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Hidden Gems: Fiction Books You Might Have Missed August 2021
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The husbands
by Chandler Baker
When Nora meets a group of high-powered women whose husbands’ are supportive unlike her own, she discovers that the women use an unorthodox method of couples’ therapy that has transformed their lives — one that is worth killing for.
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The women of Troy : a novel
by Pat Barker
Held captive by the victorious Greeks, one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles slave, forges alliances when she can with Priam’s aged wife, the defiant Hecuba and the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.
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We were never here : a novel
by Andrea Bartz
After a backpacking trip in Chile with her best friend Kristen goes horribly wrong, Emily is forced to confront their violent past and wonders if she can outrun the secrets they share or if they will destroy her relationship, freedom and even her life.
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Then she vanishes : a novel
by Claire Douglas
After her friend Heather commits a murder, allegedly killing two people in cold blood, reporter Jess returns home to cover the case, which, she soon discovers, is linked to Heather’s sister’s disappearance 25 years earlier.
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Cul-de-sac
by Joy Fielding
Five families on a quiet, suburban cul-de-sac deal with the shooting of one of their own and the secrets they each harbor, including newlyweds whose marriage is already on the rocks and a family who fled to Florida from California.
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The nature of small birds : a novel
by Susie Finkbeiner
"When Mindy announces that she is returning to Vietnam to find her birthmother, it inspires her father, mother, and sister to recall the events of her adoption at the end of the Vietnam War during Operation Baby Lift. In this beautiful time-slip story, Mindy's family reexamines what it means to grow together beyond genetic code"
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The guide : a novel
by Peter Heller
Trying to return to normalcy after a young life filled with loss, Jack takes a job as a guide for the elite Kingfisher Lodge where he, while guiding a well-known singer, discovers that this idyllic fishing lodge may be a cover for a far more sinister operation.
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Clark and Division
by Naomi Hirahara
Released from a Japanese internment camp in 1944, Aki Ito moves to Chicago to be with her sister, Rose, only to lose her in subway train accident on the event of their reunion and vows to learn what really happened.
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The guilt trip
by Sandie Jones
While in Portugal for her brother-in-law’s wedding to Ali, who rubs everyone wrong way, Rachel discovers something about Ali that changes everything and threatens to unravel friendships and marriages in a place where jumping to conclusions becomes the difference between life and death.
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Intimacies
by Katie M. Kitamura
Seeking a fresh start an interpreter takes a position at the International Court at The Hague and is drawn into numerous personal dramas, including her lover’s ongoing entanglement in his marriage and her friend witnessing a random act of violence.
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If the shoe fits
by Julie Murphy
A fashion-obsessed plus-size woman fills in for a no-show contestant on her executive producer stepmother’s popular dating reality show and becomes a body-positivity viral sensation overnight and could actually picture herself falling for the eligible suitor.
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The dating playbook
by Farrah Rochon
Taking on a former footballer who wants back in the NFL, personal trainer Taylor Powell finds her game plan turned completely upside down when they’re accidentally outed as a couple.
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Getaway
by Zoje Stage
Two sisters and a best friend go on a hiking getaway, but tensions from their shared past flare up as someone appears to be stalking them in the new thriller by the best-selling author of Baby Teeth.
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The book of accidents : a novel
by Chuck Wendig
Haunted by their tragic pasts, Nate and Maddie Graves move back to their hometown with their son, Oliver, who becomes involved with a strange boy who has a taste for dark magic that puts them at the heart of a battle of good vs evil.
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