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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
by Ilona Andrews
When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, it doesn't
take her long to recognize Kair Toren, a city she knows intimately from the pages of the famously unfinished dark fantasy series she's been obsessively reading and re-reading while waiting years for the final novel. Her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic, and mayhem? Her encyclopedic knowledge of the plot, the setting, and the characters' ambitions and fates. But while she quickly discovers she cannot be killed (though many will try!), the same
cannot be said for the living, breathing characters she's coming to
love--a motley band that includes a former lady's maid, a deadly assassin, various outrageous magical creatures, and a dangerously appealing soldier. Soon, instead of trying to get home, she finds
herself enmeshed in the schemes--and attentions--of dueling princes, dukes, and villains, all while trying to save them and the kingdom of Rellas from the way she knows their stories will end: in a cataclysmic war.
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The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Elizabeth Arnott
Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives. They are all wives of convicted killers. During the sun-drenched summer of
1966, the three women form an unlikely friendship after the
discoveries of their husbands' brutal crimes. With their exes--some of California's most infamous murderers--dead or behind bars, they are attempting to forge a new future for themselves. When a string of
local killings hits the news, the three women--underestimated, overlooked, shrewd--decide to get to work. After all, who better to
catch a killer than those who have shared their lives and homes with one? At once a riveting portrayal of shattered trust and a story of gripping suspense, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives is a
testament to the intricacies of women's lives and how the deep bonds
of female friendship can empower, uplift, and lead us to endure.
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Paradiso 17
by Hannah Lillith Assadi
All his life, exile has been the shadow stitched to the sole of Sufien's shoe. Born in Palestine on the precipice of 1948's Nakba, Sufien is
forced to leave the only home he's ever known, the one on the hill
with a beautiful blue door. This is the precise moment when time stops making sense. He spends the rest of his life propelled forward, always
on the way--although in search of what, he is never quite sure. The lyrical pages of Paradiso 17 weave in and out of time and space, beginning at the end and ending at the beginning. They are haunting, haunted with grief, struck through, as Dante once wrote, with the
arrow that the bow of exile / shoots first, and yet they throb with
light--not just the light that Sufien sees as he approaches his own end, but the brilliant light of a life lived. Like all of our dead, Sufien still speaks, the book begins. Listen, this is his story.
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Daughter of Egypt
by Marie Benedict
In the 1920s, archeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle made headlines around the world with the discovery
of the treasure-filled tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. But
behind it all stood Lady Evelyn Herbert--daughter of Lord Carnarvon--whose daring spirit and relentless curiosity made the momentous find possible. Nearly 3,000 years earlier, another woman defied the expectations of her time: Hatshepsut, Egypt's lost pharaoh. Her reign was bold, visionary--and nearly erased from history. When Evelyn becomes obsessed with finding Hatshepsut's secret tomb, she risks everything to uncover the truth about her reign and keep valued
artifacts in Egypt, their rightful home. But as danger closes in and political tensions rise, she must make an impossible choice: protect
her father's legacy--or forge her own.
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And Now, Back to You
by B. K. Borison
Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on
routine and organization from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and adventure out in the field. When they're partnered against their will to cover the snowstorm of the century, they find themselves scrambling to figure out how to work together. Eager
to be taken seriously as a journalist, Delilah offers Jackson a deal. If he can help her ace this assignment, she'll help him rediscover his long-
lost fun side. With an undiscovered chemistry burning beneath their clashes, the unlikely partnership quickly tumbles into an easy and surprising friendship. But when other feelings start to enter the
equation, can Jackson and Delilah withstand the storm? Or does what happens in the mountains, stay in the mountains?
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The Disappointment
by Scott Broker
It's the night before a much-needed vacation, and Jack--a former playwright mourning his failed career--catches his husband, Randy, packing his mother's urn. They had agreed: no mother on this trip. Parents, living or otherwise, aren't the ideal guests for romantic getaways. But Randy has been carrying his mother's remains
everywhere since her death, and he isn't ready to let go now. Despite
its natural beauty and kitschy charm, the Oregon coast does not
provide the respite the couple seeks. Told with sly, irreverent humor,
and shot through with dark currents of envy and longing for something other than what one has, The Disappointment explores the mutual
exhilaration and terror of being placed center stage in one's own life.
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Ruins
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Professor Ember Agni is a rising star in archeology, trying to balance
an unfulfilling career in academia and a crumbling marriage, all while pursuing her true passion: unearthing a lost empire that no one else believes existed. Just as she's about to give up on the ambitious expedition she spent a decade trying to fund, a message arrives from overseas. A former student claims to have found something extraordinary-an artifact that hints at the forgotten world lying
beneath history's tidy surface. With vindication finally within reach, Ember risks everything for the sake of discovery and undertakes an odyssey that will either make her name or ruin her.
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Bloodlust
by Sandra Brown
Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as
Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn't leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes
terror. Obsessively vowing to avenge his late wife's murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships and
drinking excessively to numb his pain. As Mitch begins to close in on
Oz and Malone's operation, they're prepared to stop him by any
means necessary.
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Upward Bound
by Woody Brown
Upward Bound is not a place anyone dreams of spending their days.
The dreary adult daycare center for Los Angeles's disabled community
is, for many of its clients and staff, a place of last resort. This includes Carlos, a young aide who lost his mother as a boy and now works
there alongside his beloved sister Delia; Jorge, the gentle nonverbal giant whom Carlos seeks to befriend (and prevent from escaping);
Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy, who pines for Ann, the summer lifeguard at the center's pool who feels out of her depth; then there's Mike, Upward Bound's director who came to L.A. to pursue an acting career but now channels his passion into staging an impressive holiday show starring the center's sorely underestimated clients.
Framing these interlocking narratives - and connecting them in surprising, shattering ways - is the riveting and sometimes ironic testimony of Walter, a recent community college graduate who, after a family tragedy, must return to the company of his disabled peers.
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Wait for Me
by Amy Jo Burns
When young folk singer Elle Harlow reaches the height of her prowess
in 1973, she has two wildly beloved albums to her name and a hidden history of impossible heartbreak. After she sets foot on the famed
Grand Ole Opry stage, a far cry from the mountain that raised her, Elle gives the biggest performance of her life. Then, to the dismay of
shocked fans, her producer, and the man who still loves her, she vanishes. Almost two decades later, eighteen-year-old Marijohn Shaw is spending her summer pumping gas, writing songs on her broken mandolin, and longing for a mother. Her father Abe has always sworn
he was the last person to see Elle Harlow alive, but when a meteor strikes the woods of their sleepy Pennsylvania town and a piece of
Elle's past emerges from the wreckage, the truth of her disappearance sets fire to everything Marijohn believes about herself, her music, and her ability to love with abandon.
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Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line
by Elle Cosimano
Life hasn't been easy for Finlay Donovan lately, but it just got a whole
lot harder. Her nanny and partner-in-crime, Vero, has been extradited from Virginia to Maryland, where she's facing criminal charges for a
theft she swears she didn't commit. A prisoner to an ankle bracelet as she awaits her trial, Vero is forced to live with her overbearing mother and nosy aunt. Threatening messages keep arriving on her mother's door, demanding Vero turn over the money . . . or else. And if she doesn't figure out who really stole her former sorority's treasury funds, her next home might be a prison cell. With her court date quickly approaching, and her mysterious stalker on her tail, Vero needs to
clear her name fast. Finlay decides a trip to Maryland is in order. She
sets off on a mission to suss out the real thief and bring Vero home.
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A Bad, Bad Place
by Frances Crawford
If it hadn't been for her wee stupid dog Sid Vicious, 12-year-old Janey Devine might never have stumbled upon the corpse of Samantha Watson. And then maybe she'd still be able to sleep at night. And
maybe her nana wouldn't be so worried sick all the time. And maybe
Billy The Ghost Watson, a notorious gangster, wouldn't be on her tail--
for it's Billy's daughter who was left for dead on those train tracks, and now Billy wants answers. Fear and gossip spread through the tight-knit community of Possilpark, Glasgow, and while Janey swears she can't remember the details of that morning, the cops think she's hiding something--and indeed, there's something she knows that she's not quite ready to tell anyone else, not even her nana, who won't rest
until this whole thing is behind them.
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This Story Might Save Your Life
by Tiffany Crum
Benny Abbott and Joy Moore host one of the most beloved podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with a different against-all-odds survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. Since their first episode on Joy's experience
with severe narcolepsy, they've been the best friends everyone wants to befriend - and thanks to the meticulous management of Joy's husband Xander, they've built a lucrative empire. The problem is, their next survival story may be their own. When Benny arrives at Joy and
Xander's one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The one clue shedding light on the couple's disappearance is the incomplete, previously-unseen first draft of Joy's memoir. Benny is desperate to find them, even when the police soon zero in on him as their prime suspect.
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Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
by Amal El-Mohtar
Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth,
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style,
El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed
tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference
materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.
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Uncle Patrick's Secessionist Breakfast
by Dave Eggers
The far-flung Mahoneys, who first arrived in California by shipwreck,
are having a family reunion on their Central Coast fruit ranch--and it's already more than anyone wanted. There's one thing that might unite the family's many generations, and that's the idea of California
seceding from the United States. This eighth installment of The Forgetters series--originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle--examines the sanity of the Golden State leaving its unhappy union
with a nation drifting away from democracy.
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Now I Surrender
by Álvaro Enrigue
In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband's ranch. A lieutenant colonel in service to the fledgling Republica, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, discovers he's on the trail of a more dramatic abduction. Decades later, with political ambitions on
the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to maneuver
Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. In
our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past. Orchestrated with a stunningly imagined cast of characters, both historical and purely fictional, their storylines playing
out in multiple eras, Now I Surrender is Alvaro Enrigue's most
expansive and impassioned novel yet.
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Python's Kiss: Stories
by Louise Erdrich
Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich's magnificent story collection features a range of characters. Accompanied by specially commissioned artwork by Aza Erdrich Abe--an intimate and revelatory creative collaboration between mother and daughter--these stories
offer an opportunity to celebrate the wisdom and brilliant, wide-ranging imagination of one of America's most important writers.
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Honeysuckle
by Bar Fridman-Tell
Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peace, his sister made him a playmate-Daye, a girl woven from flowers and words. And for the first time, this boy, Rory, had a friend. Rory couldn't be happier, until he learns that Daye is a short-
lived creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And every time Daye falls apart
might be her last. As Rory and Daye grow older and the line between friendship and romance begins to blur, Rory becomes desperate to
break this cycle of bloom and decay. But the farther Rory pushes his research and experiments to lengthen Daye's existence, the more Daye begins to wonder just how much control she really has over her own
life.
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Catch Her If You Can
by Tessa Bailey
Madden Donahue, the newest catcher for the Yankees, has been in
love with Eve Mitchell since high school, but for some mysterious
reason, the burlesque club owner always turns him down. Now that Eve's sister has left Eve with her two children indefinitely, Madden
steps in with a proposition--marry him for the much needed health benefits. There's one problem--her best friend Skylar called dibs on
him when they were fourteen. Eve has always put their friendship
above all else. She finds herself accepting Madden's proposal--on the condition that their marriage remains strictly private. What starts as
a marriage of convenience soon ignites into something much hotter.
As the passion builds, can their fake marriage become the real deal?
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Departure(s)
by Julian Barnes
Whether Departure(s) is mostly fiction or not, there is a lot of its author in it, including Julian Barnes's reckoning with the blood disorder he has been living with since he was diagnosed in 2020, his long preoccupation with dying and grief, and his mordant sense of the indignities and lost opportunities we're prey to in love. The story he promises to deliver is a love story, that of two friends he met at university in the 1960s. Julian played matchmaker to Stephen (tall, gangling, uncertain) and Jean (tart and attractive); as the third wheel he was deeply invested in the success of their love and insulted when they broke up. Forty years later, he tries again, watching as their rekindled affair produces joys, betrayals, and disappointments of a different order.
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The Devil's Bible: A Cotton Malone Novel
by Steve Berry
Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called to
Sweden when the younger sister of King Wilhelm I is kidnapped. The ransom demand? Hand over an 800-year-old book, the Codex Gigas--
the largest illuminated medieval manuscript in the world. Claimed as
war loot from Bohemia in 1648, it's been kept in Stockholm for nearly 400 years. Along the way it also acquired another more mysterious moniker - The Devil's Bible. Now the Czech Republic wants the codex back, and Sweden has agreed to return it, but forces are at work to
stop that deal from happening. The likely instigator? Russia, who is
also top of the list for possible kidnappers. It's up to Cotton and Cassiopeia Vitt to locate the king's sister, secure the codex, and thwart the Russians. Yet, nothing is as it seems.
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Twelve Months
by Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, has always
managed to save the day--but can he save himself? After Harry and
his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different--and it's not just the current lack of electricity. In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. It's been a tough year. More than ever, the city needs Harry Dresden the wizard--
but after loss and grief, is there enough left of Harry Dresden the man
to rise to the challenge?
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Lost Lambs
by Madeline Cash
Lost Lambs follows the Flynns, a suburban family of five, unspooling
at the seams, navigating a disastrous open marriage, teenage
rebellion, and an unexpected human trafficking/body-hacking crime conspiracy. Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynns and the characters around them, Madeline Cash's Lost Lambs
is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness.
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The Mad Wife
by Meagan Church
In the 1950s, nothing is valued more than conformity, and Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the ideal housewife.
But after the birth of her daughter, Lulu's carefully constructed life
begins to teeter. Exhausted by expectations and haunted by tragic memories, Lulu looks to her new neighbor, Bitsy. Bitsy, always the
model of a perfect housewife, is not quite what she seems, and Lulu knows something dark lurks beneath Bitsy's constant smile.
Increasingly fixated on Bitsy and her perfectly crafted life, Lulu's mental state begins to fracture, and memories she had suppressed long ago begin to rise to the surface. The Mad Wife weaves together a coming-
of-age search for identity with a psychological drama so poignant, you won't be able to put it down.
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The Heir of Whitestone
by Catherine Coulter
When Alex Ivanov was 12, someone tried to kill him. Now, 11 years
later, they still want him dead. England, 1842. Queen Victoria reigns, Buckingham Palace is overrun with rats, and the streets of London are filled with intrigue. Alex Ivanov is a brilliant young innovator, designing cutting-edge train engines. But Alex has a secret--he isn't really Alex Ivanov. As a boy, he was pulled from the Thames, presumed drowned, with no memory of who he was. Rescued and raised by the formidable Ryder Sherbrooke, Alex has built a new life, but his past is catching up with him. Lady Camilla Rohman has problems of her own. Trapped by
a scheming stepmother and a family determined to see her married
off, she is as clever as she is desperate. When fate throws her into
Alex's path, their connection is undeniable. But as their whirlwind romance turns into marriage, danger follows. On their honeymoon, a series of deadly attacks make one thing clear--someone wants Alex dead. Old enemies and long-buried secrets come to light, leading them to a shocking revelation that will change everything.
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Worse Than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
by Ben Crump
It's the night of November 4, 2008. America's first Black president has just been elected, and fifty-three-year-old Hollis Montrose--a Black ex-police officer from the suburbs of Chicago--has become the latest
victim of a brutal attack. As the result of a traffic stop gone wrong,
Hollis is shot ten times in cold blood, by four white men who could have been his colleagues back in his police days. Miraculously, Hollis survives the encounter, but the Chicago police department has already spun the narrative in its favor, and Hollis is given a wrongful prison sentence
with an unreasonable bail. What really happened that night the car
was pulled over? Was it random or was Hollis targeted? Finding
evidence of the truth will be the biggest challenge, but with troubling powers at play, one innocent man's life hangs in the balance.
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The Exes
by Leodora Darlington
In this explosive debut thriller, a woman's seemingly perfect romantic
life is on the verge of collapse. Natalie has only ever wanted to find
the one. But each time she thinks she is finally getting somewhere,
she's bitterly disappointed. Another red line through a list of exes.
Then along comes James, and Natalie thinks her luck has finally
turned. Maybe he's the one for her. Maybe he won't wind up dead.
But the harder Natalie tries to be a normal wife, the more world-upending truths are brought to her door, leaving her to question
whether there is a monster within her or whether there is a villain
toying with her from the outside. What's the secret story behind
Natalie's dead exes? Will she and James survive their marriage? And
do either of them deserve to?
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Operation Bounce House
by Matt Dinniman
All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch
with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. He figures it will be a good thing when the transfer gate finally opens all the way and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora. But there's a complication. Even though the settlers were promised they'd be left in peace, Earth's government now has other plans. The colossal Apex Industries is hired to commence an eviction action. Why spend money printing and deploying AI soldiers when they can turn it into a game? Why not
charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines and remotely pilot them from the comfort of their homes?
The game is called Operation Bounce House. Oliver and his friends
soon find themselves fighting for their lives against machines piloted
by gamers who've paid a premium for the privilege.
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The Odds of You
by Kate Dramis
Celeste Sage Collins knows a thing or two about odds. A year ago, she was a data analyst until she burned it all down to pursue her dream of becoming an author. One whirlwind bestseller and a struggling second book later, and Sage isn't sure she'll ever write a novel again. But then an accidental encounter with an irritating passenger on the flight to Comic Con leaves Sage in an untested position. That passenger is Theo Sharpe: a breakout actor on the cusp of fame. And, unfortunately, the paparazzi have mistaken her for his girlfriend. Armed with signature British charm and a smile that could tame oceans, Theo wears fame like a well-fit coat, though Sage can see there's something deeper held in his eyes. But his fans are too involved in the drama, the pressure to deliver the next bestseller is on, and Sage and Theo both must agree there's nothing between them. What she doesn't expect is Theo Sharpe to come back into her life...and how he may be her greatest miscalculation of all.
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Her Cold Justice
by Robert Dugoni
In a quiet South Seattle neighborhood, a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend are murdered in their home. When a young man named Michael Westbrook is accused of the brutal double homicide, his uncle, JP Harrison, turns to Keera Duggan to defend him. JP is Keera's trusted investigator, and he desperately needs Keera to save his nephew
against escalating odds. As the investigation gets more twisted with
each new find, Keera is swept up in a mystery with far-reaching consequences.
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Jean
by Madeleine Dunnigan
Seventeen-year-old Jean, a troubled boy caught in the countercultural swirl of 1970s London, arrives at Compton Manor, a rural alternative boarding school for boys with "problems." He is befriended by Tom - confident, charming, buoyed by years of good breeding and privilege. When things turn romantic, Jean is tipped into a heady, overwhelming infatuation. Will this relationship offer a way out of a life marked by alienation?
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The Old Fire
by Elisa Shua Dusapin
Agathe leaves New York and returns to her home in the French countryside after fifteen years away. She and her sister Vera have not seen each other in all those years, and they carry the weight of their own complicated lives. But now their father has died, and they must confront their childhood home on the outskirts of a country estate ravaged by a nearby fire before it is knocked down. They have nine
days to empty it. As the pair clean and sift through a lifetime's worth
of belongings, old memories, and resentments surface.
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Cleopatra
by Saara El-Arifi
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic. YOU KNOW MY NAME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always
protecting my children. How willfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, and divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
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The correspondent : a novel
by Virginia Evans
At 73, retired lawyer and devoted letter writer Sybil Van Antwerp navigates her daily life and reflects on her past, but when unexpected letters open old wounds, she must confront a painful chapter that reshapes her understanding of herself and her world.
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Hemlock
by Melissa Faliveno
Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin
deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and creak of the forest starts to creep
in around the edges of Sam's mind. It starts, as it always does, with a beer. As Sam dips back into the murky waters of dependency, the inexplicable begins to arrive at her door and her body takes on a
strange new shape. As the borders of reality begin to blur, she senses she is battling something sinister--whether nested in the woods or
within herself. Hemlock is a carnal coming-of-addiction, a dark sparkler about rapture, desire, transformation, and transcendence in many
forms.
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Family Drama
by Rebecca Fallon
It's 1997, and snow is blanketing a New England beach. Two befuddled seven-year-olds watch as their mother's body is tipped overboard a crumbling boat. A Viking funeral, followed by a raucous wake. A
send-off fit for soap opera star: Susan Bliss. Fifteen years earlier, Susan is a blazing, beautiful young woman, passionate about her art. It's impossible not to fall in love with her, and so Alcott, a practical
professor, does--hopelessly. And so begins the love story of Susan's
two-paneled life: an unconventional, jetlag-filled arrangement that
takes her back and forth between her life in New England as a wife and mother to young twins to the bright lights of Los Angeles, where she becomes the beloved star of a daytime soap. In the present, Susan's twins grow up in the shadow of her all-consuming absence. Family Drama is a story told in double-helix, with intertwined timelines that explore the different versions of ourselves we share with the world and with each other.
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Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
by Heather Fawcett
Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for stray cats. Now it's the shelter that needs a new home. And the only landlord who will rent a space to a cat rescue is a mysterious man called Havelock--who also happens to be the world's most infamous magician, running an illegal magic shop out of his basement. To save the shelter, Agnes will have to team up with the magician who nearly ended the world . . . and may now be trying to steal her heart.
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What Happened That Night
by Nicci French
Tyler Green, convicted of murdering his friend Leo at a student house party in 1993, has been released after almost three decades in prison. He has always protested his innocence. On a warm evening in London, Tyler summons eight of his university friends who were present on that fateful night. Is it just a reunion - or something else? With wine--and accusations-- flowing liberally, the reunion descends into violent chaos, and one friend will end the night with their throat slit in the upstairs bedroom...the same way that Leo's was in 1993. When Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor gets called to investigate, she has her own doubts about Tyler's guilt, despite what his old friends, the rest of the Metropolitan Police Force, and even the Home Secretary would like her to believe.
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False War
by Carlos Manuel Álvarez
An ambitious, panoptic novel about exile as both condition and
state of being by a major young Cuban writer.
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The Last of Earth
by Deepa Anappara
From the award-winning author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple
Line comes a thrilling and profound novel set in
nineteenth-century Tibet that follows two outsiders--an Indian schoolteacher spying for the British Empire and an English lady
explorer--as they venture into a forbidden kingdom. This novel
delves into the various ways humans try to leave a mark on the
world--from the enduring nature of family and friendship to the egomania and obsessions of the colonial enterprise. The Last
of Earth confirms Deepa Anappara as one of our greatest and
most ambitious storytellers.
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Something Wicked
by Falon Ballard
To save a world in turmoil, a would-be prince teams up with a
magically gifted courtesan--but the most dangerous game may be trusting each other in this spicy, swoony fantasy romance from the
USA Today bestselling author of Change of Heart.
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Remember That Day
by Mary Balogh
A soldier and a pacifist make the unlikeliest of pairs, but when
attraction sparks, there's nothing that can prevent their love from igniting. Winifred Cunningham, the adopted daughter of a portrait painter, hopes that her new close friend, Owen Ware, will soon ask
for her hand in marriage. But when Owen introduces Winifred to his elder brother Nicholas, the late Earl of Stratton's second son, the
slow burn of attraction between them begins.
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Huguette
by Cara Black
August 1945: Seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure is a survivor.
The war has taken everything from her-both her parents and her
sense of safety. Now, pregnant and on the lam, she cannot return
to her childhood home in Paris. Forced to reinvent herself, she
must outrun her father's enemies, who want her dead.
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Scavengers
by Kathleen Boland
This is a rollicking debut novel about a cautious daughter and her eccentric, estranged mother venturing west in search of buried
treasure--and a way back to each other--before they run out of
patience, money, and options. After being fired for taking an uncharacteristic risk at her commodities trading job, Bea Macon
sublets her New York apartment and books a one-way ticket to stay
with her mother, Christy, a free spirit who has been living in Salt Lake City on Bea's dime. Usually the responsible one, Bea isn't about to
admit exactly why she's suddenly decided to visit, but she isn't the
only one keeping secrets: Christy has a man, she has a map, and she has a username on a forum devoted to unearthing $1 million in
buried treasure that an antiquities dealer claims to have hidden somewhere in the western U.S. Populated with unforgettable
characters and set against one of the world's most oddly enrapturing landscapes, Scavengers is a funny and heartbreaking novel about old injuries, new beginnings, and the lengths to which we'll go to find, escape, and reinvent ourselves.
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Spasm
by Robin Cook
Unable to resist a good mystery and a vacation in one, Laurie and
Jack agree to help and head upstate. Essex Falls is beautiful enough
and their accommodations are even better than they imagined. But
they soon learn the town has suffered a major economic and social setback, which has shaken its residents to their cores. When the
body of the pest control worker disappears without a trace just
prior to an autopsy, Jack's penchant for solving forensic
conundrums launches him into a full-scale investigation that
uncovers the most frightening modus operandi of his career so far.
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Sharpe's Storm: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of Southern France, 1813
by Bernard Cornwell
The year is 1813. France is a battlefield, and winter shows no
mercy. Amid brutal conditions, Major Richard Sharpe finds
himself saddled with an unexpected burden: Rear-Admiral Sir
Joel Chase, dispatched by the Admiralty with sealed orders,
unshakable confidence, and a frankly terrifying enthusiasm for
combat. Sharpe's mission from Wellington is clear, yet anything
but simple: keep Sir Joel alive. Sir Joel could hold the key to
defeating Napoleon once and for all.
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And Then There Was You
by Sophie Cousens
Desperate to make a splash-and to save face in front of the man
who might be the one that got away Chloe turns to a mysterious
dating service. Enter Rob, her handsome, successful, and charming match, who quickly makes Chloe feel like she's finally finding her
way. But as Chloe digs deeper into her past and reconnects with
old friends, she begins to question if Rob is really all that he seems.
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The First Time I Saw Him
by Laura Dave
Five years after her husband Owen disappeared, Hannah Hall and
her stepdaughter Bailey have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But
when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows
that she and Bailey are in danger again.
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Cape Fever
by Nadia Davids
Mrs. Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from
The Muslim Quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits. While Mrs. Hattingh eagerly awaits her son's visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé Nour by writing him letters on her behalf. So begins a strange weekly meeting where Soraya dictates and Mrs. Hattingh writes--a ritual that binds the two women to one another and eventually threatens the sanity of both.
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Order of Royals
by Jude Deveraux
Princess Aradella is trapped in the iron grip of her evil and
powerful aunt, Queen Olina. Navigating the treacherous waters
of political machinations and familial duties, Aradella discovers
allies in unexpected places, including Tanek, a swansman with
his own mysterious connections. Set in a world where royalty,
magic, and mythical beings coexist, Aradella's path is intertwined
with that of Kaley Arens, an Earthling who becomes deeply
entangled in the planet's intricate social hierarchy, as she is
faced with a choice between her homeland and newfound love.
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Daughter of Genoa
by Kat Devereaux
The author of Escape to Florence returns with a thrilling adventure
set in the war-torn 1940s and inspired by true events, about a young woman who risks everything to help Jewish Italians flee the fascists,
and falls in love with the brave aviator behind a daring secret rescue operation.
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The Butcher's Masquerade
by Matt Dinniman
Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.
Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious,
end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed The Butcher's Masquerade. The sixth floor.
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Dinniman
The aliens have come, and they’ve transformed Earth into a
multilevel, video game–like dungeon. It’s the newest season
of the galaxy’s most watched game show, Dungeon Crawler
World.
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
by Matt Dinniman
Welcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The
first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut
now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly-complicated subway
system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot.
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
by Matt Dinniman
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk
show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way.
A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the
head of a friend.
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The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman
A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of
sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines.
A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be
easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one,
and the stairwell is unlocked.
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The Gallagher Place
by Julie Doar
As police descend on the sprawling Fisher property, Marlowe is
pulled into an investigation that threatens to unravel the town's
fragile loyalties and expose the shadowed legacy of a weekend
home steeped in secrets. Marlowe must confront the fallibility of
her own memory and the feeling that everyone--including her
brothers--is hiding something if she's to uncover the shocking
truth about her lost friend
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This Inevitable Ruin
by Matt Dinniman
Nine armies enter, led by rich and powerful aliens from across the
galaxy. The winning team must capture and hold the castle at the
very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles,
betrayal . . . It all makes for great fun and even greater television.
But thanks to Carl, Donut, and Katia, this season is different.
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Anatomy of an Alibi
by Ashley Elston
Everyone at Chantilly's Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss.
But that woman wasn't Camille Bayliss--it was Aubrey Price. Camille Bayliss appears to have the picture-perfect life, married to hot-shot lawyer Ben, and is daughter to a wealthy Louisiana family. Only
nothing is as it appears: Camille believes Ben has been hiding
dirty secrets for years, but she can't find proof because he tracks
her every move. Aubrey and Camille hatch a plan.
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Her One Regret
by Donna Freitas
When successful Rhode Island real estate agent Lucy Mendoza
vanishes, leaving her baby behind in a grocery store parking lot,
the news quickly makes national headlines. Lucy's best friend
Michelle is devastated, and terrified that Lucy's life is at stake.
But she knows something that could complicate the police
investigation. Lucy had confessed something unspeakable: she
regretted becoming a mother, so much that she'd fantasized about
faking her own kidnapping.
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The Heir Apparent
by Rebecca Armitage
It's New Year's Day in Tasmania and the life Lexi Villiers has
carefully built is working out nicely: she's in the second year of her medical residency, she lives on a beautiful farm with her two best
friends Finn and Jack--and she's about to finally become more-than-friendly with Jack--when a helicopter abruptly lands. Out steps her grandmother's right-hand-man, with the tragic news that her father
and older brother have been killed in a skiing accident.
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Tom Clancy Executive Power
by Brian Andrews
An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the
latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. Even
in a family of strong individualists like the Ryans, Kyle has stood
out as a lone wolf. For years he's gone his own way, joining the
DIA rather than the CIA, and disagreeing with his father's politics.
Now he's missing in an African country on the brink of a coup.
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Birdlane Island
by V. C. Andrews
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers
in the Attic and Landry series--now popular Lifetime movies--an evocative and tender tale of star-crossed lovers on an isolated island.
Off the coast of Maine, on an island shaped like a seagull in flight, shrouded by mists off the bay, lives a novelist Jason Lorraine and
his teenage daughter Lisa.
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Nash Falls
by David Baldacci
When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a
global crime network his life is turned completely upside down in
this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David
Baldacci. Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He
has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at
Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity
have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career.
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Brigands & Breadknives
by Travis Baldree
Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller's life
for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants
herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a
long-absent friend's coffee shop. What could be a better pairing?
Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!
If only things were so simple.
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Cursed Daughters
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely
held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry,
and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the
Serial Killer
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Twice Around a Marriage
by Robert Olen Butler
Twice Around a Marriage tells the story of Amanda Duval and
Howard Blevins, an early-septuagenarian husband and wife who
were once married for twenty-two years, then divorced for ten,
and now are in the tenth year of a second-try marriage. They have
come to Paris to see if they should attempt to remain together or
call it quits.
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Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
First--a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door.
Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption
from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly.
As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and
passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing.
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The Secret Christmas Library
by Jenny Colgan
A new holiday story set in the Scottish Highlands to warm
booklovers' hearts by Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling
author of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop. Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding
a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she's been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly
young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral
holdings include a vast crumbling castle.
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Clive Cussler: Quantum Tempest
by Mike Maden
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face a ghost ship,
deadly assassins and a threat from Cabrillo's own past in their
race to stop the launch of the world's deadliest machine in this electrifying new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. There's a tempest brewing in Central America. A government
crackdown on cartels leaves most of the drug lords locked up
in an impregnable prison.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
by Kiran Desai
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two
young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives;
country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link
one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich
novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work
yet by one of our greatest novelists.
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The Christmas Stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Christmas
classic The Christmas Box and the #1 Netflix movie The Noel Diary comes a powerful and thought-provoking holiday story about love,
loss, and the mysterious workings of heaven. Sometimes the
universe sends us exactly who we need...
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Revenge of Odessa
by Frederick Forsyth
At last, the long-awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling
thriller classic, The Odessa File. Fifty years after revealing the
secrets of Odessa, an underground organization of former Nazis
angling to regain power, Peter Miller is a retired legend in the
journalism community. All are symptoms of a man-made, hidden
danger, fuel for a planned inferno that must be stopped at all costs.
All while, elsewhere, the children of Odessa play for the highest
power of all--a seat in the West Wing.
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