Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Minotaur Books The Shadow House
Book SynopsisExtraordinarily tense and deliciously mysterious, Anna Downes''s The Shadow House follows one woman''s desperate journey to protect her children at any cost, in a remote place where not everything is as it seems.A HOUSE WITH DEADLY SECRETS.A MOTHER WHO''LL RISK EVERYTHING TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT.Alex, a single mother-of-two, is determined to make a fresh start for her and her children. In an effort to escape her troubled past, she seeks refuge in a rural community. Pine Ridge is idyllic; the surrounding forests are beautiful and the locals welcoming. Mostly.But Alex finds that she may have disturbed barely hidden secrets in her new home. As a chain of bizarre events is set off, events eerily familiar to those who have lived there for years, Alex realizes that she and her family might be in greater danger than ever before. And that the only way to protect them all is to confront the shadows lurking in Pine Ridge.
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St. Martin's Griffin Last Dance on the Starlight Pier
Book SynopsisSet during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird''s Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one womanand a nationstruggling to be reborn from the ashes.The daughter of a famous vaudevillian dancer, Evie Grace Devlin is pushed onto the stage at a young age and dubbed the toe-dancing Pint-Sized Pavlova. Evie hates the glare of the spotlight, no matter how much her fame-obsessed mother forces her into it. A scholarship to study nursing at a Catholic hospital in Galveston, Texas provides Evie with her only hope of escape.However, just as Evie is about to be certified, secrets from her past are revealed and she is cast out. It's 1932, and she is just one more casualty of the Great Depression, wandering a nation struggling with massive unemployment, economic failure, and government ineptitude. With no choice but to return to her roots, Evie finds workas an unregistered nurselooking after a troupe of marathon dancers. Unexpectedly she is thrust back where
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St. Martin's Press The Golden Couple
Book SynopsisThe next electrifying novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind The Wife Between Us.Propulsive and thrilling....A page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end. --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it alluntil Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn't stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.When they glide through Avery's door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden
£999.99
St Martin's Press Where Coyotes Howl
Book SynopsisNow a Denver Post bestsellerAddictive. Highly recommended!Paulette Jiles, New York Times bestselling author of News of the WorldBeautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas.Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary.1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year's time she's fallen in loveboth with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life is not easy in the flat, brown corner of the state where winter blizzards are unforgiving and the summer heat relentless. But Ellen and Charlie face it all together, their relationship growing stronger with each shared success, and each deeply felt tragedy. El
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St. Martin's Press The Matchmakers Gift
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St. Martin's Press Hester
Book SynopsisNamed a Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2022 by Goodreads Washington Post New York Post BuzzFeed PopSugar Business Insider An October 2022 Indie Next List Pick An October 2022 LibraryReads PickA hauntingly beautifuland imaginedorigin story to The Scarlet Letter. People WHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE?Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Glasgow for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they''ve arrived in Salem, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medicleaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country, forced to make her way by any means possible.When she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly drawn to each other:
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St Martin's Press Diva
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voice, she learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her for their own ends.When she met the fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, for the first time in her life, she believed she'd found someone who saw the woman within the legendary soprano. She fell desperately in love. He introduced her to a life of unbelievable luxury, showering her with jewels and sojou
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St Martin's Press Hello Stranger
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St. Martin's Press Gone Tonight
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Celadon Books Cape May
Book SynopsisInside this mesmerizing tale of sexual desire and discovery, naive newlyweds Henry and Effie are honeymooning in Cape May, N.J., in 1957, tentatively navigating intimacy. Then they meet Clara and Max, hard-partying lovers who dazzle the innocent pair until they've lost more than their virginity. Cheek's sensual first novel leaves you wanting more. PEOPLE Henry and Effie's honeymoon is meant to be their introduction to the pleasures of the body, but in the company of Clara and her promiscuous cohort they lose all track of boundaries. A dozy, luxurious sense of enchantment comes over the story, until the rude awakening at its finale.... Cape May does something better than critique or satirize: It seduces. The Wall Street Journal Cape May is a raw, provocative portrayal of a young 1950s couple on the cusp of a sexual awakening, and the temptations that upturn their honeymoon and reshape their m
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St. Martin's Griffin A Stranger on the Beach
Book SynopsisParade''s 10 Books Written by Women We Can''t Wait to Read in 2019 She Reads'' Most Anticipated Thillers of Summer 2019 Pure Wow''s The Best Beach Reads of Summer 2019 CrimeReads'' The Most Anticipated Crime Books of SummerFrom bestselling author Michele Campbell comes A Stranger on the Beach, an edge-of-your seat story of passion and intrigue that will keep you guessing until the very end. Caroline Stark's beach house was supposed to be her crowning achievement: a lavish, expensive space to showcase what she thought was her perfect family. But after a very public fight with her husband, she realizes things may not be as perfect as they seem: her husband is lying to her, the money is disappearing, and there's a stranger on the beach outside her house. As Caroline's marriage and her carefully constructed lifestyle begin to collapse around her, she turns to Aidan, the stranger, for comfortand revenge. After
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St. Martin's Griffin The Wife Who Knew Too Much
Book SynopsisFrom Michele Campbell, the bestselling author of It''s Always the Husband comes a new blockbuster thriller in The Wife Who Knew Too Much.Meet the first Mrs. FordBeautiful. Accomplished.Wealthy beyond imagination.Married to a much younger man.And now, she's dead.Meet the second Mrs. Ford.Waitress. Small-town girl.Married to a man she never forgot,From a summer romance ten years before.And now, she's wealthy beyond imagination.Who is Connor Ford?Two women loved him. And knew him as only wives can know.Set amongst the glittering mansions of the Hamptons,The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a decadent summer thriller about the lives of those who will do anything for love and money. Who is the victim? Who is the villain? And who will be next to die?
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St Martin's Press The Shadow House
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St Martin's Press The Golden Couple
Book SynopsisThe Golden Couple is the next electrifying novel from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind The Wife Between Us.Propulsive and thrilling....A page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end. --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it alluntil Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn't stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.When they glide through Avery's door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, a
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Flatiron Books The Courting of Bristol Keats
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Tor Books By Force Alone
Book SynopsisA retelling of Arthurian myth from World Fantasy Award-winner Lavie Tidhar, By Force Alone.Everyone thinks they know the story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.The fact is they don't know sh*t.Arthur? An over-promoted gangster.Merlin? An eldritch parasite. Excalibur? A shady deal with a watery arms dealer. Britain? A clogged sewer that Rome abandoned just as soon as it could.A savage and cutting epic fantasy, equally poetic and profane, By Force Alone is a magical adventure and a subversive masterwork.
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Forge Finn Mac Cool
Book SynopsisThe international bestselling Celtic World historical fiction series from Morgan Llywelyn--Impressively researched. -Kirkus Reviews--with over 40 million copies in print!Somewhere in the shadowy borderland between myth and history lies the territory of Finn Mac Cool. Mightiest of the Irish heroes, leader of the invincible army of Fianna, he was a man of many faces: warrior, poet, lover, creator, and destroyer. Finn Mac Cool is a man taken from one of the lowest classes of Irish society, driven by ambition and strength to rise above his birth and bring new respect and status to his people.He had it all and lost it all, but in the end he gained immortality. Finn Mac Cool is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and awesome adventure.
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St Martin's Press Too Wrong to Be Right
Book SynopsisA swoony, slow-burn rom-com, Melonie Johnson''s Too Wrong to Be Right features a true romantic on a mission to find her happily ever after. After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat Kowalski is done chasing after Mr. Wrong. With her two best friends moving on to more serious relationships, she's ready to stop repeating the same mistakes that are leaving her stuck in the single lane. Armed with a list of qualities for her perfect Mr. Right, Kat swears off dating until she finds him.Then in a meet-disaster involving a corpse and a salty cockatoo, she stumbles across Mick O'Sullivan at his family''s funeral home. Their immediate chemistry warns Kat to keep things platonic; after all, following her heart never worked out in the past, and this time she's determined to listen to her head. But can Kat and Mick be just friends? As she gets to know him better, the lines blur, and Kat starts to wonder if
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Flatiron Books Elektra
Book SynopsisA spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne.Three women, tangled in an ancient curse.When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family.In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family's bloody history, or is her dest
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St Martin's Press I Dont Forgive You
Book SynopsisPerfect for book clubs or the beach, Aggie Blum Thompson''s I Don''t Forgive You is a page-turning, thrilling debut not to be missed. (Wendy Walker)An accomplished photographer and the devoted mom of an adorable little boy, Allie Ross has just moved to an upscale DC suburb, the kind of place where parenting feels like a competitive sport. Allie's desperate to make a good first impression. Then she's framed for murder.It all starts at a neighborhood party when a local dad corners Allie and calls her by an old, forgotten nickname from her dark past. The next day, he is found dead.Soon, the police are knocking at her door, grilling her about a supposed Tinder relationship with the man, and pulling up texts between them. She learns quickly that she''s been hacked and someone is impersonating her online. Her reputationsocially and professionallyis at stake; even her husband starts to doubt her. As the killer closes in, Allie must reach back into a pa
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St. Martin's Griffin The Golden Couple
Book SynopsisThe next electrifying novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind The Wife Between Us.Propulsive and thrilling....A page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end. --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it alluntil Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn't stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.When they glide through Avery's door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden
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Picador USA Ms. Hempel Chronicles
Book SynopsisMs. Hempel Chronicles is a deeply affecting (Los Angeles Times) novel of a devoted young teacher finding her wayMs. Beatrice Hempel, teacher of seventh grade, is new-new to teaching, new to the school, newly engaged, and newly bereft of her idiosyncratic father. Grappling awkwardly with her newness, she struggles to figure out what is expected of her in life and at work. Is it acceptable to introduce swear words into the English curriculum, enlist students to write their own report cards, or bring up personal experiences while teaching a sex-education class?Sarah Shun-lien Bynum finds characters at their most vulnerable, then explores those precarious moments in sharp, graceful prose. From this most innovative of young writers comes another journey down the rabbit hole to the wonderland of middle school, memory, daydreaming, and the extraordinary business of growing up.
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St Martin's Press Such a Pretty Smile
Book SynopsisOne of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022 Named one of Esquire''s Best Horror of the Year Brutal and shocking. - emily m. danforthRazor-sharp. This one will cut you. - Christopher GoldenIn this biting and electrifying novel from bold horror talent Kristi DeMeester, there's something out there that's murdering young womenuntil an overwhelmed mother and her secretive daughter refuse to live without answers any longer.He's known as The Cur, and he leaves no traceexcept for the victims he viciously slays every fifteen years. Young women who refuse to conform and don't know when to shut up. 2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she can't share with anyone. But when young women around her begin dying, wild speculation ensues. Soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voiceuntil she's in danger for using it.2004: Caroline Sawyer sees d
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Picador USA Indelicacy
Book SynopsisFINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZECain's small but mighty novel reads like a ghost story and packs the punch of a feminist classic. -The New York Times Book ReviewA haunted feminist fable, Amina Cain's Indelicacy is the story of a woman navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams.In a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch (Blake Butler), a cleaning woman at a museum of art nurtures aspirations to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. She dreams of having the liberty to explore them in writing, and so must find a way to win herself the time and security to use her mind. She escapes her lot by marrying a rich man, but having gained a husband, a house, high society, and a maid, she finds that her new life of privilege is no less constrained. Not only has she taken up different forms of time-consumin
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Picador USA Take Me Apart
Book SynopsisA juicy thriller (Entertainment Weekly) Absorbing (USA Today) Dark and thoughtful (Washington Post) Gratifying (Wall Street Journal) Sun-soaked noir (LA Review of Books) A spellbinding novel of psychological suspense that follows a young archivist's obsession with her subject's mysterious death as it threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity.When the famed photographer Miranda Brand died mysteriously at the height of her career, it sent shock waves through Callinas, California. Decades later, old wounds are reopened when her son Theo hires the ex-journalist Kate Aitken to archive his mother's work and personal effects.As Kate sorts through the vast maze of material and contends with the vicious rumors and shocking details of Miranda''s private life, she pieces together a portrait of a vibrant artist buckling under the pressures of ambition, motherhood, and marriage. But Kate has secret
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Tor Nightfire Just Like Mother
Book SynopsisI tore through this urgent, timely, and deeply disturbing tale.-Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never HereSpine-chilling and sharp, Anne Heltzel's Just Like Mother is a modern gothic from a fresh new voice in horror, and will disturb readers to their core. (Library Journal) A GoodReads Choice Award Finalist for Best Horror, and named one of the Best Books of 2022 by LitReactor!The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped the cult they were raised in. For the past two decades, Maeve has worked hard to build a normal life in New York City, where she keeps everything-and everyone-at a safe distance.When Andrea suddenly reappears, Maeve regains the only true friend she's ever had. Soon she's spending more time at Andrea's remote Catskills estate than in her own cramped apartment. Maeve doesn't even mind that her cousin's wealthy work friends clearly disapprove of her singl
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Celadon Books The Latecomer
Book Synopsis*A New York Times Notable Book of 2022* *A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction* *An NPR Best Book of the Year**A New Yorker Best Book of 2022*From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Latecomer is a layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth.The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF. As children, the three siblings Harrison, Lewyn, and Sally feel no strong familial bond and cannot wait to go their separate ways, even as their father becomes more distanced and their mother more desperate. When the triplets leave for college, Johanna, f
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St. Martin's Griffin Reckless Girls
Book SynopsisInstant New York Times and USA Today bestsellerIndie Next Pick and LibraryReads PickFrom Rachel Hawkins, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history.A literary pina colada. Entertainment WeeklyA high-octane thriller. New York Times Book Review (Staff Pick)ONE ISLANDBeautiful, wild, and strangeMeroe Island is a desolate spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. It's the perfect destination for the most adventurous traveler to escape everything... except the truth.SIX VISITORSSix stunning twentysomethings are about to embark on a blissful, free-spirited journeyone filled with sun-drenched days and intoxicating nights. But as it becomes c
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St. Martin's Griffin The Secret Bridesmaid
Book SynopsisA pure delight. BookPage (starred review)Charming, escapist fun. Katharine McGee, New York Times bestselling author of American RoyalsMatrimony meets mayhem in Katy Birchall''s The Secret Bridesmaid, a modern British romcom about a young woman charged with pulling off the biggest aristocratic wedding of the yearand the misadventures that ensue.Sophie Breeze is a brilliant bridesmaid. So brilliant, in fact, that she's made it her full-time job.As a professional bridesmaid, Sophie is hired by London brides to be their right-hand woman, posing as a friend but working behind the scenes to help plan the perfect wedding and ensure their big day goes off without a hitch. When she's hired by Lady Victoria Swanna former model and It Girl of 1970's London; now the Marchioness of Meadefor the society wedding of the year, it should be a chance for Sophie to prove just how talented she is. Of cours
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Celadon Books We Are the Brennans
Book Synopsis**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In the vein of Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D''Aprix Sweeney''s The Nest, Tracey Lange's We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shameand the redemptive power of lovein an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets.When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it's not easy. She deserted them alland her high school sweetheartfive years before with little explanation, and they''ve got questions.Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family's pub bu
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Celadon Books We Are the Brennans
Book Synopsis**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In the vein of Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D''Aprix Sweeney''s The Nest, Tracey Lange's We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shameand the redemptive power of lovein an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets.When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it's not easy. She deserted them alland her high school sweetheartfive years before with little explanation, and they''ve got questions.Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family's pub bu
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Tor Publishing Group The Doors of Midnight
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St. Martin's Griffin The Jane Austen Society
Book Synopsis* INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER *This novel delivers sweet, smart escapism. PeopleFans of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal. Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of ParisJust after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable.One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England''s finest novelists. Now it''s home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen''s legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen''s home and her legacy. T
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St Martin's Press The Orphan Witch
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Picador USA The Book of V.
Book SynopsisA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKA BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day. Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment she's grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her lifealong with the lives of others.Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia,
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St Martin's Press The Suite Spot
Book SynopsisA perfect brew of humor and heart. - USA TodayReading The Suite Spot is like wearing bunny slippers and drinking cocoa in a blanket fort (with a really hot guy)--the ultimate comfort read to escape into when you need a break from the world. - Roni Loren, New York Times bestselling author of What If You & Me One of the few bright lights in Rachel Beck's life is her job at a Miami Beach luxury hoteluntil she's fired for something she didn't do. As a single mom, Rachel knows she needs stability, and fast. On impulse, Rachel inquires about a position at a brewery hotel on a tiny island in Lake Erie called Kelleys Island. When she's offered the job, not even the grumpy voice on the line can dissuade her from packing up her whole life and making the move. What she finds on Kelleys Island is Mason, a handsome, reclusive man who knows everything about brewing beer and nothing about running a hotel. Especially one that
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St Martin's Press Off the Map
Book SynopsisTrish Doller''s idyllic romance Off the Map proves sometimes a wrong turn can lead to the exact right destination.On the road to love, you don''t need a GPS...Carla Black's life motto is here for a good time, not for a long time. She's been traveling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn't do love and she doesn't ever go home.Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he's the one who's lost his sense of direction. He's unhappy at work, recently dumped, and his one big dream is stalled outliterally.Fate throws them together when Carla arrives in Dublin for her best friend's wedding and Eamon is tasked with picking her up from the airport. But what should be a simple drive across Ireland quickly becomes complicated with chemistry-filled detours, unexpected
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Tor Nightfire Sundial
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St Martin's Press Take the Lead
Book SynopsisFrom Alexis Daria, author of the critically acclaimed, international bestseller You Had Me at Hola, comes a fun, sexy romance set against a reality dance show.Gina Morales wants to make it big. In her four seasons on The Dance Off, she's never even made it to the finals. But her latest partner, the sexy star of an Alaskan wilderness show, could be her chance. Who knew the strong, silent, survivalist-type had moves like that? She thinks Stone Nielson is her ticket to win it alluntil her producer makes it clear they're being set up for a showmance.Joining a celebrity dance competition is the last thing Stone wants. However, he'll endure anything to help his family, even as he fears revealing their secrets. While the fast pace of Los Angeles makes him long for the peace and privacy of home, he can't hide his growing attraction for his dance partner. Neither wants to fake a romance for the cameras, but the explosive chemistry that flares between them
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St. Martin's Griffin Christmas at the Ranch
Book SynopsisFilled with Christmas cheer, and the magic that can only be found in Jackson Hole, Wyoming under the shadow of the Tetons, Anita Hughes's Christmas at the Ranch is a love story that is sure to enchant, and warm your heart like a cup of hot apple cider.It's days before Christmas and Samantha Morgan is in her Brooklyn apartment when her editor, Charlie, shows up. Her publisher Arthur Wentworth is throwing a Christmas party and wants Samantha to be the guest of honor. Samantha tries to come up with an excuse to miss it. She writes a series of books featuring a female James Bond-type heroine named Sloane Parker and Charlie is the only person who knows that Samantha is the opposite of Sloane, though the marketing team has built up an entire social media presence for her claiming that she is just as adventurous. In reality, Samantha rarely leaves her neighborhood and does her research online. She is afraid of almost everything and is only happy when she's sitting in
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St. Martin's Griffin The RomCom Agenda
Book SynopsisA Most Anticipated Romance by Popsugar and Goodreads! You''ll be obsessed with every page. - Cosmo Vibrantly funny, endearingly sweet, and a love letter to all things rom com, Jayne Denker''s The Rom Com Agenda is a story of two people finding love right when they least expect it.You know how the story''s supposed to go...but love makes its own plans.STEP 1: Find yourselfLeah Keegan is used to being alone, especially after taking care of her sick foster mother for the past year. But now there's nothing keeping her in the sweet town of Willow Cove. It's time to move on. Again.STEP 2: Win back the one who got awayEli Masterson thought he and Victoria were meant to be together until she decided to jet off to Rome for a year. Eli is determined to win her back. But how?STEP 3: Become a romantic heroChanging Eli's physical appearance is easy, but to turn Eli into the sophisticated-yet-
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St Martin's Press Hedging Your Bets
Book SynopsisOpposites attract in this enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy of feuding neighbors and dueling hearts in a return to Willow Cove, the setting of Jayne Denker's The Rom-Com Agenda. When small-town neighbors go head-to-head, better start Hedging Your Bets. Gillian has been happily divorced for several years and, after trying a few dating apps, prefers to stay that way. Navigating her way through dates with fat shamers and lackluster men has left her with no desire to do anything other than work in her garden in her spare time. Who needs rude comments and awkward first-date conversation when soft roses and vibrant tulips are so much better?Noah West has just moved to Willow Cove. After a rough breakup that leaves him looking to get far away, he relocates to the same small town he spent summers in as a teen-and moves right next door to Gillian. A big believer in minimalist design and that the best kind of plants are non-flowering, he knows as
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St Martin's Press Hester
Book SynopsisNamed a Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2022 by Goodreads Washington Post New York Post BuzzFeed PopSugar Business Insider An October 2022 Indie Next List Pick An October 2022 LibraryReads PickA hauntingly beautifuland imaginedorign story to The Scarlet Letter. PeopleWHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE?Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Edinburgh for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they''ve arrived in Salem, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medicleaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country, forced to make her way by any means possible.When she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he
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St Martin's Press The Net Beneath Us
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE WISCONSIN WRITERS: EDNA FERBER FICTION BOOK AWARD!In her debut novel, Carol Dunbar draws from her own lived experiences, vividly describing the wonder and harshness of life off the grid. Told over the course of a year, The Net Beneath Us is a lyrical exploration of loss, marriage, parenthood, and self-reliance; a tale of how the natural worldwithout and within usoffers us healing, if we can learn where to look.Dunbar delivers both a tumble through the shifting light of grief, and a forgiving forest floor on which to land. Leif Enger, New York Times bestselling author of Peace Like a River and Virgil WanderHe promised her he would never let go. She's willing to risk everything to hold on.In the aftermath of her husband's logging accident, Elsa has more questions than answers about how to carry on while caring for their two small children in the unfinished house he was building for them
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St. Martin's Press The Dilemma
Book SynopsisA woman''s birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping new novel from the reigning queen of suspense, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, and Bring Me Back.A heartbreaking page-turner that will have you up at night reading just one more chapter. Catherine Steadman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something in the WaterThe phenomenal B.A. Paris has done it again! I devoured The Dilemma in one sittingit grabbed me from the very first page and wouldn't let go until I'd finished. Secrets, guilt, shame and heartbreakthis story has it all in spades.Sandie Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Other WomanKnowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him.It's Livia's 40th birthday, and her husband Adam is throwing her the party of a lifetime to make
£9.49
Flatiron Books Cutting Teeth
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St Martin's Press The Enemy Beside Me
Book SynopsisInspired by true events, Naomi Ragen''s The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about two people fighting for reconciliation over unforgivable crimes of the past.Taking over from her father and grandfather as the head of the Survivor's Campaign, an organization whose purpose is to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, Milia Gottstein has dedicated her life to making sure the voices of Holocaust victims will never be silenced. It is an overwhelming and heartbreaking mission that has often usurped her time and energy being a wife to busy surgeon Julius, and a mother and grandmother. But now, just as she is finally ready to pass on her work to others, making time for her personal life, an unexpected phone call suddenly explodes all she thought she knew about her present and her future.In the midst of this personal turmoil, Milia receives an invitation to be the keynote speaker at a Holocaust conference in Lithuania from Dr. Darius Vidas, the fr
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St. Martin's Griffin The Plus One
Book SynopsisMazey Eddings's writing is authentic, emotional, and intensely romantic! To me, it's like a Taylor Swift song in book form. - New York Times bestselling author Ali HazelwoodWhat starts out as a fake wedding date turns into something these childhood enemies never expected in The Plus One, a sparkling romantic comedy by Mazey Eddings.She's not looking to fix him. She's looking to love him, if he'll let her in.Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exists. Indira doesn't like Jude. Jude doesn't like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other?On paper, Indira has everything together. An amazing job, a boyfriend, and a car. What more could a late twenty-something ask for? But when she walks in on her boyfriend in an amorous embrace with a stranger, that perfect on paper image goes up in flames. Jude has nothing toget
£14.44
