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On a world tour built around damage control, proximity becomes its own kind of risk.
Midnight Blue
Romance · New Adult · Psychological Fiction
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On a world tour built around damage control, proximity becomes its own kind of risk. In Midnight Blue, Indigo Bellamy is hired to keep self-destructive rock star Alex Winslow functioning, only to find herself caught between his chaos, his grief, and the pull neither of them can outrun. This fits an angsty rock star romance list because the emotional spiral is as central as the love story.
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NOW A WASHINGTON POST, AMAZON CHARTS BESTSELLER
"Heartbreaking...soul-shattering." - Diary of a Book Fiend.
"Hands down my top favorite rockstar romance ever." - Dirty Girl Romance Blog.
From bestselling author L.J. Shen, comes a new, standalone, contemporary romance.
It should have been easy.
I needed the money. He needed a babysitter to keep him from snorting himself to death.
I was cherry-picked especially for him. Responsible. Optimistic. Warm. Innocent.
The worst part is that I should have known better.
Alex Winslow. British rock star. Serial heartbreaker. Casanova with whiskey eyes.
“Don’t get near the devil in a leather jacket. He’ll chew you up and spit you out.”
Guess what? I didn’t listen.I signed the contract. World tour. Three months. Four Continents. One hundred shows.
My name is Indigo Bellamy, and I sold my soul to a tattooed god.
Problem was, my soul wasn’t enough for Alex Winslow.
He ended up taking my body, too.
Then he took my heart.
Then he took my all.
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Betrayed, buried alive by the system, and very much not in the mood to forgive, Edmond Dantès turns injustice into something far more dangerous in The Count of…
The Count of Monte Cristo
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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Betrayed, buried alive by the system, and very much not in the mood to forgive, Edmond Dantès turns injustice into something far more dangerous in The Count of Monte Cristo. What begins with wrongful imprisonment grows into an enormous story of escape, hidden fortune, and exquisitely calculated revenge against the men who ruined his life. It is a classic for a reason: dramatic, ruthless, and completely committed to the long game.
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The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas' epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.
Translated with an Introduction by ROBIN BUSS
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A strong pick for readers who like atmospheric fiction with time-bending twists and emotional pull.
The Unmaking of June Farrow
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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In a small North Carolina town shadowed by family legend, June Farrow follows a trail of clues tied to her mother’s disappearance and a curse that has haunted the women in her family for generations. The Unmaking of June Farrow blends mystery, romance, and a touch of the impossible as June steps through a door that may hold the key to her past, her future, and the kind of love that changes everything. A strong pick for readers who like atmospheric fiction with time-bending twists and emotional pull.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the author of Spells for Forgetting.
“Come for the fresh twist on time travel; stay for the love story.”—Good Housekeeping
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND SHE READS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.
It’s been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren’t there. Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere—the signs of what June always knew was coming. But June is determined to end the curse once and for all, even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.
After her grandmother’s death, June discovers a series of cryptic clues regarding her mother’sdecades-old disappearance, except they only lead to more questions. But could the door she once assumed was a hallucination be the answer she’s been searching for? The next time it appears, June realizes she can touch it and walk past the threshold. And when she does, she embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but also uncover the lingering mysteries of her small town and entangle her heart in an epic star-crossed love.
With The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young delivers a brilliant novel of romance, mystery, and a touch of the impossible—a story you will never forget.
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It fits readers who want atmospheric historical mystery, forbidden love, and ocean-soaked magic.
The Amalfi Curse
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Sea magic and buried history pull one woman into danger in The Amalfi Curse, where a search for sunken treasure along the Amalfi Coast awakens an older, darker force. As Haven investigates shipwrecks and traces the story of a woman tied to ancient sorcery, the line between history, legend, and present-day disaster begins to collapse. It fits readers who want atmospheric historical mystery, forbidden love, and ocean-soaked magic.
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“This intoxicating story blends old-world magic and modern-day mystery with a delicious dash of amore.” —People
Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse…
Haven Ambrose, a trailblazing nautical archaeologist, has come to the sun-soaked village of Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. But Haven is hoping to find more than old artifacts beneath the azure waters; she is secretly on a quest to locate a trove of priceless gemstones her late father spotted on his final dive. Upon Haven’s arrival, strange maelstroms and misfortunes start plaguing the town. Is it nature or something more sinister at work?
As Haven searches for her father’s sunken treasure, she begins to unearth a centuries-old tale of ancient sorcery and one woman’s quest to save her lover and her village by using the legendary art of stregheria, a magical ability to harness the ocean. Could this magic be behind Positano’s latest calamities? Haven must unravel the Amalfi Curse before the region is destroyed forever…
Against the dazzling backdrop of the Amalfi Coast, this bewitching novel shimmers with mystery, romance and the untamed magic of the sea.
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe is the kind of story that wraps grief, family secrets, and small-town charm in a little bit of magic and calls it dinner.
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe is the kind of story that wraps grief, family secrets, and small-town charm in a little bit of magic and calls it dinner. When Anna Kate returns to Alabama to bury her grandmother and settle the estate, what should have been a quick goodbye turns into something stickier, stranger, and far more heartfelt. With an inherited café, a town full of quirks, and a legendary pie tied to old wounds and hidden truths, this one serves comfort with a side of wonder.
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THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER Heather Webber's Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe is a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town Southern charm.
Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that Anna Kate has returned to bury her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Café.
It was supposed to be a quick trip to close the café and settle her grandmother’s estate, but despite her best intentions to avoid forming ties or even getting to know her father’s side of the family, Anna Kate finds herself inexplicably drawn to the quirky Southern town her mother ran away from so many years ago, and the mysterious blackbird pie everybody can’t stop talking about.
As the truth about her past slowly becomes clear, Anna Kate will need to decide if this lone blackbird will finally be able to take her broken wings and fly.
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Best for readers who like emotional literary fiction about grief, redemption, found family, rural refuge, and healing from the past.
Where the Wildflowers Grow
Literary Fiction · People of Color · Women's Fiction
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Where the Wildflowers Grow follows Leigh, the last of the Wildes, after she survives a prison transport crash and finds refuge on a rural Alabama flower farm where found family, tenderness, and buried secrets force her to face what she can survive, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 1,700 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like emotional literary fiction about grief, redemption, found family, rural refuge, and healing from the past.
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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Goodreads, Essence, Sunset Magazine, SheReads, BookBub, and more!
From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.
Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.
Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives.
While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn't expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Especially Jackson, the farm's owner, who sees through Leigh's defenses, offers her small moments of tenderness, encourages her to face her own tragedies. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. Maybe she's not beyond redemption, not too broken for something good. And maybe, just maybe, Leigh starts to heal.
But the past isn't so easily buried.
No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, threatening everything she's come to love, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.
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It fits literary historical fiction readers who want an intimate, haunting novel about fate, choice, and whether a single life can alter catastrophe.
Life After Life
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
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Death arrives before memory can settle, and each return carries Ursula Todd into another version of the same century shadowed by war. In Life After Life, Ursula lives and dies through shifting possibilities as history closes in around her. It fits literary historical fiction readers who want an intimate, haunting novel about fate, choice, and whether a single life can alter catastrophe.
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What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she? Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original: this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
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It’s literary fiction for readers who want big ideas with real feeling.
Enlightenment
Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction
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In Enlightenment, a friendship between two kindred spirits stretches across decades, carrying with it questions of faith, love, longing, and the pull of lives half-lived. As Thomas becomes consumed by a mystery tied to a vanished astronomer and Grace leaves their small Essex town behind, their paths drift apart and back toward each other in a novel layered with hidden histories, intellectual tension, and emotional ache. It’s literary fiction for readers who want big ideas with real feeling.
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A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Telegraph, Washington Post, The New Yorker. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE.
“Like A.S. Byatt’s Possession, Enlightenment is a baroque, genre-bending novel of ideas, ghosts and hidden histories. A richly layered epic....a heartfelt paean to the consolations of the sublime, where religion and science meet." — Telegraph
"Read it, then read it again. This is a book full of unexpected wonders." — Literary Review
From the author of The Essex Serpent, a dazzling and character-driven novel of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.
Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits—torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community.
It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a historical mystery surrounding a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and Grace flees Aldleigh entirely for London. Over the course of twenty years, by coincidence and design, Thomas and Grace will find their lives brought back into orbit as the mystery of the vanished astronomer unfolds into a devastating literary fiction tale of love and scientific pursuit. Thomas and Grace will ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other.
A thrillingly ambitious philosophical novel of friendship, faith, and unrequited love, rich in symmetry and symbolism, Enlightenment is a shimmering wonder of a book and Sarah Perry’s finest work to date.
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Things That Break Us fits women’s fiction readers who want emotional healing, long-buried pain, life-changing connection, and a sweeping story about choosing the life that actually belongs to…
Things That Break Us
Literary Fiction · Romance · Contemporary Fiction · Psychological Fiction
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While outwardly chasing the future her father wanted, Tessa is quietly coming apart under the weight of trauma, expectation, and a life that no longer feels like her own. Things That Break Us fits women’s fiction readers who want emotional healing, long-buried pain, life-changing connection, and a sweeping story about choosing the life that actually belongs to you.
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SOME TRUTHS ONLY REVEAL THEMSELVES WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS APART.
Tessa Williams is doing everything right—at least on the surface. At twenty-five, she’s an American medical student, fulfilling her father’s dreams, completing a clinical rotation in Botswana, Africa. But beneath her polished exterior, she’s unraveling—haunted by an abusive relationship, burdened by expectations, and increasingly unsure of what she wants for herself.
A weekend escape to a remote safari lodge—and an unexpected connection with Corey Diallo, her South African guide with grief of his own—changes everything. What begins as a chance encounter becomes something deeper, forcing them both to confront the pain they’ve buried…and the lives they’ve been told to want.
Spanning twelve years and two continents, Things That Break Us is a sweeping, emotional women's fiction debut about the invisible wounds we all carry, the expectations that shape us, and the moments that define who we become.
It’s a novel that asks: How do we let go of others’ expectations to build the life we truly want? Not the one others planned for us. Not the one that looks good. But the one uniquely, wildly, and solely ours.
Because, sometimes…it takes being far from home to finally come home to yourself.
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In 1968 Buffalo, six teenage girls are sent to a Catholic reform school where punishment, forced labor, and silence rule daily life.
Wayward Girls
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+ · Women's Fiction
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In 1968 Buffalo, six teenage girls are sent to a Catholic reform school where punishment, forced labor, and silence rule daily life. Wayward Girls follows their fight to endure, protect one another, and eventually seek justice for what was done to them. Inspired by real historical abuses, this is an emotional, gritty novel about survival, female friendship, and the strength it takes to reclaim a future after cruelty tries to define you.
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"After decades of bestsellers, Wayward Girls might be Susan Wiggs' opus. A gut-wrenching story of survival, friendship, and justice. Masterful."—Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
"The magnificent Susan Wiggs takes a leap into the history of women..a page-turner, replete with mystery and suspense."—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming work of historical fiction based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school, an institution reminiscent of the notorious Magdalene Laundries.
In this compelling coming-of-age story, we meet six teens confined at the Good Shepherd in 1968—a dark and secretive institution controlled by Sisters of Charity nuns—locked away merely for being gay, pregnant, or simply unruly.
Mairin— free-spirited daughter of Irish immigrants, committed to keep her safe from her stepfather.
Angela—denounced for her attraction to girls, sent to the nuns for reform, but instead found herself the victim of a predator.
Helen—the daughter of intellectuals detained in Communist China, she saw her “temporary” stay at the Good Shepherd stretch into years.
Odessa—caught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident, she found the physical and mental toughness to endure her sentence.
Denise—sentenced for brawling in a foster home, she dared to dream of a better life.
Janice—deeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay—except when it came to her friend Kay, who would never outgrow her childlike dependency.
Sister Bernadette—rescued from a dreadful childhood, she owed her loyalty to the Sisters of Charity even as her conscience weighed on her.
Wayward Girls is a haunting but thrilling tale of hope, solidarity, and the enduring strength of female friendship as young women who find the courage to break free and find redemption...and justice.
"Compelling...This powerful and unforgettable novel is a poignant and enlightening look into a sad chapter of recent history."—Library Journal (starred review)
"Heart-wrenching...sweeping. This one lingers long after the last page."—Publishers Weekly
"Wayward girls is all about the power of female bonds...this isn't just a moment in time—it's a cautionary tale."—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name
“Susan Wiggs is at the top of her game. Through the skillful weaving of an endearing cast, Wayward Girls displays the power of sisterhood to survive, conquer, and ultimately heal from the most harrowing of times. An evocative tale packed with resilience and secrets that kept me reading late into the night. I loved it.” —Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Girls of Good Fortune
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A famous artist haunted by visions he believes are memories from a past life meets a scientist whose own nightmares may hold the missing piece.
The Memory Painter
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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A famous artist haunted by visions he believes are memories from a past life meets a scientist whose own nightmares may hold the missing piece. The Memory Painter blends romance, reincarnation, and thriller suspense as Bryan and Linz chase a mystery tied to lost research, buried history, and a dangerous enemy determined to keep the truth hidden. It is a sweeping, high-concept story that moves between love, science, and the weight of unfinished lives.
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Two dreamers discover a connection that reaches across history in this award-winning sci-fi romantic thriller: "A mind-explosion of a journey" (Refinery29).
World-famous artist Bryan Pierce never reveals the secret to his success. His paintings are all inspired by strangely vivid dreams that he believes to be memories from another life—and he hopes his art will lead him to an answer. And when he meets Linz Jacobs, a neurogenticist who recognizes a recurring childhood nightmare in one Bryan's paintings, he is convinced she holds the key.
Their meeting triggers Bryan's most powerful dream yet—visions of a team of scientists who, on the verge of discovering a cure for Alzheimer's, died in a lab explosion decades ago. As his visions intensify, Bryan and Linz start to discern a pattern. But a deadly enemy watches their every move, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that the past stays buried.
Winner of the RWA Prism Award
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This will appeal to readers who want historical suspense about domestic expectations, identity, memory, and psychological instability.
The Mad Wife
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Women's Fiction
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Lulu Mayfield has spent years becoming the ideal 1950s housewife, but her carefully constructed life begins to unravel after her daughter’s birth and the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor. As Lulu investigates Bitsy’s secrets, suppressed memories return and she begins questioning her own mind. This will appeal to readers who want historical suspense about domestic expectations, identity, memory, and psychological instability.
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and the lies we live.
They called it hysteria. She called it survival.
Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy, her household running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu's carefully crafted life begins to unravel.
When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman's constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew—and soon, others begin questioning her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of discovering a reality too terrifying to accept?
In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won't want to put it down.
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