January 2019 list by Nanette Alderman
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A Delicate Touch
by Stuart Woods
Asked by an old acquaintance for help solving a tricky puzzle, Stone Barrington unwittingly stirs up a decades-old scandal in high-society New York and must risk his life to protect innocent lives.
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The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
by Jennifer Robson
From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century—Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown—and the fascinating women who made it.
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Watching You
by Lisa Jewell
Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It's not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. And everyone is watching you.
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Ten Kisses to Scandal
by Vivienne Lorret
Determined to get her matchmaking career off the ground, Briar Bourne enlists London’s most notorious rake to teach her everything he knows about attraction and gets more than she bargains for when the lessons take a passionate turn.
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Steamed Open
by Barbara Ross
When a mysterious new neighbor is murdered after blocking access to the beach, cutting off the Snowden Family Clambake’s supply, Julia Snowden must discover who was steamed enough to kill.
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The Dead Room
by Heather Graham
A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived the explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly. In the long months since, she's slowly come to terms with her unsettling new ability to communicate with ghosts. Now she's returned to lower Manhattan's historic Hastings House, site of the explosion, to conquer her fears and investigate a newly discovered burial ground.
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No Ordinary Man
by Suzanne Brockmann
He was the sexiest guy she'd ever met. And that was about all Jess Baxter knew about her newest tenant. Rob Carpenter was a master at dodging questions, and igniting her desires. With just one of his searing kisses, Jess was hotter than the Florida sun. Then the murders started—all women who looked liked her. And the profile of the killer matched Rob. Was he an innocent victim—or had his burning kisses only been a smoke screen?
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Winding River Reunion
by Sherryl Woods
Pregnant and unmarried, she left town...now, Cassie Collins has returned to reconnect with her oldest friends, the Calamity Janes, and put her troubles behind her. But the father of her child, Cole Davis, gives her two choices: marriage or lose her son. Time hadn't dulled Cassie's anger at the man who'd betrayed her 10 years ago...nor cooled the fiery attraction between them.
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Lies, Love, and Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Julie Wright
Romantically reconnecting with her former partner while working on her big break, a rising Hollywood film editor considers a difficult choice when a lawsuit threatens her job. By the author of Lies Jane Austen Told Me.
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Of Blood and Bone
by Nora Roberts
Knowing she will have to reveal her identity as The One, Fallon Swift trains under a centuries-old mentor to hone her magical and fighting abilities to defend their world from violent raiders.
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The Range Detectives
by William W. Johnstone
When a young cowboy is arrested for the murders of Tonto Basin ranchers, range detectives Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Coleman are called in to investigate and find themselves in the middle of an all-out range war that will reveal the real killer once the dust settles.
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Dragonshadow
by Elle Katharine White
A second Austen-inspired romantic fantasy continues of the story of warrior newlyweds Aliza and Alastair, who journey through the Tekari-infested Old Wilds of Arle to assist the mysterious Lord Selwyn amid rumors of an unseen monster.
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The Ruins : A Taskforce Story
by Brad Taylor
Deep in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a huge protected tract of rain forest in northern Guatemala, lies the mythical Temple of Priests. Only one man knew of the temple's location, but he was killed before he could relay the coordinates. Now, newly reinstated Taskforce operator Pike Logan has the grid location of the ruins, and he's convinced Jennifer Cahill to travel to Guatemala in search of the Mayan temple her uncle died trying to find.
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Before We Were Strangers
by Brenda Novak
A woman reeling from a traumatic loss returns to her childhood hometown to uncover the truth about her mother's mysterious disappearance years earlier, a mystery that is complicated by community secrets and questions about her father's innocence.
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In a House of Lies
by Ian Rankin
When the remains of a private investigator who went missing a decade earlier are discovered, Siobhan Clarke uncovers disturbing evidence implicating her mentor, Inspector Rebus. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Even Dogs in the Wild.
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Target: Alex Cross
by James Patterson
When the U.S. President is assassinated by an unknown sniper, Alex Cross takes a personal role with the FBI to lead an unprecedented investigation that is complicated by Constitutional crises.
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Not the Duke's Darling
by Elizabeth Hoyt
A member of the secret order of Wise Women, Freya de Moray, the daughter of disgraced nobility, finds her plans of revenge against the man who destroyed her family thwarted by an attraction she cannot deny. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Final Shadows
by Kay Hooper
Tasha Solomon's world turned upside-down when the psychic abilities she had tried so hard to live with in secret suddenly made her a target stalked by unseen enemies. John Brodie is by nature, by training, and by instinct a Guardian. He is a member of an intricate and secretive network of individuals who have devoted their lives to the deadly struggle of saving psychics in danger. It is a war very few other people even know exists, and yet its tentacles stretch deeply and dangerously into every aspect of society.
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Hunting Annabelle
by Wendy Heard
Falling in love after three years in a 1980s psychiatric prison for murder, Sean is unable to stay uninvolved when his girlfriend is kidnapped and the police declare him a chief suspect.
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Who I Am With You
by Robin Lee Hatcher
A pregnant woman embittered by the deaths of her husband and daughter finds healing and renewal in her great-grandfather's Bible before opening her heart to a disgraced businessman who would withdraw from the world.
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