September 2018 list by Bonnie Bradford
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The Betrayals
by Fiona Neill
Friendships are shattered and two families crumble after a fateful week on the seacoast. There are four sides to this story. Who will you believe?
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Calling Major Tom
by David M. Barnett
Forty-something Thomas is very happy to be on his own, far away from other people and their problems. But beneath his grumpy exterior lies a story and a sadness that is familiar to us all. And he's about to encounter a family who will change his view of the world...for good.
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The Caregiver
by Samuel Park
Mara Alencar’s mother is the moon, the sun, the stars. Ana is an admirably brave and recklessly impulsive woman who does everything in her power to care for her little girl. But then Ana makes decisions that indelibly change their shared life. When Mara is forced to escape, she emigrates and begins to grapple with her turbulent past and to uncover vital truths—about her mother, herself, and what it means to truly take care of someone.
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The Golden State
by Lydia Kiesling
Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, flees with her toddler her sensible, but strained life in San Francisco for the high desert. The hope is that the quiet will bring clarity. But clarity proves elusive. Daphne comes to accept the truth of motherhood: its voracious worry, frequent tedium, and enthralling, wondrous love.
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A Healing Justice
by Kristin Von Kreisler
Two years ago, police officer Andrea Brady fell madly in love with a black-muzzled, slightly rumpled German shepherd. Now, with the brave and intuitive Justice as her expert K-9 drug sniffer, she’s found an unbeatable partner. Then the unthinkable happens. A savage attack leaves a teenager dead and Andie trapped in every cop’s worst nightmare.
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The Hope Jar
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
What happens when making an elderly Amish couple very happy means going along with a lie that gets bigger by the day? And how can you tell the truth, if it means hurting those you have truly come to love? Prayer Jars series.
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The Last House on Sycamore Street
by Paige Roberts
When Amy Kravitz opts to leave D.C. behind in favor of a less stressful life in the suburbs, she has a certain kind of house in mind. And on a charming street in a family-friendly neighborhood, she and her husband Rob find it. The sellers, Julian and Grace Durant, are eager to make a deal.But behind the laid-back veneer projected by the Durants, Amy senses lives reeling out of control. Is there more at stake in Amy speaking up or in staying silent?
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Mr. & Mrs. American Pie
by Juliet McDaniel
The year is 1969. Dick Nixon was just sworn in as the President of the United States. Neil Armstrong just took one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. And notable Palm Springs socialite Maxine Simmons just found out that her husband is leaving her for his twenty-two-year-old secretary. After a public meltdown at Thanksgiving, Maxine finds herself not only divorced but exiled to Arizona. However, these desert boondocks will not be her end―only her Elba.
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The Stylist
by Rosie Nixon
Amber Greeb is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion and glamour as she’s forced to navigate the treacherous Hollywood red carpets…while finding a fairytale love of her own.
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Sunrise Highway
by Peter Blauner
Lourdes Robles, a relentless young Latina detective for the NYPD, is on the trail of a powerful killer determined not just to stop her, but to make her pay. Now Lourdes not only has to catch a killer, but maybe dismantle an entire system that's protected him, possibly at the cost of her own life. Lourdes Robles series.
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The Testament of Harold's Wife
by Lynne Hugo
After losing her husband, Harold, and her beloved grandson, Cody, within the past year, Louisa has two choices: she can fade away on her Indiana farm, or, she can concoct A Plan. Louisa isn’t the fading away type. But even the most Perfect Plans can go awry.
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Through Darkest Europe
by Harry Turtledove
From the modern master of alternate history, Through Darkest Europe envisions a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East―and under threat from the world's worst trouble spot: Rome.
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Waiting for Eden
by Elliot Ackerman
Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he will never again see the friend and fellow soldier who didn't make it back home. But on Christmas, the one day Mary is not at his bedside, Eden's re-ordered consciousness comes flickering alive. As he begins to find a way to communicate, some troubling truths about his marriage and his life before he went to war come to the surface. Is Eden the same man he once was: a husband, a friend, a father-to-be? What makes a life worth living?
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The Wildlands
by Abby Geni
On the three-year anniversary of the tornado that made them orphans, Tucker McCloud reappears, having gone missing, and seeks the help of his sister. Caught up in the thrall of her charismatic brother, Cora agrees to accompany Tucker on a cross-country mission to make war on human civilization in behalf of animals. What happens when one family becomes trapped in the tenuous space between the human and animal worlds?
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