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Luna Rising by Selene Castrovilla

Luna Rising By Selene Castrovilla Genre: Women’s Fiction About the Book Life begins at thirty-eight for Long Island mom and writer Luna Lampanelli, when she kicks her secretly gay husband to the curb. She’s got her freedom, but what she … Continue reading

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The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel #XOXperts

For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family—by the international bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and When We Meet Again—tells the tale of an American … Continue reading

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Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

Overview “Bristles with charm and curiosity” —Winston Groom, New York Times bestselling author of Forrest Gump “Told with brains and heart” —Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment “A wholly original and superbly crafted work of … Continue reading

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The Crows of Beara by Julie Christine Johnson

The Crows of Beara By Julie Christine Johnson Genre: Fiction, Climate Fiction, Eco-Lit, Women’s Fiction Along the windswept coast of Ireland, a woman discovers the landscape of her own heart When Annie Crowe travels from Seattle to a small Irish … Continue reading

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Cicada Summer by Maureen Leurck

Overview In this moving, witty novel, author Maureen Leurck explores the intricacies and joys of renovation and rediscovery as one woman s improvement project promises to transform much more than a home . . People keep a house alive, not … Continue reading

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Sleep Savannah Sleep by Alistair Cross

Overview The Dead Don’t Always Rest in Peace Jason Crandall, recently widowed, is left to raise his young daughter and rebellious teenage son on his own – and the old Victorian in Shadow Springs seems like the perfect place for … Continue reading

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Glass Houses by Louise Penny

Overview When a mysterious figure appears on the village green on a cold November day in Three Pines, Armand Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, knows something is seriously wrong. Yet he does nothing. Legally, what can … Continue reading

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The Other Girl by Erica Spindler

Overview From the NYT bestselling author comes a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought she’d put behind her. Officer Miranda Rader of the … Continue reading

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Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper #XOXPERTS

Overview Beloved author Molly Harper launches a brand-new contemporary romance series, Southern Eclectic, with this story of a big-city party planner who finds true love in a small Georgia town. Nestled on the shore of Lake Sackett, Georgia is the … Continue reading

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The Address by Fiona Davis

Overview Fiona Davis, author of The Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of The Dakota, New York City’s most famous residence. … Continue reading

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