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A childhood dare at a cursed quarry leaves a sister vanished without a trace.
The Past Is Never
Literary Fiction · Mystery · Women's Fiction
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A childhood dare at a cursed quarry leaves a sister vanished without a trace. Years after Pansy disappears from the Mississippi Delta and their father follows, Bert and Willet remain tethered to the loss that fractured their family. When new clues draw them toward the Florida Everglades, The Past Is Never unfolds as a Southern Gothic novel of grief, myth, and the long shadow of unresolved truth.
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**WINNER of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction**
**WINNER of the Mississippi Author Award for Adult Fiction selected by the Mississippi Library Association**
**WINNER of the 2019 Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for Fiction**
**WINNER of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction**
**Finalist for the 2019 Colorado Book Awards for Literary Fiction***
"An ode to William Faulkner. . . . As Southern as it gets."—Deep South Magazine
A compelling addition to contemporary Southern Gothic fiction, deftly weaving together local legends, family secrets, and the search for a missing child.
Siblings Bert, Willet, and Pansy know better than to go swimming at the old rock quarry. According to their father, it's the Devil's place, a place that's been cursed and forgotten. But Mississippi Delta summer days are scorching hot and they can't resist cooling off in the dark, bottomless water. Until the day six-year-old Pansy vanishes. Not drowned, not lost . . . simply gone. When their father disappears as well, Bert and Willet leave their childhoods behind to try and hold their broken family together.
Years pass with no sign, no hope of ever finding Pansy alive, and as surely as their mother died of a broken heart, Bert and Willet can't move on. So when clues surface drawing them to the remote tip of Florida, they drop everything and drive south. Deep in the murky depths of the Florida Everglades they may find the answer to Pansy's mysterious disappearance . . . but truth, like the past, is sometimes better left where it lies.
Perfect for fans of Flannery O'Connor and Dorothy Allison, The Past Is Never is an atmospheric, haunting story of myths, legends, and the good and evil we carry in our hearts.
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A Whisper in the Bay opens with a career setback that sends a journalist searching for more than a change of scenery.
A Whisper in the Bay
Literary Fiction · Romance
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A Whisper in the Bay opens with a career setback that sends a journalist searching for more than a change of scenery. Alissa Lewis retreats to a coastal town in hopes of starting over, only to find new purpose at a small newspaper run by a guarded editor. This clean small-town romance blends fresh beginnings, family bonds, and the slow shift from escape to belonging.
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Alissa Lewis is looking for more than just inspiration… she needs an escape.
After being unceremoniously fired from the newspaper she where worked for years, Alissa feels lost and uncertain. On a whim, she books a getaway to a literary themed B&B near a small beachfront town called Blueberry Bay.
She’s hoping a change of scenery will give her a fresh start, and from the moment she arrives, she’s enchanted by the beautiful landscapes and friendly people. As luck would have it, an opportunity to extend her stay arises when she finds out that the local paper is hiring. There’s only one problem—the man who runs it is as grumpy as he is intriguing.
Dane Taylor is from New York, and unlike Alissa, he’s skeptical of the peaceful charm small-town life has to offer. But as the two of them begin to work together, Alissa realizes they have more in common than she first thought. And as Dane reveals his softer side, feelings start to develop that neither of them expected.
Shaking things up even more, Alissa’s twin sister Caitlin pays a surprise visit and admits that her marriage is in trouble.
As the sisters lean on each other through the changes and challenges they face, Alissa realizes she’s at a crossroads between the life she thought she wanted and the true meaning of happiness.
She thought Blueberry Bay would be her escape, but instead, it’s starting to feel a lot like... home.
Nestled against the beautiful New England town of Whale Harbor, Blueberry Bay is a cozy coastal town with sandy beaches and a cast of characters who’ll make you laugh, smile, and be swept away. If you enjoy clean romance and stories that celebrate family and friendship, this series is for you!
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Grief fractures even the most carefully tended lives.
Beneficence
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction
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Grief fractures even the most carefully tended lives. In Beneficence, Meredith Hall follows the Senter family after an unthinkable loss reshapes their rural existence, testing their faith in work, love, and one another. As sorrow gives way to reckoning, each member must confront guilt and forgiveness in this quiet literary novel about endurance, responsibility, and the fragile grace of staying together.
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"People stay together, fall apart, come back together, altered. It is a book about work, about grief, about thick ongoing love" from the bestselling author (The Boston Globe).
In the midst of a nearly perfect life, Doris Senter is thankful but wary. "We can't ever know what will come," she says. When an unimaginable tragedy turns the family of five into a family of four, everything the Senters held faith in is shattered. The family is consumed by sorrow and guilt. Slowly, the surviving family members find their way to forgiveness—of themselves and of each other.
Few writers know the human heart and the burden of grief as well as New York Times-bestselling author Meredith Hall (Without a Map). This is a radiant novel of goodness and love—both its gifts and its obligations—that will stay with readers long after the last page. With a rare tenderness and compassion, Beneficence shows broken hearts becoming whole as this family reclaims their love and peace.
"If the word 'luminous' didn't already exist, you'd have to invent it to describe Meredith Hall's radiant new novel." —Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
"A modern American masterpiece." —Dani Shapiro, New York Times-bestselling author
"A quiet but steady book, one that echoes ancient and important rhythms." —The Washington Post
"One of the best books I've ever read." —Simon Van Booy, award-winning author
"Spare but decked with moments of crystalline beauty . . . A family flounders in grief, but finds their way home through forgiveness and acceptance, in Beneficence, Meredith Hall's gorgeous and moving new novel." —Foreword (starred review)
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Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
Lilith
Pre-History | Ancient History · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Lilith refuses Adam's demand that she submit to him and is banished from Eden, beginning a journey across centuries to rescue Eve, find the missing Asherah, and restore balance to the world, with a 3.6-star average from more than 13,000 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
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A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North.
Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.
Before Eve, there was Lilith.
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses—and is banished forever from Paradise.
Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah—God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven—is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith’s quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer, to the court of Israel’s Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. Noah’s wife, Norea, Jezebel and Mary Magdalene all play their part in Lilith’s enlightenment. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time.
Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.
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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love.
When the World Goes Quiet
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction
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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love. In When the World Goes Quiet, Evelien navigates occupied Bruges in the final days of World War I, balancing a dangerous resistance mission against the fragile hope that her missing husband may still live. As art, friendship, and longing complicate her resolve, this historical novel explores survival, sacrifice, and the cost of choosing a future.
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In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.
It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war.
A member of the resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home. In return, she’ll get a letter from her long-missing husband, Emiel. She’d lost hope of Emiel’s survival, but the promised letter puts her certainty of his death in question. Evelien begins her mission and soon forms a friendship with a soldier who is struggling with the devastating demands of battle. Their shared passion for art deepens the bond, and Evelien faces a heart-wrenching truth: she longs for Emiel’s safe return…but not necessarily to her.
As the final days of the war loom closer, Evelien has never been in more danger. And should she survive the war’s bitter end, what choices will she make for a life beyond liberation?
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When life unravels, even the smallest hope can feel like magic.
Your Every Wish
Literary Fiction · Romance · Magical Realism
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When life unravels, even the smallest hope can feel like magic. In Your Every Wish, two estranged half-sisters inherit a rundown trailer park in a quirky California town and find themselves hiding from financial trouble and heartbreak. As a local soothsayer offers them three wishes, buried family secrets and unexpected romance reshape their understanding of what they truly want.
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In this heartwarming and whimsical novel, two very different half-sisters discover they have one thing in common: they’re both in hot water. To get out of it, they may have to learn that life’s hidden treasures aren’t always so hidden—and that dreams can come true even when wishes don’t . . .
Scrappy, worldly Kennedy Jenkins and soft-hearted Emma Keil barely know each other, but when life throws them each a curve ball, they’re suddenly living together—in a rundown trailer park they’ve inherited from their late father, in a nowhere California town aptly called Ghost. After all, their neighbor, Madam Misty, is a soothsayer-witch, and Halloween is just around the corner.
A casino host, Kennedy is hiding out from a high roller who wrongly thinks she stole tens of thousands of dollars from him. Emma, a flat-broke advice columnist who can’t take her own advice, has lost her apartment, and her on-again, off-again, commitment phobic boyfriend, Dex, is no help. Still, she’s charmed by Ghost, its quirky residents—and the enigmatic guy who lives in trailer 510—while Kennedy is sure their father hid a fortune somewhere. She’s determined to find it—even if it means turning to Madam Misty . . .
When Madam Misty grants them three wishes, they’re clear: Kennedy wants money; Emma just wants Dex. But as the nights get chillier, and Halloween descends, a special kind of magic ensues—one that will reveal surprising truths about their father, themselves—and what they really want out of life . . .
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When a dying Appalachian village stands at the edge of change, folklore begins to press against the lives of those who tried to ignore it.
The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow
Literary Fiction
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When a dying Appalachian village stands at the edge of change, folklore begins to press against the lives of those who tried to ignore it. In The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow, a skeptical schoolteacher and a grieving psychic converge in Baines Creek, drawn toward a reclusive witch whose legacy spans centuries. A literary novel steeped in mountain myth, inheritance, and hard-won healing.
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"An impressive blend of history, folklore, and imagination." -Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author
An outsider to the Carolina hills inherits a gift that could change everything for her village on the verge of dying, from the author NPR said "writes with a deep knowledge of the enduring myths of Appalachia...vividly portraying real people and sorrows."
Welcome to Baines Creek, a humble hamlet hidden deep in Appalachia, where the last one-room schoolhouse in North Carolina is on the brink of closing. It's summer 1980, and teacher Kate Shaw has lived in Baines Creek for ten years. A skeptic at heart, she rejects mountain superstition and Appalachian folklore, much to the disappointment of Birdie Rocas, a powerful and reclusive witch with a trove of secrets. Yet, as Kate prepares to leave, a sudden death, a shocking request, and a legacy that spans centuries throw her into a world that overwhelms her.
Enter Lydia Brown, a psychic with a curious birthmark whose visions stopped when she needed them most. Grief-stricken without her gift, and desperate for spiritual guidance, she travels to Baines Creek in search of Birdie and the answers she might provide. The third novel by acclaimed author Leah Weiss, The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow is the tale of a powerful crone, two women cut from the cloth of loss, and a secret sisterhood of empowerment that may be the key to healing them all.
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Buried secrets resurface when human remains are uncovered at luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, tying the present to crimes long thought forgotten.
The Beach Hut Murders
Mystery · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Buried secrets resurface when human remains are uncovered at luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, tying the present to crimes long thought forgotten. In The Beach Hut Murders, DCI Lesley Clarke and her divided teams confront a thirty-year-old killing linked to an organised crime family and Lesley’s own wife. A layered British police procedural where professional duty and personal loyalty collide.
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DCI Lesley Clarke's two teams are in flux. The Major Crime Investigations Team has a new DI, and the Cold Cases team has a member back from parental leave. And Lesley herself is itching to get stuck into a case, instead of sitting behind a desk.
When a body is found at the luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, the Cold Cases team know it's one of theirs, as the remains have been buried for over thirty years. But then evidence is found connecting a member of the Kelvin organised crime family, as well as Lesley's lawyer wife Elsa.
Are Elsa’s ties to her former clients about to be revived? And will the new DI, with her experience of financial forensics, be able to solve the murder of local taxi driver Mark Ashforth and identify just which criminal gang are responsible? Most importantly, will Lesley find an opportunity to get her hands (and those walking boots) dirty?
The Beach Hut Murders introduces a much-loved character from Rachel McLean's 'Deadly' and Cumbria Crime series to the Dorset team, and continues the investigation into the notorious Kelvins and their police associates, both past and present.
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Freedom demands more than escape when history refuses to loosen its grip.
The American Queen
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · People of Color
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Freedom demands more than escape when history refuses to loosen its grip. After enduring enslavement and loss, Louella helps lead her community from a plantation toward the promise of self-rule in Appalachia. As she rises to become queen of the Kingdom of the Happy Land, The American Queen traces resilience, faith, and the pursuit of dignity in post–Civil War America.
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A WOMAN EVOLVE BOOK CLUB PICK | A NORTH CAROLINA READS PICK | A Christy Award WINNER | A 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER | A 2025 Audie Awards WINNER | Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (She Reads) | FEATURED IN GMA, WASHINGTON POST, AND ESSENCE | There is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Meet the queen of Happy Land in this riveting novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Vanessa Miller.
"This powerful story must be told and retold." --GMA 15 New Books to Read (Good Morning America)
"A hidden gem in American history." --Publishers Weekly
"This marvel of a novel transported me." --Sadeqa Johnson, NYT bestselling author
"A story [about] . . . the indomitable spirit of a woman." --Lisa Wingate #1 NYT bestselling author
"Inspirational and unforgettable." --Kim Michele Richardson, NYT bestselling author
"A triumph." --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author
Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 - 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom in Appalachia as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life.
Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose. Hate so powerful there's no room in her heart for love, not even for the honorable Reverend William, whom she likes and respects enough to marry.
But when William finally listens to Louella's pleas and leads the formerly enslaved people off the plantation, Louella begins to replace her hate with hope. Hope that they will find a place where they can live free from fear. Hope that despite her many unanswered prayers, she can learn to trust for new miracles.
Soon, William and Louella become the appointed king and queen of their self-proclaimed Kingdom of the Happy Land. And though they are still surrounded by opposition, they continue to share a message of joy and goodness--and fight for the freedom and dignity of all.
The American Queen weaves together themes of love, hate, hope, trust, and resilience in the face of great turmoil. With every turn of the page, you will be transported to a pivotal period in American history, where oppressed people become extraordinary heroes.
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A good pick for fans of dual-timeline historical fiction about sisters, family secrets, inherited objects, and connections across generations.
The Sea Stone Sisters
Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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The Sea Stone Sisters follows Iris Blackmore and her three sisters after their father removes the Sisters of Skara standing stones in 1931 and the family is scattered. In the present day, Roz Chatton’s inherited ring draws her into Iris’s story and a family history she never expected. A good pick for fans of dual-timeline historical fiction about sisters, family secrets, inherited objects, and connections across generations.
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When a bond shatters, the silence between siblings can feel louder than grief.
I’ll Give You the Sun
Literary Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction
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When a bond shatters, the silence between siblings can feel louder than grief. In I'll Give You the Sun, twins Noah and Jude once shared everything, until betrayal and loss drive them apart during their most formative years. Told in alternating timelines and perspectives, this luminous young adult novel explores first love, artistic longing, and the fragile work of finding your way back to family.
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A New York Times bestseller • One of Time Magazine’s 100 Best YA Books of All Time • Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Stonewall Honor Book
The radiant, award-winning story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera
"Dazzling." —The New York Times Book Review
"A blazing prismatic explosion of color." —Entertainment Weekly
"Powerful and well-crafted . . . Stunning." —Time Magazine
“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor.
The early years are Noah’s to tell; the later years are Jude’s. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they’ll have a chance to remake their world.
This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear.
The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
Women's Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear. In The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel, Lucie Laval risks everything in 1942 France to guide children across a dangerous border, while decades later her legacy draws Hannah Stone into a hidden history of resistance. This dual timeline historical novel explores sacrifice, memory, and the bravery that shapes generations
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The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope...
Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of one woman's courage and sacrifice during World War II, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Piece of Nancy Moon.
This exquisitely beautiful novel is perfect for readers of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, The Postmistress, Lilac Girls and The Girl from Vichy.
'A beautifully worked tale of bravery, woven into the reality of a time we can't forget' Mandy Robotham, author of The Berlin Girl
'An emotional, beautifully constructed read. I loved the way the clues from the past and present slowly knitted together, answering the questions that had been missing their answers for so long' Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell
'Gripping, at times heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting, I found this beautifully written novel impossible to put down' Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde
'My darling girl, I need you to find someone for me . . .'
France, 1942. At the end of the day, the schoolteacher releases her pupils. She checks they have their identity passes, and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied France from Free France. As the little ones fly across the border and into their mothers' arms, she breathes a sigh of relief. No one is safe now. Not even the children.
Berkshire, present day. A letter left to her by her beloved late grandmother Gigi takes Hannah Stone on a journey deep into the heart of the Dordogne landscape. As she begins to unravel a forgotten history of wartime bravery and sacrifice, she discovers the heartrending secret that binds her grandmother to a village schoolteacher, the remarkable Lucie Laval . . .
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