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Raiders of the Lost Heart

Jo Segura - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers - and hearts - in ruins.. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. . It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican...
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The Couple in the Photo

Helen Cooper - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Paperback

From the author of The Downstairs Neighbor and The Other Guest comes a propulsive suspense novel that asks how far you would go to keep a friend's secret.. Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family...
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The Curse of Penryth Hall: A Mystery

Jess Armstrong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Armstrong introduces heroine Ruby Vaughn in her Minotaur Books & Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. . After the Great War, American heiress...
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The Fake Mate

Lana Ferguson - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson. Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail - she hasn't had a successful...
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Familia

Lauren E. Rico - Kensington Books
Format: Paperback

Against the bold beauty of San Juan, a baffling genealogy test connects two twenty-something women across cultures and class in this emotional yet refreshing story about sisterhood and self-discovery for fans of Nina LaCour, Xochitl Gonzalez, Elizabeth Acevedo, Annette Chavez Macias, and Julia...
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On the Plus Side: A Novel

Jenny L. Howe - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

What Not to Wear and Queer Eye meet All the Feels in this sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. Howe, in which the new guest on a popular plus-size makeover show has her style -- and her love life -- transformed.. Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint...
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The Other Mothers

Katherine Faulkner - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The author of the "twisty, fast-paced" (The Sunday Times, London) Greenwich Park returns with a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in an exclusive London community.. When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash,...
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Rebecca, Not Becky: A Novel

Christine Platt - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers - one white, one Black - living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America's...
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This Spells Love: A Novel

Kate Robb - Dial Press Trade Paperback
Format: Paperback

What if one little wish changed everything?. A young woman tries to heal her heartbreak by casting a spell to erase her ex from her past - but she wakes up in an alternate reality where she's lost more than she wished for - in this witty, whimsical friends-to-lovers debut. When Gemma...
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The Vacation

John Marrs - QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd
Format: Hardcover

For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn't far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't...
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Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

Shahnaz Habib - Catapult
Format: Hardcover

This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Airplane Mode, asks: what does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change?. The conditions of travel have long been...
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