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Decades after their son’s tragic death, Harold and Lucille Hargrave are shocked when Jacob reappears—still eight years old.
The Returned
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Decades after their son’s tragic death, Harold and Lucille Hargrave are shocked when Jacob reappears—still eight years old. All over the world, loved ones are returning, sparking chaos and confusion. Is it a miracle or a sign of the end? As the Hargraves confront this new reality, they face a world unraveling under the weight of the impossible.
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Harold and Lucille Hargrave lost their eight-year-old son, Jacob, in 1966. Decades later, they’ve come to terms with their loss and settled into a quiet life—until the impossible happens. Jacob appears on their doorstep, unchanged, still eight years old.
Around the world, people’s loved ones are returning from the dead. No one can explain it. Is it a miracle, or a harbinger of doom? As chaos spreads and questions go unanswered, Harold, Lucille, and Jacob must navigate a world on the brink of collapse, where fear, wonder, and uncertainty rule.
At the heart of this gripping, thought-provoking story lies a question: how do we face the unimaginable? The Returned explores love, loss, and the fragile balance between hope and fear in an utterly transformed world.
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Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits tells the sweeping tale of the Trueba family across three generations.
The House of the Spirits
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits tells the sweeping tale of the Trueba family across three generations. Love, magic, and revolution collide as Clara’s mystical gifts and Esteban’s hunger for power shape their legacy. Through Alba, the family’s fate intertwines with their country’s, creating an unforgettable story of resilience, magic, and the bonds that endure.
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This “spectacular…absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review).
The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.
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The Seventh Veil of Salome follows ambition, envy, and desire across the glittering machinery of 1950s Hollywood.
The Seventh Veil of Salome
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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The Seventh Veil of Salome follows ambition, envy, and desire across the glittering machinery of 1950s Hollywood. When unknown Mexican actress Vera Larios lands the role of Salome, she draws admiration, resentment, and danger from those desperate for their own chance at fame. Silvia Moreno-Garcia layers historical drama with cinematic intrigue, tracing three women caught between performance, power, and longing.
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine—but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
“Whenever I want to read a book I know will be good, I go to Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, BookPage, CrimeReads
1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times.
So when the film’s mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also becomes an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, a bit player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
Two actresses, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood—a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue—make for a sizzling combination.
But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Herod: a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart.
Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga.
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Three mothers, three crises, and one terrifying question: how far will they go to protect their children?
Feral Creatures of Suburbia
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Three mothers, three crises, and one terrifying question: how far will they go to protect their children? Julie’s son might be a danger to himself or others. Varvara’s daughter’s latest cry for help may be deadly. Crystal is hiding her terminal illness from her son. When their lives collide, will their sacrifices be enough to save their families?
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Mothers will do anything to protect their children... but sometimes the greatest threats come from within.
Julie White’s sweet son has become a teenage terror. A glimpse into his private messages reveals something far darker than growing pains, leaving Julie questioning whether her son is a danger to others—or himself.
Varvara Perlman’s demanding research job pales in comparison to raising her emotionally-complex daughter. Ignoring another school counselor’s call feels easier—until the crisis becomes impossible to dismiss, and Varvara fears it may already be too late.
Crystal Carrasco doesn’t let anything faze her, not even a terminal illness. Determined to keep her diagnosis from disrupting her son’s life, she’ll do whatever it takes to hide the truth.
Three women, one shared crisis. How far will they go when the unthinkable threatens their children?
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In Ireland’s rugged West Cork, city girl Grainne struggles to fit into a rural farming community.
Legend of the Selkie
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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In Ireland’s rugged West Cork, city girl Grainne struggles to fit into a rural farming community. Blending modern life with myth, this moving novel explores the clash between Ireland’s traditions and the commercial world. Richly described and tinged with the selkie legend, Grainne’s journey reveals the beauty, challenges, and secrets of a culture rooted in its land and stories.
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Set against the rugged backdrop of West Cork, Ireland, this moving novel weaves modern life with a wisp of myth and tradition.
Grainne, a determined city girl, finds herself transplanted to a rural farming community after falling for a young Irish farmer. But as she navigates the close-knit village, its wild coastline, and a lingering tradition of storytelling, Grainne begins to see the cracks between her modern perspective and the deeply rooted culture around her.
With a wistful nod to the selkie legend, this tale explores the clash between Ireland’s rural heritage and the encroaching commercial world. Through Grainne’s eyes, readers are immersed in the beauty, struggles, and superstitions of a community tied to its land—and to its stories.
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When four generations of women gather at Fox House, long-buried secrets rise to the surface.
A Borrowed Path
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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When four generations of women gather at Fox House, long-buried secrets rise to the surface. Lyra’s claim on the estate’s cottage is challenged by Agatha’s shocking revelation about a mysterious man, Dylan. As tensions rise and truths unfold, will the family find healing—or will the past shatter their fragile bonds forever?
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From the million-copy bestselling author of In a Single Moment and Where the Story Starts comes a gripping tale of secrets, lies, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
When Eve returns to her family home Fox House, the tension with her mother, Agatha, is palpable. But when Eve’s daughter, Lyra, and her granddaughter, Skye, arrive unexpectedly, four generations of women under one roof set the stage for explosive revelations. Lyra seems troubled, but refuses to explain why. And when she lays claim to the crumbling cottage on the estate, Agatha drops a bombshell – she’s already promised it to a mysterious man named Dylan.
Who is Dylan, and why has Agatha kept him hidden? As the family unravels, so do their closely-guarded secrets. But when the truth finally comes to light, will it heal the wounds between them – or tear their fragile bonds apart forever?
A Borrowed Path is an unforgettable novel that will leave you wondering just how well we really know the ones we love.
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In 1943 Paris, Coralie risked everything to save lives, hiding coded secrets in her recipe book.
The Resistance Bakery
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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In 1943 Paris, Coralie risked everything to save lives, hiding coded secrets in her recipe book. Decades later, Raven discovers the book and uncovers a web of wartime heroism, heartbreak, and buried truths that could heal—or divide—her family.
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Paris, 1943. Coralie’s bakery is her sanctuary, but beneath the scent of fresh bread lies danger. Hiding a recipe book filled with secret locations of those she helped escape the Nazis, she vows to protect it at all costs. When the Gestapo closes in, Coralie faces an impossible choice—her freedom or her mission.
Present day. Sent to spend the summer with a distant grandmother, Raven discovers a tattered recipe book filled with coded notes and a faded photograph of a laughing couple. Her grandmother refuses to speak about Paris or the war, but Raven’s discovery might unlock secrets hidden for decades.
As past and present intertwine, will the truth heal wounds or deepen divides? Time is running out to uncover a bond that war tried to destroy.
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In 1927, Violet’s bold expedition led her to Nepal.
The Sky Beneath Us
Literary Fiction
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In 1927, Violet’s bold expedition led her to Nepal. In 2020, her great-great-niece Daisy retraces her steps, inspired by Violet’s journals. But when the pandemic traps Daisy in Nepal, she must rely on resilience and the kindness of strangers. As secrets from Violet’s journey unfold, Daisy discovers a surprising path to her own future.
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An inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author of The Skylark’s Secret.
1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. She doesn’t yet know that it’s a journey that will take her to Kathmandu and beyond, deep into captivating landscapes and cultures that are worlds away from everything and everyone she’s left behind in Scotland.
2020. Daisy Laverock has dreamed of retracing the footsteps of her great-great-aunt Violet ever since discovering her long-lost journals, whose accounts of plant hunting in the 1930s inspired Daisy’s own career. Divorced, and facing an empty nest, Daisy decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She arrives in Nepal, ready to start trekking in the shadow of Everest. But fate, and the pandemic, have other plans.
Stranded and alone, Daisy must fall back on the kindness of strangers, taking inspiration from Violet’s determination and resilience to keep going in the darkest of times. As she gradually pieces together the fragments of Violet’s story and uncovers long-held secrets, can Daisy finally reveal a path forward to her own future?
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The stories families tell about themselves can hold for years until one arrival brings every buried fracture back to the surface.
The Most Fun We Ever Had
Literary Fiction
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The stories families tell about themselves can hold for years until one arrival brings every buried fracture back to the surface. In The Most Fun We Ever Had, four very different sisters and their long-married parents are forced to confront old choices, private failures, and the versions of love they’ve built their lives around. This family saga delivers emotional sprawl, generational tension, and the ache of intimacy shaped as much by resentment as devotion.
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe
In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest.
Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects.
With the unexpected arrival of young Jonah Bendt—a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before—the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.
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At Darkhen Academy, Luna Hallows discovers her supernatural heritage and a world of secrets.
Darkblood Academy
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age
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At Darkhen Academy, Luna Hallows discovers her supernatural heritage and a world of secrets. As the only human in a school of magical beings, Luna must navigate forbidden rules, simmering romances, and a destiny she didn’t choose. With the balance of two realms at stake, can she rise to the challenge—or will love and danger consume her?
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Welcome to Darkhen Academy, where secrets and danger lurk around every enchanted corner.
For Luna Hallows, discovering her supernatural heritage and landing at this elite magical academy was a shock. As the only human in a school filled with dragons, witches, fae, and vampires, she’s an outsider navigating a world she never asked to join.
Three rules dominate Darkhen: stay away from The Seven, avoid the Fae forest under a full moon, and don’t fall for the alluring (and very forbidden) instructors. Luna’s specialty? Breaking rules.
With the balance between the human and supernatural realms teetering on the edge, it’s up to Luna and her misfit classmates to prevent catastrophe. But as passions ignite and secrets unravel, Luna must decide: can she rise to the challenge, or will destiny consume her?
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This will appeal to readers who want family drama, courtroom suspense, and morally complicated questions.
Mad Honey
Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Suspense · Women's Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller, Mad Honey follows Olivia McAfee after her teenage son is accused of murdering his girlfriend, forcing two mothers to confront questions about identity, violence, and what their children kept hidden, with a 4.1-star average from more than 610,000 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who want family drama, courtroom suspense, and morally complicated questions.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Alternatingly heart-pounding and heartbreaking. This collaboration between two best-selling authors seamlessly weaves together Olivia and Lily’s journeys, creating a provocative exploration of the strength that love and acceptance require.”—The Washington Post
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • PEOPLE’S BOOK OF THE WEEK • A POPSUGAR BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business.
Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet she wonders if she can trust him completely. . . .
Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
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Lev and Kolya, prisoners in besieged Leningrad, are offered a strange chance at survival: find a dozen eggs for a Soviet colonel’s daughter’s wedding cake.
City of Thieves
Literary Fiction
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Lev and Kolya, prisoners in besieged Leningrad, are offered a strange chance at survival: find a dozen eggs for a Soviet colonel’s daughter’s wedding cake. As they scour the starving city and enemy lines, their dangerous mission becomes a gripping tale of courage, friendship, and humanity in the face of unimaginable despair.
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During the Nazis’ devastating siege of Leningrad, survival comes at a cost.
Teenager Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into a cell with Kolya, a charming deserter. Their death sentences take an unexpected turn when a Soviet colonel offers them a bizarre deal: find a dozen eggs for his daughter’s wedding cake, and they’ll be spared.
In a city ravaged by starvation and suffering, eggs are as impossible to find as hope itself. Together, Lev and Kolya navigate Leningrad’s lawless streets, risking everything to complete their desperate mission. But as they cross into enemy territory, their journey reveals both the depths of human cruelty and the surprising bonds of friendship.
In the face of unimaginable hardship, will their quest for survival come at too great a cost?
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