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Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Royal Wedding

Hazel Gaynor · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

"A fragrant French bonbon of a book: love, glamour, perfume, and paparazzi all circling around the wedding of the century..."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and THE HUNTRESS. Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind...
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Stay and Fight: A Novel

Madeline ffitch · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This hilarious, truth-telling debut upends notions of family, protest, and Appalachia, and forces us to reimagine an America we think we knowHelen arrives in Appalachian Ohio full of love and eager to carry out her boyfriend's ideas for living off the land. Too soon, with winter coming,...
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The Gifted School: A Novel

Bruce Holsinger · Riverhead Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer Smart and juicy, a compulsively...
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel

J. Ryan Stradal · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer, from the bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great MidwestEdith Magnusson's rhubarb pies are famous in the Twin Cities--they were named the third-best in the state of Minnesota and St. Anthony-Waterside...
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Abbi Waxman · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily GiffinThe author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best...
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Red Metal

Mark Greaney · Berkley
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic novel of World War III.A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth...
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Bethlehem: A Novel

Karen Kelly · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

With the writing chops of Ian McEwan and the story-craft of Lisa Wingate, Karen Kelly weaves a shattering debut about two intertwined families and the secrets that they buried during the gilded, glory days of Bethlehem, PA."A haunting debut." -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times...
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The Other Mrs. Miller

Allison Dickson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this unputdownable domestic suspense debut, a lonely suburban housewife finds her life entangled with the family that moves in across the street at the same time that she becomes convinced someone is watching her--perfect for fans of The Couple Next Door and The Last Mrs. Parrish.Once...
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The Great Pretenders

Laura Kalpakian · Berkley
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Roxanne Granville is used to getting what she wants - even if she has to break the rules. But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time. ... Roxanne forges a career unique for women...
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The Scent Keeper

Erica Bauermeister · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. Emmeline lives...
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Do No Harm

L. V. Hay · Orenda Books
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Till death do us part ... After leaving her marriage to jealous, possessive oncologist Maxwell, Lily and her six-year-old son have a second chance at happiness with headteacher Sebastian. Kind but vulnerable, Sebastian is the polar opposite of Maxwell, and the perfect match for Lily. After...
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The Night Before

Wendy Walker · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The night before...and the nightmare after."Ferociously smart." -- AJ Finn "Riveting." -- Riley Sager "Addictive." -- Liv Constantine "Wonderfully tense." -- Aimee Molloy"Irresistible." -- Mary Kubica"Impossible to put down."...
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Honestly, We Meant Well

Grant Ginder · Flatiron Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"This rollicking book has it all: sex, lies, and scenery. Grant Ginder weaves a wonderful, engrossing multi-generational family story, with the Greek isles as a backdrop so beautiful that the reader will want to dive in." -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers...
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Tiny Americans: A Novel

Devin Murphy · Harper Perennial
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

From the National Bestselling author of The Boat Runner comes a poignant, luminous novel that follows one family over decades and across the world - perfect for fans of the film Boyhood.Western New York, 1978: Jamie, Lewis, and Connor Thurber watch their parents' destructive dance of loving,...
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Oksana, Behave!: A Novel

Maria Kuznetsova · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An irresistible debut that follows a Russian American girl's bumpy path to adulthood as she longs for a homeland she never knew When Oksana's family begin their new American life in Florida after emigrating from Ukraine, her physicist father delivers pizza at night to make ends...
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Woman 99: A Novel

Greer Macallister · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

She's only a number now.When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged...
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel

LISA SEE · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds....
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The Red Daughter: A Novel

John Burnham Schwartz · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Running from her father's brutal legacy, Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the United States against the turbulence of the 1960s: The Red Daughter is a sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva.In one of the most momentous...
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Blackberry and Wild Rose

Sonia Velton · Blackstone Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields, London, Blackberry and Wild Rose is the rich and atmospheric tale of a household of Huguenot silk weavers as the pursuit of the perfect silk design leads them all into ambition, love, and betrayal.When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver,...
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The Summer House

Jenny Hale · Forever
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

From this USA Today bestselling author comes a delightful summer read about friendship, family, and the healing power of love.Callie Weaver and her best friend, Olivia Dixon, have finally done it: put their life savings into the beach house they admired through childhood summers, on the dazzling...
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The Last: A Novel

Hanna Jameson · Atria Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For fans of high-concept thrillers such as Annihilation and The Girl with All the Gifts, this breathtaking dystopian psychological thriller follows an American academic stranded at a Swiss hotel as the world descends into nuclear war - along with twenty other survivors - who becomes obsessed...
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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck: A Novel

Ann Beattie · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A razor-sharp, deeply felt new novel about the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the secrets we keep from those we loveAs a member of the Honor Society at Bailey Academy, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country, Ben falls under...
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Her Daughter's Mother

Daniela Petrova · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

She befriended the one woman she was never supposed to meet. Now she's the key suspect in her disappearance. For fans of The Perfect Mother and The Wife Between Us comes a gripping psychological suspense debut about two strangers, one incredible connection, and the steep price of obsession.Lana...
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Prairie Fever

Michael Parker · Algonquin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A riveting, atmospheric dream of a novel." - Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos Set in the hardscrabble landscape of early 1900s Oklahoma, but timeless in its sensibility, Prairie Fever traces the dynamic between two sisters: the pragmatic Lorena and the chimerical...
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The Alchemy of Noise: A Novel

Lorraine Devon Wilke · She Writes Press
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"Infused with beauty, humor, and pain, The Alchemy of Noise is a modern American love story that asks if love can bridge the distance between two Americas." -- Laura Nicole Diamond, author of Shelter Us and Deliver MeIn a world so full of lonely people and broken hearts, Chris...
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