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Busted by Michele I. Khoury

Overview Impacted by the recession, twenty-four-year-old artist Gina McKenna is down to her last few dollars and days away from living in her car when a successful businessman buys a painting and commissions another. As their relationship evolves, she’s seduced … Continue reading

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The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin

Overview An intimate portrait of the close friendship and powerful creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female superstars: Frances Marion and Mary Pickford. An enchanting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth … Continue reading

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Five super great books I am looking forward to reading in 2018!

2018 is shaping up to be a great year in publishing. There are tons of books I cannot wait to read. I NEED TO RETIRE! Here is a short list of a few books which have caught my eye for … Continue reading

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Just Between Us by Rebecca Drake

Overview Four suburban mothers and friends conspire to cover up a deadly crime in this heart-stopping novel of suspense in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Lisa Unger. Alison, Julie, Sarah, Heather. Four friends living the suburban ideal. Their jobs … Continue reading

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Mad Librarian by Michael Guillebeau

Overview Half of all profits go to the Awesome Foundation for Library Innovation. “This book is truly every librarian’s dream come true. After fighting budget battles over and over again, librarian Serenity has lost her library funding. What’s a librarian … Continue reading

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The English Wife By Laura Willig

Overview From the New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous New York Gilded Age novel full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder. Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life: he’s the scion of an … Continue reading

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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Overview A novel of suspense that explores the complexities of marriage and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love. When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a … Continue reading

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Roomies by Christina Lauren #XOXperts #roomies

These are just SOME of my roomies…Peanut, Sassy and Lulu. Needless to say, my lap is always full. Overview Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her … Continue reading

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Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

Overview From the author of The Other Einstein comes the mesmerizing story of love, power, and the woman who inspired an American dynasty In the industrial 1860s at the dawn of the Carnegie empire, Irish immigrant Clara Kelly finds herself … Continue reading

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By the Book by Julia Sonneborn

Lulu loves this cover! Overview An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fiancé has just become the president of her college—and her new boss—in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Persuasion. Anne Corey is about to … Continue reading

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