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Valley of the Moon: A Novel

Melanie Gideon · Ballantine
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

In this captivating novel from the author of Wife 22, a woman who feels lost in her own time stumbles across a California community that has, impossibly, been marooned in the early twentieth century - perfect for readers of The Time Traveler's Wife, Time and Again, and Sarah Addison...
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The Light of Paris

Eleanor Brown · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The miraculous new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Eleanor Brown, whose debut, The Weird Sisters, was a sensation beloved by critics and readers alike. Madeleine is trapped - by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears - in an unhappy marriage...
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Siracusa

Delia Ephron · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

"Delia Ephron's Siracusa is a stunning portrait of two marriages coming unraveled during the stress of travel abroad. Insightful and engaging. A must-read!" - Sue Grafton, author of X "Siracusa is an Italian aria, a Greek tragedy and a modern American master­piece written...
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The Innocents

Ace Atkins · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From New York Times-bestselling Southern crime master Ace Atkins comes a gritty, darkly comic tale of greed, violence, and unexpected redemption. Quinn Colson didn't owe his home town of Jericho, Mississippi, a damn thing. After serving for more than a decade as a U.S. Army Ranger, he'd...
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Champion of the World

Chad Dundas · Putnam
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value. Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean...
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The Castle of Kings

Oliver Potzsch · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 656
Format: Print book

An epic tale of murder, treachery, bravery, and love In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is not a typical sixteenth-century girl,...
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Free Fall

· Mira Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

CRISIS IN THE SKIESPilots with no controlHigh above the Adirondack Mountains, a commuter flight to New York City turns into a rolling, twisting nightmare, plunging from the sky before the crew regains control. Then, in London, a jetliner crashes into the runway, killing fifteen people....
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The Invoice: A Novel

Jonas Karlsson · Hogarth
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of THE ROOM about the cost of life and love, and the pleasure of the little things, in the modern world. Hilarious, profound, and achingly true-to-life, Jonas Karlsson's new novel explores the true nature of happiness through the eyes of hero you won't soon forget....
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The Long, Hot Summer: A Novel

Kathleen MacMahon · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 400

Nine Lives. Four Generations. One Family. The MacEntees are no ordinary family. Determined to be different from other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their personalities. There's Deirdre, the aged matriarch and former star of the stage....
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