May 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Against all Odds
by Danielle Steel
A Soho widow struggles with her grown children's plans to gamble their futures in their determination to pursue their hearts, from her attorney daughter's illicit romance with a client to her struggling-writer son's decision to have children before he can afford to support them.
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Assassin's Fate
by Robin Hobb
Continuing their quest to save Fitz's daughter and destroy the sinister order that threatens her, Fitz and the Fool confront the most dangerous challenges of their lives while coming to terms with unanswered questions from their pasts. By the best-selling author of The Rain Wilds Chronicles.
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The Baker's Secret
by Stephen P Kiernan
A baker's apprentice in Normandy endures shame and anger as her kind mentor is targeted and arrested for his Jewish heritage, a violation that compels the young woman to engage in discreet resistance activities, baking contraband loaves of bread for the hungry using surplus ingredients taken from occupying forces.
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Beartown
by Fredrik Backman
In a forgotten town fractured by scandal, an amateur hockey team might just be able to change everything. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove.
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Blade Bound: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel
by Chloe Neill
In a final installment of the New York Times best-selling series, Merit, the protector of House Cadogan, must fight to the death for everything she loves when her lover, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan, is violently attacked, and a dark magic spreads across the city.
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The Boy on the Bridge
by M.R. Carey
A standalone novel set in the same world as the best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts finds a clever boy declared the savior of his land and dispatched outside the gates to the region of monsters.
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Burntown
by Jennifer McMahon
In Ashford, Vermont—aka "Burntown"—Eva "Necco" Sandeski's mother dies under mysterious circumstances and her boyfriend is murdered, leading Necco to believe that her mother was right all along about her deceased father's questionable past as a secretive inventor. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Winter People.
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The Devil's Feast
by M.J. Carter
Investigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a discreet murder investigation at a grand gentleman's club shaped by political conflicts, personal vendettas and England's first celebrity chef. By the author of Anthony Blunt.
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Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton
A recently discovered novel by the ER creator and best-selling author of Jurassic Park is set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting and follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone Wars.
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Exit Strategy: A Nick Mason Novel
by Steve Hamilton
A follow-up to The Second Life of Nick Mason finds the remarkable hero assigned by his kingpin master to complete the near-impossible task of infiltrating WITSEC to locate and assassinate three men who put his boss behind bars.
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much
by Amanda Quick
Discovering the body of a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool at an exclusive California hotel, rookie reporter Irene Glasson investigates the victim's secret about an up-and-coming man and becomes drawn to a once-famous master magician whose career was mysteriously cut short.
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Golden Prey
by John Sandford
A series of audacious robberies compels newly appointed U.S. marshal Lucas Davenport to investigate the possible return of a gang leader who once killed two FBI agents. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Virgil Flowers series.
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Goodnight from London
by Jennifer Robson
From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France—comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War, and to start a new life an ocean away from her past.
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Heat Storm
by Richard Castle
Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm team up for the first time to save Nikki's mother, Cynthia, who has been in hiding and presumed dead for 17 years, a cold case that is challenged by a nefarious group of Chinese businessmen.
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House of Names
by Colm Tóibín
A retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children in the legendary Greek city of Mycenae, describes how at the side of her lover she plots to murder her long-absent husband for his betrayals and infidelities. By the award-winning author of The Master.
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Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami
A major new collection of stories by the internationally acclaimed author of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage features male protagonists who find themselves alone in a smoky bar, in a baseball game, in the face of Beatles music, in the presence of women and in the wake of a vanishing cat.
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New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier
The best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring presents an imaginative retelling of Shakespeare's Othello that places events in 1970's America and follows the experiences of two diverse children who navigate themes of love, betrayal, racism and revenge on the playground of their all-white school.
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No Easy Target
by Iris Johansen
Threatened by an enemy from her past, animal psychic Margaret Douglas goes on the run and finds the limits of her powers tested by her effort to outmaneuver the man who would kill her. By the best-selling author of Shadow Play.
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The Red Hunter
by Lisa Unger
Tackling a house restoration project and blog in the hopes of escaping a traumatic event that ended her marriage, Claudia uncovers an ugly history in the crumbling house, where another woman, Zoey, survived a home invasion and pursued the martial arts to find security and healing.
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Saints for all Occasions
by J. Courtney Sullivan
Moving from Ireland to America upon coming of age, a shy and responsible older sister and a gregarious young sister who thrives in their new Boston home endure the long-term repercussions of a fateful decision when the younger sister becomes pregnant.
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Same Beach, Next Year
by Dorothea Benton Frank
Reconnecting on one of Charleston's most beautiful barrier islands, a pair of former sweethearts rediscover their feelings for one another while their jealous spouses pursue an unexpected attraction of their own over more than 20 years—also marked by financial catastrophes, family tragedies and devastating heartbreaks.
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The Scribe of Siena
by Melodie Winawer
Taking an unexpected trip to a Tuscan city to settle her brother's estate, a grieving neurosurgeon discovers the journals and paintings of a 14th-century artist before finding herself transported through time to the artist's world just prior to the outbreak of a devastating plague.
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Since We Fell
by Dennis Lehane
Retreating from the world in the aftermath of a traumatizing reporting assignment, Rachel finds happiness with a raffish businessman before witnessing activities surrounding a conspiracy that tests the limits of her fragile psyche. By the best-selling author of Mystic River.
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Trajectory
by Richard Russo
A new collection of short fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool includes the stories of a professor who confronts a plagiarist during a Thanksgiving holiday, a realtor who faces an ominous medical prognosis that places him in his father's shadow and a lapsed novelist who struggles with a spouse's illness while rekindling his career.
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