida McFadden

A new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan has already broken the rules due to her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates, because her testimony put him there and he will never forget.
In Sunshine or in Shadow
by Rhys Bowen

Deep in the New York Catskills in 1908, tensions are running high, and it's not long before a body delays Molly Murphy's return to Westchester.
Kill for Me, Kill for You
by Steve Cavanagh

Two ordinary women make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink.
Listen for the Lie
by Amy Tintera

When Lucy's friend Savvy is murdered, anyone could be the killer, even Lucy, and soon enough a true-crime podcast comes investigating.
Little Underworld
by Christina Harding Thornton

In 1930s Omaha, ex-cop-turned-PI Jim Beely murders the man who assaulted his 14-year-old daughter, crooked cop Frank Tvrdik discovers his crime, and uses it as leverage to get Jim to take down a backstabbing aspiring politician.
A Midnight Puzzle
by Gigi Pandian

After a former client blames his wife's death on Tempest Raj's Secret Staircase Construction company, he winds up dead, and Tempest is on the case.
Murder at la Villette
by Cara Black

Framed for the murder of her daughter's father, a former homicide investigator, Parisian P.I. Aim�e Leduc must quickly find the real killer and, cut off from her typical network and forced to operate undercover, goes deep into the underbelly of Paris' 19th arrondissement on her hunt for justice.
Murder in the Tea Leaves
by Laura Childs

When she reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes, which results in the film's director murder, Theodosia Browning starts her own shadow investigation, and just when she's about to solve the case, another murder occurs, sending her back to square one.
Murder Marks the Page
by Karen Rose Smith

The owner of Tomes & Tea, a book and tea shop, Jazzie, when her friend Brie, who recently made contact with her biological father—and is looking for a husband—is murdered, Jazzie, playing detective, is faced with a list of suspects ranging from jealous half-siblings to unsuitable suitors.
Murder Road
by Simone St. James

In 1995, newlyweds April and Eddie, making a wrong turn, pick up an injured hitchhiker who later dies and, now suspects in a series of unexplained murders, must dig into the town's history to clear their names and discover there's something supernatural at work on that horrible stretch of road.
The Mystery Writer
by Sulari Gentill

When he is accused of murdering his sister Theo's literary mentor and lover, Gus, after Theo disappears, leaving behind clues in the form of a story, soon discovers that in order to protect the carefully constructed deceit, Theo, and everyone who ever looked for her, must die.
The New Couple in 5B
by Lisa Unger

A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past, in a thriller by the New York Times best-selling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six.
Off the Air
by Christina Estes

When a controversial talk-show radio host dies under mysterious circumstances, journalist Jolene Garcia is on the case.
The Princess of Las Vegas
by Chris Bohjalian

Living in the Buckingham Palace Casino, Crissy Dowling, a Princess Diana impersonator with her own musical cabaret, finds her carefully constructed kingdom crashing down around her when the owner of the casino is brutally murdered and she is drawn in a world of organized crime, cryptocurrency and obsession.
The Road to Murder
by Camilla Trinchieri

Former NYPD detective Nico Doyle reluctantly agrees to help Perillo of the local carabinieri when a witness to the murder of Signora Nora speaks only English and, faced with a long list of suspects, have their hands full as they try to solve this case and restore peace to Gravigna.
The Silver Bone
by Andreæi Kurkov

A perplexing mystery introduces rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv as he is tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early 20th century.
Sleeping Giants
by Rene Denfeld

A novel by the author of The Child Finder explores sibling bonds, foster children, monsters masquerading as caretakers, terrifying secrets and the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs.
The Stars Turned Inside Out
by Nova Jacobs

The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merges science, philosophy and the high-stakes race to unlock the fundamental nature of our universe.
Still See You Everywhere
by Lisa Gardner

Asked by a female serial killer, with only 21 days left to live, to locate her long-lost sister who was kidnapped over a decade ago, Frankie Elkin is led to a tech mogul's remote island where she goes undercover to learn the truth and possibly save a young woman's life.
Struck Dead
by Andrea Kane

When her name is scrawled next to the dead body of a multimillionaire, Casey Woods and her Forensics Instincts team, as the body count rises, twist and turn through suspects and secrets, but when one of their own is attacked, they will cross whatever lines are necessary to get justice.
To Slip the Bonds of Earth
by Amanda Flower

The sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Katharine looks for a new challenge and finds it in the form of sleuthing when someone steals Wilbur's as-yet-unpatented flyer plans, which leads to murder, and she must keep her feet on the ground to make sure her brothers are free to fly another day.
The Swan's Nest
by Laura McNeal

In 1845, when Elizabeth Barrett, a poet confined to her room for four years by recurrent illness, begins corresponding with Robert Browning, they fall in love with each other's words and shock her conservative, close-knit family and the literary world.
The Truth About the Devlins
by Lisa Scottoline

The charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, TJ Devlin finds his world turned upside down when his lawyer brother confesses he has just killed one of his clients and, seizing this chance to prove his worth, becomes entangled in a deadly web of deception and murder to save his brother.
Twice the Trouble
by Ash Clifton

A private investigator follows a trail of blood and bodies to find his latest target—or die trying.
The Unquiet Bones
by Loreth Anne White

When human remains are found, reopening a decades-old case, a group of friends, highly respected, affluent members of their communities, begins to fracture as homicide detective Jane Munro and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Queen get closer to the truth of what happened on an autumn night 47 years ago.
Watch Where They Hide
by Tamron Hall

Journalist Jordan Manning delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman—or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors.
What Happened to Nina?
by Dervla McTiernan

Two families are pitted against each other—one seeking justice in the disappearance of their daughter, the other desperate to clear their son's name.
You'd Look Better as a Ghost
by Joanna Wallace

Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her—someone who knows about her murderous hobby—and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all. Original.
Romance
The Dead Guy Next Door
by Lucy Score

The prime suspect in the murder of her neighbor, Riley Thorn, possibly clairvoyant, teams up with PI Nick Santiago to figure out who pulled the trigger, while keeping the detectives at bay and dealing with a stranger claiming he has been sent to help her hone her psychic gifts.
The Duchess
by Sophie Jordan

Chronicles the lives of a group of affluent ladies reigning over glittering, Regency-era London, vying for position in the hierarchy of the ton.
Flirty Little Secret
by Jessica Lepe

A shy, struggling school guidance counselor finds her footing as a wildly popular, and anonymous, social-media advice personality until one of her coworkers, whom she has a crush on, begins relying on her service.
In a Not-So-Perfect World
by Neely Tubati Alexander

A Caribbean-set romp follows an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course.
A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril
by Manda Collins

After her employer is murdered, a governess finds herself forced to work with a lord who once broke her heart in the fourth novel of the series following A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes.
Happily Never After
by Lynn Painter

A woman who learns her fianc� has cheated again hires a professional objector to stand up at their nuptials and stop the proceedings, but soon discovers that she and her new contractor have sizzling chemistry.
Just For the Summer
by Melody Carlson

A manager at a Seattle boutique hotel and a woman who runs her grandfather's fishing lodge in western Washington decide to swap jobs for the summer and discover that there is more to happiness than just changing the scenery.
Kilt Trip
by Alexandra Kiley

In Scotland, one woman discovers more than the just the magic of the heartland's lochs and landscapes—but not before clashing with the proud Scotsman she's forced to work with.
A Love Discovered
by Tracie Peterson

Marybeth and Edward forge a marriage of convenience as they venture westward to the untamed frontier of the newly incorporated railroad town of Cheyenne, where they must rely on each other's strength amidst the perils of their new life.
The Love Remedy
by Elizabeth Everett

When her recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup is stolen, Lucinda Peterson hires PI Jonathan Thorne to investigate, and as they work closely together to expose her scientific saboteur, the cure to their problems is clear: they must face the future together.
Love, Unscripted
by Denise Hunter

When her bestselling romance novel earns a movie option, Chloe is appalled that a notorious Hollywood playboy has been cast as the hero until he offers an irresistible bargain—if she poses as his girlfriend, he will take her direction on the role that could save his career.
Manila Takes Manhattan
by Carla De Guzman

Two Filipino celebrities are caught between everything they want, and everything they are.
Maya's Laws of Love
by Alina Khawaja

Maya Mirza's unlucky-in-love past seems to be turning around when she ends up in an arranged marriage to the on-paper perfect man; but as she heads to her wedding in Pakistan, she finally meets the man of her dreams, who isn't the man to whom she is arranged to be wed.
Take Two, Birdie Maxwell
by Allison Winn Scotch

Hiding in her hometown after an on-set feud goes viral, A-list actor Birdie Robinson, hoping a public reunion with an ex-boyfriend could fix her damaged reputation, searches for her long-ago ex with reporter Elliot O'Brien, retracing their own romantic history for clues, and coming face-to-face with their own romantic missteps.
This Could Be Us
by Kennedy Ryan

When her life explodes in a cloud of betrayal and disillusion, Soledad Barnes, while working to support her daughters, rediscovers herself, but when a man she shouldn't want but can't resist enters the picture, she wonders if she can be brave enough to make room for what could be.
Trouble
by Lex Croucher

The author of Reputation and Infamous presents a Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist and queer twist.
Speculative
The Angel of Indian Lake
by Stephen Graham Jones

Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her.
Big Time
by Ben H Winters

The New York Times best-selling author of The Quiet Boy returns with a speculative, corporate espionage thriller that takes the adage "Time is money," and makes it literally, frighteningly so.
Cascade Failure
by L. M. Sagas

There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage; between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. A first novel. Original.
Diavola
by Jennifer Thorne

A dysfunctional family is haunted by a vengeful Italian ghost, in a darkly funny vacation horror novel.
Empire of the Damned
by Jay Kristoff

Drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire Liathe, Gabriel de Le�n must now deliver the Grail to ancients of the Blood Esani, and learn the truth of how Daysdeath might be finally undone.
The Haunting of Velkwood
by Gwendolyn Kiste

Three childhood friends miraculously survive the night when everyone in their suburban hometown turns into ghosts.
The Icarus Job
by Timothy Zahn

Hoping to take possession of a new alien star-hopping portal, Roarke and Selene are tasked with transporting an assassin, who is herself being targeted.
The Mars House
by Natasha Pulley

A queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.
Parasol Against the Axe
by Helen Oyeyemi

In Prague, a city with a penchant for playing tricks on the unsuspecting, on a bachelorette weekend hosted by her estranged friend Sofie, Hero Tojosoa finds the lines between illusion and delusion, fact and interpretation blurring as tensions between the friends' different accounts of the past reach a new level.
Sunbringer
by Hannah Kaner

Still reeling from the loss of Kissen, young noble Inara and her little god of white lies, Skedi, have set out to discover more about the true nature of their bond.
The Sunlit Man
by Brandon Sanderson

Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
Those Beyond the Wall
by Micaiah Johnson

When mutilated bodies turn up, both in her town and in the wealthier, walled-off Wiley City, Scales, an enforcer, is tasked with finding and destroying the cause—a mission that reveals something more corrupt than she could've ever foreseen—and it could spell doom for the enter world.
The Truth of the Aleke
by Moses Ose Utomi

Seventeen-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the city, and when the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God's Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home.
The Weavers of Alamaxa
by Hadeer Elsbai

The Daughters of Izdihar-a group of women fighting for the vote and against the patriarchal rule of Parliament—have finally made strides in having their voices heard... only to find them drowned out by the cannons of the fundamentalist Ziranis.
What Grows in the Dark
by Jaq Evans

When fake spiritualist Brigit returns home to investigate the disappearance of two teenagers, the case eerily echoes her own sister's death 16 years earlier.
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