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New & Coming Soon FictionJune 2019
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After the party
by Cressida Connolly
Moving into her sister's country house in 1938 England after years abroad, Phyllis becomes entangled in circle of idealistic new friends and their views about a charismatic new leader before a lapse in judgment changes the course of her life.
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The almanack
by Martine Bailey
In 1752, Tabitha returns home to Netherlea after receiving a desperate summons from her mother, but comes back to find her mother drowned and a mysterious murderer only known as "D" terrorizing the village
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America was hard to find : a novel
by Kathleen Alcott
A short-lived affair between an astronaut and an American expatriate has unexpected consequences that are further complicated by the political fault lines of the 1960s. By the author of Infinite Home. 50,000 first printing
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Anna of Kleve, the princess in the portrait : a novel
by Alison Weir
Arranged in a doomed marriage to England's infamous Henry VIII, a princess from a small German duchy hides a desperate secret in a hostile foreign court. By the best-selling author of Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen
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Before she was found
by Heather Gudenkauf
The Edgar Award-nominated author of The Weight of Silence presents a high-suspense thriller involving three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa community. 75,000 first printing
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A bend in the stars
by Rachel Barenbaum
In World War II-era Russia, an ambitious young doctor and her scientist brother race against Einstein to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. 50,000 first printing.
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Biloxi : a novel
by Mary Miller
A collection building on the critically acclaimed The Last Days of California and Always Happy Hour takes readers into the Biloxi home of an aimless, newly single 63-year-old retiree who makes the impulsive, life-changing decision to adopt a dog
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Blackberry & Wild Rose
by Sonia Velton
Rescued from a brothel, Sara begins life as a lady's maid for Esther Thorel, the wife of a master silk weaver in eighteenth-century Spitalfields, London, who herself has long yearned to be a silk designer herself.
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The book woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
A last-of-her-kind outcast and member of the Pack Horse Library Project braves the hardships of Kentucky's Great Depression and hostile community discrimination to bring the near-magical perspectives of books to her neighbors.
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Cari Mora
by Thomas Harris
A ruthless man driven by unspeakable appetites to pursue a fortune in cartel gold finds his efforts challenged by a war survivor with unusual talents. By the award-winning author of Silence of the Lambs. 600,000 first printing
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The daughter's tale : a novel
by Armando Lucas Correa
A tale of love and redemption based on the 1944 Oradour-Sur-Glane massacre follows an octogenarian's receipt of a cache of letters, written by her mother during World War II, that uncover decades of secrets. 150,000 first printing.
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Dawson's fall
by Roxana Robinson
Draws on the true Reconstruction experiences of the author's grandparents as recorded in family journals and letters, in a historical tale that finds a man in 1889 Charleston struggling to navigate his war-scarred country's evolving political, social and moral landscapes.
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Disappearing Earth : a novel
by Julia Phillips
The shattering disappearance of two young girls from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula compounds the isolation and fears of a tight-woven community, connecting the lives of neighbors, witnesses, family members and a detective throughout an ensuing year of tension. A first novel.
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Drawing home
by Jamie Brenner
The best-selling author of The Forever Summer offers another literary celebration of summer that features an unexpected inheritance, a promise broken and four lives changed forever. 50,000 first printing
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The farm : a novel
by Joanne Ramos
Ensconced within a Hudson Valley luxury retreat where expectant birth mothers are given luxurious accommodations and lucrative rewards to produce perfect babies, a Filipino immigrant is forced to choose between a life-changing payment and the outside world.
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The flight portfolio
by Julie Orringer
The award-winning author of The Invisible Bridge presents a long-anticipated latest novel based on the story of Varian Fry's extraordinary effort to save the lives and work of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust
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The guest book
by Sarah Blake
The bereaved matriarch of a powerful early-20th-century American family makes a fateful decision that reverberates throughout two subsequent generations further impacted by racism, reversed circumstances and disturbing revelations. By the best-selling author of The Postmistress
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Have You Seen Luis Velez?
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Two strangers—one a lonely boy and the other a Holocaust survivor—develop an unlikely friendship while trying to track down the woman’s missing caretaker in this latest novel from the author of Pay It Forward. Original
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Home remedies : stories
by Xuan Juliana Wang
A debut collection of 12 stories reflecting the current freedom-seeking generation of Chinese youth ranges from the experiences of a first-generation Chinese-American family to the pressures on a pair of divers at the Beijing Olympics.
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How not to die alone
by Richard Roper
Telling a white lie that makes his coworkers believe he has a loving family at home, a lonely man stuck in a thankless public health job falls in love with a new coworker who challenges his secrets. A first novel.
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How we disappeared : a novel
by Jing-Jing Lee
Six decades after a Japanese woman is forced into sexual slavery during World War II, a 12-year-old boy's effort to investigate his ailing grandmother's mumbled confession triggers a fateful chain of events. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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It's hot in the Hamptons : a novel
by Holly Peterson
Devastated by her successful husband's casual infidelity, a Hamptons wife makes a secret pact with her best friend to enjoy life in the example of their wayward husbands during a summer of new perspectives and second chances. 25,000 first printing.
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A job you mostly won't know how to do : a novel
by Pete Fromm
When his beloved wife, Marnie, dies in childbirth, carpenter Taz must navigate through the strange new world of fatherhood alone, in this big-hearted novel about family and resiliency and second chances.
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Keep you close : a novel
by Karen Cleveland
The mother of a much-loved son on the brink of college discovers a hidden gun in the teen's room before an FBI domestic terrorism squad arrives, challenging her to confront disturbing secrets and the limits of her own protectiveness.
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Lanny : a novel
by Max Porter
A follow-up to the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers follows the awakening of a mythical being in a London village, where he observes the domestic dramas and creative energies surrounding a mischievous, ethereal young newcomer
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Light from other stars : a novel
by Erika Swyler
Decades after her grieving father, a laid-off NASA scientist, triggers chaotic changes in his pursuit of life-extending technology, an astronaut confronts dangerous family secrets to stop a world-threatening crisis. By the author of The Book of Speculation
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Mistress of the Ritz : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
The director of the luxurious Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris and his courageous American wife, Blanche Auzello, risk their marriage and lives to support the French Resistance during World War II. By the best-selling author of The Aviator's Wife
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My life as a rat
by Joyce Carol Oates
Exiled from her family and church since the age of 12 for testifying honestly about a racist murder, a young woman reflects on the wrenching choice she was forced to make between her family and the truth. 40,000 first printing.
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Naamah
by Sarah Blake
Imagines the life of Noah's wife, Naamah, a woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures and silently mourning the lover she left behind. Simultaneous eBook.
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Orange world and other stories
by Karen Russell
A latest collection of short fiction by the award-winning author of Swamplandia! includes the title story, in which a desperate new mother strikes a bargain to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection over her baby
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The overdue life of Amy Byler
by Kelly Harms
After her ex-husband offers to take care of their children for the summer, single mom Amy Byler takes a break from rural Pennsylvania and heads to New York City where she lets her hair down and starts dating again.
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Prairie fever : a novel
by Michael Parker
Set in the prairie town of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s, two sisters find their special bond tested when they both fall for a newly-arrived teacher in the town’s one-room schoolhouse.
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Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel
by Sonali Dev
A neurosurgeon from a politically ambitious immigrant family clashes with a talented dessert chef who would prove he is more than his pedigree. By the award-winning author of A Distant Heart. Original. 30,000 first printing
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The rationing : a novel
by Charles J Wheelan
A political satire by the best-selling author of Naked Economics follows a haphazard government effort to quell an ensuing crisis when the world's supply of a key pharmaceutical ingredient is depleted at the beginning of a mysterious pathogen outbreak
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Red birds
by Mohammed Hanif
When an American pilot crash lands on the outskirts of the very camp he was supposed to bomb, he is rescued by one of the camp's residents, a teenager named Momo, who aims to help his struggling family by finding his missing brother. Original.
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The Rosie result
by Graeme C Simsion
Don and Rosie help their 11-year-old son who is struggling at school and having trouble fitting in while trying to open a cocktail bar in the third and final installment of the series, following The Rosie Effect
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The royal secret : a novel
by Lucinda Riley
Published in the UK as The Love Letter, a latest work of suspense by the best-selling author of The Orchid House follows an ambitious young journalist's investigation into a dangerous mystery that threatens the British monarchy
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Sunset beach
by Mary Kay Andrews
Reluctantly accepting a job at her estranged father's law firm in the aftermath of her mother's passing, Drue is tangled in a decades-old mystery that threatens everyone she loves. By the best-selling author of The High Tide Club
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Tightrope
by Amanda Quick
When her new bed-and-breakfast is threatened by a robot innovator's untimely death, a former trapeze artist teams up with an enigmatic man who would track down a cipher machine prototype. By the best-selling author of the Arcane Society series.
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Under the table : a novel
by Stephanie Evanovich
The best-selling author of Big Girl Panties presents a modern adaptation of My Fair Lady in the story of a canny young divorcée who makes over her socially awkward millionaire client, with unexpected results. 50,000 first printing
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The unhoneymooners
by Christina Lauren
Partnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before unexpectedly falling for her companion. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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Vacuum in the dark : a novel
by Jen Beagin
A young house cleaner in New Mexico balances a bad, junkie boyfriend with a bad, unstable boyfriend who happens to be married to one of her clients as she embarks on an eccentric journey of self-discovery and redemption.
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Waisted : a novel
by Randy Susan Meyers
Agreeing to become documentary subjects in their desperation to lose weight, two successful working moms, each struggling with family discrimination, discover self-love and sisterhood while plotting against the exploitative creators of their show. 40,000 first printing.
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A boy and his dog at the end of the world
by Charlie Fletcher
When a beloved family dog is stolen, her boy owner sets out on a life-changing journey through the ruins of a dystopian world to bring her back. 75,000 first printing.
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Children of time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The inhabitants of a dying Earth set out to take refuge on a terraformed planet, but this planet's life progression has rendered it mankind's worst nightmare, and these two civilizations find themselves on a collision course. Reissue. 50,000 first printing.
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Emily eternal
by Mark Wheaton
Designed in a lab to help humans process trauma when the Earth's sun begins to die prematurely, an artificial consciousness discovers a possible way to save humanity, only to be attacked by individuals who would control her technology. 25,000 first printing.
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The Charmer in Chaps
by Julia London
To keep her inheritance—a rundown house, Ella, determined to find a place to call home, goes up against rancher Luca Prince who will do anything—including seduction—to take back the land he believes is his. Original.
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The cottage on Rose Lane : Includes a Bonus Short Story
by Hope Ramsay
Arriving in Magnolia Harbor after receiving an unexpected inheritance, Jenna Fossey is excited to meet relatives she never knew existed until long-buried secrets lead to even more questions and the only person who can help her find answers is a hot-as-hell sailing instructor. 50,000 first printing.
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Dealmaker, heartbreaker
by Rochelle Alers
Used to having his way in business, brash Noah has his heart stolen by reserved bed-and-breakfast owner Viviana
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Tangled up in you
by Samantha Chase
After she returns home to the Carolina coast to be close to her family, single mother Teagan Shaughnessy meets Bobby Hannigan, an injured police officer who makes her rethink her plans for the future
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