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Willa Knox’s modern family faces financial ruin, while 19th-century science teacher Thatcher Greenwood battles to share Darwin’s truths.
Unsheltered
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Willa Knox’s modern family faces financial ruin, while 19th-century science teacher Thatcher Greenwood battles to share Darwin’s truths. Separated by time but connected by collapsing homes and relentless struggles, their stories mirror a quest for survival against forces determined to silence and suppress. Can their courage reshape their lives—or will it crumble like the walls around them?
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Willa Knox and her husband did everything right—built careers, raised a family, followed the rules. Yet, they’re left with crushing debt, a crumbling inherited home, and the weight of supporting a multigenerational household. When tragedy strikes their Ivy-educated son, the burden grows heavier.
Meanwhile, in another century, science teacher Thatcher Greenwood risks everything to speak the truth about Darwin’s discoveries. Silenced by his employer and shunned by his family, Thatcher battles a town built on false utopia while his crumbling home becomes a stark symbol of fragile ideals.
Separated by time but connected by parallel struggles, Willa and Thatcher must fight for truth, survival, and their right to hope. Will their resilience be enough to withstand the collapse of the worlds they know?
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For fans of The Paris Library and The Gown.
The Bookbinder
Literary Fiction · Historical Fantasy
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From the author of The Dictionary of Lost Words comes The Bookbinder—a poignant, beautifully written tale set in WWI Oxford. As twin sisters navigate war, knowledge, and the quiet power of books, one woman dares to reach beyond the bindery and change her destiny. For fans of The Paris Library and The Gown. Click now for a story of love, learning, and resilience.
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In 1914 Oxford, twin sisters Peggy and Maude bind books by day and live quietly on a narrow boat by night. Maude is content with the rhythm of their world, but Peggy dreams of more—of knowledge, of libraries, of crossing the street to Somerville College where women read what she only binds.
As war tears through Europe and refugees arrive in Oxford, Peggy’s life begins to shift. Her bond with a wounded Belgian soldier sparks both love and new responsibility, just as she glimpses the future she’s always longed for.
From New York Times bestselling author Pip Williams comes The Bookbinder—a moving portrait of women’s intellect, ambition, and resilience in a world reshaped by war. For fans of The Paris Library and The Dictionary of Lost Words.
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In the 1970s, Opal & Nev were an iconic interracial rock duo—until a bold protest and violent fallout tore them apart.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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In the 1970s, Opal & Nev were an iconic interracial rock duo—until a bold protest and violent fallout tore them apart. Decades later, a journalist’s investigation into their reunion uncovers dark secrets that could destroy everything. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is an electrifying, unforgettable novel. A Best Book of 2021 by Barack Obama.
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A Good Morning America Buzz Pick • Named a Best Book of 2021 by Barack Obama, The Washington Post, NPR, and more
In 1970s New York, Opal is an unapologetic Afro-punk pioneer, fierce in both her music and activism. When British singer-songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a Detroit bar, they form an iconic interracial rock duo that captivates audiences—until a shocking act of protest at a rival band’s concert leads to violence and their sensational breakup.
Decades later, as Opal and Nev consider a reunion tour, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton dives into their turbulent history. But Sunny uncovers a dark, unexpected secret that threatens to unravel everything the duo built—and the lives they’ve tried to rebuild.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a provocative, electrifying novel that weaves music, politics, and personal truths into an unforgettable story of fame and fallout.
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Perfect for fans of A Night to Remember and gripping historical nonfiction.
Sheltering Angel
Biographies & Memoirs · Literary Fiction
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Real lives. Real tragedy. Sheltering Angel tells the riveting true story of Andrew Cunningham and Florence Cumings—two souls connected aboard the Titanic. When the ship sinks, fate pulls them together in a moment that defies the odds. Perfect for fans of A Night to Remember and gripping historical nonfiction. Click now to uncover the Titanic tale history almost forgot.
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Sheltering Angel brings to life the untold stories of real people forever changed by the Titanic disaster.
Andrew Cunningham, a Scottish steward from a working-class family, serves aboard luxury liners but harbors deep resentment toward the wealthy elite—until he meets Florence and Bradley Cumings, a first-class couple whose kindness transcends class. When Titanic begins her descent into history, Florence escapes in a lifeboat… only to witness a familiar figure fighting through the icy waters toward her.
Based on true events and meticulously researched, Sheltering Angel is a moving and immersive narrative that blends historical accuracy with human connection. For fans of A Night to Remember and readers who crave untold voices from history’s most haunting tragedy, this is a Titanic story you’ve never heard—but won’t forget.
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It fits readers who want historical fiction rooted in real lives, moral tension, and women who refuse to go quietly.
Fever
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Before the world knew her as Typhoid Mary, she was a determined young Irish immigrant trying to build a life in New York. In Fever, Mary Beth Keane turns a notorious historical figure into something far more complicated, tracing Mary Mallon’s ambition, pride, and unraveling as public health fear closes in around her. It fits readers who want historical fiction rooted in real lives, moral tension, and women who refuse to go quietly.
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From Mary Beth Keane, the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, comes a historical novel set in early-20th-century New York City about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” who becomes, “in Keane’s assured hands…a sympathetic, complex, and even inspiring character” (O, The Oprah Magazine).
On the eve of the 20th century, Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland at age fifteen to make her way in New York City. Brave, headstrong, and dreaming of being a cook, she fought to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic-service ladder. Canny and enterprising, she worked her way to the kitchen and discovered in herself the true talent of a chef. Sought after by New York aristocracy, and with an independence rare for a woman of the time, she seemed to have achieved the life she’d aimed for when she arrived in Castle Garden. Amid a growing public health panic, a determined “medical engineer” noticed that she left a trail of disease wherever she cooked and identified her as an “asymptomatic carrier” of Typhoid Fever. With this seemingly preposterous theory, he made Mallon a hunted woman.
The Department of Health sent Mallon to North Brother Island, where she was quarantined in isolation from 1907 to 1910, then released under the condition that she never work as a cook again. Yet for Mary—proud of her former status and passionate about cooking—the alternatives were abhorrent. She defied the edict.
Bringing Gilded Age New York City alive—the neighborhoods, the bars, the park carved out of upper Manhattan, the boat traffic, the mansions and sweatshops and emerging skyscrapers—Fever is an ambitious retelling of a forgotten life. In the imagination of Mary Beth Keane, Mary Mallon becomes a fiercely compelling, dramatic, vexing, sympathetic, uncompromising, and unforgettable heroine.
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Ideal for readers looking for college hockey romance with friends-to-lovers tension, emotional vulnerability, and forced proximity.
The Year We Fell Down
Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age
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“Nobody writes hockey like Sarina Bowen,” says Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Deal. The Year We Fell Down follows Corey, a college hockey player whose life changes when she arrives at Harkness in a wheelchair, and Adam Hartley, the injured hockey player across the hall, as friendship turns into something harder to ignore, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 5,700 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for college hockey romance with friends-to-lovers tension, emotional vulnerability, and forced proximity.
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My whole life changed in the blink of an eye.
I was supposed to start college on the Harkness Women’s hockey team. Now I’m showing up in a wheelchair instead.
There’s only one person who understands. Across the hall, in the other handicapped-accessible dorm room, lives the too-delicious-to-be real Adam Hartley. He’s a hockey player too, but his leg is broken in two places.
We bond over broken elevators and video games. We’re just friends, of course, until one night when things fall apart. Or fall together. All I know is that I’m falling. Hard.
But can Hartley love someone as broken as me? His deep brown eyes hold their own demons. While my troubles are visible for everyone to see, his are hidden deep inside…
If you love charming hockey player heroes and friends-to-lovers match-ups, download The Year We Fell Down today!
“Nobody writes hockey like Sarina Bowen.” - Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Deal.
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Perfect for fans of Circe and Elektra, this fierce debut gives voice to one of mythology’s most feared women.
Clytemnestra
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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The queen you thought was a villain? She has her reasons. Clytemnestra is a fiery Greek myth retelling of betrayal, vengeance, and the brutal price of power. Perfect for fans of Circe and Elektra, this fierce debut gives voice to one of mythology’s most feared women. Click now to meet the queen who refused to be forgotten—and made history bleed.
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Queens are either hated or forgotten. Clytemnestra has no intention of being either.
Married off to a tyrant and forced to endure the unthinkable—the sacrifice of her child, a war waged in her name, a kingdom stripped of power—Clytemnestra learns early that survival demands steel. But vengeance? That demands fire.
When her husband returns from Troy in triumph, she must decide: forgive the unforgivable, or claim the justice no one will hand her.
Set in the blood-soaked brilliance of Ancient Greece, Clytemnestra is a fierce, spellbinding debut perfect for fans of Circe, Elektra, and Ariadne. This is the untold story of a woman scorned, a queen reborn, and a legend rewritten—by her own hand.
Because when power isn’t given, she will take it.
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In 1928, Miyoung leaves her Korean village for Japan, seeking freedom and a future.
White Mulberry
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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In 1928, Miyoung leaves her Korean village for Japan, seeking freedom and a future. Forced to adopt a new identity amid rising anti-Korean hostility, she finds purpose as a nurse and love in an activist’s arms. But as war looms and her secrets unravel, Miyoung faces a choice that could change everything.
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In 1928, under Japan’s rule of Korea, eleven-year-old Miyoung dreams of a life beyond her small village near Pyongyang. She longs to be a teacher, to escape an arranged marriage, and to carve her own path. When an opportunity arises to study in Japan with her sister, she embraces it, despite leaving behind her ailing mother—and even her own name.
In Kyoto, Miyoung adopts the name Miyoko and hides her Korean identity as anti-Korean sentiment intensifies. As a nurse, she finds purpose, but her true self feels increasingly distant. A secret romance with a Korean activist rekindles her identity and brings her a beloved son, even as the shadow of war grows.
When her dual lives collide, Miyoung must make a decision that will alter her family’s fate forever.
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A thoughtful fit for readers who enjoy character-driven literary fiction, family relationships, and multicultural perspectives.
Behind You Is the Sea
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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Through interconnected stories, three Palestinian American families in Baltimore navigate cultural expectations, class differences, generational conflicts, and the complexities of immigrant life. Their experiences reveal the tensions and connections within a community shaped by different ideas of belonging. A thoughtful fit for readers who enjoy character-driven literary fiction, family relationships, and multicultural perspectives.
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2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Washington Post Notable Works of Fiction from 2024 • Booklist Top 10 Debut Novels of 2024 • Ms. Magazine Favorite Books of the Year 2024 • Elle.com The Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024 • The New Yorker Best Books of 2024 • NPR Books We Love 2024 • NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024 • Chicago Public Library Must Read Books of 2024 for Fiction • Kirkus Reviews 20 Early 2024 Books We Love •San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of Winter 2023 • Muslim Girl “12 Palestinian Books that Deserve Your Shelf Space”
"A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots."—Publishers Weekly
"Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich—lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion.
Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main families—the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars—Palestinian immigrants who’ve all found a different welcome in America.
Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose own family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for “dishonoring” their name. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.
Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
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Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and literary fiction with heart.
The Collected Novels Volume Two
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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From ancient warriors to suburban rebels, The Alice Hoffman Collection brings together four unforgettable novels, including the New York Times bestseller Seventh Heaven. With lyrical prose and touches of magic, Hoffman explores love, loss, and the fragile threads of humanity. Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and literary fiction with heart. Click now to journey into the extraordinary.
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Step into the spellbinding world of Alice Hoffman, where the ordinary is enchanted and the unexpected pulses just beneath the surface. In this unforgettable collection, four lyrical novels traverse centuries, continents, and emotional landscapes—each one a testament to Hoffman’s gift for magic realism and raw, resonant humanity.
From the mythic strength of Rain, a young Amazon warrior in The Foretelling, to the suburban upheaval sparked by Nora Silk in the New York Times bestseller Seventh Heaven, Hoffman conjures tales of longing, love, rebellion, and redemption. In White Horses, childhood fantasy collides with dangerous desire, while Angel Landing confronts catastrophe and healing in the shadow of a nuclear disaster.
Haunting, intimate, and richly poetic, The Alice Hoffman Collection is a masterclass in emotional alchemy—and the extraordinary power of storytelling.
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Secrets, forbidden love, and a trial that changed everything—this one’s for fans of Kate Morton and Stacey Halls.
The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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A scream. A dead baby. A scandal that shakes a nation. The Girl in the Shadows is a gripping historical mystery based on real events, told through the voices of accused murderess Nancy Randolph and her enslaved maid, Phebe. Secrets, forbidden love, and a trial that changed everything—this one’s for fans of Kate Morton and Stacey Halls. Click now to uncover the truth.
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A scream pierces the night at Glentivar Plantation—and by morning, everything has changed.
When a newborn’s body is rumored to be found outside Nancy Randolph’s room, whispers of scandal erupt. A forbidden affair between Nancy and her brother-in-law. A murdered child. A cover-up within one of America’s most powerful families. But no body is ever recovered, and the truth lies buried under privilege, secrecy, and fear.
Told through the voices of Nancy and her enslaved maid Phebe, The Girl in the Shadows is a haunting historical retelling of betrayal, resilience, and the high price of justice in a divided America.
Based on real events, this gripping novel is perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Philippa Gregory, and Kristin Hannah.
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Seven children.
The Lucky Ones
Literary Fiction · Romance
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Seven children. One magical home. And a secret someone tried to kill for. In The Lucky Ones, Allison returns to the coastal mansion that nearly claimed her life to uncover what really happened that night. A chilling, atmospheric thriller from Tiffany Reisz with 4.5 stars on Amazon. Click now for a dark, twisty story where family ties can strangle.
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They called themselves the lucky ones—seven children adopted by famed brain surgeon Dr. Vincent Capello and raised in a sprawling, near-magical mansion on the Oregon Coast. But Allison, the youngest, never felt entirely safe.
Thirteen years after a near-fatal fall forced her from the only family she’d ever known, Allison returns to The Dragon after a cryptic letter reveals Dr. Capello is dying. Determined to confront the past, she searches for the truth behind the night that ended her childhood—was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister?
The Lucky Ones is a haunting psychological suspense novel about found family, buried secrets, and the devastating cost of unanswered questions. Some houses keep memories. Others bury them.
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