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Jun 12, 2025

When prize-winning reporter Sybilla Sumner checks into a monastery for a silent retreat, romance is the last thing on her mind. She plans to spend five meditative days surrounded by the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley--and apart from her famous husband and their crumbling marriage. James Fitzmaurice-Kelly isn't looking for romance either. He's the Archbishop of Dublin, and has maintained a vow of celibacy for decades--even as he's publicly questioned the church's teachings. But as
Date added:
Jun 12, 2025

"Thirty years ago, John Lo, the only Asian American partner at a prestigious New York City law firm, was acquitted of the murder of an employee he was having an affair with. The repercussions of that long-ago event still haunt his adult children. Brennan,a lawyer following in her father's footsteps in more ways than one, has always maintained that the trial got it right. Hunter, a disgruntled war correspondent whose similarities to his father run more than skin-deep, believes their father got aw

"Teaming up with your neighbor during a zombie outbreak is a no-brainer, but if it turns out he's a vampire... the stakes couldn't be higher, in this infectious new paranormal romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Spoiler Alert. When Eden "Edie" Brandstrup attempts to save her sweet, seemingly harmless human neighbor from the first major zombie breach in two decades, she's stunned to be saved by him-and his ridiculously large sword-instead. As it turns out, he's actually a super-old,

"An utterly delightful and sexy second-chance romance between a black cat and golden retriever with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice! Eva Kitt never expected to be the host of Sausage Talk, interviewing B-list celebrities over lukewarm hot dogs, instead of pursuing the journalism career she dreamed of. But when Eva's impromptu public call out of her college ex goes viral, she's thrust into the spotlight. It doesn't help said ex is Rylie Cooper, a beloved social media personality that has

April Baird is determined to finish an Ironman-even if it is 140.6 miles of misery in the form of swimming, cycling, and running. The distance would be daunting enough, but April is certain she has an Ironman curse. What else could explain the events that have caused her to DNF the last three years? Now, her coach has even bailed. When Gabriel Torres discovers his rival, April's former coach, has dropped her mid-season, he has a choice to make: stick with the plan and a team that's sur

"Benjamin Fletcher was good at surviving. He'd survived cancer at forty-seven, a motor bike accident at fifty-nine, a heart attack at sixty-one. Now, at sixty-seven, it seemed like the only demand life threw at him was to survive the consequences of the past. When Benjamin lands in 1960s Nigeria, hoping to explore his roots after the death of his half-Nigerian father, he falls in love with Margaret. As the two learn more about their respective histories, they realize their lineage is interwoven

"From the celebrated author of Ghost Music and Braised Pork, a bewitching and atmospheric novel following two sisters in an isolated village as the sun begins to diminish above them. In Five Poems Lake, a small village surrounded by impenetrable deserts,the sun is slowly disappearing overhead. A young woman keeps one apprehensive eye on the sky above as she tends the pharmacy of traditional medicine that belonged to her great grandfather. She has few customers, and even fewer visitors: her older
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Jun 9, 2025

"A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplace - bringing Castillo's trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story about the possible future of love. Girlie Delmundo is the greatest content moderator in the world, and despite the setbacks of financial crises, climate catastrophe, and a global pandemic, she's going places: she's getting a promotion. Now thanks to her parent company Paragon's purchase of Fairground - the world's preeminent virtual rea

"Was it... Bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity? Whatever the cause-and everyone has a theory-it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family. Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, "I

"The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebedis a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbed to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and when one claims to see the Mansfield si
Date added:
Jun 9, 2025

"Romance novelist Eva Merrill is a hot mess running from her past. She doesn't mind telling a fib or two to protect her secrets and her family. It's too bad that she moved to the nosiest small town in the world and keeps running into Sheriff Sexy-the tall, built, human lie detector. He's showing way too much interest in her and treating every conversation like it's an interrogation. Maybe that's because she accidentally showed him her boobs in the middle of downtown Blue Moon Bend. Or maybe it's

"A thrill-seeking young woman joins a radical theater troupe in this taut, suspenseful novel of art, seduction, and the deadly limits of liberation. New York, 1972. A cloistered college student slips out of the dorms to attend a performance by a legendaryexperimental performance troupe. Within months, she has left campus life behind and joined the company, infatuated by its charismatic leader and his promises of absolute freedom. California, 1997. A theater teacher at an exclusive private school

"One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin. A cursed film. A haunted past. A deadly secret. The Baroness, an infamous exploitation film long thought destroyed by Nazi fire, is discovered fifty years later. When lonely archivist Ellen Kramer-deeply closeted and pathologically repressed-begins restoring the hedonistic movie, it unspools dark desires from deep within her

"Following the murder of her husband in what looks like a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to keep her head above water. A friend of her late husband, Devereux, helps Hannah unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his death. But their friendship opens Hannah to speculation and gossip and draws attention her way, locking her into a battle of wits more devastating than anything she can imagine"--

"In these eight singular stories that pivot seamlessly from the terrible to the beautiful to the surreal, Elaine Hsieh Chou peels back the tales we tell ourselves to peer beneath them: at our unspoken desires, our self-deceptions and our capacity for cruelty, both to ourselves and each other"-- Provided by publisher.

Tad Bungley has a reputation for trouble, but Anita Wilson believes that all Tad needs is a chance, so she convinces her husband to offer Tad a job at their ranch. She didn't anticipate the effect Tad would have on her disabled son, and together Anita and Tad must learn when to hold on, when to let go, and how to embrace grace.

"In the summer of 1993, Yuri, a teenage orphan, is living with her strict, religious aunt Ruth in a Havana suburb when Mariela, a thirty-four-year-old artist, arrives from the United States with a shocking revelation. She claims to be Yuri's sister, insisting that she and Yuri share a mother, and that Ruth essentially kidnapped her when she sent her into exile against her will through Operation Pedro Pan. Forced to grow up in orphanages, Mariela has spent the past three decades in the United Sta

"TEN YEARS AGO A study abroad program like no other: a month-long trip of education and adventure, exploring everything Australia has to offer. And at first, it's everything best friends Phoebe and Claire, and the rest of the student group, expects: sunshine, whirlwind romance, and all-night parties. But it isn't long before cracks begin to form within the group. Ones that lead to Phoebe's disappearance... NOW It's the call Claire has been waiting years for. Phoebe's remains have been found. It'

"For fans of Jack Reacher, Tanya Scott's debut thriller introduces readers to Luke Harris, a man trying to move beyond his criminal past but finds himself forced back into his old life and a deadly battle to survive. When Jack Quinn's mother dies of a drug overdose, it's not his father that raises him, but Gus-a ruthless crime boss who sees Jack for what he is: a whip-smart kid with untapped potential. It doesn't take long for Gus to forge Jack into a weapon. But Jack was also self-aware enough

Lonely, broke and depressed with a serious case of OCD, Gia finds herself at a crossroads when financial troubles lead her to Nathan, a mysterious and affluent man she encounters on a sugar dating website. Desperate for a solution, Gia is intrigued by Nathan's unconventional offer: in exchange for living as his devoted pet, all of her debts will be erased. But the longer Gia is in captivity, the more animalistic she becomes. For fans of Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

"In the aftermath of Gu Mang's defeat of the Demonblood Beast, Mo Xi rallies Chonghua's troops to face the Liao Kingdom. But there is little hope for victory. The blood pool left by the beast's death draws ever closer to the city walls, and the wicked HuaPo'an appears unstoppable. Just as all seems lost, the enigmatic Jiang Fuli reappears with an astonishing magical item--an ancient artifact with the ability to alter the past. Mo Xi is presented with one last chance to avert Chonghua's tragic fu

"Jesse Calloway hadn't planned to return to his repressive, backwoods hometown of Blacknot, North Carolina, after only one year away at college, but an anonymous messenger has lured him home. Eighteen years ago, his mother died under unexplained circumstances. Every story he has heard is incomplete. Now, the messenger claims to have the answers. But Jesse will have to hunt for them. Alice Catherine, the daughter of a local pork manufacturer, obsesses over Jesse in turn. To her, he is a key playe

"A fling with a mysterious stranger leads to a rollicking adventure in the wilds of South Dakota in this madcap and romantic follow-up to Amanda Sellet's Hate to Fake it to You. The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find ona middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only a

"A mother's missing child, a search for identity, and ever-changing notions of "home" - class and race intersect with belonging in this stunning debut novel of mothers, daughters and best friends In June 2000, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport. Seventeen years later, two best friends graduate from high school in the WASP-y town of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Kit is half Japanese, half American, and interracially adopted by w

"Zanders: Chicago hockey isn't complete without me--everyone's favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to q

"In eleven stories that span Florida marshes, North Carolina mountains, and Southern metropolitan cities, Make Your Way Home follows Black men and women who grapple with the homes that have eluded them. A preteen pregnant alongside her mother refuses to let convention dictate who she names as the father of her child. Centuries after slavery separated his ancestors, a native Texan tries to win over the love of his life despite the grip of a family curse. A young deaconess who falls for a new chur

""An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death. Lucky Day is the latest from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus and Bury YourGays, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world. Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, 8 million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying

"Venita Rost, a former silent film star, has stayed put for the last century-fuming and raging, luring investors and ambitious DIYers to their doom in her haunted home on the cliff. But her nemesis also remains: a once-famous detective she blames for thedeath of her daughter. Inspector Bartholomew Sloan blames himself, too. He couldn't save Priscilla any more than he could save his best friend from the noose. Or save himself from Venita's wrath. Now all he can do is watch as Venita lures each ne

"The heroine of the spare and haunting It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over is voraciously alive in the afterlife. Adrift yet keenly aware, she notes every bizarre detail of her new reality. And even if she has forgotten her name and much of what connectsher to her humanity, she remembers with an implacable and nearly unbearable longing the place where she knew herself and was known (and loved), and she is determined to get back there at any cost. Our dead heroine travels across the landscapes of

"When a daring Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her... Isabel Luna Valde´s has long since resigned herself to being the "forgotten" Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British intelligence hidden by the ton that might aid Mexico during the French Occupation. Though she slips easily from crowded ballrooms into libraries a
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Jun 5, 2025

"Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party. As day turns to night, four hundred years' worth of stories unspool, an

"An Israeli woman relocates to America on assignment from her tech company. In an attempt to leave her past behind and adapt entirely to the new culture in which she finds herself, she joins her colleagues on a deer hunt, discovering a surprising acumen for the sport. She fires again and again, refining her skills with every shot. As she embarks on an affair with her hunting guide and colleague, David, she sinks deeper into hunting season, vacillating between predator and prey as the boundaries

"A treasure hunter and the bestselling adventure novelist who broke her heart after one successful expedition reunite for a summer to search for lost riches. Treasure hunter Stella Moore dreams of having it all-wealth, love, and a flourishing career-but knows she'll never be that lucky. Every summer she and her childhood friends travel to search for hidden treasure, but she can barely manage her bills, let alone a relationship. Then, a chance encounter with alluring novelist Huck Sullivan during

"As snow quietly covers Dragon City in the final days of the lunar year, patients writhing in pain flock to the hospital. Baffled doctors call upon Zhao Yunlan and his team for help. As the case unfolds, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan discover that one of the Four Hallowed Artifacts, the Merit Brush, has appeared in the Mortal Realm. In the wrong hands, its power can be transformative. While each step toward the artifact only pulls the pair deeper into a vortex of mysteries, Zhao Yunlan keeps stumblin

Lillian once cracked ciphers during WWI--now, her daughter, Dinah, is trapped doing clerical work for the WWII OSS. Though Lillian is hesitant to return to wartime work, she is drawn to Washington, DC, by an old acquaintance. As a web of intrigue grows ever wider, mother and daughter must confront secrets in DC before the impending D-Day is compromised.

"In the prairie town of Andwhen, Minnesota, members of a small congregation don't know if they've been blessed or cursed when the ashes administered during an Ash Wednesday service won't wash off. This event leads Basil, a "gentle giant" of a teen, to make a secret vow to save his family through prayer and fasting. His family is in a difficult place, stricken by a recent farming accident and his mother's decade-long confinement to a state mental hospital. Basil keeps his struggles secret from hi

"The house of usher is built on death itself--and now it has a new master... For generations the House of Usher has grown wealthier and more powerful on the invention and sale of murderous military weapons. But another evil has lived and grown within the House of Usher--a legacy of depravity of bloodshed that goes back generations, and stains the hallways of the family mansion. One young heir, Rix Usher, is reluctant to return home. But the House of Usher has chosen him to take the reins from hi

"From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption when six girls come together in a Catholic reform school in 1960s Buffalo, NY. Perfect for fans of Before We Were Yours, Orphan Train, and The Berry Pickers"--

"I Have Some Questions for You meets Prep in Kate Russo's explosive pivot to literary thriller, set against the hothouse of adolescent angst, following one woman's reckoning with her involvement in her rival's past, who is found dead on campus. Junior High never leaves you. And Rachel Nardelli's early adolescent days have come back to haunt her when her long-time rival Alison Petrucci is found dead at Pleasant pond. This is where Rachel had last seen her in eighth grade, before Alison was punt o

A sweet, sports romance where love is a four-legged word Trauma survivor, Abby Barclay, finds purpose in her life with her therapy dog, Gen, helping terminally ill children and their families deal with pain and loss. When a playground accident brings nine-year-old Dylan into her life, even Abby is surprised at the depth of the bond between the boy and her dog. Her relationship with him--as well as with his divorced father, Scott--soon grows into something beyond profess

"From the outside, veterinarian Evie Williams appears to have the perfect but boring life. She is desperate to figure out a way to shake it up, but gets more than she bargained for when she finds her fiance´ in bed with another woman. Suddenly, Evie is without a fiance´ or a job, and isn't sure what her next steps should be. That is, until her college crush, Bryson Mitchell, returns to town. Now, a nationally recognized veterinary surgeon, Bryson is stunned when he encounters Evie Williams for t

"Nicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. It's the '90s, and he's been living with his dad in the Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. One day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are objects. The doctor says it's just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the pagan god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas, his best friend Ty, and his

"A big-hearted novel of nostalgia and longing, and a poignant exploration of how we choose to love. Zuzu met her best friend Cash on the first day of college, and nothing was ever the same. Tall, witty, and popular, his friendship represented a kind of belonging for Zuzu, who had always felt like an outsider growing up mixed race in her rural hometown. Though their friendship was charged with longing, it never progressed to romance. Now approaching her forties, Zuzu has built a stable life with

"From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of LGBTQ+ life in contemporary Nigeria, seen through the lives of dozens of characters. What makes a family? Who gets to define it? And why does it matter? In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde poses these provocative questions and many more as they explore the lives and loves, hopes and fears of more than two dozen characters who are trying to define themselves in today's Nigeria. Across Lagos, one of Africa's la

"A deliciously satisfying and suspenseful story about what happens when a clique of wealthy Manhattan private school moms start getting a taste of exactly what they deserve, instead of just what they can pay for. Meet Frost, Morgan, and Nell-a wealthy, gorgeous group of New York City moms, the queen bees of downtown Manhattan. Their children attend Atherton Seminary, the top private school in the city, and their social lives revolve around elaborate themed parties. On the first day of school, th

"It's been years since Ingrid has heard from her childhood best friend, Mayra, a fearless rebel who fled their hometown of Miami for college in the Northeast. But when Mayra calls out of the blue to invite Ingrid to a weekend at a house in the Everglades,Ingrid impulsively accepts. From the moment Ingrid sets out for the house, danger looms: the directions to the house are difficult, she's out of reach of cell service, and the wet maw of the swamp threatens to swallow her up as she drives deeper

"An unbelievably gripping, completely original novel about a woman working as a matchmaker for a very specific clientele-psychopaths-who finds herself in danger...from the bestselling author behind Love Letters to a Serial Killer. Lexie was expecting a nice evening with her fiance´ for her birthday. Instead, her best friend is sitting next to her man, and what's worse: They're in love. To escape her relationship troubles, Lexie throws herself into her job where she works as a matchmaker for psyc

"A millionaire and a housecleaner are a match maid in heaven in this dazzling new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Happily Never After. As a professional cleaner, Abi Mariano never thought her apartment would have anysort of infestation, but because of a floor-wide outbreak (thanks, Apartment 2B), she now needs somewhere to stay for a week. As a part-time student with two jobs, she doesn't have many options. Then the solution presents itself: the owner of the

"For much of her life, Dawn has felt as if something had been missing. Now, at the age of fifty-eight, with a divorce behind her and her two grown-up sons busy with their own lives, she should be trying to settle into a new future for herself. But she keeps returning to the past and to the secret she's kept all these years. At just sixteen, Dawn found herself pregnant, and-as was common in Trinidad back then-her parents sent her away to have the baby and give her up for adoption. More than forty

"Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Ten years ago, after the sudden death of his wife, Brent closed his law practice, said goodbye to his parents, and moved three hundred milesaway to a self-imposed exile. His father died two years ago, and now Brent's coming back to take care of his ailing mother, hired by Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as an assistant general counsel. For decades Southern Republic has inves
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May 29, 2025

""So: now I come to speak. At last. I will tell you all I know." Ophelia's story is told in her own words in Let Me Tell You and Let Me Go On, two starkly evocative novels by writer and music critic Paul Griffiths. Not only is Ophelia brought out of the wings of Hamlet to reclaim her narrative, but her vocabulary is also literally made up of the words-a scant 481 in total-assigned to her by Shakespeare. Melodic and incantatory, Ophelia's voice attains remarkable directness and passion under such

"Murder, movie stars, and mystery await those who climb aboard this cross-country train, inspired by the real-life history of the Hollywood Victory Caravan Hollywood, 1942. Jacqueline Love's acting career is flailing. Suddenly on the wrong side of 40, parts are drying up, directors are calling her "difficult," and Humphrey Bogart has definitely stopped taking her calls. Desperate to cling to stardom, Jackie takes the only gig that will have her: the Hollywood Victory Caravan, a train full of mov

"Will this be the best week of their lives... or the last? Julia, David, and Erika grew up together spending summers at their idyllic Vermont lake homes for as long as they can remember. Now adults- with their own sullen teens, endless mortgages, and low-voltage sex lives- the three friends have amassed secrets over the years. This summer, David is eager to show off his newly renovated home-which now blocks his friends' cherished lake views-and his much-younger girlfriend. He also, unwittingly,
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May 29, 2025

"The Babysitter Lives When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and spend a quiet night studying: the SATs are tomorrow, and checking the Native American/Alaskan Native box on all the forms won't help if she chokes on test day. But tomorrow is also Halloween, and the twins are eager to show off their costumes. Charlotte's last babysitting gig almost ended in tragedy when her young charge sleepwalked unnoticed into the

"A refreshingly irreverent novel about art, desire, domesticity, freedom, and the intricacies of the 21st century female experience, by the acclaimed novelist Hannah Pittard Divorced and childless by choice, Hana P.-the metafictional version-has built a cozy life in Lexington, Kentucky, teaching at the flagship university, living with a fellow academic, and helping raise his pre-teen daughter. Her sister's sprawling family lives just across the street, and their long-divorced, deeply complicated

"Emerson Pierce loves everything about being a kindergarten teacher except the painfully low salary. It isn't until she hears about Petunia Lemon-an opportunity to sell makeup products, make some extra money, and meet a group of skin-care aficionados-thatshe begins to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Sure, it sounds a little too good to be true, but what's the worst that could happen? Investigative reporter Lucas Miller didn't always have a chip on his shoulder...until his wife joined Pet

""A stunning debut...Fast-paced, beautifully written, vividly peopled, Greenwich is impossible to put down." - Adrienne Brodeur, bestselling author of Little Monsters Summer, 1999. Rachel Fiske is almost eighteen when she arrives at her aunt and uncle's mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her glamorous aunt is struggling to heal from an injury, and Rachel wants to help-and escape her own troubles back home. But her aunt is oddly spacey and her uncle is consumed with business, and Rachel feels lon

"In this modern retelling of Jane Austen's PERSUASION, a K-drama actress gets her second chance at love with the man she left to save her family, if only she can work up the courage to risk her heart on forever...one last time. For ten years, Anne Lee told herself that Frederick Nam was her past. To save her father from bankruptcy, she dropped out of UC San Diego to pursue an acting career in Korea. Anne had to stop Frederick from following her and ruining his future. Breaking up with him was th

"Girl in the Creek is a pulse-pounding eco-horror about how climate change is transforming our world, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher. Buried secrets only spread. Erin's brother Bryan has been missing for five years. It was as if hesimply walked into the forests of the Pacific Northwest and vanished. Determined to uncover the truth, Erin heads to the foothills of Mt. Hood where Bryan was last seen alive. He isn't the first hiker to go missing in this area, and their cases g

"When aspiring writer Allison moved to L.A., she expected her life to finally take shape. After years of dwelling in grief over her brother's unexpected and untimely death and allowing her mercurial parents' feelings and desires to infect her own, she feels ready become the main character in her own story again. Yet Allison continues to feel inextricably tied to both her parents, particularly her unpredictable father, and weighed down by her the loss of her brother. In L.A., as with anywhere els

"The #tradwife murder mystery we've all been waiting for. From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and the creator of the Under the Influence podcast comes an explosive thriller about two estranged friends, a grisly murder, a sudden disappearance, and the truly shocking revelation that everyone is lying to you about something . . . Lizzie and Bex were best friends in college. After graduation, Bex vanished, leaving Lizzie confused and devastated. Fifteen years later, Bex is now Re

"Welcome to Tenderness! A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness. Sure, it's a bit odd that the incredibly handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are somewhat eccentric, if not entertaining. But there's a warmth about the store that draws you in. The truth is, Tenderness is different. Operating only in Kyushu, Tenderness stands firm and proud by its motto "Caring for Peo

"The International Space Station suddenly loses contact with Earth. When a NASA tech devises a way to restore the feed, the images that come through are unfathomable: a scene of terrible violence, the crew unresponsive, droplets of blood hovering in zerogravity. But which of the astronauts on board would have done such a thing? And why? Off the coast of Mozambique, former special ops pilot and current treasure hunter Ethan Cain sees something he can't believe: an object shot out of the heavens p

"Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the Metropolitan Police despite her father and her uncles being notorious London gangsters. On patrol one night, Philomena finds a barefoot child, covered in blood, who says she can'twake her mother. Meanwhile, three miles away, a London jeweler has a bomb strapped to his chest in his ransacked store and millions are missing. These two events collide and threaten Philomena's career, her new marriage, and her life. In too deep

"As leader of a special military unit charged with stopping potential pandemics before they spread, John "Haggs" Haggerty has a front-row seat to the sharp increase in natural disasters that precede the Rapture--including plagues, earthquakes, famines, wars, and rumors of war. And each crisis is becoming more intense"-- Provided by publisher.
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May 22, 2025

"Single mom Tansy Perkins only has room in her life for her daughter and her library. And maybe the next book to add to her collection. But after a catastrophic hurricane severely damages her library, she's forced to temporarily move her branch into the adjacent county botanic gardens, where Jack Reid, the world's grouchiest gardener who rescued her and her daughter from the flood, happens to be the assistant director. Jack has always preferred plants over people, having built a strong track rec

"Ye Lian is thriving in Beijing. She has a well-paid job, a nice boyfriend, and plans to marry and move into a luxury high-rise apartment. She's wanting for nothing-until her childhood best friend, Luo Wenyu, comes whirling back into her life after a decade in California with seemingly everything-a successful career as an influencer, a millionaire American fiance´, and a bespoke mansion in the Beijing suburbs-throwing Lian's own reliable choices into high relief. As the two women rekindle their

"To protect herself from her mother's matchmaking schemes back home, schoolteacher Grace Kauffman desperately needs a summer job. When she hears through the grapevine that Peter Lehman is searching for a nanny for his two young daughters, she thinks they're a perfect match. There's no danger of romance under his roof...because he's still married to the wife who left him for an Englischer. But as Grace spends time with Peter and his girls, she realizes that she might be at risk of losing her hear

"Those who can, teach. Marvin Block is one of the best kindergarten teachers out there. And despite his anxiety, Marvin's life is sweet. He knows what he wants. And what he wants is the Teacher of the Year Award. Not just for himself - his school needs him to win. Returning from break, the New Year finds Marvin all set to welcome a new pupil to his class. But when Illona walks in with her cute-as-hell single dad beside her, Marvin's focus starts to slide. Sure, his students always come first, bu

""The Summer You Were Mine is a swoony dream of a love story, as seductive and unique as its Italian seaside setting. Bellissima, indeed!" - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author A beachy romance following a woman re-evaluating her career andsense of self in light of a late neurodiversity diagnosis while reuniting with her first love, who's dealing with an identity crisis of his own, set on the gorgeous Italian coast. Ellie Beltrami and Cristiano Conte have known each other their en

"New York Times bestselling author Sarah Castille brings another angsty, deeply emotional, heated romance that blends Ana Huang's Twisted Games with Katherine Center's The Bodyguard. Emotions run high, but the tempo thrums higher as music, heat, and angstcollide between a singer and her bodyguard. Haley Chapman has struggled against rules all her life. As the daughter of a senator, she's expected to finish her college degree, but music is her one true love-the only outlet she has for her wild, i

"Suspicious of his friend's fatal accident, ski patroller Graham McAllister is determined to unearth the truth when his friend's long-missing sister suddenly appears...with gunmen in pursuit. Now it's up to Graham and his K-9, Emmy, to keep Layla Quin safe as they survive the brutal mountain elements and outrun the criminals trying to silence them. Because Layla has a secret that could expose a shocking link to her brother's death, and revealing it may come with a deadly price..."--

"An exhilarating thriller set against a 250-mile foot race in the Sahara Desert, where at least one ultramarathoner is running for her life. Adrienne Wendell was once an exceptional ultramarathoner, a runner whose times were within striking distance of setting records. Years ago, she gave it all up when her son Ethan was hit by a car while she was in a race and unable to come to his help. He survived, but it horrified her that she had not been around to help. There was another reason she put run

"A lavish, Texas-sized Sweet Sixteen turns deadly in this twisty, pulse-pounding new novel - serving up a fresh take on a classic locked-room whodunnit. Let the festivities begin... Today is Sophie Matthews's sixteenth birthday party, an exclusive black-tie bash in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where secrets are as deep-rooted as the sprawling live oaks. Sophie's dad has spared no expense, and his renovated cliffside mansion-once thought haunted and shuttered for years from outsiders-is n

"Two divorce lawyers determined to share only beds but not hearts discover that love is something that can't be overruled in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Game Changer. Danica Pierce has one great love in her life: work. As one of the top divorce lawyers in Chicago, Danica lets her caseload keep her warm at night and has no problem being married to her job, not when love only ends in hurt. When the biggest case of her career gives her a sh
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May 22, 2025

"Charlie Dawson and his partner Clem don't consider themselves bad guys. But they definitely made a bad error in judgment on a gold mine deal--turns out there was no gold--and ended up in a shootout with some very angry claim jumpers. Now a man is dead and a posse is in hot pursuit of Charlie and Clem. The unlucky pair hightail it to San Francisco, where they try to blend into the notorious red-light district known as Barbary Coast--another bad decision on their part. San Francisco is one wild p

"A twisty, gripping novel that wraps around a deeply moving love story, from an electric new voice in upmarket women's fiction. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT WASN'T.... Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week. Yet Honor's longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it--until a shocking event changes their lives forever. Years later, Tom makes a decision th

"Following a semi-successful career as a teen model in New York City, Danielle Greer has moved back to the mountains of North Georgia and is living in her childhood home with her husband and four daughters. One stifling, lazy afternoon, the girls are exploring the ravine behind the house when they come across a body"--

"Welcome to Dead Broke, Colorado, where all that glitters is not gold--it's silver. Where miners and grifters get rich or go broke. And where the money flows like blood. The town got its unusual name when a pair of brokedown prospectors accidentally dropped a stick of dynamite in the Rockies--and unwittingly unearthed a massive vein of silver. One of the two men dropped dead from excitement. The other one named the place 'Dead Broke' in honor of his dead broke companion and declared himself mayo

"When patrol officer Trisha McCord's six-month-old son is nearly abducted, K-9 officer West Cole saves him just in time. The single mom has no leads on who would try to take her baby--or why. And West won't let her deal with the threat on her own, especially with the kidnapper closing in and attacks escalating. With her child's life at stake, Trisha, West and his K-9, Peanut, must race to catch a ruthless criminal in time to save innocent lives--including their own"--

"Award-winning author Zen Cho delivers a sparkling and witty rivals-to-lovers romance reminiscent of Sally Thorn's The Hating Game and Sajni Patel's The Trouble with Hating You. Sparks fly when an ambitious rules-bound lawyer clashes with a maverick new hire who threatens his chances of partnership-and the walls he's built around his heart. Charles Goh has always played by the rules. It's how he survived his difficult childhood as the swotty foreigner at a posh English boarding school -- and now

"When newly widowed Hope Lambright moves to Indiana with her three sons, the last thing on her mind is romance. And much like his new neighbor, widower Amos Yoder thought love was part of his past. But when Hope boldly asks Amos for a job at his Amish outdoor market, he finds he can't say no, and soon their professional relationship blossoms into something more. They've both loved and lost once. Will they be brave enough to risk their hearts for a second time?"--

"Reopening the investigation of her mother's disappearance puts chief of police Diana Fisher in someone's lethal sights. As she delves deeper into the mystery, a murderer resurfaces, targeting the Amish community. Detective Micah Nissley, whose fiance´e went missing a decade ago, joins forces with Diana to stop the threats and bring the killer to justice. But can they uncover the connection between Diana and the culprit before she becomes the next victim?"--

"Debut author Gemma Stanton knows romance readers love a bad boy-and she has the perfect prototype for her novel: Mason Moretti. High school hockey god-turned-pro player, Mason was Gemma's first crush, but she couldn't forget the sting of his very publicrejection. So, she cast him as a hot-headed Highlander in her spicy new historical romance. She never expected readers would find out on live TV-when a morning show host invites Mason for a surprise on-air reunion... As an aging hockey player wit

"USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble and Rick Acker deliver the second book in their compelling Tupelo Grove series (following What We Hide), where a crumbling university, stolen artifacts, deep family secrets, and deadly ambitions all stand in the way of a second chance at happiness"--

"On the eve of their college graduation, best friends Javier Baez and Marisol Campos swore never to date someone the other doesn't approve of. Now, ten years later, Javi has a problem. Mari, the woman he's secretly pined for since sophomore year, is engaged, and Javi didn't even get the chance to vet the Pedro Pascal knockoff she plans to marry. Mari, a successful entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, is no longer seeking Javi's dating advice or waiting for him to declare his love for her. Instea

"Jo De La Cruz should be on top of the world. As one of spin's hottest instructors, her workouts stream into thousands of living rooms, her waiting list is harder to access than Area 51, and even her hair has its own social media page. But Jo's strugglingfrom a decade in the spotlight--which is when she meets the annoyingly handsome journalist who claims her job is merely yelling at people from a bike. Converting a hater is a challenge Jo can't resist. Only nothing about Silas Anders matches her

"From body-acceptance advocate and MEGABABE founder Katie Sturino comes a heartwarming and hilarious debut novel for fans for Emily Henry and Sex and the City Sunny Greene is thirty-five, recently divorced, facing the looming prospect of going solo to herlittle brother's wedding, and currently trying to find anything plus-sized in the Bergdorf Goodman swimsuit department that doesn't make her want to cry. It's not going well. But isn't rock bottom the perfect place to start a climb? She decides

"Jane and Colin are soulmates. He just doesn't know it yet. For twenty-four-year-old Jane, finding love in New York City is even harder than making it as a playwright. So when Jane meets Colin, she can't believe her luck: they're perfect for each other. Even when Colin breaks off their relationship after six dates, Jane knows this is just a stumbling block. She'll get him back. She knows she will. That is, until Colin starts dating Zoe-perfect, luminous Zoe. Even worse, she's actually kind of ni
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May 19, 2025

"In this million-copy international bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in an unhoused man who does a good deed, a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighborhood-a heartwarming tale of community and redemption reminiscent of the bestselling novels of Matt Haig and Gabrielle Zevin"--

"A witty page-turner from the bestselling author of Excavations, Salty takes us to a tropical paradise with a hurricane on the way, where two estranged sisters uncover their rich employers' reckless development-could these yacht owners have something to do with the dead body found in the marina?"-- Provided by publisher.

"He's scorching-hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package. And he's looking at her like she might be his next meal. Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies' man. Winter Hamilton knows exactly what it means when he eyes her like that. But she's almost free of her toxic marriage and has sworn off men entirely. So all she sees when she looks back at Theo is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak. The man is hard to trust--but, it turns out, even harder to resist. Make

"With the scope of a saga and the heart of a thriller, this is an evocative historical novel following a married couple whose idyllic 1950s suburban life is threatened by the promises they made during World War II. Sidney and Ida Whipple are living the suburban 1950s American dream, complete with two children and a white picket fence, which didn't seem possible when they first met at the height of WWII in France. Reveling in the present, they can almost convince themselves that their past is beh

"Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits meets Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown-USA Today bestselling author Danielle Allen brings another steamy, witty novel about finding the perfect partner-and how sometimes what you're looking for is right in front ofyou. "I only spend time with people I enjoy. I only do things I want to do. I only have sex with people who get me off. So, my time is never wasted and my energy stays high." Nina Ford doesn't like to put all her eggs in one basket. She works mul

"A brilliant debut novel about a child whose literal enlightenment sets the stage for an exuberant tragicomedy of marriage, religion, and parenthood. On an otherwise ordinary fall day on a university campus in Chicago, the toddler son of an ambitious divinity school professor named Adrian Bennett mysteriously starts to glow. The nimbus, as the strange, soft light comes to be known, offers no clues to its origin and frustrates every attempt at rational explanation. Though the nimbus appears only

"Mark's protege Astrid has been kidnapped and is being held in a mysterious prison on a remote island off the coast of Brazil. Can she escape while keeping her pledge to not to take another life? When Astrid, known in her elite assassin days as Azrael, stopped showing up to Assassins Anonymous, the group assumed her past had caught up with her. Only Mark, Astrid's sponsor and formerly the deadliest assassin in the world, holds out hope that she's okay. Then the group gets a sign, or rather, a pi

"In this hilarious second installment of a Regency romance series, a single lord is forced to settle down...and when a houseparty brings a happy-go-lucky lady's companion his way, his grumpy heart is unexpectedly warmed. Nine years ago, Lord Guy Harrowby,Viscount of Wennington, was publicly humiliated when a reckless romantic gesture went very wrong. Despite that, his mother held tight to the promise he made her then: that she would have a house full of grandchildren by his thirtieth birthday. S

Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, c

"A former actress in need of a reset reunites with her grandmother, her first crush, and the ladies of Ten Beach Road in this escapist novel from USA Today bestselling author Wendy Wax. After losing her longtime acting gig on the hit show Murder 101, Sydney Ryan decides she needs a break from Hollywood politics. She heads to Treasure Island, Florida, where her grandmother has been visiting and now refuses to leave. Sydney's plan to lay low for a bit quickly goes awry, though, as she is swept up

"Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager, becomes fast friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother, Samir, finally joins her in Manhattan, thiscontentious, inseparable foursome, will last into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family. These decades are marked by the business of everyday life and the inevitable surprises of erupting passio

"Ms. and Ms. Smith meets The Pairing in this heart-racing romance of secrets, spies, and steam. A few rules for the international superspy: (1) Never blow your cover. (2) Never accept the first plan. (3) Never fall for anyone at the agency. Especially ifshe's your ex-girlfriend. Yardley Whitmer, code name "the Unicorn," can do no wrong. She's honed her spycraft and become an instant legend in the field. If only breaking up with her girlfriend were as easy as rappelling off the Eiffel Tower. Livi

"A cutting, revealing caricature of the American Civil War, told through the story of a white teenager who joins an all-Black regiment of soldiers, for fans of Colson Whitehead and James McBride. How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp and bitterly hilarious Civil War satire about American racism. It tells the story of a friendless, fatherless, and guileless white teenager named Anders who volunteers for the Union army as a flag-twirler to escape his abusive mother. In desperate acts of self-

"Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. I'm the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He's thirty-five and all man, and I'm twenty-two and all ... virgin. He's also my fiancae. Correction: my fake fiancae. We start out as a bet. He doesn't believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point. It's win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family's prying, and I get a chance to shed my family's

The rules were simple: keep his hands off his agent's daughter and stay out of trouble. But now he's stuck with her. There's only one bed. And well, rules are made to be broken. Rhett Eaton is the face of professional bull riding. The golden boy. Or at least he was until it all blew up in his face after a public brawl. Now his agent says he has to clean up his image, and sticks Rhett with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as "fu

"A sweeping, sensual historical novel about one woman's unconventional life lived in search of an answer by the award-winning author of The End We Start From and The Harpy. In 2017, Megan Hunter burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel, The EndWe Start From, a startlingly beautiful story of climate change and motherhood that is now a feature film starring Jodie Comer. Her second book, The Harpy, fiercely explored marriage and power through a dark, imaginative tale of revenge. A writer

"1960s New York. Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexistboss wants to thwart. Every day at Lenox & Park is a series of jibs and petty inequities. Thank heavens Bernadette has her dog, Frank-a sweet and silly Great Dane-to encourage her and listen to her complaints. Seeking a more human, and female ba

"Avery Keene is back! The fan-favorite former Supreme Court clerk has finally gone out on her own, securing a prestigious position at a high-end law firm in Washington, D.C., where she is about to earn real money and get her life in order after a tumultuous run working as a clerk on the Supreme Court. With her reputation preceding her, Avery is quickly tasked at her new job with becoming a corporate internal investigator. Her new client is Camasca-a mega-tech firm that's on the forefront of deve

"The critically acclaimed author of the "crazily enjoyable" (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war. Private CyrilBagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every opportunity. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given

"When a young woman must win a pickleball competition alongside her longtime rival to save her family's business, sparks fly on and off the court in this charming romcom. Bex Martin's life isn't where she thought it would be at twenty-four. She dropped out of college and moved back home to her small, Southern California hometown to help out at her parents' racquet club after her dad got sick. But over a year later, she's still there, teaching pickleball to seniors, grieving her dad, and trying t