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The wedding date
by Jasmine Guillory
Stranded together in an elevator during a power outage, Drew and Alexa agree to pose as a couple at an ex's wedding and discover afterwards that they are unable to forget each other.
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The woman in cabin 10
by Ruth Ware
Assigned to review an exclusive North Sea luxury cruise, travel journalist Lo Blacklock witnesses a woman being thrown overboard and is baffled when all passengers remain unruffled and accounted for, a nightmare that unravels as Lo struggles to convince everyone that what she saw was real.
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Call me by your name
by André Aciman
The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime.
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The night the lights went out
by Karen White
Moving to an Atlanta suburb after her divorce, Merilee forges tenacious bonds with a town matriarch and a wealthy supermom before terrible secrets throw the lives of all three women into turmoil. By the best-selling author of Flight Patterns.
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Into the water
by Paula Hawkins
When a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict. By the best-selling author of The Girl on the Train.
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Woman no. 17 : a novel
by Edan Lepucki
Hiring a live-in nanny to attend her family's needs while she attempts to finish writing her book, Lady begins questioning the young woman's agenda when the latter instantly connects with the family and begins acting in suspicious ways. By the best-selling author of California.
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Same beach, next year : a novel
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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Rich people problems : a novel
by Kevin Kwan
Rushing to the deathbed of his grandmother, Nicholas Young encounters a massive clan eager to claim a share of the family fortune, win the hearts of loved ones, destroy each other's reputations and outmaneuver professional rivals. By the best-selling author of Crazy Rich Asians.
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Come sundown : Nora Roberts
by Nora Roberts
Running the Montana ranch that has been home to four generations of her family, Bo and the man she is starting to love encounter her badly injured aunt, who ran off decades earlier, before a local murder reveals sinister activities in the mountains that surround their home. By the best-selling author of Whiskey Beach.
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Camino Island
by John Grisham
A young woman is recruited to recover priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts that were stolen during a daring heist.
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The sunshine sisters
by Jane Green
Receiving a sobering health diagnosis, a once-uninvolved mother-turned-Hollywood star calls her estranged adult daughters home in the hopes of ending her life, triggering old rivalries and secret fears that challenge family bonds. By the best-selling author of Falling.
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The identicals : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
Forced to call a truce by a family crisis, estranged identical twins Tabitha and Harper reevaluate their bond and the resentments that drove them apart from their respective homes on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. By the best-selling author of The Rumor.
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The beach at Painter's Cove : a novel
by Shelley Noble
Four generations of estranged Whitaker women find themselves at the family’s Connecticut mansion to restore the building, catalogue their enormous art collection and inadvertently begin healing their relationships.
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The little French bistro : a novel
by Nina George
Overcome by regrets after decades in a loveless and unhappy marriage, Marianne attempts suicide and is abandoned by her husband before finding herself in picturesque Brittany, where she finds loving new friends who encourage her to develop her talents for her own pleasure. By the best-selling author of The Little Paris Bookshop.
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Beach house for rent
by Mary Alice Monroe
When Cara Rutledge rents out her beach house to artist Heather Fordham, a sudden tragedy brings Cara back to the beach house, but Heather refuses to move from her newfound sanctuary.
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Cocoa Beach
by Beatriz Williams
Fleeing an oppressive home for the battlefields of World War I France, a Red Cross ambulance driver engages in a passionate affair with a dashing army surgeon before dark secrets separate them and eventually lead her on a quest for answers in seaside Virginia.
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The goddesses : a novel
by Swan Huntley
Moving to Hawaii with her family to start over in the wake of an infidelity, Nancy resolves to build a happier life and forges a close friendship with a charismatic teacher, Ana, who gradually reveals a psychologically manipulative nature. By the author of We Could Be Beautiful.
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Map of the heart
by Susan Wiggs
Accompanying her aging father on a trip to his native France, a widowed photographer is led by his memories of World War II to unexpected revelations about their family's history at the same time she bonds with a handsome American historian. By the best-selling author of the Lakeshore Chronicles series.
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Any dream will do : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
Taking a bank job after her abusive father passes away, Shay risks everything to save her brother from a dangerous drug lord and winds up sentenced to two years in prison before finding love and healing at the side of a widowed pastor. By the best-selling author of A Girl's Guide to Moving On.
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The summer that made us
by Robyn Carr
Returning to her childhood summer home to rebuild her life after losing her job, a television talk-show host is flooded with memories of the summers she spent with her sisters and cousins before a tragic event that they seem to remember quite differently.
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The sixth extinction : an unnatural history
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Drawing on the work of geologists, botanists, marine biologists and other researchers, an award-winning writer for The New Yorker discusses the five devastating mass extinctions on earth and predicts the coming of a sixth.
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Me talk pretty one day
by David Sedaris
In a new collection of essays, observations, and commentaries, the humorist and best-selling author of Naked describes his recent move to Paris, life as an American in Paris, his struggle to learn French, his family, restaurant meals, and more.
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