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When I Ran Away
by Ilona Bannister
Escaping the September 11 attacks aboard the Staten Island Ferry, Gigi marries a fellow survivor and moves to London, where she confronts the anguish of her trauma, her brother’s death and the unspoken pain of motherhood.
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The widow queen
by Elçzbieta Cherezińska
Presented as a choice marriage candidate to princes in three different realms, a Polish duke’s daughter is forced to reconcile her dreams with the harsh realities of leadership in a foreign land..
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In the company of killers
by Bryan Christy
An investigative wildlife reporter and secret CIA spy pursues a vengeful opportunity to capture the man responsible for a friend’s death by infiltrating the offices of a woman he once loved..
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Brother, sister, mother, explorer : a novel
by Jamie Figueroa
After their mother’s death, two siblings in a tourist town deal with depression and try to make enough money performing for the wealthy visitors to afford a plane ticket out while dealing with the ghosts of their ancestors.
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Of women and salt
by Gabriela Garcia
The daughter of a Cuban immigrant battles addiction and the fallout of her decision to take in the child of an ICE detainee, while her mother wrestles with displacement trauma and complicated family ties.
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The music of bees : a novel
by Eileen Garvin
Three strangers navigating grief and devastating setbacks cross paths in a rural Oregon town, where they find unexpected friendship, healing and new chances on local honeybee farm..
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By way of sorrow
by Robyn Gigl
Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of profound personal change—until a newsworthy case puts both her career and safety in jeopardy.
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Other people's children : a novel / R.J. Hoffmann
by R. J. Hoffmann
A pregnant teen who would go to college, a determined grandmother and a desperate would-be adoptive parent are pitted against one another in their respective efforts to protect their families.
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Caul baby : a novel
by Morgan Jerkins
A fiction debut by the author of Wandering in Strange Lands finds a would-be mother rendered the unexpected caregiver of a niece’s unplanned baby, who a matriarch predicts will restore their family’s prosperity.
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Mirrorland
by Carole Johnstone
Returning to her gothic childhood home in the wake of her estranged twin’s disappearance, Cat uncovers long-held secrets involving her sister’s left-behind clues and a mysterious treasure hunt.
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Open water
by Caleb Azumah Nelson
A stunning first novel about two young Black artists in London falling in and out of love by a new literary virtuoso, and finalist for the BBC Short Story Award, twenty-six-year old writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson.
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The five wounds : a novel
by Kirstin Valdez Quade
A first novel by the award-winning author of Night at the Fiestas finds a man accepting the role of Jesus in his New Mexico community’s Good Friday procession, before his personal goals of redemption are challenged by a daughter’s pregnancy.
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Dial A for Aunties
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Accidentally causing the death of a blind date, Meddy is persuaded by her meddlesome Chinese-Indonesian mother and aunts to dispose of the body, which upends a billionaire’s wedding and Meddy’s reunion with a former flame.
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The End of Men
by Christina Sweeney-baird
The women survivors of a near-future pandemic that has killed most of the world’s men struggle to document victim stories, rebuild society and develop a vaccine.
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Malice : a novel
by Heather Walter
In this darkly magical retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Alyce, an evil sorceress, finds an ally in Princess Aurora and wonders if she can lift Aurora’s curse so that together they can forge a new world.
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