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Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
by Christina Lauren
A 'rom-com' standalone romance by writing duo Christina Lauren.
Foul-mouthed, quirky, sharp-as-a-whip Hazel never thought she
would win the heart of her gorgeous college TA, Josh. And, in fact,
she didn't. But what a difference ten years can make. Well, ten
years, and a lot of legwork.
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The Aquatics
by Osvalde Lewat
An extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from
Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.
In the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé Abbia enjoys
a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful
prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the
obedient, demure wife to a husband who has ceased to notice
her, Katmé grows increasingly restless.
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The Day I Lost You
by Ruth Mancini
The internationally bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge returns with a twisty thriller about a missing child and three adults whose shared secrets and hidden history could prove deadly.
So what really happened to Baby Sam? And who still has
secrets to hide? One child. Two mothers. And a past that won't
let them go.
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The Rest of Our Lives
by Ben Markovits
When Tom Layward's wife had an affair twelve years ago, he
resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest.
Now, while driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to himself. He is also on the run from his
own health issues and a forced leave from work. So, rather than returning to his wife in Westchester, Tom keeps driving west, with
the vague plan of visiting people from his past--an old college friend,
his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son--en route, maybe, to California.
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An Academic Affair
by Jodi McAlister
Two English professors enter a fake marriage in order to secure
partner hire, but soon realize their feelings for each other aren't
as fake as they'd once thought.
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Skylark
by Paula McLain
The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below--where a woman's quest
for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor's dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a
story of courage and resistance that transcends time.
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The Viper: A Zig & Nola Novel
by Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is back with his thrilling Zig and Nola series,
unraveling a shocking cold case with a personal--and deadly--twist.
Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be--he's spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he's diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turning the suit into a final, untraceable hiding spot.It's a perfect plan. Until Fetch is brutally murdered by a mysterious killer who will stop at
nothing to find the priceless object hidden in the suit.
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Meet the Newmans
by Jennifer Niven
For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons Guy and
Shep have ruled television as America's favorite family. Millions of viewers tune in every week to watch them play flawless,
black-and-white versions of themselves. But now it's 1964,
and the Newmans' perfection suddenly feels woefully out of touch. Ratings are in free fall, as are the Newmans themselves. Del is
keeping an explosive secret from his wife, and Dinah is slowly
going numb--literally. Steady, stable Guy is hiding the truth about
his love life, and rock 'n roll idol Shep may finally be in real trouble.
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The Burning Library
by Gilly MacMillan
When Dr. Anya Brown garners international attention for her
translation of the cryptic Folio 9, she is handpicked by Diana
Cornish, a professor and high-ranking member of the Fellowship,
to join the exclusive Institute of Manuscript Studies in St. Andrews. Unbeknownst to Anya she's been recruited at great personal
danger to translate ancient texts that the Fellowship believes
critical to their mission.
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Blood of Hercules Collector's Edition
by Jasmine Mas
I'm just a girl. And it turns out, I'm Hercules. I'm struggling to
survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from
twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth,
rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep
my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school.
At least, I try to.
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Bonds of Hercules (Deluxe Limited Edition)
by Jasmine Mas
Men are fighting over me. Mysteries are unfolding left and right.
And I've had enough. Everybody better beware because I'm
fighting in the Gladiator Competition and seizing my power.
Things are about to get very messy. For Sparta.
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The Silver Book
by Olivia Laing
It is September 1974. Two men meet in Venice. One is a young
English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo
Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible
for realizing the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati
is in Venice to produce sketches for Fellini's Casanova. A young apprentice is just what he needs. He sweeps Nicholas to Rome
and introduces him to the looking-glass world of Cinecittâa, the
studio where Casanova's Venice will be ingeniously assembled.
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The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories
and Essays
by Harper Lee
A posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and
previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a
fresh perspective on the literary mind of Harper Lee.
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Flat Earth
by Anika Jade Levy
Avery is a grad student in New York working on a collection of
cultural reports and flailing financially and emotionally. In an act
of desperation, Avery takes a job at a right-wing dating app.
Meanwhile, her best friend, Frances, an effortlessly chic emerging filmmaker from a wealthy Southern family, drops out of grad school,
gets married, and somehow still manages to finish her first feature documentary. Frances's triumphant return to New York as the toast
of the art world sends Avery into a final tailspin, pushing her to
make a series of devastating decisions.
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False Witness
by Phillip Margolin
A lawyer who was set-up, imprisoned, and disbarred, only to be vindicated and reinstated, is determined to find out who set her
up and cover their tracks with a trail of dead bodies Defense
Attorney Karen Wyatt exposed corruption in the police force
and the District Attorney's office while getting her client exonerated
in court. But in doing so, she put a target on her back and she
was set-up on fake drug charge, imprisoned and disbarred until
the conspiracy unraveled and her innocence was proven.
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Blood Like Ours
by Stuart Neville
In this chilling follow-up to Blood Like Mine by Stephen King's
true heir (Will Dean), one mother faces the ultimate supernatural
horror: the monster she must become to protect her child. El Paso, Texas: Rebecca Carter awoke on a morgue table with only two
desires: to find her daughter, Moonflower; and to sate her
gnawing hunger. Rebecca sets out on a desperate quest, fighting
her murderous craving for blood, and pursued by a vengeful
FBI agent.
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Bog Queen
by Anna North
In the gorgeous new novel by the New York Times bestselling
author of Outlawed, a strangely well-preserved Iron Age body
turns up in an English bog, and the American forensic anthropologist
on the case is thrust into an absorbing, complex mystery.
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