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By the Book
by Jasmine Guillory
Jasmine Guillory's By the Book proves that fairy tale retellings
are still golden! Publisher-assistant Izzy braves the Santa Barbara mansion/dungeon of Beau, a reclusive star and aspiring author, to
help him bring his book to life. While there are no singing candelabras
or pitchfork-wielding villagers in this Beauty and the Beast homage,
there are definitely lingering glances and romantic library interludes!
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Book lovers
by Emily Henry
Agreeing to a holiday escape to the country, literary agent Nora
keeps running into a bookish, hardheaded, arrogant editor she
knows from Manhattan, and wishes she didn't, even as she
discovers they have more in common than previously thought.
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Lessons in chemistry: a novel
by Bonnie Garmus
In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott,
the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show
due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this
opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
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Let's not do that again : a novel
by Grant Ginder
When her daughter, Greta, makes headlines as an extremist
protestor in Paris, Nancy Harrison, running for Senate, must
find Greta to save her campaign before it's too late.
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Crimson summer
by Heather Graham
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Amy Larson and
FBI agent Hunter Forrest investigate a bloody massacre in
Seminole territory that appears to be tied to South American
drug cartels and a Doomsday cult.
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Sister stardust : a novel
by Jane Green
Inspired by a true story, the New York Times best-selling author reimagines the glamorous and tragic life of fashion icon and socialite Talitha Getty through the eyes of Claire, a young woman in search of adventure who is drawn into Talithas orbit, forever changing her life.
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Saint Sebastian's abyss
by Mark Haber
A darkly comic meditation on art, obsession, and the enigmatic
power of friendship, Saint Sebastian's Abyss stalks the museum
halls of Europe, feverishly seeking salvation, annihilation, and the meaning of belief.
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Layla
by Colleen Hoover
When the personality of the woman he loves is changed by
the trauma of a severe accident, Leeds takes her to the
bed-and-breakfast where they first met, before her escalating
behavior complicates his ability to help another guest.
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Search : a novel
by Michelle Huneven
Secretly using her place on the church search committee to
write a memoir, with recipes, about the experience, restaurant
critic, food writer and longtime member of a progressive
Unitarian Universalist congregation, Dana Potowski gets some
good material until she realizes that she cares deeply about this institution.
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Post-traumatic : a novel
by Chantal V. Johnson
A dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients,
Vivian, contending with the memories and aftereffects of her own
bad childhood, makes a bold move during a family reunion that
leaves her alone in new and terrifying ways, causing her to unravel.
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The fervor : a novel
by Alma Katsu
In 1944, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, held in an
internment camp in the Midwest, discover a mysterious disease spreading among the interned is linked to a demon from the
stories of Meiko's childhood, hellbent on infiltrating their already
strange world.
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Little foxes took up matches
by Katya Kazbek
After suffering horrific abuse from his cousin who has returned
broken from war, Mitya embarks on a journey across underground Moscow where he hopes to find a place to belong, and escapes
into a fantasy world to deal with the brutalities of everyday life.
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Shadow fallen
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A knight of William the Conqueror and son of one of the deadliest powers in existence, Valteri is the necessary key to holding back
evil if only he can work with the woman who stands for everything
in the universe he hates.
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Nettle & Bone
by T. Kingfisher
To save her sister and topple a throne, Marra is offered the tools
she needs if she completes three seemingly impossible tasks with
the help of a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother, and
an enigmatic grave/witch and her fowl familiar.
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The house in the cerulean sea
by TJ Klune
Given a curious classified assignment to evaluate the potential
risks posed by six supernatural orphans, a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth bonds with an enigmatic caregiver who hides dangerous secrets.
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Woman, eating : a novel
by Claire Kohda
Reassessing her relationship with both food and people,
perpetually hungry Lydia, a mixed race vampire, must reconcile
the conflicts between her demon and human sides to exist in the
world.
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady
by Maria Gainza
An art critic and auction house employee takes on the role of art
world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation as she searches for a master forger in the Buenos
Aires art world who has achieved legendary status.
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Sierra six
by Mark Greaney
When he sees a ghost from the past—a terrorist leader who was
taken out years ago during his very first mission as a junior member
of a CIA action team—the Gray Man is not one to leave a job
unfinished or a blood debt unpaid.
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The wedding veil
by Kristy Woodson Harvey
This sweeping new novel follows four extraordinary women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and a connection to
the Vanderbilt legacy that changes their lives—and history as they
know it.
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The golden couple
by Greer Hendricks
A maverick therapist who lost her license due to controversial
methods, Avery agrees to help golden couple Marissa and Mathew Bishop overcome Marisa’s cheating. This sets all three of them on a collision course because the biggest and most dangerous secrets
have not yet been revealed.
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The Last Suspicious Holdout : Stories
by Ladee Hubbard
The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King and The Talented
Ribkins returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of short
stories including the title story written exclusively for this volume,
that explore relationships in a black neighborhood from 1992 to 2007
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Chorus
by Rebecca Kauffman
Each of the seven Shaw siblings describe their own versions of
the two events that altered their lives. First was the untimely death
of their mother. Second was the shocking teen pregnancy in a story of familial loss, recovery and hope.
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Eve of destruction: book one
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Eve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course. But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out. He’s on the trail of his key suspect when fate throws him headfirst into Eve’s life. Now the two of them have to find the League leak and plug it or neither one of them will live to face another enemy, and the ones they love, and the universe at large, will be left alone to face a power-crazed madman.
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Gwendy's final task
by Stephen King
Years after a magical, extremely dangerous box first showed up in Gwendy Peterson’s life, it returns, again tempting her to push its destructive buttons in the final installment of the trilogy by two
masters of horror, following Gwendy’s Magic Feather.
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Antoinette's sister
by Diana Giovinazzo
Engaged to King Ferdinand IV of Naples after his intended contracts smallpox and dies, Charlotte, the sister of Marie Antoinette, tries to navigate her new country, home and court in the time of political uprisings and royal executions.
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The Christie affair
by Nina de Gramont
Brilliantly reimagining the unexpected 11-day disappearance of
Agatha Christie that captivated the world, this novel is told from
the point of Miss Nan O’Dea, who infiltrated the Christies’ wealthy, rarified world to destroy their marriage.
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What the fireflies knew : a novel
by Kai Harris
Told from the perspective of almost 11-year-old Kenyatta Bernice,
this coming-of-age novel follows KB as she is sent to live with her estranged grandfather where she, as everything and everyone
changes around her, is forced to carve out a different identity for
herself and find her own voice.
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Pure colour
by Sheila Heti
With the world coming apart at the seams, Mira, when her beloved father dies, and his spirit passes into her, becomes a leaf on a tree. However, being alive is a problem that cannot be solved, forcing her
to decide whether or not to return to a human world.
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Dark horse
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
A former government assassin helps a South Texas drug kingpin, a
man who does bad things for good reasons, after a vicious cartel
kidnaps his 18 year-old-daughter, in the seventh novel of the series following Prodigal Son.
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Moon Witch, Spider King
by Marlon James
This second book in the The Dark Star trilogy delves into the world
of Sogolon, where she, a 177-year-old witch, tells her side of the story
of what happened to a mysterious boy, as well as her century-long
feud with the powerful Aesi, chancellor to the king.
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The Liz Taylor ring : a novel
by Brenda Janowitz
When their late mother’s long-lost 11-carat ring, which looks just
like the diamond Richard Burton gifted Liz Taylor, unexpectedly resurfaces decades later, three siblings discover a secret that
challenges everything they thought they knew about their
parents’ epic love story.
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With love from London : a novel
by Sarah Jio
Inheriting a flat and bookshop in London from the mother who adandoned her, Valentina slowly begins to piece together her
mother’s life while trying to save the bookshop from going under,
with the help of its eccentric staff and some startling revelations.
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Good girl complex
by Elle Kennedy
Intent on earning a degree at Garnet College in the beachside
town of Avalon Bay, an internet entrepreneur has her “good girl”
abilities tested when she meets the rough and rowdy bad boy
Cooper Hartley.
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One step too far : a novel
by Lisa Gardner
Searching for a young man who disappeared without a trace,
missing persons expert and recovering alcoholic Frankie Elkin,
with her very life on the line, goes up against something very
dark to find what she is looking for.
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Something to hide : a Lynley novel
by Elizabeth George
When a police detective is murdered, Detective Inspector Thomas
Lynley becomes embroiled in a case that has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows
it as he pursues a killer determined to remain hidden.
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Olga dies dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the tony wedding planner
for Manhattan’s power brokers, must confront the effects of
long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo,
while other family members must weather their own storms.
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Nightmare alley
by William Lindsay Gresham
Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a
carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going about his
work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny,
and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in
hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.
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The Overnight Guest
by Heather Gudenkauf
True crime writer Wylie Lark, snowed in at an isolated farmhouse
where she’s retreated to write her new book, finds a small child in
the snow outside and, bringing him inside for warmth and safety,
learns that the farmhouse isn’t as isolated as she thought.
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The final case
by David Guterson
Eighty-year-old Seattle criminal attorney Royal, in his last days
of his long career, takes on the case of conservative, white fundamentalists Christians Delven and Betsy Harvey, who are
accused of murdering their adopted daughter from Ethiopia.
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Reckless girls
by Rachel Hawkins
When they arrive at Meroe Island, a remote island paradise in the
South Pacific despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism
and murder, six people find their dream vacation turning into a nightmare when history starts repeating itself.
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The love hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood
To convince her best friend that she is on her way to a happily ever
after, third-year Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith, who doesn’t believe in
long-lasting romance, forms a fake relationship with Stanford’s
reigning lab tyrant and soon finds their experiment putting her own
heart under the microscope.
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Anthem : a novel
by Noah Hawley
Trying to recover from the tragic loss of his sister, Simon Oliver
joins a woman, Louise, and a man called The Prophet on an
urgent, but enigmatic quest to find a man called The Wizard.
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Fiona and Jane : stories
by Jean Chen Ho
Two best friends since elementary school, both Taiwanese
Americans, navigate their grown-up lives and discover their
friendship strained by distance and unintended betrayals after
Fiona Lin moves to New York and Jane Shen stays in California.
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Reminders of Him
by Colleen Hoover
Released from prison, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where
it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her 4-year-old daughter,
but with everyone against her, she turns to local bar owner Ledger
Ward who, risking everything, secretly helps her make amends.
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Shit Cassandra saw : stories
by Gwen E. Kirby
From Hellenic times to today, these hilarious, heartwarming and hotheaded stories of women at their breaking points introduces an unforgettable cast of characters, including virgins who escape from
being sacrificed, witches who refuse to be burned, whores who aren’t ashamed and many others.
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The perfect escape
by Leah Konen
The perfect girls' weekend turns deadly in this twisty unforgettable thriller that is perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and Riley Sager.
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Quicksilver
by Dean R. Koontz
When the discovery of a coin worth a lot of money forces him to
run for his life, Quinn Quicksilver meets his destined companions
as he barrels towards a confrontation with an enemy who is as
every bit as scary as the power within himself.
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Lightning in a mirror
by Jayne Ann Krentz
When her speed dating experiment leads her to Harlan Rancourt,
who—long believed dead—needs her help locating a legendary lab, psychic investigator Olivia LeClair must use her unique gift to get
them to the top-secret lab before innocent people die.
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W.E.B. Griffin rogue asset
by Brian Andrews
To save the secretary of state from an army of terrorists in Cairo,
the President revives the Presidential Agent program and calls
Charley Castillo out of retirement to direct a new agent, Killer
McCoy, to get the job done.
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While we were dating
by Jasmine Guillory
Featuring Ben Stephens, Theo’s brother from The Wedding Party,
this charming and hilarious newRomance finds Ben and a famous
actress struggling to keep their working relationship strictly
professional.
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Bright burning things : a novel
by Lisa Harding
Haunted by her failed career and lingering childhood trauma, a
former stage performer turns to alcohol but is saved from the
brink of the abyss by her son whose love redirects her towards rehabilitation and redemption.
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The ballerinas : a novel
by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Returning to the Palais Garnier Opera House to choreograph the
ballet that will kick-start her career—and finally make things right
with her former friends, ballerina Delphine quickly discovers that
things have changed—and some secrets can’t stay buried forever.
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Beasts of a little land : a novel
by Juhea Kim
After her desperate family sells her to a courtesan school, Jade
befriends JungHo, an orphan boy begging on the streets of Seoul,
and must decide to pursue her dreams or risk everything in the fight
for independence.
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Mr. Beethoven
by Paul Griffiths
It is a matter of historical record that in 1823 the Handel and
Haydn Society of Boston (active to this day) sought to commission Beethoven to write an oratorio. The premise of Paul Griffith's
ingenious and delightful novel is that Beethoven accepted the commission and traveled to the United States to oversee the first performance of the work.
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Party of two
by Jasmine Guillory
A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns into a whirlwind
affair that gets everyone talking. Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell.
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The Last Gift
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, an
astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home.
Abbas has never told anyone about his past-before he was a sailor
on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a drugstore
in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life with their children,
Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a
collapse that renders him unable to speak about things he thought
he would one day have to.
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The Apollo murders : a novel
by Chris Hadfield
In 1973, the crew of NASA’s Apollo 18 collide with Russian astronauts
on the lunar surface far beyond the reach of law or rescue, in this
high-stakes thriller unlike any other.
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Cackle
by Rachel Harrison
After being dumped and needing a new start, Annie accepts a
job teaching in a picturesque town in Upstate New York, where
she befriends the enchanting Sophie, who seems to frighten the townsfolk and just might be a witch.
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56 days
by Catherine Ryan Howard
56 days ago. Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in
Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish
shores. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver
suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity
for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and
friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who-and what-he really is.
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The book of mother : a novel
by Violaine Huisman
In this beautifully written, critically acclaimed debut novel, Violaine
and her sister find their home turning into an emotional landmine
when their Maman returns from being hospitalized for a breakdown. Maman has violent mood swings and has flagrant disregard for
personal boundaries.
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Fault lines : a novel
by Emily Itami
A bored, frustrated Japanese housewife begins living two lives
when she meets a successful restaurateur and rediscovers the
freedom and the electric pulse of her beloved Tokyo and realizes
that she has to make a choice.
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Small things like these
by Claire Keegan
In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man,
Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes
a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the
complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
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The morning star
by Karl Ove Knausgård
A major new work from the author of the renowned My Struggle
series comes a novel about what we don’t understand and our
attempts to make sense of our world nonetheless.
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The family
by Naomi Krupitsky
Pushing against the boundaries of society’s expectations and
fighting to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship,
Sofia Colicchio and Antonia Russo, who live in the shadow of
their fathers’ unspoken community until Antonia’s father disappears,
find their loyalty tested on one fateful night.
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Happy hour
by Marlowe Granados
It's the summer of 2013, and while New York swelters, Isa and
Gala scrape and hustle to get by. Among a rotating cast of artists, academics, and bad-mannered grifters, they discover that desires
aren't for denying. But as money gets sparse and circumstances
grow precarious, the pair struggle to convert social capital into something more tangible.
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The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois : a novel
by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
To come to terms with who she is and what she wants, Ailey, the daughter of an accomplished doctor and a strict schoolteacher,
embarks on a journey through her family’s past, helping her embrace
her full heritage, which is the story of the Black experience in itself.
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Matrix
by Lauren Groff
Cast out of the royal court, 17-year-old Marie de France, born the last
in a long line of women warriors, is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey where she vows to chart a bold
new course for the women she now leads and protects.
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The guilt trip
by Sandie Jones
While in Portugal for her brother-in-law’s wedding to Ali, who rubs everyone wrong way, Rachel discovers something about Ali that
changes everything and threatens to unravel friendships and
marriages in a place where jumping to conclusions becomes the difference between life and death.
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The great hunt: Book two of
The Wheel Of Time
by Robert Jordan
For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt
of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so
many Hunters to tell of. Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of
Valere long thought only legend. The Horn will raise the dead heroes
of the ages. However it has been stolen.
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The minister primarily : a novel
by John Oliver Killens
A dead ringer for Republic of Guanaya’s Prime Minister, Jimmy
Jay Leander Johnson is enlisted to stop an assassination plot.
Set in 1980s where things go spectacularly, and hilariously wrong.
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Under the whispering door
by TJ Klune
After he dies, a curious and powerful being gives Wallace one
week to cross over to the land of the dead, and Wallace, who
finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life, sets
about living a lifetime in seven days.
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