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The Invited: A Novel

Jennifer McMahon · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house--they build one . . .In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned...
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The Missing Years

Lexie Elliott · Berkley
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The French Girl captivated readers with a twisting tale of psychological suspense. Now author Lexie Elliott heads to the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, where a woman's tangled family history comes back to haunt her...An eerie, old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's...
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The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted

Robert Hillman · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Beautifully written. . . . Full of insight into the nature of tragedy, love, and redemption." --Garth SteinA gorgeously written, tender, and wise novel about love and forgiveness in 1960s Australia, in which a lonely farmer finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of a vibrant...
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Wunderland: A Novel

Jennifer Cody Epstein · Crown
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

An intimate portrait of a friendship severed by history, and a sweeping saga of wartime, motherhood, and legacy by an award-winning novelist East Village, 1989 Things had never been easy between Ava Fisher and her estranged mother Ilse. Too many questions hovered between them: Who was Ava's...
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Lost Roses: A Novel

MARTHA HALL KELLY · Ballantine Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline's mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow...
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The Witch of Willow Hall

Hester Fox · Graydon House
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

New Oldbury, 1821.  In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters - Catherine, Lydia and Emeline - flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall.  The estate seems sleepy and idyllic. But a subtle menace creeps into the atmosphere, remnants of a dark...
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Chuckerman Makes a Movie: A Novel

Francie Arenson Dickman · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

"Love matters a little, but luck matters more."The words of thirty-five-year-old David Melman's Jewish grandmother still haunt him. He's scared to settle down. Instead, he dates twenty-something pop stars that he meets through his celebrity-branding business. But when...
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The Sisters

Rosalind Noonan · Kensington
Pages: 352
Format: Book

Twelve years ago, Glory abandoned her two daughters - four-year-old Ruby and baby Aurora - at a fire station, running off to a man who promised love and protection. Though the refuge she hoped for turned out to be a sham, she believes Ruby and Aurora are better off without her. But Glory...
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The Guilt We Carry

Samuel W. Gailey · Oceanview Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for readers of The Girl on the Train and Winter's Bone Since the tragic accident that brutally ended her childhood, Alice O'Farrell has been haunted by her past. Unable to bear the guilt of negligence that led to the death of her younger brother, fifteen-year-old Alice runs...
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The Proposal

Jasmine Guillory · Berkley
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

"There is so much to relate to and throughout the novel, there is a sharp feminist edge. Loved this one, and you will too."--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling authorThe author of The Wedding Date serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't turn into...
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Daughters of the Lake

Wendy Webb · Lake Union Publishing
Format: Book

The ghosts of the past come calling in a spellbinding heart-stopper from the "Queen of the Northern Gothic." After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents' home on Lake Superior to pull herself together - only to discover the body of a murdered...
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When Winter Comes

V.A. Shannon · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

In the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V.A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history - the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party - in a mesmerizing novel of resilience and survival. Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home...
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The Accidental Beauty Queen

Teri Wilson · Gallery Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

In this charming romantic comedy perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella, critically acclaimed author Teri Wilson shows us that sometimes being pushed out of your comfort zone leads you to the ultimate prize. Charlotte Gorman loves her job as an elementary school librarian, and is content...
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The Splendor Before the Dark

Margaret George · Berkley
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

Ascending to the throne was only the beginning... Now Margaret George, the author of The Confessions of Young Nero, weaves a web of politics and passion, as ancient Rome's most infamous emperor cements his place in history.With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero Augustus...
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The Inbetween Days

Eva Woods · Graydon House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Something Like Happy comes an uplifting and emotionally compelling novel about a woman in a coma fighting for a second chance at life, love and happiness.Rosie Cooke is "in between." In between consciousness and oblivion. Life and death. And though some say that...
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Old Newgate Road: A novel

Keith Scribner · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Oregon Experiment, the story of a father's return to his childhood home, the site of unspeakable tragedy, and of the complex and often warring obligations--not least forgiveness--we have to our family, our friends, and our past.Old Newgate Road runs through the tobacco...
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First the Thunder

Randall Silvis · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback

From award-winning author Randall Silvis comes a riveting exploration of the unforgivable secrets that families keep - and the consequences that come from exposing them.Products of their run-down Pennsylvania mining town, three brothers grapple with their lives in decline. Harvey drives...
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Solace Island

Meg Tilly · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

A contemporary novel with a strong suspense element from Oscar-nominated actress Meg Tilly set on a peaceful island village in the Pacific Northwest.Dumped on the eve of her wedding and looking for a quiet place to lick her emotional wounds, Maggie Harris joins her sister on Solace Island,...
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The Chief of Rally Tree

Jennifer Boyden · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Dina's gone. She left a note, she left her plants, and she left what her husband, Roal, thought was her entire world. Nothing remained but some frozen dinners and the mysterious last line of her final message: I do love you ever Dina. Professor Roal Bowman, best known in the sleepy...
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Miss Bingley Requests

Judy McCrosky · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Revisit the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, through the eyes of the woman who rivals Elizabeth Bennet for Mr. Darcy's affections, in this sumptuous and romantic novel.To Jane Austen's faithful readers, it is a truth universally acknowledged that the hearts of Elizabeth...
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Gone So Long: A Novel

ANDRE III DUBUS · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Andre Dubus III's first novel in a decade is a masterpiece of thrilling tension and heartrending empathy.For as long as she can remember, Susan Dunn has been trying to escape. But peace and happiness have always eluded her -- now an adjunct professor, she is tortured by the novel she cannot...
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The Victory Garden: A Novel

Hoge Raad. · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman's love and sacrifice during the First World War.As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced...
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The Heavens

Sandra Newman · Grove Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

New York, late summer, 2000. A party in a spacious Manhattan apartment, hosted by a wealthy young activist. Dozens of idealistic twenty-somethings have impassioned conversations over takeout dumplings and champagne. The evening shines with the heady optimism of a progressive new millennium....
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No Good Asking: A Novel

Fran Kimmel · ECW Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A profoundly moving exploration of our capacity to heal one another. Ellie and Eric Nyland have moved their two sons back to Eric's childhood farmhouse, hoping for a fresh start. But there's no denying it, their family is falling apart, each one of them isolated by private sorrows,...
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Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love

Mary Calvi · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A novel about heiress Mary Philipse's relationship with George Washington, based on historical accounts, letters, and personal journals."Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." -- George WashingtonDid unrequited...
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