Category: Adult Fiction
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LUCKY GIRL by IRENE MUCHEMI-NDIRITU
Longing for independence, a young sheltered Kenyan woman flees the expectations of her mother for a life in New York City that challenges all her beliefs about race, love, and family. Be warned, this is a book of feels! Soila has been raised in Nairobi by a stern and very conservative mother and aunts. Soila…
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DROWNING by T.J.NEWMAN
The flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman—whose first book Falling was an instant #1 national bestseller and the biggest thriller debut of 2021—returns for her second book, an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean, and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside, and the extraordinary rescue operation to…
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Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
This book has been called haunting, lyrical, and fantasy. It is all of that and more. The setting is 1930’s Chicago. Grace Dragotta has grown up here. In Little Sicily and she has had a hard life full of wanting and very little getting. She wants nothing more than to dance. To become a ballerina…
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BREATHLESS by AMY McCULLOCH
Cecily Wong is on her most dangerous climb yet, miles above sea level. But the elements are nothing compared to one chilling truth: There’s a killer on the mountain. Cecily Wong has come to Manaslu to interview the famous mountaineer, Charles McVeigh. Her editor expects her to climb with Charles and write a smashing article…
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THE FERRYMAN by JUSTIN CRONIN
Welcome to Prospera. An archipelago hidden from the world. Designed by the mysterious Designer this magical place is so different from the rest of the outside world. No death, or want. These citizens enjoy more than one lifetime. While this seems perfect, you know it isn’t going to be. Our focus is Proctor Bennett. Once…
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Cozy Case Files Volume 18 Minotaur
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2023 for free for easy sampling. My favorite time of year! The Cozy Case Files are out and showing us some really good cozies. Most of these I have…
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THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY by Sulari Gentill
Murder in a library? Yes, please! This is really one story inside of another story. And it was a bit dicey trying to remember what was fiction and what was real. A woman in the Boston Public Library sits at a table with three strangers. Each doing their own writing. When they all hear a…
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THE REVENGE LIST by HANNAH MARY McKINNON
Meet Frankie Morgan. Everyone around her thinks she has an anger issue. And her father is dating an anger management specialist named Jubilee. She has had a time of it so far. Her mother died at the hands of a hit and run driver, everyone around her is miserable and yet here she is sitting…
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THE BIRDCAGE by Eve Chase
Kat, Flossie, and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous artist father – and a terrible secret. Charles Finch is an artist who had a habit of sleeping around. Each girl has a different mother, but only one of them did he truly love. They are so close in age, it’s obvious to them all…
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A DARK AND SECRET PLACE by JEN WILLIAMS
This was a page- turner! Communes, secrets, vengance and more! This thriller was a puzzle waiting to be solved. Heather Evans has returned home to deal with her mother’s suicide. Everyone is acting sketchy about the whole thing. Cryptic notes, people following her, it’s not what she expected to be dealing with. But with her…
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