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Academic pressure and athletic rivalry collide when two rowing teammates who cannot stand each other strike a risky deal.
See You at the Finish Line
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Academic pressure and athletic rivalry collide when two rowing teammates who cannot stand each other strike a risky deal. In See You at the Finish Line, George needs help to pass his exams, and Lucas wants lessons in confidence to win over his crush. This queer sports rom-com blends enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, and sharp campus competition with emotional vulnerability.
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“Filled to the brim with smart wit and delicious tension, See You at the Finish Line is a must read!” —Hannah Bonam-Young, USA Today bestselling author of Out on a Limb
“If you thought the only thing Red, White and Royal Blue was missing was some strenuous activity, Zac Hammett’s delicious debut is your new favorite romance.” —Justinian Huang, author of Lucky Seed
Heartthrob George wants to prove he's smart enough to graduate. Nerdy Lucas wants to finally ask his crush out. They strike a deal to get what they want . . . but they may accidentally splash into a row-mance together in this queer, sports rom-com, perfect for fans of Heated Rivalry.
George and Lucas can’t stand each other—which makes it very awkward being on the same Cambridge University rowing team. The uber-charming, all-American George got accepted at Cambridge for his sporting prowess, not his subpar grades. Economics whizz and sarcasm expert Lucas, meanwhile, works hard for everything he’s got, which sadly does not include a boyfriend.
When the news leaks that George receives academic preferential treatment—Cambridge couldn’t lose their star athlete, after all—he’s told he must actually study this year to pass his exams. That’s when he zeroes in on Lucas for help. Lucas agrees, but on one condition: George will teach Lucas his lothario ways so he can finally seduce his long-time crush, Amir.
But soon they're in way over their heads, seducing and cheating their way to what they want. As they face rivals within their own squad and cutthroat competitors at Oxford, they find themselves unexpectedly becoming closer. What happens when your worst enemy may just be who you needed all along?
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers / Forced Proximity / Grumpy/Sunshine / Fish out of Water / Virgin/Experienced
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A childhood shaped by volatility and conditional love leaves lasting imprints long after the chaos ends.
An Abbreviated Life
Biographies & Memoirs
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A childhood shaped by volatility and conditional love leaves lasting imprints long after the chaos ends. In An Abbreviated Life, Ariel Leve recounts growing up with an unstable mother, learning to parent herself amid cycles of rage and denial. This memoir examines psychological maltreatment, attachment, and the difficult work of building emotional safety in adulthood.
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A "mesmerizing" memoir of growing up under siege with an unstable, unreliable mother (The New York Times).
Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker." Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed by denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love?
Leve captures the chaos and lasting impact, and explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult. There were material comforts, but no emotional safety, except for summer visits to her father's home in Southeast Asia—an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody. Following the death of a loving caretaker, a succession of replacements raised Leve—relationships that resulted in intense attachment and loss. It wasn't until decades later, when Leve moved to other side of the world, that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past. In a relationship with a man who has children, caring for them yields a clarity about what was missing.
In telling her story, Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child's developing brain, and to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible: an unabbreviated life.
"An Abbreviated Life adds a harrowing chapter to the great tragicomedy called 'we don't get to choose our parents.' [An] extremely readable memoir." —Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Be Mine
"Sometimes, a child is born to a parent who can't be a parent, and, like a seedling in the shade, has to grow toward a distant sun. [Leve's] memoir will remind us that family isn't everything—kindness and nurturing are." —Gloria Steinem, New York Times–bestselling author of My Life on the Road
"Searing . . . An unstinting portrayal of psychological abuse, both insightful and precisely told." —John Irving, New York Times–bestselling author of A Prayer for Owen Meany
"Vividly renders the trauma she endured and her struggle to free herself from her mother . . . powerful." —Publishers Weekly
"A haunting, indelible story . . . an act of bravery that strikes me not only as a literary achievement, but a human one." —Dani Shapiro, New York Times–bestselling author of Inheritance
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A good pick for fans of young adult paranormal fantasy with inherited powers, supernatural danger, and romance.
Fated
Paranormal Romance · Teen + Young Adult
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Strange visions lead Daire Santos to the grandmother she has never met, who reveals that Daire is a Soul Seeker able to navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead. She must learn to control her new powers while confronting a dangerous enemy determined to steal them, with a 3.7-star average from more than 18,700 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for fans of young adult paranormal fantasy with inherited powers, supernatural danger, and romance.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals, Alyson Noël, comes Fated—a breathtaking new saga brimming with magic, mystery, and an intoxicating love story that will steal your heart away. Meet The Soul Seekers.
Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for her daughter's sanity, Daire's mother sends her to live with the grandmother she's never met. A woman who recognizes the visions for what they truly are—the call to her destiny as a Soul Seeker—one who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead.
There on the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico, Daire sets out to harness her mystical powers. But it's when she meets Dace, the boy from her dreams, that her whole world is shaken to its core. Now Daire is forced to discover if Dace is the one guy she's meant to be with...or if he's allied with the enemy she's destined to destroy.
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood.
When We Were Young & Brave
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood. In When We Were Young & Brave, Elspeth Kent and ten-year-old Nancy Plummer endure occupation and internment as Japanese forces seize control, testing faith and loyalty at every turn. This World War II historical novel traces resilience, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds that sustain hope.
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"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army’s internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school.
Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war.
China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth,and those in her charge.
Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers – to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – to provide a sense of unity and safety.
Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation – but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . .
Inspired by true events, When We Were Young and Brave is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war.
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Beauty conceals its own reflections, and some of them are lethal.
Black Water Lilies
Mystery · Thriller
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Beauty conceals its own reflections, and some of them are lethal. In Black Water Lilies, a man is found murdered in Monet’s garden in Giverny, setting off thirteen days of suspicion among three women bound by a shared secret. This atmospheric mystery layers art, obsession, and deception into a tightly constructed psychological puzzle.
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From the author of the "wonderfully ingenious" (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review) novel After the Crash, a thrilling tale of a murder that takes place in Claude Monet's garden and the mystery that surrounds it.
Giverny, France. During the day, the town is the home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his Water Lilies. But once the tourists have gone, there is a darker side to the peaceful French village.
This is the story of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jéme Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens. In his pocket is a postcard of
Monet's Water Lilies with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday.
Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher, and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jéme Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious, rumored painting of Black Water Lilies?
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Safety comes at a cost when the world has already ended.
Protected
Dystopian · Romance · Post-Apocalyptic
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Safety comes at a cost when the world has already ended. In Protected, a young woman joins a band of scavengers to survive a ruined landscape, finding unexpected shelter in the quiet vigilance of a man who rarely speaks but never leaves her unguarded. This post apocalyptic romance centers on trust, vulnerability, and the fragile possibility of love amid devastation.
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Two years after the world fell apart, I'm entirely alone, a twenty-four-year-old woman scrounging for food and barely surviving. My only choice left is to hook up with a group of roaming scavengers. They're not good people, but it's safer with them than on my own.
Deck immediately makes himself my silent protector. He never speaks, but he doesn't have to. He keeps me alive, and I try to communicate with him. We eventually learn to trust each other.
The world after Impact is rawer and bleaker than what it used to be, and we've lost most of what made life worth living. But maybe we haven't lost everything.
Maybe love still lurks in the ruins.
Protected is a standalone post-apocalyptic romance set in the near future after a global catastrophe and is part of the larger Kindled series world.
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time.
The Last Masterpiece
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time. In The Last Masterpiece, a German photographer and an American stenographer navigate shifting alliances and mounting destruction as Hitler’s plans threaten Florence’s artistic legacy. This World War II historical novel explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of preserving beauty amid war.
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In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.
In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.
When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.
But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.
The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?
Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy.
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Justice becomes personal when the system meant to protect you fails your own family.
Winter Counts
Thriller · Mystery · Indigenous Fiction
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Justice becomes personal when the system meant to protect you fails your own family. In Winter Counts, Virgil Wounded Horse serves as an enforcer on the Rosebud Reservation, delivering punishment where courts fall short. When heroin reaches his nephew, he follows the trail beyond the reservation, confronting cartels, corruption, and his own fractured sense of identity in a crime novel that binds vigilante action to cultural reckoning.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL
“Winter Counts is a marvel. It’s a thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth.” —Tommy Orange, author of There There
A Best Book of 2020: NPR * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal * CrimeReads * Goodreads * Sun Sentinel * SheReads * MysteryPeople
A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx.
Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that’s hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation and finds Virgil’s nephew, his vigilantism suddenly becomes personal. He enlists the help of his ex-girlfriend and sets out to learn where the drugs are coming from, and how to make them stop.
They follow a lead to Denver and find that drug cartels are rapidly expanding and forming new and terrifying alliances. And back on the reservation, a new tribal council initiative raises uncomfortable questions about money and power. As Virgil starts to link the pieces together, he must face his own demons and reclaim his Native identity. He realizes that being a Native American in the twenty-first century comes at an incredible cost.
Winter Counts is a tour-de-force of crime fiction, a bracingly honest look at a long-ignored part of American life, and a twisting, turning story that’s as deeply rendered as it is thrilling.
Winner, Spur Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and Best First Novel * Winner, Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel * Shortlisted, Best First Novel, Bouchercon Anthony Awards * Shortlisted, Best First Novel, International Thriller Writers * Shortlisted, Dashiell Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing, International Association of Crime Writers * Longlisted, VCU Cabell First Novel Award * Shortlisted, Barry Award for Best First Novel * Shortlisted, Reading the West Award * Shortlisted, Colorado Book Award (Thriller)
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Grief turns feral when the thing that destroys your family refuses to stay dead.
Coffin Moon
Horror · Occult Horror · Supernatural Horror
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Grief turns feral when the thing that destroys your family refuses to stay dead. In Coffin Moon, a Vietnam veteran and his teenage niece hunt the vampire who murdered the woman they loved, chasing vengeance through a wintry Pacific Northwest. This is a gritty horror novel driven by trauma, rage, and the slow erosion of what makes us human.
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“This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page.”—Stephen King
From the author of Fever House and The Devil by Name: a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.
“Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t relent.”—Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
It’s the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon. Duane Minor is back home after a tour in Vietnam, a bartender just trying to stay sober; save his marriage with his wife, Heidi; and connect with his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, now that he’s responsible for raising her. Things aren’t easy, but Minor is scraping by.
Then a vampire walks into his bar and ruins his life.
When Minor crosses John Varley, a killer who sleeps during the day beneath loose drifts of earth and grows teeth in the light of the moon, Varley brutally retaliates by murdering Heidi, leaving Minor broken with guilt and Julia filled with rage. What’s left of their splintered family is united by only one desire: vengeance.
So begins a furious, frenzied pursuit across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From grimy alleyways to desolate highways to snow-lashed plains, Minor and Julia are cast into the dark orbit of undead children, silver bullet casters, and the bevy of broken men transfixed by Varley’s ferocity. Everyone’s out for blood.
Gritty, unforgettable, and emotionally devastating, Coffin Moon asks what will be left of our humanity when grief transmutes into violence, when monsters wear human faces, and when our thirst for revenge eclipses everything else.
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Jade Fire Gold opens in a fractured empire where identity is both weapon and risk.
Jade Fire Gold
Teen + Young Adult · Romantasy
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Jade Fire Gold opens in a fractured empire where identity is both weapon and risk. A girl with dangerous magic and no past crosses paths with a displaced heir desperate to reclaim his future. As their goals align, trust and attraction grow under constant threat. This YA fantasy blends political tension, inherited power, and a slow-burn romance shaped by sacrifice and uncertainty.
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Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan’s stunning debut, where ferocious action, shadowy intrigue, rich magic, and a captivating slow-burn romance collide.
In an empire on the brink of war . . .
Ahn is no one, with no past and no family.
Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child.
When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne. Ahn sees a way tofinally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities. But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined.
A stunning homage to the Xianxia novel with dangerous magic, fast-paced action, and a delightful romance, Jade Fire Gold isn’t one to miss!
“An addictive story that is impossible to put down." —Swati Teerdhala, author of The Tiger at Midnight series
"Adventure at its finest. A beautifully rendered story that honors the great wuxia epics.” —Joan He, author of Descendant of the Crane and The Ones We're Meant to Find
“An epic adventure!” —Elizabeth Lim, New York Times bestselling author of Spin the Dawn and So This Is Love
“Epic in every sense of the word, beautiful as it is sweeping." —Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
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Champion of Fate opens on the pressure of destiny, where failure means exile and success demands sacrifice.
Champion of Fate
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Fairy Tale
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Champion of Fate opens on the pressure of destiny, where failure means exile and success demands sacrifice. Raised by an elite order of female warriors, Reed faces her final trial by guiding a chosen hero toward his first victory. When strategy turns personal, loyalty fractures. This YA epic fantasy explores fate, duty, and the cost of choosing love over legend.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake is back with an epic duology starter that follows a young woman training to join a fabled order as she attempts to lead a hero to his critical first victory. A must-read for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Victoria Aveyard.
Aristene are an order of mythical female warriors. Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it’s the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers.
Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She’s been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Succeed, and her place in the order is secured. Fail, and she’ll be cast out of the only home she’s ever known.
But Reed didn’t count on Hestion, her assigned hero, being both infuriating and intriguing. When their strategic alliance turns into something more, it forces Reed to question the cost of becoming an Aristene. As battle looms and fate hangs in the balance, Reed must make an impossible choice: her hero or her order.
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Rosemary and Rue opens with exile and unfinished grief, where denial becomes a form of survival.
Rosemary and Rue
Paranormal Romance
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Rosemary and Rue opens with exile and unfinished grief, where denial becomes a form of survival. A half-fae detective pulled back into a hidden world must confront old loyalties when a powerful figure is murdered and a curse binds her to the truth. Set in a layered urban Faerie, this novel blends mystery, identity, and obligation as past choices close in.
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Celebrating ten years of the Hugo-nominated and New York Times-bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series comes a new anniversary edition of the book that started it all, with a new bonus novella.
The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born.
Outsiders from birth, these half-human, half-fae children spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Or, in the case of October "Toby" Daye, rejecting it completely. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating into a “normal” life. Unfortunately for her, Faerie has other ideas...
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose, one of the secret regents of the San Francisco Bay Area, pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening’s dying curse, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills and begin renewing old alliances that may prove her only hope of solving the mystery...before the curse catches up with her.
This edition features an all-new October Daye novella, Strangers in Court. Toby knew what she was doing when she threw her lot in with Devin, but when the time comes to get out, she has a little less of a clue. In order to win her freedom, she must do something to impress the local nobility—and the collapse of the Queen's knowe would seem to be exactly the opportunity she's been waiting for to prove herself! Set well before the events of Rosemary and Rue, this is a rare look at Toby's past as a changeling street rat, before she discovered her destiny as a Hero of the Realm.
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