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Can't take my eyes off you by Aimee Brown

Can't take my eyes off you

Aimee Brown

Berkley Kaine was lucky enough to meet her perfect man at a young age. Blissfully in love, she's about to graduate college, take on her dream job, and has never been more optimistic for the future.Will Adler has been in love with Berkley Kaine since the moment...

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The duke who didn't by Courtney Milan

The duke who didn't

Courtney Milan

Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he's back....

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Leave the lights on by Liv Andersson

Leave the lights on

Liv Andersson

Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The multi-million-dollar house on the sea coast. The joint bank accounts. The safety and security that go along with being married to an esteemed architect and community...

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The love script by Toni Shiloh

The love script

Toni Shiloh

A Hollywood hair stylist Nevaeh Richards loves making those in the spotlight shine but prefers the anonymity of staying behind her stylist chair, where no one notices her. But when a photo of Nevaeh and Hollywood A-lister Lamont Booker goes viral for all the...

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All that consumes us by Erica Waters

All that consumes us

Erica Waters

Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil. Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die. The students in Corbin College's elite academic...

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Fellow travelers by Thomas Mallon

Fellow travelers

Thomas Mallon

Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, and Allison Williams! A searing historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C.--a world of dominated by personalities like Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy--and infused with...

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The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

The Bittlemores

Jann Arden

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada's Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creatures Great and Small, a little bit Fargo and all Jann Arden!...

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Such a pretty girl by T. (Tammy) Greenwood

Such a pretty girl

T. (Tammy) Greenwood

Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile...

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The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab

The Fragile Threads of Power

V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue , opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. Prepare for tangled schemes and perilous adventures with friends old and new in...

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D'Vaughn and Kris plan a wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

D'Vaughn and Kris plan a wedding

Chencia C. Higgins

Instant I Do could be Kris Zavala's big break. She's right on the cusp of really making it as an influencer, so a stint on reality TV is the perfect chance to elevate her brand. And $100,000 wouldn't hurt either. D'Vaughn Miller is just trying to break out of...

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Snowed in for Christmas by Jaqueline Snowe

Snowed in for Christmas

Jaqueline Snowe

Fans of Christina Lauren and Maggie Knox will adore this fun and festive romcom featuring a grumpy/sunshine duo who find themselves in stuck together over the holidays, where the weather outside is frightful--but inside, things are heating up in this sexy...

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Under the influence by Noelle Crooks

Under the influence

Noelle Crooks

The Devil Wears Prada meets The Assistants in this compulsively readable debut following a young woman who takes a job working for an enigmatic influencer and quickly discovers there's an ugly side to being a #GirlBoss.After a series of go-nowhere jobs in the...

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And there he kept her by Joshua Moehling

And there he kept her

Joshua Moehling

When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do...

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All is not forgiven by Joe Kenda

All is not forgiven

Joe Kenda

When murder is your business, solving the case is personal ...The Homicide Hunter's riveting debut novel proves that fiction really can be stranger than truth ...All Is Not Forgiven is the debut crime novel by television star Joe Kenda, a former homicide...

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Big little spells by Hazel Beck

Big little spells

Hazel Beck

"An absolute delight of a magical tale." --Louisa Morgan, author of The Age of WitchesIs her magic a threat to witchkind...or is she simply powerful enough to save the world?Rebekah Wilde was eighteen when she left St. Cyprian, officially stripped of her magic...

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Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

Dating Dr. Dil

Nisha Sharma

"Nisha Sharma's Dating Dr. Dil is what would happen if you put all my favorite romantic comedy tropes into a blender: a frothy, snarky, hilarious treat with a gooey, heartwarming center. The perfect addition to any rom-com lover's shelf."?Emily Henry, #1 New...

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Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

Faking Christmas

Cindy Steel

One little white lie--that's all it took. Now I'm suddenly having to fake-date my work nemesis to get through a week at a Vermont Christmas lodge with my family. The problem? I can't stand Miles Taylor. Not only that, but I don't date people I work with. But I...

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Sweetpea by C. J. Skuse

Sweetpea

C. J. Skuse

Rhiannon is your average girl next door but she's got a killer secret. By day she's an editorial assistant, by evening she's secretly making a kill list. From the driver who cuts her off on her way to work, to the people who made her who she is, Rhiannon's...

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Archer's voice by Mia Sheridan

Archer's voice

Mia Sheridan

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes a new story about the transformative power of love in a sleepy Maine town.

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Fancy meeting you here by Julie Tieu

Fancy meeting you here

Julie Tieu

"For the rom-com fans, you can never go wrong with a Julie Tieu book."--Buzzfeed Opposites attract when an always-the-bridesmaid florist and a grumpy caterer mix business with pleasure in this swoony romantic comedy in the vein of 27 Dresses from Julie Tieu,...

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Star bringer by Tracy Wolff

Star bringer

Tracy Wolff

Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this snarky, new adult romance. The sun is dying ... and it's happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets' only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it's carrying....

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It happened one christmas by Chantel Guertin

It happened one christmas

Chantel Guertin

"It Happened One Christmas is irresistibly Christmassy with all the sparkle of a Hallmark movie. So festive I could almost smell the scent of pine through the pages." --Jenny Bayliss, author of Meet Me Under the Mistletoe. A charming and rollicking holiday...

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The library girls of the East End by Patricia McBride

The library girls of the East End

Patricia McBride

1940, LondonWhen Cordelia accepts the post of head librarian in Canning Town library, her mother is more than a little disapproving. The East End has high levels of poverty and illiteracy, and her mother says it's no place for a woman of her status. But...

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The French chateau escape by Gillian Harvey

The French chateau escape

Gillian Harvey

Click: buy... a fifteen bedroom chateauCondition: 'may require improvement'It seems like a good idea. Sell everything we own. Swap our modern little London flat for an entire chateau in the middle of France.It's always been our dream. And now it's coming true....

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The Tuscan orphan by Siobhan Daiko

The Tuscan orphan

Siobhan Daiko

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she's been working in, Carrie's life irrevocably changes. But as a nurse in the middle of wartime, she has no time to grieve, as she has too many people relying on her. For resistance fighter, Vito, nothing is more...

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The old ducks hen do by Maddie Please

The old ducks hen do

Maddie Please

Recently retired, Denny Lambert is finding life just a little bit... well, dull. So when her stepsister Juliette announces she's getting married - again! - and invites Denny on a hen do with the Old Ducks, Denny really can't say no. Denny knows something about...

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Murder at the Matterhorn by T. A. Williams

Murder at the Matterhorn

T. A. Williams

An old friend in need... Despite being retired from the police, Dan Armstrong is always on hand to help with solving a crime. So, when he's contacted by an old colleague in need of help, Dan readily agrees. The only problem Dan can see is the location - an...

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The square by Celia Walden

The square

Celia Walden

Addison Square is one of the most desirable addresses in London. But behind the bright white facades, darkness lurks... Colette spends a lot of her time at Addison Square. She knows the place and the people better than anyone. But the wealthy residents she...

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Yule island by Johana Gustawsson

Yule island

Johana Gustawsson

Art expert Emma Lindhal is anxious when she's asked to appraise the antiques in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found. As she...

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A concert for Christmas by Helen Hawkins

A concert for Christmas

Helen Hawkins

Gingerbread hot chocolates, festive songs on the radio and the glow of fairy lights. What's not to love about Christmas? Schoolteacher Sophie Lawson has fled to the Cotswold countryside after a tragic break-up and is throwing herself into dating and organising...

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Hawthorn Close by Anna Jacobs

Hawthorn Close

Anna Jacobs

In the peaceful Wiltshire valley of Essington St Mary, architect Corin Drayton stumbles upon a ghastly new building development that is set to destroy the tranquil atmosphere and Edwardian features of this quiet neighbourhood. He is horrified. For only...

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A quiet contagion by Jane Jesmond

A quiet contagion

Jane Jesmond

1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical lab in Coventry where 16-year-old Wilf is working for the summer. A catastrophe that needs to be covered up at all costs. 2017. Phiney is shocked by the death of her grandfather, Wilf, who has jumped from a...

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Resurrection walk by Michael Connelly

Resurrection walk

Michael Connelly

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long-shot cases where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her ex-husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still...

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The cage by Quintin Jardine

The cage

Quintin Jardine

On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman on maternity leave spots a body wedged in rocks on a Scottish beach. Gavin Ayre's riding gear sparks the assumption that he had been thrown by a panicked horse...until an autopsy reveals this was no accident. Soon it...

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Rebellion by Simon Scarrow

Rebellion

Simon Scarrow

AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum. Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect...

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Christmas with the engine girls by Daisy Styles

Christmas with the engine girls

Daisy Styles

Hucknall, 1941. Female conscription looms and three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory to work on the Spitfire production line. Lily soon realises her real dream is to pilot the planes; Edna longs to be reunited with her evacuee daughter, but soon...

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The fake wife by S. J. Bolton

The fake wife

S. J. Bolton

You're not who you say you are. But neither is she. Olive Anderson has accepted that tonight she'll be dining alone, without her husband. So when a beautiful stranger appears at Olive's dinner table, telling the waiter she's her wife, Olive is immediately...

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Last testament in Bologna by Tom Benjamin

Last testament in Bologna

Tom Benjamin

When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families - makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars - and discovers that...

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The sewing factory girls by Posy Lovell

The sewing factory girls

Posy Lovell

Clydebank, 1911. Ellen works at the Sewing Machine factory. So does her sister, Bridget, Bridget's fiancé Malcolm, and her new friend Sadie, who has recently come home after the death of her father to help her mum look after her siblings. For Sadie, the...

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Roseland by Judy Finnigan

Roseland

Judy Finnigan

The summers spent at Roseland, the sprawling ancestral home of her best friend, Eloise, were among the happiest of Cathy's life. Tucked away on the Cornish coastline and brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century. Cathy has barely been...

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Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick

Murder at Holly House

Denzil Meyrick

It's Christmas 1952. Blizzards come to Elderby, a remote village high on the North York Moors. Is the dead stranger found lodged up the chimney at Holly House a simple thief or something more sinister? Inspector Frank Grasby finds himself heading up the...

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Tackle! by Jilly Cooper

Tackle!

Jilly Cooper

Rupert Campbell-Black, undefeated race-horse owner and handsomest man in the world, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy, his beloved horse Love Rat has died, and now his daughter Bianca wants him to buy a...

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Diamond promises by Anna Jacobs

Diamond promises

Anna Jacobs

Lancashire, 1895. Abigail Dawson has lived in fear of her father for thirty years. But when, after uprooting them to a grand new home in Ollerthwaite, he's found murdered in the street, her life is turned upside down. Alone and caught in a web of her father's...

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The Paris affair by Victoria Cornwall

The Paris affair

Victoria Cornwall

Born to a French mother and an English father, Charlotte Bray has always felt like an outsider in her Cornish fishing village. She spends her days on her father's fishing boat, helping to feed a nation at war. But the war brings devastation, and her world is...

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Cheated by Roberta Kray

Cheated

Roberta Kray

Sheltered and naive Carmen Darby has lived under the thumb of her father Rex, a brutal criminal businessman, her whole life. But when Rex announces his retirement and plans to leave his vast wealth to his three daughters, Carmen doesn't thank her father as...

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The peasant king by Tessa Afshar

The peasant king

Tessa Afshar

Jemmah has always thought of herself as perfectly ordinary ... until she faces extraordinary circumstances. When her mother, the Persian king's famous senior scribe, is kidnapped, Jemmah and her sister must sneak undetected into enemy territory to rescue her....

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Good girls don't die by Christina Henry

Good girls don't die

Christina Henry

A sharp-edged, supremely twisty thriller about three women who find themselves trapped inside stories they know aren't their own, from the author of Alice and Near the Bone. Celia wakes up in a house that's supposed to be hers. There's a little girl who claims...

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Sister of starlit seas by Terry Brooks

Sister of starlit seas

Terry Brooks

A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga. Auris's adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family--a...

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Never met a duke like you by Amalie Howard

Never met a duke like you

Amalie Howard

Clueless meets Bridgerton in this spicy opposites-attract Regency romance told with "self-assured style, wit, and energy" (Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling author). Lady Vesper Lyndhurst is beautiful, clever, and popular. Afforded every luxury as a...

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Starstruck by Amy Clipston

Starstruck

Amy Clipston

Can a small-town waitress capture the heart of a world-famous heartthrob? For Heather Gordon, life in her small North Carolina town has always been simple and uneventful. Until one night when a rowdy food fight breaks out in her family's restaurant where she's...

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Just once by Karen Kingsbury

Just once

Karen Kingsbury

The #1 New York Times bestselling author "known for her deeply heartfelt novels" (Woman's World) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers. In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much...

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System collapse by Martha Wells

System collapse

Martha Wells

The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure! Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. Following the events in Network Effect, the...

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Plot twist by Erin La Rosa

Plot twist

Erin La Rosa

"I give it five stars--and five chili pepper emojis."--Kate Spencer, author of In a New York MinuteShe's written off more than she can chew ... Romance author Sophie Lyon's ironic secret just went viral: she's never been in love--and it's ruining her...

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Going postal by Terry Pratchett

Going postal

Terry Pratchett

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the...

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The forgotten tower by Lulu Taylor

The forgotten tower

Lulu Taylor

Georgie is reluctant to move when her husband inherits Wakefield Castle, but he is determined to restore its fortunes. When exploring her new home she finds an old handwritten recipe book which leads her to suspect that the castle hides secrets as troubling as...

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Notes on a murder by B. P. Walter

Notes on a murder

B. P. Walter

Everyone is capable of murder. Are you? It started with an invitation to dinner. An evening of good food and good company at a luxury villa. But as the night progresses, the party takes a dark turn. The host makes you an offer, a party favour he calls it....

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Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Whalefall

Daniel Kraus

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand: to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his...

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Voices in the dark  by Fleur McDonald

Voices in the dark

Fleur McDonald

A powerful and poignant rural family story told by the acclaimed Fleur McDonald, bestselling author of Broad River Station and Into the Night When Sassi Stapleton receives a middle-of-the-night phone call to tell her that her beloved grandmother is unwell, she...

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Forever ink  by Carrie Ann Ryan

Forever ink

Carrie Ann Ryan

To Callie Masters, there's nothing like a man with silver at his temples. When a silver fox walks into her booth, she nearly falls to her knees in appreciation. He's suave with a hard edge, a wolf in a power suit. Her job is to work on the ink on his back, not...

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The gift  by Freida McFadden

The gift

Freida McFadden

It's Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can't even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing...

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Tonight, I burn  by Katharine J. Adams

Tonight, I burn

Katharine J. Adams

A thorn witch with the power to walk between the realms of Life and Death finds herself at the center of a magical rebellion--and a dangerous romance--that could destroy her coven and her soul in this dark and decadent debut. Thorns, Tides, Embers, Storms, and...

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Veronica Ruiz breaks the bank  by Elle Cosimano

Veronica Ruiz breaks the bank

Elle Cosimano

From New York Times bestselling author Elle Cosimano, comes Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank--a hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past.Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight...

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City of Ruin by Charissa Weaks

City of Ruin

Charissa Weaks

The night the Prince of the East razed her village, Raina Bloodgood's life changed forever. Forced into someone else's war-and into the arms of the Witch Collector, Alexus Thibault-Raina discovered that everything she believed was wrong, and that she was...

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The rom con  by Devon Daniels

The rom con

Devon Daniels

A modern battle of the sexes about a journalist who hatches an elaborate plan to take down her professional rival, in a rom-com perfect for fans of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. After a particularly brutal breakup, Cassidy Sutton has had it with dating. So...

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Pucking wild  by Emily Rath

Pucking wild

Emily Rath

My name is Tess Owens, and my life is officially on fire. I never thought dancing at my best friend's wedding would be the match to light the flames. But with one lingering touch, one longing look . . . and one sneaky caterer holding a camera phone, my almost...

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Iron Flame  by Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College. The Threshing weeded out the unworthy. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through.

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A court of silver flames  by Sarah J. Maas

A court of silver flames

Sarah J. Maas

"Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined audio experience continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta. Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming...

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Dirty laundry by Disha Bose

Dirty laundry

Disha Bose

Brought to you by Penguin. A deliciously scandalous story about the dark side of suburbia DIRTY LAUNDRY bristles with lies desire and the secrets that can make or break a marriage.--Ciara Lauren and Mishti are three mothers friends wives. But underneath the...

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Finally found you  by Carrie Ann Ryan

Finally found you

Carrie Ann Ryan

Presley Mackenzie knows she's not supposed to fall for her best friend. She really shouldn't fall for him--especially since he is her ex's brother. It doesn't matter that her ex cheated. It doesn't matter that she was the one to walk away. She's not supposed...

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Land of the enemy  by Kirill Klevanski

Land of the enemy

Kirill Klevanski

A lot had changed in "The Holy Sky" School during the six weeks that Hadjar Darkhan was away. Everyone who was in the capital at the time became much stronger, thanks to the regular skirmishes along the Imperial road. By the Emperor's decree, all the disciples...

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Second chance ink  by Carrie Ann Ryan

Second chance ink

Carrie Ann Ryan

From NYT bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new romance in her Montgomery Ink series...Tattoo artist Brandon never thought he'd see her again. He'd trained himself never to think of her or what they'd had together. It was the only way he'd been able to...

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The dive  by Sara Ochs

The dive

Sara Ochs

Scuba diving instructor Cass leads her students out for their first dive off the beautiful coast of Koh Sang, Thailand's world-famous party island. It's supposed to be a life-changing experience, but things quickly spiral out of control...LEAVE YOUR SECRETS...

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Midnight   by Amy McCulloch

Midnight

Amy McCulloch

When she's gifted a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise, Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular. Huge cliffs of ice loom up to the sky. The sun never sets over the sparkling sea. And there's a killer on board...Unable to sleep in the endless eerie...

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The shortlist  by Andrew Raymond

The shortlist

Andrew Raymond

The gripping second instalment of Andrew Raymond's bestselling DCI Lomond Crime series.

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The love wager by Lynn Painter

The love wager

Lynn Painter

HALLIE PIPER IS TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF. After crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it's time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe. But when she logs into the dating app to look for...

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Don't go home  by Jay Gill

Don't go home

Jay Gill

LOCAL POLICE SAY SHE'S A RUNAWAY. BUT YOU KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER, SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT. SHE MUST BE IN TROUBLE. DESPERATE. You frantically search for her. Asking strangers around town if they've seen her... your precious daughter. All you need is a glimmer of hope...

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The chase  by Ava Glass

The chase

Ava Glass

MOVE FAST. STAY DARK. These are the instructions sent to new operative Emma Makepeace. She's been assigned to track down a man wanted by the Russians and bring him into MI5. It should be easy. But the Russians have eyes everywhere. Emma knows that if spotted...

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The storyteller by the sea  by Phyllida Shrimpton

The storyteller by the sea

Phyllida Shrimpton

A heartwarming and uplifting new novel, perfect story for fans of Sally Page and Hazel Prior. Melody spends her days combing the shore for items washed up on her beach. She collects them in her basket and takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered little...

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Burn  by Melanie Saward

Burn

Melanie Saward

When a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will come after him first. But Andrew almost wants to be caught, because at least it might make his dad come and rescue him from suburban Brisbane and his neglectful...

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Point blank  by Logan Ryles

Point blank

Logan Ryles

His name is Mason Sharpe. Victims take heart--bad guys take cover. Army veteran Mason Sharpe's world is turned upside down when his beloved fiancée is killed in a random shooting. Struggling to cope with his grief, Sharpe instinctively heads for the North...

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The clocks  by Agatha Christie

The clocks

Agatha Christie

Stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent where she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Sheila clearly remembered...

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Murder by the seaside  by Jackie Baldwin

Murder by the seaside

Jackie Baldwin

Portobello, Scotland. Grace McKenna is just back from a hearty breakfast at The Espy seaside pub when a perplexing mystery arrives at her door. Glamorous widow Sylvia Gordon is determined to find the truth about the death of her husband, Paul. Once a local...

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Infinity

Infinity

What does infinity hold? Does anything or anyone get buried and remain quiet for all time, or is death just a second life that lasts forever? From traversing the gnarled roots of trees reaching from the sand like claws, to the moment where one finds out the...

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The Bromsgrove bookseller  by Kerry Tombs

The Bromsgrove bookseller

Kerry Tombs

Ledbury, December 1892. Detective Inspector Ravenscroft looks forward to spending a quiet Christmas with his family. Then he receives news that an old friend stands accused of a brutal murder. DID YOUNG STEBBINS STAB HIS OWN UNCLE IN THE BACK? Ravenscroft and...

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Green dot  by Madeleine Gray

Green dot

Madeleine Gray

Hera Stephen is clawing through her mid-twenties, working as an underpaid comment moderator in an overly air-conditioned newsroom by day and kicking around Sydney with her two best friends by night. Instead of money or stability, she has so far accrued one...

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Greek lessons  by Kang Han

Greek lessons

Kang Han

The unforgettable novel from Booker International Prize winner Han Kang, author of The Vegetarian.In this compelling and beautifully-patterned novel, Han Kang tells the interwoven stories of a Greek instructor who is losing his sight and a woman who refuses to...

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Starting over in Cariad Cove  by Darcie Boleyn

Starting over in Cariad Cove

Darcie Boleyn

Family is what you make it - but is Hannah brave enough to take the chance? A freelance travel writer, Hannah rarely stays in one place long enough to call it home. After a childhood of moving between foster homes, her nomadic lifestyle means no lasting...

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The secrets we keep  by A. J. Wills

The secrets we keep

A. J. Wills

Ten-year-old Annie Warren hasn't made it home from school and with every passing hour, hopes of finding her alive are fading fast. Her parents, Cathy and Kit, are frantic with worry, fearing the worst. Could their daughter, the miracle child who came as a...

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Four seasons in Japan  by Nick Bradley

Four seasons in Japan

Nick Bradley

Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo...

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The summer party  by Rebecca Heath

The summer party

Rebecca Heath

An atmospheric psychological thriller about a glamorous family living on the coast of southern Australia. 2023's most addictive beach read. A perfect family. A devastating secret. Summer, 2000. In the tranquil town of Queen's Point in southern Australia, the...

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Crocodile tears  by Alan Carter

Crocodile tears

Alan Carter

Detective Philip 'Cato' Kwong is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his suburban Perth home. The trail leads to Timor-Leste, with its recent blood-soaked history. There, he reunites with an old frenemy, the spook Rory Driscoll who,...

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The gin shack on the beach  by Catherine Miller

The gin shack on the beach

Catherine Miller

You're never too old to try something new! When octogenarian Olive Turner is persuaded by her son to move into a retirement home, she congratulates herself on finding the secret to an easy life: no washing up, cooking or cleaning. But Olive isn't one for...

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Bad summer people  by Emma Rosenblum

Bad summer people

Emma Rosenblum

A whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder?Jen...

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Mr Einstein's secretary by Matthew Reilly

Mr Einstein's secretary

Matthew Reilly

All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein. But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and extraordinary life - as a secretary, a scientist, a sister and...

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Vendetta by Sarah Barrie

Vendetta

Sarah Barrie

Ace hacker, former sex worker and vigilante, Lexi Winter is now a cop and not keen to revisit her criminal past. But when old friends invoke the wrath of a local motorcycle club - the same club Lexi herself used to work for - she races to help them the only...

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The night she lied by Lucy Dawson

The night she lied

Lucy Dawson

Every family has secrets. Would you kill to keep yours? It's midnight in the hospital when Jude's phone rings, interrupting her precious 15-minute break. When she sees it's her 70-year-old mother, Margaret, she braces herself for the usual complaints. But her...

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Just another missing person by Gillian McAllister

Just another missing person

Gillian McAllister

OLIVIA: 22 years old. No history of running away. Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again. Missing for one day and counting . . .Julia is the detective heading up the case. She knows what to expect. A desperate family, a...

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