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A Certain Kind of Starlight: A Novel

Heather Webber · Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

In the face of hardship, two women learn how to rise up again under the bright side of the stars in A Certain Kind of Starlight, the next book from USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber, "the queen of magical small-town charm" (Amy E. Reichert) . Everyone knows that Addie...
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A Happier Life

Kristy Woodson Harvey · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

With "her signature warmth and Southern charm" (E! Online) , the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and touching novel about a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends...
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The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster: A Novel

Shauna Robinson · Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks and Must Love Books comes a heartfelt bookclub read following one woman's journey to reconnect with her estranged Black family in the south, just as it's on the brink of falling apart, perfect for fans of The Chicken...
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Shelterwood

Lisa Wingate · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.Oklahoma, 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley...
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A Thousand Times Before: A Novel

Asha Thanki · Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

"A rich family saga about art and memory's power to inform the present, make peace with the past, and maybe even alter the future." - Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts"[Asha] Thanki reinvents generational memory, conjuring inheritance...
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The Days I Loved You Most: A Novel

Amy Neff · Park Row
Format: Hardcover

"I've never read a story quite like this deeply moving, complex novel." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author A timeless tale of unwavering devotion, The Days I Loved You Most is a love story for the ages - an achingly beautiful novel that asks, What if you could...
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The World After Alice: A Novel

Lauren Aliza Green · Viking
Format: Hardcover

Named One of Forbes's 2024 30 Under 30 in Media. One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2024. "The World After Alice is a lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan."...
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The Housekeeper's Secret: A Novel

Iona Grey · Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover

"This BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN HISTORICAL is a SUMPTUOUS, PAGE-TURNING DELIGHT filled with an enticing mix of FORBIDDEN ROMANCE and buried secrets." - Ellen Marie Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of WillowbrookDuty, desire, and deception reside under one roof.Standing...
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The Seventh Veil of Salome

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine - but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic. . 1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget
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The Rose Arbor: A Novel

Rhys Bowen · Lake Union Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment. London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper...
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There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel

Elif Shafak · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two rivers, all under the shadow of one of the greatest epic poems of all time. "Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf... you won't regret it."...
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By Any Other Name: A Novel

Jodi Picoult · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart - one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays - who are both forced to hide behind another name.. Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life...
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