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Bad Memory
by Lisa Gray
A woman with a traumatic past struggles to remember the details of a crime she witnessed.
Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her ... (Goodreads)
The Secrets We Keep
by Kate Hewitt
A woman's idyllic life is shattered when her husband's dark past is revealed, forcing her to confront the secrets she's been keeping from herself.
‘Is her life as easy and effortless as it seems from the outside? Or is she feeling lonely, all by herself in that big house, an evening stretching out in front of her just as it is for me?’, When, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Thin Air
by Lisa Gray
A woman's disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness leads to a search and rescue mission, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
A, Washington Post,, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller., ,“Lisa Gray explodes onto the literary stage with this taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller, and her headstrong protagonist, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Daughter of Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
A young girl is taken from her leprosy-afflicted mother and sent to an orphanage, where she struggles to find her identity and reunite with her family.
NOW A, LOS ANGELES TIMES, BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY:, USA Today, , • ,, BookRiot, , • BookBub, , • ,, LibraryReads, , • ,, OC Register • Never Ending Voyage,, The highly ... (Barnes & Noble)
Every Breath
by Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter between two strangers leads to a life-changing romance that challenges their beliefs and values.
Treat yourself to an epic #1, New York Times, bestselling love story that spans decades and continents as two people at a crossroads — one from North Carolina and one from Zimbabwe — experience the ... (Barnes & Noble)
My Name Is Mary Sutter
by Robin Oliveira
A midwife's journey of self-determination, as she strives to become a surgeon in the Civil War.
A, New York Times, bestseller and a moving Civil War novel about a young midwife who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Fans of Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, and ... (Goodreads)
Leah on the Offbeat
by Becky Albertalli
Leah, a high school senior, navigates friendships, love, and self-discovery while dealing with the pressure of coming out to her friends.
Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda —takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year ... (Goodreads)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
by Nancy Pickard
A woman confronts the truth about her parents' murder after the man convicted and imprisoned for the crime is released.
One beautiful summer afternoon, from her bedroom window on the second floor, Jody Linder is unnerved to see her three uncles parking their pickups in front of her parents’ house—or what she calls her ... (Goodreads)
The Stolen Marriage
by Diane Chamberlain
A small-town woman faces societal pressure to make a difficult choice between family and her own dreams.
Steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists,, The Stolen Marriage, is an emotionally captivating novel of secrets, betrayals, prejudice, and forgiveness. It showcases Diane Chamberlain ... (Barnes & Noble)
One Year After
by William R. Forstchen
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, as a small town works to rebuild after an EMP attack.
John Matherson is a professor of history at the local Montreat Christian College . A retired U.S. Army colonel and Gulf War veteran, he had moved to Black Mountain with his family when his late wife ... (Wikipedia)
Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Alice Walker
Tashi, a woman from an African tribe, undergoes female genital mutilation and struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
It tells the story of Tashi, an African woman and a minor character in Walker's earlier novel, The Color Purple, . Now in the US she comes from Olinka, Alice Walker's fictional African nation where ... (Wikipedia)
Safe Harbour
by Danielle Steel
A woman flees an abusive husband and finds refuge in a small coastal town, where she rebuilds her life and finds love.
On a wind-swept summer day in San Francisco, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, ... (Goodreads)
The Child Finder
by Rene Denfeld
A young girl goes missing, a private investigator dedicates her life to finding her.
A haunting, atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from the acclaimed author of The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl. "Where are you, ... (Goodreads)
The Murmur of Bees
by Sofía Segovia
A Mexican boy's quest for identity and justice in a small rural town.
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated into English—about a mysterious child with the power to change a family’s history in a country on the ... (Goodreads)
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A collection of poems that capture the joys and wonders of childhood, from playing outside to dreaming of far-off lands.
Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands. Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Novels
by Jane Austen
Collection of six classic novels exploring the romance, comedy, and tragedy of life in 19th century England.
This new, enhanced leather-bound edition includes all the completed novels of beloved author Jane Austen. Jane Austen’s stories of clever women, elusive love, and social mores have struck a chord ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Castle of Llyr
by Lloyd Alexander
An adventure of a brave girl as she embarks on a quest to save her family and kingdom.
Eighteen months after the destruction of the Black Cauldron , Dallben the enchanter has decided that Eilonwy, as a princess and last of the line of the House of Llyr, needs a proper royal lady's ... (Wikipedia)
Regretting You
by Colleen Hoover
A mother and daughter navigate grief, secrets, and new love after a tragic loss.
The #1, Wall Street Journal, bestseller that, People Magazine, calls “a poignant, addictive read.”,, From #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, It Ends with Us, comes a novel about family, first ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn
A story told through letters of a society that forbids certain letters of their language, unraveling their oppressive regime.
The plot is conveyed through mail or notes sent between various characters. The book is "progressively lipogrammatic"—as the story proceeds, more and more letters of the alphabet are excluded from ... (Wikipedia)
Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
by Jeff Smith
Three cousins embark on an epic adventure, encountering danger, monsters, and mysterious forces.
After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone, are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, ... (Goodreads)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
by Dan Millman
A young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery, learning to find peace and fulfillment in life.
Dan is a world-class trampolining gymnast attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. The story begins when Dan experiences a series of nightmares, where he is in a dark lane. In ... (Wikipedia)
Pat the Bunny
by Dorothy Kunhardt
A playful and interactive story about a family going on a picnic, told through touching and feeling.
Touch and Feel books enhance a toddler's sensory world with textured materials. The materials are attached to durable pages, and the toddler is asked to feel the material or to look in the provided ... (Goodreads)
Elevation
by Stephen King
A man with a mysterious illness begins to lose weight but not mass, while also becoming more empathetic towards others.
Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy ... (Goodreads)
Dance Upon the Air
by Nora Roberts
A woman's journey of self-discovery, as she finds love and learns to trust in the face of danger.
When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband–and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ... (Goodreads)
Mistral's Kiss
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A witch's journey of self-discovery as she unlocks her magical destiny.
Meredith wakes up from a dream where she is given a horn cup from the Consort. The horn is a lost relic belonging to Abeloec, one of her guards, and the former god of wine. Abeloec and Merry drink ... (Wikipedia)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
by Hannah Green
A young woman's story of struggle to overcome her mental illness and reclaim her life.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is the story of a sixteen-year-old who retreats from reality into the bondage of a lushly imagined but threatening kingdom, and her slow and painful journey back to ... (Goodreads)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Reunited with his trusted companion, the legendary detective solves a series of mysterious cases.
'Holmes,' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock ... (Goodreads)
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
A journey in the Amazon rainforest to find a missing colleague and unlock the secrets of a mysterious drug.
In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, "State of Wonder" presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional ... (Goodreads)
Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
A wooden puppet's adventures and misadventures as he strives to become a real boy.
The story begins in Tuscany , Italy. A carpenter named Master Antonio, but whom everyone calls Master Cherry, has found a block of wood which he plans to carve into a leg for his table. When he ... (Wikipedia)
A Woman of Substance
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The rags-to-riches story of Emma Harte, who overcomes poverty and adversity to build a retail empire.
One of the top-ten bestselling novels ever written. “An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion.” —,The New York Times, Barbara Taylor Bradford’s The Emma ... (Barnes & Noble)
