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Her Last Breath follows two estranged friends on a caving trip that turns brutal when a stranger attacks deep underground.
Her Last Breath
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Psychological Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Women's Fiction
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Her Last Breath follows two estranged friends on a caving trip that turns brutal when a stranger attacks deep underground. After one woman barely survives, revelations about her friend’s hidden past suggest the violence may not have been random. A tense thriller about survival, trust, and buried secrets by Taylor Adams.
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From the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a story of two friends who embark on an ill-fated caving expedition—and the dark truth of what happens deep underground.
After years of excuses, Tess has finally agreed to go caving with her best friend Allie. Their lives have diverged sharply since high school—Allie is a self-made travel influencer, while Tess is a shy (and claustrophobic) legal assistant struggling to pay for law school. Maybe she’s a little jealous of Allie's globe-trotting life. Who wouldn’t be?
As Tess and Allie descend into the depths, they realize they’re not alone. A stranger who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy—and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive.
Twenty-four hours later, as a hospitalized Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn’t so random after all.
Who was Allie, really? Why did this man target them? And did Tess really leave the danger behind when she escaped the cave?
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Best for readers who like bookish fantasy, literary adventures, hidden libraries, and journeys through familiar fictional worlds.
The Astral Library
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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A #1 bestseller in Romantic Action & Adventure, The Astral Library follows Alix, a young woman from foster care who discovers a hidden library where books open doors into literary worlds, only to face an enemy threatening the refuge and everyone it protects. Best for readers who like bookish fantasy, literary adventures, hidden libraries, and journeys through familiar fictional worlds.
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From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.
Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.
The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?
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Laws of Love and Logic follows a woman torn between the passion of her first love and the stability of her devoted husband.
Laws of Love and Logic
Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Laws of Love and Logic follows a woman torn between the passion of her first love and the stability of her devoted husband. As buried grief, family bonds, and a long hidden past resurface, she must face whether love can be measured by logic or if the heart obeys its own enduring rules.
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A STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S NEW VENTURE, THOUSAND VOICES
A woman finds herself torn between her first love and her devoted husband in this extraordinary debut novel that asks the question: Can one heart hold two great loves?
“A magnificent, spellbinding love story.”—Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country
In the serene town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lily Webb is deeply in love with a charismatic boy, a college-bound quarterback whose spectacular athletic talents are matched only by his fierce devotion. But their dreams of a life together are cut short when his passionate protectiveness leads to an irrevocable choice—one that tears them apart and leads Lily down a path of heartbreak from which she may never recover.
Lily already knows the sting of loss, beginning with the death of her mother, a tragedy that left deep scars on both her and her gifted younger sister, Jane. Jane seeks escape in the abstract world of mathematics and quantum mechanics—when she can keep the demons that fuel her addictions at bay. As the years pass, Lily buries her twin griefs deep in her heart, finding solace and a new beginning with Marshall Middleton, a renowned ornithologist whose love is as steadfast as the migration patterns he studies. Yet the shadows of her past linger.
When the boy who was once everything to Lily reappears in her life, she struggles with questions around that terrible night in high school. Can she reconcile the wild wonderment of her first love with the comfort and safety of her second? Laws of Love and Logic explores love’s enduring power and the human spirit’s capacity for forgiveness and redemption.
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A mysterious painting links two women across decades, from 1930s Spain to 1960s London.
The Muse
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Romance · Historical Literary Fiction
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A mysterious painting links two women across decades, from 1930s Spain to 1960s London. As ambition, desire, and deception ripple through the art world, buried truths surface with lasting consequences. This richly layered historical novel explores creativity and power, earning 4.3 stars on Amazon and 3.9 stars on Goodreads from thousands of readers.
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From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together.
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions, Odelle does not know what to believe or who she can trust, including her mesmerizing colleague, Marjorie Quick.
Spain, 1936. Olive Schloss, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish art dealer and an English heiress, follows her parents to Arazuelo, a poor, restless village on the southern coast. She grows close to Teresa, a young housekeeper, and Teresa’s half-brother, Isaac Robles, an idealistic and ambitious painter newly returned from the Barcelona salons. A dilettante buoyed by the revolutionary fervor that will soon erupt into civil war, Isaac dreams of being a painter as famous as his countryman Picasso.
Raised in poverty, these illegitimate children of the local landowner revel in exploiting the wealthy Anglo-Austrians. Insinuating themselves into the Schloss family’s lives, Teresa and Isaac help Olive conceal her artistic talents with devastating consequences that will echo into the decades to come.
Rendered in exquisite detail, The Muse is a passionate and enthralling tale of desire, ambition, and the ways in which the tides of history inevitably shape and define our lives.
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A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction with romance, circus life, and human-animal connections.
Water for Elephants
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance
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A #1 New York Times bestseller praised by Stephen King as a tale that “simply can’t be beat,” this novel follows orphaned Jacob as he joins a Depression-era traveling circus, falls for married performer Marlena, and bonds with Rosie the elephant. A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction with romance, circus life, and human-animal connections.
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An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.
Jacob Janowski’s luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both his salvation and a living hell. There he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but brutal animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
#1 New York Times Bestseller • A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller
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After returning a priceless Fabergé egg, orphan Anyu Zhang is drawn into Shanghai’s perilous jewelry world of ambition, greed, and violence.
The Master Jeweler
Historical Fiction · Women's Fiction
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After returning a priceless Fabergé egg, orphan Anyu Zhang is drawn into Shanghai’s perilous jewelry world of ambition, greed, and violence. Her relentless pursuit of mastery risks everything she loves as rivalries tighten. This sweeping historical novel holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and strong reader acclaim on Goodreads for its vivid setting and emotional depth.
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From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Night Angels comes the epic story of a brilliant young woman’s dangerous rise to fame in the perilous world of jewelry in 1920s Shanghai—and the power of love and friendship.
Harbin, China, 1925. Fifteen-year-old Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg in the snow and returns it to the owner, Isaac Mandelburg, a fugitive and former master jeweler for Russia’s imperial palace. In gratitude, he leaves her his address in Shanghai and a promise of hospitality, forever altering her fate.
A dazzling world of jewelry shrouded in secrecy and greed awaits, when later Anyu arrives at Mandelburg’s jewelry shop as an orphan. Single-minded and relentless, Anyu will stop at nothing until she masters the craft of jewelry making. But she soon finds herself entangled in the treacherous underbelly of the city, where violent gangsters stalk the streets, vicious rivals seek to exploit her, and obsessive collectors conspire to destroy the people she loves.
From snow-crowned land to diamond-sparkling showrooms to a pristine island on the brink of war, The Master Jeweler chronicles an exciting journey of a bold prodigy artisan—including her losses and triumphs—in a glamorous yet perilous world of treasure.
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Falsely condemned and facing death, Kaia is forced into a royal competition she never wanted, secretly spying for the Queen.
The Royal Games
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Coming of Age
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Falsely condemned and facing death, Kaia is forced into a royal competition she never wanted, secretly spying for the Queen. As danger, deception, and attraction collide, survival becomes her only goal. The Royal Games delivers high-stakes YA dystopian romance with 4.4 stars on Amazon and over 900 Goodreads ratings.
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Once in a generation, the young women of the Unified Territories of Palias are given the opportunity of a lifetime:
The chance to become a princess.
It’s an honor Kaia Luvaryan has no interest in competing for. In the aftermath of the Great War, huge swaths of what was once the United States of America are uninhabitable. Every day is a struggle to survive.
But Kaia doesn’t want to leave her family or her best friend Finn behind—not even for a chance at winning Crown Prince Dominic’s hand in marriage. Life in her home territory of Hilora is hard, but at least it’s hers.
Her life. Her choice.
Until, suddenly, it’s not anymore.
Branded a criminal and sentenced to a punishment that amounts to death, Kaia is given only one way out.
She must compete in the Royal Games… as a spy for the Queen of Palias herself.
Perfect for fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games.
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Two boys endure the same childhood trauma and carry its aftermath in radically different ways.
Mysterious Skin
LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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Two boys endure the same childhood trauma and carry its aftermath in radically different ways. When their lives reconnect years later, memory and denial collide with devastating consequences. Mysterious Skin is an unflinching exploration of trauma and identity, praised by readers with 4.6 stars on Amazon and over 12,000 Goodreads ratings.
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A disturbing incident sends two young boys down vastly different paths that reunite ten year later in this "impressive" debut novel (Publishers Weekly).
At the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five–hour period of time.
During the following years he slowly recalls details from that night, but these fragments are not enough to explain what happened to him, and he begins to believe that he may have been the victim of an alien encounter . . .
Neil McCormick is fully aware of the events from that summer of 1981. Wise beyond his years, curious about his developing sexuality, Neil found what he perceived to be love and guidance from his baseball coach. Now, ten years later, he is a teenage hustler, unaware of the dangerous path his life is taking. His recklessness is governed by idealized memories of his coach, memories that unexpectedly change when Brian comes to Neil for help and, ultimately, the truth.
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After a devastating loss, a grieving mother faces an impossible choice when a condemned man offers her daughter a chance at life.
Change of Heart
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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After a devastating loss, a grieving mother faces an impossible choice when a condemned man offers her daughter a chance at life. As faith, vengeance, and mercy collide, both are forced to confront what redemption truly costs. This emotionally charged novel holds a 4.5-star Amazon rating and wide reader acclaim.
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author and “master of the craft of storytelling” (Associated Press) weaves a spellbinding tale of a mother’s tragic loss and one man’s chance at salvation.
One moment June Nealon is happily looking forward to years of love and laughter with her family. The next, she is facing a future as empty as her heart as she waits for a miracle.
For Shay Bourne, life has no more surprises, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, his life is changed by one last chance for redemption through June’s young daughter, Claire. But between June and Shay lies an ocean of bitter regrets and a mother’s rage.
Would you give up revenge against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy’s dying wish?
Soul-stirring and haunting, Change of Heart is “another ripped-from-the-zeitgeist winner” (Publishers Weekly) from Jodi Picoult.
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches.
The Bookshop of Secrets
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches. This uplifting historical novel blends mystery, romance, and courage, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 5,700 Goodreads ratings.
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‘What a page turner!' Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
'A delicious Art Deco novel with a delightfully acerbic heroine.' Marius Gabriel, author of The German Daughter
'Original and immersive.' Eva Glyn, author of An Island of Secrets
In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life…
Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met.
As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one of the most beautiful corners of the city.
But when she witnesses a customer secretly swapping a book, she realises the bookshop is not all it seems. Lara is plunged into a labyrinthine world of mystery and facades, encountering new friends, an unexpected romance, and even royalty… Is she prepared to risk it all for this new life?
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In Vegas, survival demands a strong poker face.
Ante Up
Romance · Contemporary Romance · People of Color
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In Vegas, survival demands a strong poker face. Asha and King both know the cost of trust, power, and desire. When two guarded souls collide, resisting temptation becomes the biggest risk of all. This sultry contemporary romance holds 4.7 stars on Amazon and over 3,000 Goodreads ratings.
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I know exactly why it turns you on…because you’re messed up too.
Asha’s life is no fairytale, by any stretch of the imagination. There was no kind, generous father to care for and protect her from the Vegas that exists beyond the glitz and glamour of The Strip. No wise, doting mother to look over and guide her, passing down essential lessons and leading her to the right path. And certainly no Prince Charming just around the corner, ready to rescue her from working late nights to cover steadily mounting bills.
But she’s alive. Overwhelmed with responsibility she never asked for, carrying secrets and scars that haunt her, and singularly focused on an uncertain path to escape, but… alive.
You’re not born to sharks without becoming one yourself.
In Vegas, King is exactly what his name implies. Born into money and influence, but respected – and feared – in his own right. The privileges of wealth have afforded him many things: freedom, power, massive eligibility – while simultaneously leaving him exposed to others: betrayal, exploitation, and manipulation.
But he learned. The tolls of duplicity, wrath, and vengeance have taught him to be more mindful, more shrewd, to keep himself clear of the vulnerability of certain situations, certain business deals, certain places, and certain women.
Women like Asha.
Like attracts like…
Her poker face has kept her alive all this time, and he keeps his cards close to his chest. Neither is interested in gambling their hearts, but when they can’t stay away from each other, there’s only one choice… ante up.
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Achilles and Hector unite against the gods who control their fates as Olympus itself becomes a battlefield.
Olympos
Speculative Fiction · Sci-Fi · Space Opera · Time Travel
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Achilles and Hector unite against the gods who control their fates as Olympus itself becomes a battlefield. While divine power crumbles, humanity faces annihilation from its own creations. This sweeping science fiction epic blends myth, futurism, and rebellion, concluding the Ilium saga with 4.4 stars on Amazon and enduring acclaim.
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Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before twenty-first-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy Hector and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve.
And now all bets are off.
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