September 2019 list by Nanette Alderman
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The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
by Donna Kauffman
Between good-natured Halloween tricks, frothy pumpkin lattes, and some very special baked goods, for three Moonbright residents looking for love—whether they know it or not—the spookiest thing will be how magical romance can suddenly be.
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The Bitterroots
by C. J. Box
Former police officer-turned-private investigator Cassie Dewell reluctantly accepts a sexual assault defense case before her search for answers among twisted family loyalties reignites the ghosts of her own past.
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Black Spire
by Delilah S Dawson
After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy's edge.
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Blood Truth
by J. R. Ward
After his sire’s unexpected death, Boone is removed from rotation in the Black Dagger Brotherhood and finds himself working for a human homicide cop to catch a serial killer.
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Contraband
by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington is getting some much-needed rest and relaxation in the Florida sun when trouble falls from the sky—literally. Intrigued by the suspicious circumstances surrounding this event, Stone joins forces with a sharp-witted and alluring local detective to investigate.
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Correspondents
by Tim Murphy
An Irish-Lebanese American leaves Boston to work as a journalist in Beirut and is assigned to Baghdad in 2003 to cover the post-9-11 invasion where her safety becomes dependent on her talented interpreter who harbors a dangerous secret.
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A Dangerous Man
by Robert Crais
Rescuing a bank teller from an abduction attempt, Joe Pike tackles the most perilous case of his career when the would-be kidnappers are found murdered and the bank teller goes missing.
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The Dirty Dozen
by Lynda La Plante
Jane thinks her transfer to the Flying Squat is on merit and is surprised to discover she is actually part of a short term internal experiment, intended to have a calming influence on a team that likes to dub themselves as the 'Dirty Dozen'. The men on the squad don't think a woman is up to the dangers they face when dealing with some of London's most ruthless armed criminals.
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The Duchess in His Bed
by Lorraine Heath
Breaking his rule of never becoming personally involved with his clients, Aiden Trewlove, the owner of a club that caters to women’s fantasies, awakens the desires of the recently widowed Duchess of Lushing.
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Ellie and the Harpmaker
by Hazel Prior
On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods on the English moors and comes across the barn of Dan Hollis, who carves beautiful Celtic harps.
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Hunter's Moon
by Philip Caputo
A collection of short stories set in the same Michigan Upper Peninsula town, including tales of old high-school buddies on a hunting trip, once-a-year lovers and a middle-age man and his grief-stricken father, combine together to form a novel.
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Kill Zone
by Kevin J. Anderson
Tasked with performing a high-level security review of a Cold War weapons facility-turned-nuclear waste storage site, a small team of experts becomes trapped on an overextended site on the brink of a radioactive meltdown.
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The Loyal One
by Shelley Shepard Gray
When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a charming bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation.
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Reilly's Luck
by Louis L'Amour
Abandoned at four, card sharp at eight, and now full of experiences, Val Darrant owes his life to Will Reilly, a gambling man, and when Will is shot, Val is forced to revisit his own past to discover what happened.
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The Right Swipe
by Alisha Rai
Cynical dating app creator Rhiannon Hunter must decide whether or not to give former pro-football player Samson Lima, who wooed her during one magical night and then disappeared, a second chance despite the fact that his in league with a business rival.
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The Swallows
by Lisa Lutz
When a creative writing assignment leads to unsettling allegations about her school’s indifference to sexual assault, a new teacher organizes a group of marginalized girls in an escalating gender war.
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Terns of Endearment
by Donna Andrews
When her family’s cruise vacation is interrupted by a ship breakdown and reports of a passenger’s suspicious leap overboard, Meg races against time to uncover the truth.
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The Turn of Midnight
by Minette Walters
As the plague continues to ravage England in 1349, the people of Develish find their stores dwindling and must venture out past the moat and leave the protection of Lady Anne, in the sequel to Last Hours.
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The Ventriloquists
by E. R. Ramzipoor
A tale based on true events finds a misfit journalist, a forger and a street urchin joining a band of resistance fighters who risk their lives to publish a satiric newspaper mocking the Nazis.
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The Women of the Copper Country
by Mary Doria Russell
A story inspired by the life of Annie Clements, retelling in historically authentic detail how in 1913 she lead a courageous strike against the world’s largest copper-mining company.
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