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  • True story
    Author:
    Reed Petty, Kate
    Summary:

    “Spellbinding.” —Megan Abbott,  The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) “Extraordinary ... Fans of the formal inventiveness and twisty-turny narratives of  Trust Exercise  and  A Visit From the Goon Squad  will be immediately...
  • Training school for Negro girls
    Author:
    Acker, Camille
    Summary:

    When you're black and female in America, society's rules were never meant to make you safe or free. Camille Acker's relatable yet unexpected characters break down the walls of respectability politics, showing that the only way for black...
  • The wonder boy of whistle stop : a novel
    Author:
    Flagg, Fannie
    Summary:

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ; A heartwarming novel about secrets of youth rediscovered, hometown memories, and the magical moments in ordinary lives, from the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe “A gift, a...
  • The Woman She Was
    Author:
    Jordan, Rosa
    Summary:

    Celia Cantú, a pediatrician in Havana, is trying to live a regular life in today's Cuba. She is engaged to her childhood friend Luis and lives with her 16-year-old niece, Liliana. Celia's life is disrupted when Luis's...
  • The vanishing half : a novel
    Author:
    Bennett, Brit
    Summary:

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S Top Ten Books of the Year LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD  LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS...
  • The third sister : Ilka Jensen series, book 3
    Author:
    Blaedel, Sara
    Summary:

    Six Feet Under meets Lisa Scottoline in the explosive conclusion to #1 international bestselling author Sara Blaedel's new Family Secrets series, where family drama is infused with edge-of-your-seat suspense. When Ilka Jensen...
  • The look of love : a novel
    Author:
    Jio, Sarah
    Summary:

    Jane Williams was born with a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. On her twenty-ninth birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon...
  • The lies that bind : a novel
    Author:
    Giffin, Emily
    Summary:

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed , a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears...
  • The hypnotist's love story
    Author:
    Moriarty, Liane
    Summary:

    A novel about a hypnotherapist who falls in love with a man whose ex-girlfriend is stalking him
  • The girl with the louding voice : a novel
    Author:
    Daré, Abi.
    Summary:

    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA  TODAY  SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK!  "Brave, fresh ... unforgettable." - The New York Times Book Review "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."-Imbolo Mbue,...
  • The Dove in Bathurst Station
    Author:
    Westerhof, Patricia
    Summary:

    Marta Elzinga has been searching for a sign. When she spots an elusive mink on the shoreline of the Toronto Island Airport, she thinks it is her sign. The pigeon that boards the subway at Bathurst Station is the second sign. But how to...
  • The dilemma
    Author:
    Paris, B. A.
    Summary:

    A woman's birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping new novel from the reigning queen of suspense, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors , The Breakdown , and Bring Me Back ....
  • The book of two ways : a novel
    Author:
    Picoult, Jodi
    Summary:

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light comes a  “powerful” ( The Washington Post ) novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE...
  • The book of lost friends : a novel
    Author:
    Wingate, Lisa
    Summary:

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a new historical novel: the dramatic story of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day...
  • The book of longings : a novel
    Author:
    Kidd, Sue Monk
    Summary:

    "An extraordinary novel ... a triumph of insight and storytelling." - Associated Press " A true masterpiece. " -Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who...
  • The Apple House
    Author:
    Campbell, Gillian
    Summary:

    Anglophone Imogene Jackson grew up in an English suburb on the uneasy edge of a francophone world. At the age of nineteen she quit college to marry a shoemaker from the close-knit French village of Saint-Ange-du-Lac. For ten years she...
  • Swarm
    Author:
    Carter, Lauren
    Summary:

    In a not-so-far-off future of diminished energy reserves and collapsing economies, thirty-seven-year-old Sandy Burch-Bailey lives a difficult existence. She survives by fishing, farming, and beekeeping in a small island community with...
  • Survival instincts : a novel
    Author:
    Waite, Jen.
    Summary:

    By the bestselling author of A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, a haunting thriller about a mother and daughter who must draw strength from each other when they find themselves trapped in a cabin with a stranger who wants to either control...
  • South of Elfrida
    Author:
    Rubinsky, Holley
    Summary:

    The nature of relationships is skilfully illuminated in this collection of stories by award-winning author Holley Rubinsky. South of Elfrida delves into the lives of those coming face to face with personal truths that require resilience...
  • Snowed in with her ex
    Author:
    Laurence, Andrea
    Summary:

    Trapped in a cabin with the man who makes her want what she shouldn't have . Wedding photographer Briana Harper never expected to run into her ex at an engagement shoot! And when a blizzard strands them.alone.in a remote mountain cabin...

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