May 2019 list by Mindy Hiatt
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The Affairs of the Falcóns
by Melissa Rivero
Fleeing the economic and political strife of 1990s Peru, undocumented factory worker Ana struggles to support her family while fending off the challenges of discrimination, sexual harassment and a loan shark's criminal enforcers.
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Before We Were Wicked
by Eric Jerome Dickey
Ken Swift from Bad Men and Wicked Women falls obsessively in love with a Harvard-bound beauty before a one-night stand culminates in an unplanned pregnancy that is further complicated by their disparate backgrounds.
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The Binding
by Bridget Collins
In a magical world where books are repositories of individual lives, a reviled Bookbinder's apprentice crafts elegant memory volumes to help troubled customers before discovering that others in his profession use their skills for dark ends.
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The Book of Dreams
by Nina George
Warm, wise, and magical-the latest novel by the bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Little French Bistro is an astonishing exploration of the thresholds between life and death Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on the run from his past.
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Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton
Exiled in a drug-oppressed refugee suburb in 1980s Australia, a 12-year-old boy dreams of a career in journalism while fending off the local criminal element to protect his imprisoned mother.
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Dark Constellations
by Pola Oloixarac
Argentinian literary star Pola Oloixarac's visionary new novel races from the world of 19th-century science to an ultra-surveilled near future, exploring humanity's quest for knowledge and control, and leaping forward to the next steps in human evolution.
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King of Kings
by Wilbur A Smith
A sequel to the best-selling The Triumph of the Sun finds a heartbroken Amber joining her twin on a mining venture in the wilds of Abyssinia before an invasion on the border threatens her reconciliation with Penrod.
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Meet Cute
by Helena Hunting
The New York Times bestselling author of Pucked and The Good Luck Charm delivers a Hollywood happily-ever-after where a famous heartthrob falls for his ultimate fangirl in this sexy standalone romantic comedy.
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No Country for Old Gnomes
by Kevin Hearne
The best-selling authors of Kill the Farm Boy present a latest madcap adventure in the irreverent fantasy universe of Pell, where a goth gnome distinguishes himself from his cardigan-wearing brethren by fighting back against the warmongering, alpaca-riding halflings.
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One Summer in Paris
by Sarah Morgan
Embarking on a solo Paris vacation after being dumped by her husband of 25 years, cautious Grace unexpectedly bonds with a rebellious London teen who helps her forge new understandings of family, love and self-confidence.
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Outside Looking In
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
A novel inspired by the controversial psychedelic drug experiments of Timothy Leary traces the impact of LSD and communal living on a 1960s Harvard grad student and his wife. By the award-winning author of The Terranauts.
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The Peacock Emporium
by Jojo Moyes
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, the story of a young woman who finds new meaning in life after opening an eclectic shop and comes to terms with the secrets of her past In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation.
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The Parisian
by Isabella Hammad
Studying medicine and falling in love in 1914 France, the son of a wealthy Palestinian textile merchant finds his loyalties tested by conflicts between the British government and the independence-minded nationalists of his community.
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The Patient One
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Seven childhood best friends—some Amish, some Mennonite and some English—reunite in the wake of the wrenching suicide of one of their own and resolve for his sake to look out for each other.
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Probably the Best Kiss in the World
by Pernille Hughes
Bestselling author Alex Brown Jen Attison likes her life, but being fished out of a canal in Copenhagen by her knickers is definitely NOT on her to do list. From cinnamon swirls to a spontaneous night of laughter and fireworks, Jen's city break with the girls takes a turn for the unexpected because of her gorgeous, mystery rescuer.
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Savage News
by Jessica Yellin
A first novel by the award-winning former CNN chief White House correspondent follows the career of a woman cable news journalist who navigates ratings wars, sexual harassment and impossible standards throughout a precarious diplomatic and political incident.
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Saving Meghan
by Daniel Palmer
A family's desperate search for a cure for a daughter's rare illness is compounded by a passionate doctor's own loss and disturbing allegations against the patient's mother that pit the family and the medical team against each other.
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Stone Mothers
by Erin Kelly
Decades after fleeing her home and the body she helped bury, Marianne resolves to do anything to protect the life she has built against an ex's threats about coming forward. By the award-winning author of The Poison Tree.
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They All Fall Down
by Rachel Howzell Hall
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico, with six strangers. Surrounded by miles of open water in the gloriously green Sea of Cortez, Miriam is shocked to discover that she and the rest of her companions have been brought to the remote island under false pretenses.
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Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Falling in love while attending a competitive 1980s performing arts high school, David and Sarah rise through the ranks before the realities of their family dynamics and economic statuses trigger a spiral that impacts their adult lives.
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Wunderland
by Jennifer Cody Epstein
A German-American woman in 1989 New York City evaluates her relationship with her late mother, whose childhood best friendship was shattered in the wake of a betrayal involving the Hitler Youth movement and a family secret.
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