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Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate
Family torn apart is reunited across generations, revealing a powerful tale of resilience and hope.
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the ... (Goodreads)
The Party
by Robyn Harding
A sweet sixteen party goes awry, revealing dark secrets and testing the limits of friendship and family.
Robyn Harding’s domestic drama, hailed as “tense and riveting” by Megan Miranda,, New York Times, bestselling author of, All the Missing Girls, explores the aftermath of a sweet sixteen birthday ... (Barnes & Noble)
Pretend You Don't See Her
by Mary Higgins Clark
A real estate agent becomes embroiled in a murder investigation after a wealthy client is killed. Twists and turns abound in this suspenseful thriller.
Lacey Farrell ( Emma Samms ), a young rising star on Manhattan's high-powered and competitive real estate scene is in the course of selling a luxurious apartment when she becomes the witness to a ... (Wikipedia)
The Sound of Rain
by Gregg Olsen
A detective returns to his hometown to solve a murder case, but uncovers dark secrets from his past.
Former homicide detective Nicole Foster has hit rock bottom. Driven off the force by her treacherous partner and lover, she’s flat broke and struggling with a gambling addiction. All Nicole has left ... (Goodreads)
The Marriage Pact
by Michelle Richmond
Newlyweds are invited to join a mysterious and exclusive club that promises to keep marriages strong, but soon realize the consequences of breaking the rules.
Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their ... (Goodreads)
What to Say Next
by Julie Buxbaum
A girl and a boy from different social circles become unlikely friends after a tragedy. They learn to communicate and heal together.
Two struggling teenagers find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world. KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to ... (Goodreads)
If the Creek Don't Rise
by Leah Weiss
A small Appalachian town is plagued by poverty, abuse, and secrets. The lives of several residents intertwine in unexpected ways.
A strikingly sincere portrait of a town and its buried secrets from an outstanding new voice in southern fiction. In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie ... (Goodreads)
The Dead Will Tell
by Linda Castillo
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a murder that leads her to uncover secrets from the past.
Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time—and now death is ... (Goodreads)
The Unseen World
by Liz Moore
A young woman embarks on a quest to uncover the secrets of her father's past.
Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every ... (Goodreads)
Storm Clouds Rolling In
by Virginia Gaffney
A family saga set in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, exploring themes of love, loss, and resilience.
Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the dark clouds of the Civil War swallow the country. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South ... (Goodreads)
The Victory Garden
by Rhys Bowen
A young woman joins the Women's Land Army during World War I and discovers love, independence, and purpose while tending to a garden.
A, Wall Street Journal,, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller.,, From the bestselling author of, The Tuscan Child, comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during ... (Barnes & Noble)
Copper Sun
by Sharon M. Draper
A young African girl is captured and sold into slavery in America, where she struggles to survive and find freedom.
Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own: hope., Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, ... (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)
Plum Lucky
by Janet Evanovich
A comedic mystery featuring Stephanie Plum and Diesel as they try to find a missing horse and a winning lottery ticket.
Looking to get lucky? Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and she’s looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart. ... (Goodreads)
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
by Holly Ringland
After a family tragedy, Alice Hart finds solace in the language of flowers and embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ashfall
by Mike Mullin
After a supervolcano erupts, a teenage boy must survive in a world of ash and chaos.
Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don't know it's there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or ... (Goodreads)
The Pecan Man
by Cassie Dandridge Selleck
A woman's journey of self-discovery, as she uncovers the truth about her family's past.
The Pecan Man is a work of Southern fiction whose first chapter was the First Place winner of the 2006 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the Unpublished Novel category. In the summer of ... (Goodreads)
A Dog's Journey
by W. Bruce Cameron
A loyal dog embarks on an extraordinary quest to reunite with his beloved person.
The direct sequel to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling A Dog's Purpose. Buddy is a good dog. After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found ... (Goodreads)
The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs
A group of women come together to support one another and find strength in friendship.
Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes together at a New York City yarn shop to work on their latest projects - and share the stories of their lives... At the center of Walker and Daughter is ... (Goodreads)
Be Careful What You Wish For
by Jeffrey Archer
A man's ambitious quest for power leads to consequences he never anticipated.
Be Careful What You Wish For follows the Barrington-Clifton family during the years 1957 to 1964, when Emma Barrington Clifton seeks to take control of her family shipping business and must deal with ... (Wikipedia)
As Bright as Heaven
by Susan Meissner
A family moves to Philadelphia in 1918 to start a new life, but the Spanish flu epidemic changes everything.
From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family ... (Goodreads)
South of Broad
by Pat Conroy
A group of friends navigate life in Charleston, South Carolina, through love, loss, and tragedy.
The story is divided into five parts. Part one focuses on introducing the reader to Leopold Bloom King (Leo), his family, and his set of friends who he meets on a fateful Bloomsday (June 16, 1969). ... (Wikipedia)
Necessary Lies
by Diane Chamberlain
A young social worker in 1960s rural North Carolina uncovers a dark secret that threatens to upend the lives of those around her.
It is 1960 in North Carolina and the lives of Ivy Hart and Jane Forrester couldn't be more different. Fifteen-year-old Ivy lives with her family as tenants on a small tobacco farm, but when her ... (Barnes & Noble)
After I Do
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A couple on the brink of divorce decide to take a year off from their marriage to rediscover themselves and their love for each other.
“A seductive twist on the timeless tale of a couple trying to rediscover love in a marriage brought low by the challenges of domestic togetherness...touching, perceptive, and achingly honest.” ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fly Away
by Kristin Hannah
Mother and daughter battle a terminal cancer diagnosis, discovering strength and hope along the way.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the characters in, Firefly Lane, in her next blockbuster novel,, Fly Away. , Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called ... (Barnes & Noble)
Magic Hour
by Kristin Hannah
A woman's journey of self-discovery and healing, finding strength and courage to confront her past.
Dr. Julia Cates was one of the country's preeminent child psychiatrists until a shocking tragedy ruined her career. Retreating to her small western Washington hometown, Julia meets an extraordinary ... (Goodreads)
The Racketeer
by John Grisham
An imprisoned lawyer discovers a sinister plot, using his knowledge of the law to uncover the truth.
Malcolm Bannister is an African American attorney in a small-town Virginia law firm. A real estate transaction which he undertook in good faith turns out to have involved the purchase of a secluded ... (Wikipedia)
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
by Linda Sue Park
A boy's story of courage and perseverance, as he faces the civil war in Sudan.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ ... (Goodreads)
The Wife Between Us
by Greer Hendricks
A psychological thriller about a woman's obsession with her ex-husband's new fiancée. But nothing is as it seems.
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who ... (Goodreads)
A Dog's Purpose
by W. Bruce Cameron
A dog's journey to discovering its true purpose, through multiple lifetimes and owners.
The narrator first starts out as a feral Beagle / German Shepherd / terrier mix puppy. A few weeks later, after being nursed by their mother, a feral as well, the dog and his siblings Fast, Sister, ... (Wikipedia)
