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Royal Brides

Traci Hunter Abramson - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

In this eagerly anticipated companion novel to Royal Target and Royal Secrets, readers are invited back to the shimmering Mediterranean paradise of Meridia, where two royal weddings in a year are more than stressful - they're deadly . . . Lovely Meridian native Noelle...
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Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Steampunk Proper Romance)

Nancy Campbell Allen - Shadow Mountain
Format: Paperback

Jane Eyre meets Beauty and the Beast in this Steampunk Proper Romance When Lucy Pickett arrives at Blackwell Manor to tend to her ailing cousin, Kate, she finds more than she bargained for. A restless ghost roams the hallways, werewolves have been reported in the area, and vampires lurk...
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The Last Mile

David Baldacci - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILEConvicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours...
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Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incomparable hero of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back takes readers to school in his most explosive novel yet. After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, discover the thrillers that The New York Times calls "utterly addictive."...
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Willowkeep

Julie Daines - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

Charlotte Darby's ship is sinking. Penniless and alone, she is struggling to care for herself and her young sister in the harsh seaport town of Hull. But when a solicitor from London brings news that she is the heir to a vast estate in Kent, it seems her days of rough seas are over. Willowkeep...
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The Sheriffs of Savage Wells

Sarah M Eden - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book

Paisley Bell knows the eccentric people of Savage Wells. From the absentminded shopkeeper who always thinks she's been robbed to the young man who has returned shell-shocked from the war, Paisley has compassion for them all. When the sheriff up and leaves town, Paisley steps up and assumes...
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The Whistler

John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Print book

From John Grisham, America's #1 bestselling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial...
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For This We Are Soldiers: Tales of the Frontier Army

Carla Kelly - Sweetwater Books
Format: Print book

From master storyteller Carla Kelly comes this collection of frontier tales that take you behind typical army lines and into the hearts of ordinary men and women who perform extraordinary acts of bravery. From handsome hospital stewards and dashing soldiers to courageous children and wives...
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Forever and Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton

Josi S Kilpack - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book

It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also...
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End of watch : a novel

Stephen King - Scribner
Format: Print book

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers - In End of Watch, the diabolical "Mercedes Killer" drives his enemies...
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Pride & politics

Brittany Larsen - Covenant Communications
Format: Paperback

As the daughter of a well-known senator, Summer Knight is all too familiar with the nasty side of politics, and a change of scene is just what she needs. Sunny California seems like the perfect place, complete with the perfect man, Benson Hardy. But as they get to know each other, Summer...
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The Chemist

Stephenie Meyer - Little
Format: Print book

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency...
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Lady Helen Finds Her Song

Jennifer Moore - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

Spring 1813 The exotic splendors of India are legendary, and the colorful sights of her new home in Calcutta immediately captivate eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Poulter. Whereas many of her fellow British expatriates despise the culture they see as barbaric, Helen sees excitement...
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15th Affair

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect...her husband, Joe.Lindsay Boxer has a beautiful baby daughter and a husband she loves unconditionally. She'd always been too focused on her career as a San Francisco police detective to wonder what domestic bliss...
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Private Paris

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

Someone is targeting the most powerful people in Paris--only Jack Morgan can make it stop. When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after getting a call from his client Sherman...
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Out Lawyered

Clair Poulson - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

Saxon Cartwright is a small-town lawyer driven by a deeply personal need to see justice served. Years ago, the incompetence of a prosecuting attorney allowed his sister's murderer to walk free. Now, Saxon is faced with the task of prosecuting a case eerily reminiscent of that long-ago trial,...
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Precious and Grace: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander Mccall Smith - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book

In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi help a young woman on a quest to find someone from her past.Changes are afoot at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, where Mma Makutsi, who has recently...
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Two by Two

Nicholas Sparks - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect...
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Color of Love

Anita Stansfield - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

England, 1857 The British aristocracy is an inflexible judge. And for Amala, a lovely young Indian woman, that judgment is most keenly felt. Raised from a child by the wealthy Hepworth family following the murder of her parents, Amala grew up alongside the Hepworth's own daughter,...
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The Heir of Brownlie Manor

Anita Stansfield - Covenant Communications
Format: Print book

After a medical discharge from his duties in the Napoleonic War, Thomas Quincy Fitzbatten has returned home. Disoriented, burdened by guilt for his wealth, and disillusioned with life's injustices, Thomas longs for a chance to make a difference in the world. But he keeps himself a mystery...
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Blue : a novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGinny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills - until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath,...
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My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout - Random House
Format: Hardcover

My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"The book is like a salve. I think the world feels disordered right now. The count's refinement and genteel nature are exactly what we're longing for." - Ann Patchett"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World...
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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead - Doubleday
Format: Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation...
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The Orphan Keeper

Camron Steve Wright - Shadow Mountain
Format: Hardcover

Based on a remarkable true story of Taj Rowland. Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in India, sold to a Christian orphanage, and then adopted by an unsuspecting couple in the United States. It takes months before the boy can speak...
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