Recommendations based on Waiting for Tom Hanksby Kerry Winfrey

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  1. Say You Still Love Me

    by K.A. Tucker
    Piper Calloway, a successful businesswoman, reunites with her first love Kyle Miller at her family's summer camp. Old feelings resurface, but secrets threaten to tear them apart.

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The bestselling author of, The Simple Wild, and, Keep Her Safe, and “master of steamy romance” (,Kirkus Reviews,) delivers a sizzling novel about an ambitious and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  2. The Locker Room

    by Meghan Quinn
    A romantic comedy about a womanizer who falls for his best friend's sister, but she's not interested in a fling.

    Have you heard the rumor around campus about the locker room? If you haven't, let me enlighten you: Legend has it if you bring a girl into the sacred after-game domain of the baseball locker room, it ... (Goodreads)

  3. A Lie for a Lie

    by Helena Hunting
    A chance encounter between a former NHL player and a marine biologist leads to a steamy romance, but secrets threaten to tear them apart.

    From the, New York Times, bestselling author of the Pucked series comes a romantic comedy about instant attraction, second chances, and not-so-little white lies., Sometimes I need an escape from the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  4. The Best Thing

    by Mariana Zapata
    A slow-burn romance between a woman and her best friend's brother, as they navigate their feelings and past traumas.

    Some things are easily forgiven. Other things… not so much. Lenny DeMaio made herself a promise: she was done. Done thinking about him. Done worrying about him. Done reaching out to a man who clearly ... (Goodreads)

  5. Kill Switch

    by Penelope Douglas
    A hacker seeks revenge on a girl who betrayed him, but their game of cat and mouse turns into a dangerous obsession.

    "I've done far worse than what I went to prison for.,She has no idea how bad this can get.", WINTER Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could’ve done. It didn’t matter that he did the crime ... (Goodreads)

  6. Marriage for One

    by Ella Maise
    Jack and Rose's lives intertwine when she rents a room from him. They both have secrets, but can they overcome them to find love?

    Jack and I, we did everything backward. The day he lured me into his office-which was also the first day we met-he proposed. You'd think a guy who looked like him-a bit cold maybe, but still striking ... (Goodreads)

  7. Our Kind of Cruelty

    by Araminta Hall
    A twisted love story about a man's obsession with his ex-girlfriend and the dangerous game he plays to win her back.

    This is a love story. Mike’s love story. Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely life, before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return, ... (Goodreads)

  8. Things in Jars

    by Jess Kidd
    Bridie Devine, a female detective in Victorian London, investigates the kidnapping of a mysterious child with supernatural abilities.

    Bridie Devine, female detective extraordinaire, is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar ... (Goodreads)

  9. The Play

    by Elle Kennedy
    College hockey player and theater major navigate their attraction while working on a play together.

    What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school ... (Barnes & Noble)

  10. Neverworld Wake

    by Marisha Pessl
    A group of friends stuck in a time loop must solve the mystery of their friend's death to escape.

    Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim - their creative genius and ... (Goodreads)

  11. Audrey, Wait!

    by Robin Benway
    Audrey's breakup song becomes a hit, turning her into an overnight celebrity and causing chaos in her life.

    EVERYBODY'S SINGING, "AUDREY, WAIT!" Audrey Cuttler's life hasn't been the same since that song, "Audrey, Wait!" hit the airwaves. All she wants to do is go to concerts, hang out with her friends, ... (Goodreads)

  12. Royals

    by Rachel Hawkins
    Daisy Winters, a small-town girl, discovers she's a princess and must navigate the royal life while staying true to herself.

    Meet Daisy Winters. She’s an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who’s nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Cinderella Murder

    by Mary Higgins Clark
    A television producer investigates the murder of a college student, whose death is eerily similar to a famous cold case.

    In this collaboration between “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and bestselling author Alafair Burke, “the snappy pace, layered characters, and many plot surprises will keep readers guessing in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. Princess in Waiting

    by Meg Cabot
    Mia Thermopolis is back, now a high school junior and still dealing with the struggles of being a princess.

    Never before has the world seen such a princess. Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Ninth Key

    by Jenny Carroll
    A young girl's investigation into a mysterious crime, uncovering secrets of her past.

    At Kelly Prescott's pool party, Suze unknowingly contracts a poison oak rash after falling into some bushes while spying on her stepbrother Dopey. She also shares a slow dance with Tad, a student at ... (Wikipedia)

  16. A Ring of Endless Light

    by Madeleine L'Engle
    A young girl discovers the power of love, friendship and courage while struggling with a terminal illness.

    Fifteen-year-old Vicky Austin and her family are spending the summer on Seven Bay Island with her maternal grandfather , who is dying of leukemia . At the beginning of the story, Vicky attends a ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Darkest Hour

    by Jenny Carroll
    Suze Simon, a mediator, must navigate high school and the ghostly world to save her town from evil spirits.

    What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard? When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just ... (Goodreads)

  18. An Enchantment of Ravens

    by Margaret Rogerson
    A forbidden romance between a mage and a faerie, tested by dark secrets and magical forces.

    An instant, New York Times, bestseller! An Indie Next Top 10 Pick A Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Winner “A funny, action-packed, and sweet romance.” —,School Library Journal ,(starred review) “A ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. Shadowland

    by Jenny Carroll
    A young girl's magical journey of self-discovery, as she finds her place in the world.

    Sixteen-year-old Susannah 'Suze' Simon is a mediator, which means she can see and talk to ghosts. Suze spends a lot of time directing the usually unhappy dead to the afterlife. However, her job is ... (Wikipedia)

  20. More Tales to Chill Your Bones

    by Alvin Schwartz
    A collection of spooky and bone-chilling tales that will leave readers with goosebumps and a sense of unease.

    The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film! This paperback edition features cover artwork from the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark motion picture. Stephen Gammell’s ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. A Touch of Darkness

    by Scarlett St. Clair
    Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring, falls in love with Hades, the god of the underworld, in a modern retelling of their myth.

    From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth. "Let me worship you," he said. She remembered the words she had whispered ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Love & Gelato

    by Jenna Evans Welch
    A young girl's summer journey to Italy, where she discovers treasured family secrets and a newfound appreciation for life.

    A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping, New York Times, bestseller filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. Sorcery of Thorns

    by Margaret Rogerson
    A young woman raised in a magical library must team up with a sorcerer to stop a dangerous grimoire from unleashing chaos on the world.

    All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of ... (Goodreads)

  24. How to Walk Away

    by Katherine Center
    After a tragic accident, Margaret struggles to rebuild her life and find happiness. A heartwarming story of resilience and hope.

    From the author of, Happiness for Beginner,s comes the instant, New York Times, bestseller (May 2018), an unforgettable love story about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances. Margaret ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. The Huntress

    by Kate Quinn
    A post-WWII thriller about a Nazi hunter, a British war correspondent, and a Russian fighter pilot. Their paths cross in pursuit of a notorious war criminal.

    Instant New York Times Bestseller! "...compulsively readable historical fiction…[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity.” - ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. The White Dragon

    by Anne McCaffrey
    Epic fantasy adventure involving dragons, magical powers, and a quest to save the world.

    The White Dragon follows the coming of age story of Jaxom , the young Lord of Ruatha Hold, who had accidentally impressed the unusual white dragon Ruth in, Dragonquest, and, Dragonsong, . As Jaxom ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

    by Mackenzi Lee
    An 18th-century adventure of love, friendship, and self-discovery as a young man travels Europe.

    A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library! "The queer teen ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. Nights in Rodanthe

    by Nicholas Sparks
    Two strangers find solace in an unlikely romance while weathering a fierce storm.

    The story begins in 2002 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina . Adrienne Willis, a part-time librarian and divorced mother of three, is helping her daughter, Amanda, cope with depression. Amanda is having ... (Wikipedia)

  29. They Both Die at the End

    by Adam Silvera
    Two strangers, united by fate, explore life and death while forming a unique bond.

    Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable ... (Goodreads)

  30. Iron Lake

    by William Kent Krueger
    A small town detective investigates a mysterious murder, uncovering hidden secrets.

    Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota. Embittered by his "former" status, and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his ... (Goodreads)