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The Thing About Love
by Julie James
Returning to her hometown to take an undercover job, newly divorced FBI Special Agent Jessica Harlow finds herself partnered with FBI Academy rival John Shepherd, whose ambition to join an elite hostage rescue team compels him to resist his feelings for Jessica.
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First Grave On The Right -Charley Davidson series
by Darynda Jones
Using her ability to see ghosts in her work as a private investigator, Charley Davidson begins experiencing intense sensual dreams about a mysterious entity that has been following her throughout her life.
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Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk
by Kathleen Rooney
Embarking on a walk across the unsafe landscape of Manhattan on New Year's Eve in 1984, 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish recalls her long and eventful life, which included a brief reign as the highest-paid advertising woman in America, whose career was cut short by marriage and loss. By the author of O, Democracy!
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Setting Free The Kites
by Alex George
Befriending a fearless newcomer who helps him work through the challenges of being frequently bullied, Robert works at his friend's side during a summer at his family's amusement park and uncovers harsh truths about personal secrets and revenge. Reading-group guide online. By the author of A Good American.
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Red Rising - trilogy
by Pierce Brown
A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of secret revolutionary Darrow, who after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy.
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The Golden Son: A Novel
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
After his father dies, Anil Patel, an Indian doctor doing his medical residency in Texas, becomes the head of his family's small village back home, while his childhood friend, Leena, struggles with the difficulties of an arranged marriage.
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I See You
by Clare Mackintosh
Spotting her own picture in a classified ad referencing a mysterious website, Zoe discovers that other women who have appeared in the ad have become the victims of increasingly violent crimes. Discussion guide available online. By the international best-selling author of I Let You Go.
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The One-In-A-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
After his son dies, guitarist Quinn Porter, who has been largely absent from his so?s life, seeks forgiveness for his paternal shortcomings by completing the requirements for his so?s unfinished Boy Scout badge, an act of devotion that brings about unexpected discoveries, friendships and salvation.
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Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Enjoying his assignment with the Xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose. By the award-winning author of Old Man's War.
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You're Welcome, Universe
by Whitney Gardner
Creating a graffiti mural to cover up a nasty slur about her best friend written on the back of their school for the deaf, Julia is expelled and is sent to a mainstream school where she is treated like an outcast while she continues to paint graffiti before a mysterious fellow artist starts adding creative touches to her work.
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Intimations: Stories
by Alexandra Kleeman
This collection of unsettling stories explores birth, life and death and includes tales about taming a feral child and surviving a house party by knowing the difference between real and fake blood.
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Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
by Motoro Mase
The government decides to give society a much-needed wake up call by randomly selecting citizens at birth and notifying them at age 18 that they will be killed within 24 hours, reminding people how precious life is and how important it is to be productive, active members of society.
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Tooth and Claw
by Jo Walton
Love, money, and power become the forces that threaten to separate five siblings as they struggle to deal with their individual lives in the wake of their father's death, in a fantasy set in a world populated entirely by dragons. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
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Heartstone
by Elle Katharine White
In a retelling of "Pride and Prejudice," Aliza Bentaine agrees when the people of Merybourne Manor hire Riders to fight the monsters threatening their kingdom, but is thrown off guard by her romantic attraction to the proud dragonrider Alastair Daired.
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When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
An Ivy League-trained, award-winning young neurosurgeon describes how, after receiving a terminal diagnosis with lung cancer, he explored the dynamics of his roles as a patient and care provider, the philosophical conundrums about a meaningful life and how he wanted to spend his final days.
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