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Fearless
by Fern Michaels
Falling in love with a divorced professor she meets on a singles cruise, widow Anna Campbell accepts his proposal before uncovering disturbing facts about him and his children. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Godmothers series.
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Bittersweet
by Colleen McCullough
The four Latimer sisters, two sets of twins famed throughout 1920s New South Wales for their beauty, train as nurses and become immersed in hospital experiences that spark maturity, independence, and ambitions that involve complicated choices
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American dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
Selling two favorite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America.
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| My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteStarring: hardworking, practical Korede; her beautiful sister Ayoola, who seems to have developed a habit of killing her boyfriends.
What it's about: Korede is the one who disposes of the bodies and keeps her sister out of jail. But when the handsome doctor with whom Korede has fallen in love notices Ayoola and asks for her number, Korede faces a dilemma.
Why you might like it: This darkly funny debut captures the crowded streets of Lagos, Nigeria and complex family relationships with equal skill. |
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The Wife Between Us
by Greer Hendricks
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement -- a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing.
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| Machines Like Me by Ian McEwanWhat it's about: the relationships that develop between young Londoner Charlie, his girlfriend Miranda, and the android Adam, one of the first 26 "manufactured humans" who can pass as real.
Why you might like it: Readers curious about artificial intelligence and fans of the HBO show Westworld will appreciate the novel's playful, intriguing approach to coexisting with "robots." The alternate version of the 1980s, in which Alan Turing has had a greater influence, is fun too. |
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A certain age
by Beatriz Williams
Falling in love with her paramour, a married Jazz Age socialite, unable to divorce because of conventions, tries to make the best of the situation and reconsiders her values when her lover falls for her soon-to-be sister-in-law. By the best-selling author of A Hundred Summers and The Secret Life of Violet Grant.
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| Tin Man by Sarah WinmanThe perspectives: A middle-aged widower reflects on the loss of his much-loved wife, and on the intense relationship he'd formed with another boy, Michael, as a teen, but from whom he's now estranged. In the second half of the novel, Michael has his turn.
What it's about: love in all its forms; art as driving force; grief.
Read this next: Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses, Moshik Sakal's The Diamond Setter, James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room, or John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies. |
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