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Kingsbane
by Claire Legrand
A young queen must navigate political intrigue and a magical curse to save her kingdom from destruction.
Book two in the New York Times bestselling series called "Beautiful, brutal, heart-stopping, and epic" (Laini Taylor)! Two queens, separated by thousands of years, connected by secrets and lies, must ... (Barnes & Noble)
Drowning With Others
by Linda Keir
A tragedy at a community pool leads to secrets being revealed and relationships being tested.
They have the perfect marriage. Did one of them kill to get it?, Prep school sweethearts Ian and Andi Copeland are envied by everyone they know. They have successful businesses, a beautiful house in ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Baker's Daughter
by Sarah McCoy
A woman reconciles with her past while exploring the meaning of family, faith, and home.
Garmisch, Germania, inverno 1944. È un anello di fidanzamento, quello che un ufficiale nazista ha appena messo al dito della giovane Elsie. Un anello che potrebbe cancellare l'amaro sapore della ... (Goodreads)
Fly Away Home
by Jennifer Weiner
A mother and daughter navigate life after a family scandal, finding solace in each other and their shared love of music.
Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . . When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as ... (Goodreads)
Furyborn
by Claire Legrand
Two queens, separated by a thousand years, must fight to save their kingdoms and prove their worthiness to rule.
The first book in the instant New York Times bestselling series, the Empirium Trilogy! Furyborn is an epic YA fantasy about two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power ... (Barnes & Noble)
Away
by Amy Bloom
A young Jewish girl in the early 20th century travels from New York to Siberia in search of her father. Along the way, she discovers love and loss.
Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America ... (Goodreads)
Bloom
by Kevin Panetta
A young baker falls in love with a musician, but struggles to balance his passion for baking and his desire for a relationship.
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band—if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
In a dystopian society, teenage girls are banished to the wilderness to rid themselves of their "magic". A tale of survival, sisterhood, and rebellion.
The instant, New York Times, bestseller, a speculative YA thriller in the vein of, The Hunger Games, and, The Power, now in trade paperback. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner ... (Barnes & Noble)
Heat Lightning
by John Sandford
A small town is rocked by a series of murders, and the sheriff must navigate the town's secrets to catch the killer.
On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his ... (Goodreads)
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
A stranger arrives in colonial New York with a bill worth a thousand pounds, causing a stir and raising suspicions.
In early November 1746 a traveller called Mr Smith arrives in New York, bringing with him a bill for £1000, which he takes to Mr Lovell, a local businessman, who reluctantly agrees to honour it ... (Wikipedia)
The Scent Keeper
by Erica Bauermeister
A young girl raised on a remote island by her father, who collects scents, discovers the truth about her past and the power of memory.
Erica Bauermeister, the author of the February Reese's Book Club pick, The Scent Keeper, presents a moving and evocative novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance ... (Barnes & Noble)
Naked Empire
by Terry Goodkind
A quest to restore justice and freedom in a world of tyranny and violence.
Richard, Kahlan, Cara, Jennsen, Friedrich and Tom are in the Old World, near the Pillars of Creation. They are trying to determine the meaning of a small statue resembling Kahlan. Cara had touched it ... (Wikipedia)
Soul of the Fire
by Terry Goodkind
A daring adventure of facing the unknown to save the world from an ancient evil.
Continuing on from, Temple of the Winds, the story begins after Richard and Kahlan's wedding in the village of the Mud People. Strange deaths and the appearance of a 'chicken-that-isn't-a-chicken' ... (Wikipedia)
The Language of Bees
by Laurie R. King
Detective story of a British nobleman's investigation into the murder of Sherlock Holmes.
Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England , in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes's farm has ... (Wikipedia)
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
An investigation of corruption and deception that leads to a thrilling court drama.
The novel opens on 13 May 1876 with a university student, Pyotr Kokorin, committing suicide in the public park in front of a beautiful young noblewoman, Elizaveta von Evert-Kolokoltseva. His will ... (Wikipedia)
Fatal Voyage
by Kathy Reichs
A cold case is reopened, leading to a thrilling web of secrets and murder.
A plane crash in the mountains of North Carolina and an unidentified severed foot found in the vicinity lead Brennan and would-be lover Detective Andrew Ryan to investigate a mysterious cult. The ... (Wikipedia)
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
An exploration of the history and consequences of the drug trade in Colombia.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed not only as one of South America’s greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, ... (Goodreads)
The 5th Horseman
by James Patterson
A gripping crime thriller, as a doctor struggles to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.
The story begins with a mysterious character named the Night Walker who kills a hospital patient, Jessie Falk. Two plots are intertwined; the first is about a serial killer murdering young girls and ... (Wikipedia)
The Long Call
by Ann Cleeves
Detective Matthew Venn investigates a murder in a small town, uncovering secrets and facing his own past.
AN INSTANT, NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER!, A USA TODAY, BESTSELLER,WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF FALL 2019, The Long Call, from Ann ... (Barnes & Noble)
Stormy Weather
by Carl Hiaasen
A comedic adventure through the Florida Keys involving a mysterious storm, a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and a motley crew of characters.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER,"Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." -, USA Today, Two honeymooners wake up early, make love twice, and brace themselves for a spectacle they won't be ... (Goodreads)
Spoon River Anthology
by Edgar Lee Masters
Collection of poetic epitaphs of deceased townsfolk, exploring their lives and secrets.
From spoonriveranthology.net: "Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology was an immediate commercial success when it was published in 1915. Unconventional in both style and content, it shattered the ... (Goodreads)
Winter Solstice
by Rosamunde Pilcher
Five people come together in a Scottish country house for Christmas, each with their own struggles and secrets.
In Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher brings her readers into the lives of five very different people.... Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of ... (Goodreads)
Tatiana and Alexander
by Paullina Simons
A passionate love story between two people from different worlds, struggling to find a place in a rapidly changing world.
Tatiana is eighteen years old, pregnant, and widowed when she escapes war-torn Leningrad to find a new life in America. But the ghosts of her past do not rest easily. She becomes consumed by the ... (Goodreads)
Temple of the Winds
by Terry Goodkind
A quest to retrieve a powerful magical artifact, uncovering secrets of the past along the way.
Temple of the Winds picks up shortly where the last volume,, Blood of the Fold, , left off. A wizard named Marlin appears in Aydindril announcing his intent to kill Richard Rahl . He is immediately ... (Wikipedia)
The Mother-in-Law
by Sally Hepworth
A woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law is explored after the mother-in-law is found dead. Secrets are revealed and motives questioned.
• ,",Deliciously entertaining!" ,—People Magazine's, "People Pick" •, Entertainment Weekly's, "MUST List" •, O,, Magazine’s, "15 Best Beach Books of the Year So Far" •, Bustle, "Best Book of April" ... (Barnes & Noble)
The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough
The rise of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla in the Roman Republic, leading to the downfall of the aristocracy.
The main plot of the novel is generally concerned with the rise of Marius, his marriage to Julia, his success in replacing Metellus as general in charge of the Numidian theatre of war, his defeat of ... (Wikipedia)
The Book of Night Women
by Marlon James
A young slave girl in Jamaica plots a rebellion against her cruel plantation owner.
The Book of Night Women is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of ... (Goodreads)
Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane
Two families are intertwined through tragedy, love, and forgiveness. A poignant story of human connection and resilience.
The triumphant New York Times Bestseller * The Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick *Named one of the best books of the year by People, Vogue, Parade, NPR, and Elle“This is one beautiful book. I was wowed ... (Goodreads)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
by George Orwell
A struggling poet's quest to remain independent and stay true to himself in a society obsessed with money.
Gordon Comstock has 'declared war' on what he sees as an 'overarching dependence' on money by leaving a promising job as a copywriter for an advertising company called 'New Albion '—at which he shows ... (Wikipedia)
The Bone Garden
by Tess Gerritsen
A present-day mystery is linked to a 19th-century medical student's discovery of a series of murders.
Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of ... (Goodreads)
