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Family history blurs when memory begins to slip away.
The Memory Bracelet
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Family history blurs when memory begins to slip away. In The Memory Bracelet, college sophomore Tessa Wilde uncovers a secret from her grandmother Esther, whose Alzheimer’s clouds the truth even as it reveals it. Guided by the stories tied to a charm bracelet, Tessa searches for clarity, confronting betrayal, identity, and the fragile bonds between generations in this emotionally grounded contemporary drama.
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When college sophomore Tessa Wilde visits her Alzheimer’s-stricken grandmother Esther, a shocking secret slips out, one that threatens Tessa’s identity and raises old feelings of betrayal and rejection. The only way to pursue the truth, though, is to explore those unreliable memories.
But can she separate Esther’s ramblings of a storied past from the effects of Alzheimer’s?
Relying on Grandmother’s stories that live in the charms of her beloved bracelet, Tessa pushes her grandmother to reveal the truths that have been hidden for too long. As Esther’s health deteriorates and communication fails, Tessa faces the ultimate question: can she forgive Grandmother for half-spilled secrets and an unreconciled relationship? And face the fact that they’re more alike than they are different?
Perfect for fans of Barbara Davis and Kristan Higgins, The Memory Bracelet is a gripping yet heartwarming novel about the pain resulting from complicated relationships, carried from one generation to the next, and the fierce determination to heal them.
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A mother’s final message forces two estranged siblings to confront the life she never shared.
Black Cake
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction
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A mother’s final message forces two estranged siblings to confront the life she never shared. After Eleanor Bennett’s death, Byron and Benny receive a traditional Caribbean black cake and a recording that reveals a past marked by flight, reinvention, and buried secrets. This multigenerational family saga explores inheritance, identity, and the fragile ties that bind siblings across decades and continents.
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NOW A HULU STREAMING SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Two estranged siblings delve into their mother’s hidden past—and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake—in this immersive family saga, “a character-driven, multigenerational story that’s meant to be savored” (Time).
“Wilkerson transports you across the decades and around the globe accompanied by complex, wonderfully drawn characters.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, and Malibu Rising
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar, Book Riot, She Reads
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?
In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.
Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?
Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.
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Returning home means confronting the magic she tried to leave behind.
The Language of Spells
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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Returning home means confronting the magic she tried to leave behind. In The Language of Spells, Gwen Harper inherits her great-aunt’s cottage and the mystical legacy tied to a town that once cast her out. As suppressed powers resurface, she must decide whether magic is a burden or a belonging. This cozy witch fiction blends small-town tension, self-discovery, and quiet enchantment.
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The perfect cosy witchy story to curl up with this Autumn
Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn’t looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she’d escaped. Confronted with her great-aunt’s legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past.
The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay – she has nowhere else to go – but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch…?
Praise for Sarah Painter:
‘Sarah Painter is a talented new writer, and her debut is a charming, romantic and intriguing story, with a little touch of magic. It had me enchanted.’ - Clodagh Murphy
'This really was a fantastic debut novel… The language was also simple but elegant and meant that the story flowed seamlessly. I honestly could not put it down.' – Laura's Little Book Blog
'The plot had great twists and turns and when I thought I had the story figured out, the story would go in a different direction and surprise me. I didn’t want to put it down and the further I got into the book, the harder it was to stop reading… A wonderful debut novel and I’m looking forward to reading the next one.' – Novel Kicks
'I really do love magical fiction and I think Sarah Painter is one of the best at giving you a realistic look at magic and all that comes with it.' – Chick Lit Reviews
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A missing cat case opens the door to a conspiracy that bends time itself.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Sci-Fi · Speculative Fiction · Time Travel
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A missing cat case opens the door to a conspiracy that bends time itself. In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, an unconventional private investigator follows the principle that everything connects, uncovering a ghost with a plan to rewrite its own fate. This science fiction mystery blends time travel, metaphysical puzzles, and high-stakes consequences into a story where coincidence hides a larger design.
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From Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction classics of all time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, comes a wildly inventive novel of ghosts, time travel, and one detective’s mission to save humanity from extinction.
DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
We solve the whole crime.
We find the whole person.
Phone today for the whole solution to your problem.
(Missing cats and messy divorces a specialty)
In this novel from the legendary Douglas Adams, quirky and bumbling Private Investigator Dirk Gently stumbles upon a million-year-old ghost, wandering the earth and disturbing all its people. What he uncovers is the ghost’s desperate plot to go back in time to prevent its own death. But this ghost was no ordinary person, and helping it save itself just might change the modern world as we know it. And not in a good way.
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A glamorous legacy fractures when a hidden child threatens to rewrite history.
A Storm of Infinite Beauty
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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A glamorous legacy fractures when a hidden child threatens to rewrite history. In A Storm of Infinite Beauty, museum curator Gwen Hollingsworth learns that Hollywood icon Scarlett Fontaine may have lived a secret life in Alaska. As Gwen travels north with a determined biographer, she uncovers buried family truths that challenge her inheritance, her marriage, and her understanding of who she is in this sweeping women’s fiction novel.
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From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world.
Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes…
Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum dedicated to Scarlett’s life. She’s also sole heir to Scarlett’s fortune as a descendant of the star. But all is not well in Gwen’s world. She’s dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward. So when Peter Miller, a biographer and photojournalist, comes to the museum with shocking claims about Scarlett—a life of exile in Alaska, a baby born in secret—Gwen’s whole world is turned upside down. Again.
Determined to uncover the truth, Gwen and Peter set out for Alaska together but soon find themselves on a path toward something far deeper and more meaningful than either of them ever expected.
A Storm of Infinite Beauty takes readers on a breathtaking journey from a lush vineyard in Nova Scotia to a rustic lodge in Alaska where old family secrets are revealed and the quest for true happiness begins.
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A quiet life unravels when doing the right thing leads to the worst possible outcome.
The Sideways Life of Denny Voss
Literary Fiction
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A quiet life unravels when doing the right thing leads to the worst possible outcome. In The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, a man with developmental delays faces a murder charge after a baffling chain of events in rural Minnesota. As he revisits the past year with his court appointed therapist, buried family truths and hard won self understanding begin to surface in this poignant, darkly comic novel.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZE
In this poignant and funny novel, a man who is defined by his limitations sets out to fight a murder charge—and discovers unexpected truths about himself, his family, and the world at large.
On the surface, Denny Voss’s life in rural Minnesota is a quiet one. At thirty years old, he lives at home with his elderly mother and his beloved blind and deaf Saint Bernard, George. He cleans up roadkill to help pay the bills. Though his prospects are limited by a developmental delay—the result of an accident at birth—Denny has always felt that he has “a good life.”
So how did he wind up being charged with the murder of a mayoral candidate—after crashing a sled full of guns into a tree?
As Denny awaits trial, his court-appointed therapist walks him through the events of the past year. Denny’s had other scuffles with the law, the first for kidnapping a neighbor’s cantankerous goose. And then there was the time he accidentally assisted in a bank robbery. It seems like whenever Denny tries to do the right thing, chaos ensues.
Untangling the events around the murder reveals even more painful truths about his family’s past. He’s always been surrounded by people who love him, but now it’s up to Denny to set his life on a new course.
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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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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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Four women arrive at a desert fortress carrying grief, secrets, and lives shaped by violence long before the siege begins.
The Dovekeepers
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Four women arrive at a desert fortress carrying grief, secrets, and lives shaped by violence long before the siege begins. As Roman forces close in on Masada, Yael, Revka, Aziza, and Shirah find their fates intertwined through survival, love, and loss. The Dovekeepers is a historical novel rooted in legend, centered on women whose inner lives endure even as history narrows around them.
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An ambitious and mesmerizing historical novel from the bestselling author of Rules of Magic. The Dovekeepers is “striking….Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose” (Entertainment Weekly).
Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain fortress in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman’s novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.
The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the Roman siege of Masada. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
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A family’s magic sustains a town, but it also fixes the future of every woman born into it.
What We Sacrifice for Magic
Literary Fiction · Horror · Magical Realism · Occult Horror
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A family’s magic sustains a town, but it also fixes the future of every woman born into it. In 1968 Minnesota, Elisabeth Watry-Ridder stands at the edge of adulthood, expected to inherit her grandmother’s power, her role, and her sacrifices. As long-buried truths surface, What We Sacrifice for Magic explores generational magic, inherited obligation, and the cost of choosing a life of one’s own.
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Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and The Lager Queen of Minnesota: a coming-of-age novel following three generations of witches in the 1960s, this enchanting and heartwarming debut explores the importance of family and the delight and heartbreak of discovering who you truly are.
It’s 1968, and the Watry-Ridder family is feared and respected in equal measure. The local farmers seek out their water charms, and the teenagers, their love spells. The family’s charms and spells, passed down through generations of witches descending from the Black Forest, have long served the small town of Friedrich, Minnesota.
Eldest daughter Elisabeth has just graduated high school—she is expected to hone her supernatural abilities to take over for her grandmother, the indomitable Magda. She’s also expected to marry her high school sweetheart and live the rest of her life in Friedrich. But all she can ask is, why her? Why is her path set in stone, and what else might be out there for her?
She soon discovers that magic isn’t the only thing inherited in her family. That magic also comes with a great price—and a big family secret. The more she digs, the more questions she has, and the less she trusts the grandmother she thought she knew. Who is Elisabeth without her family? She must ultimately decide what she’s willing to sacrifice for her family, for their secrets and their magic, or risk it all to pave her own way.
Navigating the bittersweet tension between self-discovery and living up to familial expectations, What We Sacrifice for Magic is a touching look at coming into one’s own.
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Wild Seed unfolds as a centuries-long confrontation between two immortals bound by power, desire, and control.
Wild Seed
Sci-Fi · Genetic Engineering · People of Color · Speculative Fiction
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Wild Seed unfolds as a centuries-long confrontation between two immortals bound by power, desire, and control. Doro shapes humanity through ruthless breeding and domination, while Anyanwu builds communities through healing and care. When their paths collide, attraction becomes coercion and survival becomes negotiation. This novel explores immortality, consent, and legacy through an intimate struggle that reshapes generations.
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From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together and changing the destiny of the human race.
Doro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one—until he meets Anyanwu.
Anyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She can heal with a bite and transform her own body, mending injuries and reversing aging. She uses her powers to cure her neighbors and birth entire tribes, surrounding herself with kindred who both fear and respect her. No one poses a true threat to Anyanwu—until she meets Doro.
The moment Doro meets Anyanwu, he covets her; and from the villages of 17th-century Nigeria to 19th-century United States, their courtship becomes a power struggle that echoes through generations, irrevocably changing what it means to be human.
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