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My Husband's Mother
by Sophie B.
Cheryl, Brenda and Ariel, the daughter in laws of Buella Buford are as different as night and day. But they all have one thing in common, the all hate B. Mama. B. Mama is the nickname of Buella that was given to her by a grandson that has his own dislikes and suspicions about her. She is the mother of three sons and a Cook County sheriff, but she is everything but lawful. Chery's husband, Byron Buford, the youngest brother, dreams consistently about a woman that he believes truly exist and not just in his dreams. Tyson, the oldest brothers, knows more about the mysteries behind his brothers dreams than he is willing to share. When a strange woman from B. Mama's past appears on the scene, the family finds out more about a woman than they thought they already knew. The Bufords are tortured by one tragedy after another and they don't know if they will ever survive it.
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Summer's Secret
by Sophie B.
Nineteen year old Annie Mae Summer was left behind to raise six of her younger siblings. In the eve of a beautiful Fall day in 1986, tragedy struck. The murder on the Anderson's Estate left Annie carrying the weight of a painful secret that she tries very hard to forget. When her mother and sister Claire packs up and leaves Mississippi, Annie is left to raise the kids with the help of a drunken father in a broken down shack. Thirty years later, Nadia, the youngest of the Summer girls is getting married. As the family journeys back home to Annie's beautiful ranch in Holly Spring's Mississippi, she is preparing them for the greatest event of their lives, But when a stranger comes prowling around for answers, fear sets in and Annie struggles to keep the lies buried, but the harder she fights, the more determined it is to rear it's ugly head. The Summer family lives are being impacted one after the other. Will this secret bring them closer together or tear them apart forever.
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The fix
by David Baldacci
A latest thriller featuring football player-turned-detective Amos Decker finds him using his eidetic memory to solve a high-stakes case. By the best-selling author of Memory Man and The Last Mile. 500,000 first printing.
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| American War: A Novel by Omar El AkkadA second American Civil War is underway as three southern states refuse to give up fossil fuels, despite rising waters (New Orleans, Washington D.C., and all of Florida are long gone) and summers that last from March to December. It's 2075, and coastal refugees are pouring into the Midwest, but young Sarat and her family seek shelter in a Mississippi camp. As she grows, she becomes a warrior for the Southern cause, delivering violence until her eventual capture. Vividly imagined, this terrifying dystopian novel is based on debut author Omar El Akkad's work as a journalist, combining disparate elements of reporting on climate change, the Arab Spring, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the war in Afghanistan. |
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The lost order
by Steve Berry
When rival factions of a dangerous clandestine organization begin a race to find billions in stolen treasure hidden by their progenitors, Justice Department agent Cotton Malone finds the case complicated by his unsuspected ties to the organization and the political schemes of an unscrupulous politician.
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Any day now
by Robyn Carr
A sequel to What We Find continues the adventures of the characters from Sullivan's Crossing, who greet diverse visitors at a rustic campground at the crossroads of the Colorado and Continental Divide Trails. 300,000 first printing.
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Cold earth
by Ann Cleeves
When a landslide in the dark days of a Shetland winter destroys a house in which the body of a mysterious woman in a red silk dress is found, Jimmy Perez becomes obsessed with identifying the woman and discovering how she actually died.
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Miss you : a novel
by Kate Eberlen
A chance meeting fails to bring the 18-year-old Tess and Gus the love with each other that they deserve, and they wind through lives that bring surprises and divert them from their intended paths, but will they get a second chance at love together? A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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The broken road
by Richard Paul Evans
A first entry in a new trilogy that explores the possibilities of second chances follows the experiences of Chicago celebrity Charles James, who struggles with nightmares about his painful childhood in spite of adult successes until a twist of fate causes him to be declared dead and reeling with wonderment about what to do next. By the best-selling author of The Christmas Box.
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Our short history : a novel
by Lauren Grodstein
After finding out she is dying, a single mom contacts her ex, who left her alone rather than be a father, and is shocked to discover that he is suddenly excited to meet the child he never knew.
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You'll think of me
by Robin Lee Hatcher
After being left her estranged, late husband’s family home, single mother Brooklyn Myers moves to the orchard and wine country of Southwest Idaho where she gets off to a bad start with her late husband’s best friend and part-time sheriff’s deputy. Original.
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Into the water
by Paula Hawkins
When a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict. By the best-selling author of The Girl on the Train.
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Threads of suspicion
by Dee Henderson
Detective Evie Blackwell's new assignment to the elite Missing Persons Task force puts her and her new partner under pressure from public scrutiny to solve two very different cases involving people missing for several years
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The shadow land : a novel
by Elizabeth Kostova
Accidentally taking a parcel from a family with whom she shared a cab, a young American tourist in Bulgaria is horrified to discover that the parcel contains an urn of ashes and embarks on an effort to return it to its family, making astonishing discoveries along the way. By the award-winning author of The Historian.
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Purgatory road
by Samuel Parker
After Jack and his wife get lost on a day trip outside Las Vegas, they run into a desert hermit who has no intention of providing assistance and also encounter a kidnapped runaway and her mentally unstable and possibly dangerous abductor. Original.
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