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    The Family Upstairs: A Novel Over 22,000 5-Star Reviews!

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another page-turning look inside one family’s past as buried secrets threaten to come to light.

    Be careful who you let in.

    Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.

    She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.

    Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.

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    We Are Not Free Over 250 5-Star Reviews!

    From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.

    Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.

    Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.

    Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.

    In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart.

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    The Summer That Changed Us: The brand new uplifting and escapist read from the Sunday Times bestselling storyteller Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    The sparkling seaside village of Merle Bay, with its beautiful beach scattered with sea glass, is a place where anyone can have a fresh start.

    For Katie, it is the perfect hideout after a childhood trauma left her feeling exposed. For Robyn, the fresh sea air is helping to heal her scars, but maybe not her marriage. For Grace, a new start could help her move on from a heartbreaking loss. When they meet on Sea Glass Beach one day, they form an instant bond and soon they’re sharing prosecco, laughter – and even their biggest secrets…

    Together, the women feel stronger than ever before. So can their friendship help them face old fears and find happy endings – as well as new beginnings?

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    Normal Is Just a Setting on the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real Real World When the self-help books just aren’t helping, it’s time to call in the experts: real people…

    San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers for life lessons learned through experience, receiving thousands of heartfelt and irreverent responses. The best are compiled here in more than two hundred bits of priceless counsel, accompanied by witty, whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff.

    This handy little volume is filled with humor, unconventional insights, and the kind of common wisdom that will always bear repeating.

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    This Poison Heart Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.

    Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms.

    When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected-it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it.

    From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes an enchanting story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.

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    Killer Wedding Although not about to say “I do” anytime soon, hip party-planner Madeline Bean is no stranger to the phenomenon known as the LA wedding; the good, the bad and the kind where the party lasts longer than the marriage.

    Still, Maddie never expected to be the guest of Vivian Duncan, the West Coast’s grande dame of wedding consultants, at a lavish affair held amidst the dramatically lit fossils in the Nature Museum’s Hall of Dinosaurs. While checking out the glittering event, Maddie, with her keen event planner’s instinct, realizes something is not quite right, but what? The groom is on time. The bride is beautiful. And a corpse wearing a Cartier bracelet is dangling from the triceratops skeleton. Ah, yes. That.

    With people disappearing and the bride in tears, Maddie just may be the next species to become extinct…unless she can reveal the murderer fast!

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    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel (The Carls Book 1) Over 3,000 5-Star Reviews!

    In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.

    The Carls just appeared.

    Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.

    Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us…

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    Sunday Casseroles: Complete Comfort in One Dish Nothing beats spending a cozy Sunday in the kitchen, and Sunday Casseroles serves up the perfect afternoon activity.

    Home cooks searching for new ideas will love these sixty modern recipes using fresh, whole foods—no processed ingredients—and delight in dishes designed to look as enticing as they taste, from the savory Sea Scallops Nestled in Piperade to the creamy Baked “Risotto” with its colorful chunks of butternut squash and prosciutto. Easy recipes, beautiful photographs, and mouthwatering results make this cookbook a staple for any kitchen.

    Inside you’ll find recipes for:

    • Roasted Vegetable Flans with Fresh Tarragon
    • Croissant, Ham, and Mustard Gratin
    • Wild Mushroom Lasagna
    • Chicken Pot Pies with Fall Vegetables and Golden Cheddar Crusts
    • Aunt Janie’s Lemon-Parsley Oysters with Cracker Topping
    • Cassoulet Rapide
    • And more!

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    Of Moons and Monsters Hell hath no fury like a man scorned.

    Isla learns that lesson all too well when she agrees to go to a party with her half-demon best friend, Alistair, to help him make his vampire ex-boyfriend jealous. Their plan backfires when Alistair’s ex turns out to be more psycho than Isla realized, and she finds herself being kidnapped and sold on the supernatural black market.

    While Isla’s only human, she’s spent her life surrounded by supernatural creatures. Her situation is precarious, but she’s pretty sure she knows what to expect. At least, until her buyer ends up transporting her to a completely different realm called Briya where nobody speaks her language. Isla is gifted to the four Guardians of Briya—Reule, Audun, Maalik, and Caelan.

    With the dreaded Beast’s Moon looming right around the corner, the Guardians are expected to choose a mate. They’re furious with their king for his scheming, and they’re determined to help Isla find her way back home to Alistair. But the timing of Isla’s arrival complicates everything, and they find themselves drawn to her no matter how hard they try to fight their instincts.

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    Dare to Cause a Scandal (Daring Daughters Book 4) Their mothers dared all for love. Just imagine what their daughters will do…

    A one track mind…
    Miss Arabella Hunt is a vivacious redhead with a kind heart and decisive nature. The daughter of the man who owns the notorious gambling den known as “Hunters” has set her sights on the beautiful Louis César de Montluc, the Comte de Villain. The trouble is, the devil doesn’t know she exists.

    Mad, bad and dangerous to know…
    Lawrence Grenville, the Marquess of Bainbridge, is a man with a damaged reputation and an uncertain temperament. His family is renowned for every kind of vice, and madness is said to run in his blood. Having recently seen his best friend find happiness and contentment with his new bride, Bainbridge wonders if he cannot follow the same path and put an end to the dissatisfaction and unhappiness that plagues his life.

    A tricky situation…
    When Arabella accepts Bainbridge’s help in securing the attention of Louis César, she has no idea what she is getting herself into. And when she finds herself trapped in her own net, she has no one to blame but herself.

    Mad as a box of frogs…
    Married to a man she does not know and is a little afraid of, Arabella hopes to find a welcome among her new husband’s family. What she discovers is a household filled with chaos and calamity, and drama enough for a dozen Greek tragedies. Her husband’s father, The Duke of Axton, loathes her on sight, and makes it his mission to chase her out of his son’s life for good. But for the first time in his life, Bainbridge has an ally… and the old duke has finally met his match.

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    Sun, Sand and Slaughter (A Life's a Beach Cozy Mystery Book 1) Welcome to beautiful Sunrise Bay, where the beach is hot and the corpses are cold.

    When Charlie Carter catches her fiance cheating with her best friend, she swaps power suits for swimsuits and moves to the idyllic seaside town of Sunrise Bay. Maybe a dose of vitamin sea can cure her broken heart.

    Beautiful beaches aren’t the little town’s only attractions. It’s also the home of her feisty retired aunt, who soon has Charlie surrounded by new friends and fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a photographer. Everything is going swimmingly until Aunt Evie’s book club pal Peggy turns up deader than Charlie’s engagement.

    Aunt Evie is convinced it was murder and will make waves big enough to swamp the whole retirement village unless Charlie does something about it. Charlie’s not convinced, but the more she discovers, the more she suspects that Aunt Evie is right—as usual. Now Charlie—with the help of one inquisitive four-legged neighbour—must use her keen photographer’s eye to spot the killer … before they take her out of the picture.

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    The Mind of God (A Thriller Novel) When Liz Greene discovers that her father is missing, she is unwittingly drawn into a sinister plot that could change the world forever.

    Before he went missing, Professor Harry Greene had been working on a crucial research project with major ramifications for the world. Now, Liz needs to find both her father, and his groundbreaking research before it’s too late.

    Meanwhile, United States President Daniel Rafferty is visiting Cape Town. Is it a coincidence that Liz’s father vanished while Rafferty is in the same city, or is there an even more sinister terrorist plot at play?

    Follow Liz, as she and her friend, Tim Fletcher, decode one clue after another in a deadly hunt around Cape Town, while their pursuers will stop at nothing until they get what they want.

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    His Secret Family: An absolutely emotional page turner Over 1,500 5-Star Reviews!

    It’s a beautiful day for a wedding. White roses scent the air and the summer sunlight streams in. A spoon chimes against a champagne flute and the room falls silent. And there he is – my husband – getting to his feet to propose a toast. He’s still handsome. His new wife is next to him, gazing upwards, oblivious.

    I’m not supposed to be here. All these years in the same town and I had no idea until I saw his name on the seating plan. He lived with me, once. Loved me. Small-town memories are long, but the people in this room don’t want to remember.

    They say the healing is in letting go, but after what he did, he needs to know we haven’t gone away just because he’s shut his eyes.

    So I take Daisy by the hand and step forward from the shadows. He notices us and his eyes widen. The champagne glass falls from his hand and smashes. Then he sags forward, making a terrible sound – a sort of strangled scream…

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    Last Summer: A Novel Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    A novel of love, lies, and deceit from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Everything series.

    Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she charmed between the sheets, and every socialite who eyed her with envy. The chance meeting with her husband, Damien; their rapid free fall into love; and their low-key, intimate wedding are all locked in her memory. But what she can’t remember is the tragic car accident that ripped her unborn child from her. Ella can’t even recall being pregnant.

    Hoping to find the memories of a lost pregnancy that’s left her husband devastated and their home empty, Ella begins delving into her past when she’s assigned an exclusive story about Nathan Donovan, a retired celebrity adventurer who seems to know more about her than she does him. To unravel the mystery of her selective memory loss, Ella follows Nathan from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada to the frozen slopes of southeast Alaska. There she discovers the people she trusts most aren’t the only ones keeping secrets from her—she’s hiding them from herself. Ella quickly learns that some truths are best left forgotten.

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    An Amish Picnic: Four Stories Over 150 5-Star Reviews!

    From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come four sweet stories about picnics and romance.

    Kevin Weaver has lived with his brother’s family since his parents passed away when he was young, but he craves a home and family to call his own. Freeman Kurtz owns a successful brick mason business, and Kevin takes the job as Freeman’s apprentice to pursue his own financial freedom. 

    Phoebe Kurtz is helping her sister with her booth at the marketplace when she notices Kevin, her father’s employee. Their friendship grows, but Kevin is convinced that the difference in their ages makes a relationship between them impossible. Amidst summer outings, Kevin and Phoebe must decide if taking a chance on love is worth the risk.

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    The Vendetta Defense: A Rosato & Associates Novel Over 250 5-Star Reviews!

    Judy Carrier takes the case of her career to defend Anthony Lucia, fondly known as "Pigeon Tony," who freely admits to killing his lifelong enemy in order to settle a personal vendetta.

    Her client’s guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy’s problems…

    The victim’s family wants revenge and is determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case goes to trial. Then there’s Pigeon Tony’s hunky grandson, who makes Judy think about everything but the law.

    In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take brains and a lot of luck to save Pigeon Tony. But if anyone will see justice done, it’s this gutsy girl who’ll risk everything to win — including her life.

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    More Twisted: Collected Stories, Vol. II Over 100 5-Star Reviews!

    Jeffery Deaver has famously thrilled and chilled fans with tales of masterful villains and the brilliant minds who bring them to justice. Now the author of The Bone Collector returns with a second volume of his award-winning, spine-tingling short stories of suspense.

    While best known for his twenty-four novels, Jeffery Deaver is also a short story master—he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story, and he won the Short Story Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for a piece that appeared in his first short story collection, Twisted.

    Deaver is back with sixteen stories in the tradition of O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. His subjects range from a Westchester commuter to a brilliant Victorian England caper. With these intricately plotted, bone-chilling stories, Jeffery Deaver is at the top of his crime-writing game.

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    Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (P.S.) Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    Frozen in Time is a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II.

    On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on board survived, and the US military launched a daring rescue operation. But after picking up one man, the Grumman Duck amphibious plane flew into a severe storm and vanished.

    Frozen in Time tells the story of these crashes and the fate of the survivors, bringing vividly to life their battle to endure 148 days of the brutal Arctic winter…

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    New Pompeii Jurassic Park meets Gladiator in this “irresistibly entertaining” sci-fi adventure set in a world in which technology can transport people from the past to present day (Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi Blog)

    In the race to control renewable power, an energy giant stumbles on a controversial technology: the ability to transport matter from the deep past. Their biggest secret is New Pompeii, a replica city filled with Romans, pulled through time just before the volcanic eruption.

    Nick Houghton doesn’t know why he’s been chosen to be the company’s historical advisor. He’s just excited to be there.

    Until he starts to wonder what happened to his predecessor.

    Until he realizes that the company has more secrets than even the conspiracy theorists suspect.

    Until he realizes that they have underestimated their captives.

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    Maximize Your Medicare: 2022-2023 Edition: Qualify for Benefits, Protect Your Health, and Minimize Your Costs Confused by Medicare? Get answers from Maximize Your Medicare, an informative guide by nationally recognized expert Jae W. Oh.

    Maximize Your Medicare helps readers understand how and what to choose when deciding on Medicare options. This book shows readers how to:

    • Enroll in Medicare and avoid never-ending penalties
    • Compare Medigap vs. Medicare Advantage
    • Discern the differences among Parts A, B, and D
    • Increase benefits every year
    • Avoid costly errors
    • Deal with special circumstances
    • Get the most from the plan

    Written in a clear and concise style, Maximize Your Medicare is a vital resource for every American aged sixty-five or older, as well as for their families and care coordinators.

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    Eight Second Kiss: Sweet Romance (Peak City Romance Book 1) There’s nothing better than being in a cowboy’s arms—unless it’s his kiss.

    Shanni Davis hasn’t thought about that one kiss on prom—okay she had, but she tries not to. She moved past her infatuation with Cole Burke ten years ago when she left Peak City, Colorado, went to college, made a spectacular marriage mistake, had two great kids, and then a welcomed divorce. Now, she’s back home. She has a new career to focus on—she won’t think about Cole at all.

    Cole Burke would know that face anywhere—the way her hair turns gold in the sunlight, the way she sways when she walks. Shanni is still off-limits, but a man can dream. It might be best to wait until after the nationals for bull riding—he needs to keep his head in that game, win the prize money, and pay off his ranch to have control of his life back. There’s a lot depending on an eight-second ride.

    When an old friendship becomes new attraction, will love grow as life pulls them in opposite directions?

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    I Bring the Fire Part I : Wolves (A Loki Series) Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    In the middle of America, on Route 44, Amy Lewis has a plan – to get to her grandma’s house in time for dinner. Galaxies away Loki is waking up in a prison cell, strangely without a hangover, and with no idea what he’s done wrong – this time anyway. But he does know Thor is hiding something, Odin is up to something wicked, and there seems to be something he’s forgotten…

    In this tale that is equal parts Another Fine Myth, American Gods, and Once Upon a Time, a very nice midwestern girl and a jaded, still very mischievous Loki must join forces to outwit gods, elves, magic sniffing cats, and nosy neighbors. If Loki can remember exactly what he’s forgotten and Amy can convince him not to be too distracted by Earthly gadgets, her boobs, or three day benders, they just might pull it off…

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    The Postman Always Dies Twice (Movie Club Mysteries, Book 2): An Irish Cozy Mystery Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    When former San Francisco cop Maggie Doyle extends her stay in Ireland, dealing with more murder and mayhem isn’t on her to-do list. Too bad because the instant Maggie and her UFO-enthusiast friend Lenny discover the dead body of Whisper Island’s postman, Maggie’s plans to chill for the next two months are put on ice.

    Then Police Sergeant Reynolds, Maggie’s handsome neighbor, arrests Lenny’s brother for the murder, and her friend begs her to find the real killer. Meanwhile, Maggie is hired to investigate ghostly goings on at the Whisper Island Hotel.

    Can she solve two crimes before St. Patrick’s Day? Or will the island’s annual celebrations end in a glittery flame of green, white, and orange?

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    The Lost Letter: A Victorian Romance When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, society beauty Sylvia Stafford finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood…until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life–and her former love.

    Colonel Sebastian Conrad is no longer the dashing cavalry officer Sylvia once fell in love with. Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion. Brooding and tormented, he cares nothing for the earldom he has inherited–and even less for the faithless beauty who rejected him three years before.

    A week together in the remote Victorian countryside is the last thing either of them ever wanted. But when fate intervenes to reunite them, will a beastly earl and an impoverished beauty finally find their happily-ever-after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be?

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    These Tangled Vines: A Novel
    Over 28,000 5-Star Reviews!

    From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a sweeping and captivating tale of one woman’s journey to the lush vineyards of Tuscany—and into the mysteries of a tragic family secret.

    If Fiona has learned anything in life, it’s how to keep a secret—even from the father who raised her. She is the only person who knows about her late mother’s affair in Tuscany thirty years earlier, and she intends to keep it that way…until a lawyer calls with shocking news: her biological father has died and left her an incredible inheritance—along with two half siblings.

    Fiona travels to Italy, where the family is shocked to learn of her existence and desperate to contest her share of the will. While the mystery of her mother’s affair is slowly unraveled, Fiona must navigate through tricky family relationships and tense sibling rivalries. Fiona both fears and embraces her new destiny as she searches for the truth about the fateful summer her mother spent in Italy and the father she never knew.

    Spilling over with the sumptuous flavors and romance of Tuscany, These Tangled Vines takes readers on a breathtaking journey of love, secrets, sacrifice, courage—and most importantly, the true meaning of family.

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    A Wildflower Summer: Escape with a heartwarming small town romance, perfect for all Virgin River fans! City meets small town in this beautiful sweet romance about family, new beginnings, and true love.

    Single mother Lily Brentwood yearns to leave small town life behind and start again with her young daughter in Chicago. The bright city lights promise an escape from the ex who dismissed her dreams and broke her heart.

    But when her car breaks down outside the sleepy town of Port Landon, she is stranded miles from Chicago and reliant on the generosity of local mechanic Jason Forrester.

    A single parent too, Jason turns out to be handsome, funny…and bearing bad news – the car repairs will take longer than expected. Lily has no choice but to stay.

    Jason is determined to show Lily that there is more to Port Landon than meets the eye… but deep down he knows it couldn’t be further from the city life Lily seeks.

    With her fresh start in Chicago calling, Lily must decide whether the new life she hoped for means losing the man who’s quickly winning her heart.

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    Among the Lesser Gods: A Novel Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the deadly fire she accidentally set as a child, to her mother’s abandonment, and now to an unwanted pregnancy, she knows better than most that small actions can have terrible consequences.

    Driven to the high mountains surrounding Leadville, Colorado by her latest bad decision, she’s intent on putting off the future. Perhaps there she can just hide in her grandmother’s isolated cabin and wait for something–anything–to make her next choice for her.

    Instead, she is confronted by reflections of her own troubles wherever she turns–the recent widower and his two children adrift in a changed world, Elena’s own mysterious family history, and the interwoven lives within the town itself. Bit by bit, Elena begins to question her understanding of cause and effect, reexamining the tragedies she’s held on to and the wounds she’s refused to let heal.

    But when the children go missing, Elena’s fragile new peace is shattered. It’s only at the prospect of fresh loss and blame that she will discover the truth of the terrible burdens we take upon ourselves, the way tragedy and redemption are inevitably intertwined–and how curses can sometimes lead to blessings, however disguised.

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    The Taste of Sugar: A Novel Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    “A masterful work of historical fiction… [A] Latino Grapes of Wrath.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post

    Marisel Vera emerges as a major new voice in contemporary fiction with this “capacious” (The New Yorker) novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War.

    Up in the mountainous region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their coffee farm from the creditors. When the great San Ciriaco hurricane of 1899 brings devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured along with thousands of other puertorriquenos to the sugar plantations of Hawaii, where they are confronted by the hollowness of America’s promises of prosperity.

    Depicting the roots of Puerto Rican alienation and exodus, which resonates especially today, The Taste of Sugar is “a gorgeous feat of storytelling” (Tayari Jones).

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    The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel For fans of Harper Lee and Rita Mae Brown, Roy Hoffman’s new novel is steeped in a sense of place–coastal Alabama–with its rich tapestry of characters caught in a web of justice not for all.

    At once a literary crime novel and an intergenerational family drama, The Promise of the Pelican is set in the multicultural South, where justice might depend on the color of your skin and your immigration status.

    Hank Weinberg is a modern day Atticus Finch, recently retired as a defense attorney in Mobile, Alabama, and a Holocaust survivor, who fled the Nazis as a young child. With his daughter in rehab, he’s now taking care of his special needs grandson.

    Mourning his dead wife, spending mornings fishing on the pier with other octogenarians, he passes the rest of his days watching over his sweet grandson with the help of Lupita, a young Honduran babysitter. When her brother Julio, an undocumented immigrant, is accused of murder, Hank must return to the courtroom to defend him while also trying to save his daughter and grandson’s life from spinning out of control.

    The Promise of the Pelican takes its title from the legend that a pelican will pierce its own breast for blood to feed its starving chicks, a metaphor for one old man who risks all to save the vulnerable.

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    The Husband's Secret
    Over 20,000 5-Star Reviews!

    At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read…

    My darling Cecilia, If you’re reading this, then I’ve died…

    Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not only the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. And then imagine that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive…

    Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. But that letter is about to change everything—and not just for her. There are other women who barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they, too, are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.

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    Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests Over 150 5-Star Reviews!

    This practical and easy-to-understand guide to the plant wisdom of Southern and Appalachian folk medicine reveals the history and practices of this unique herbal tradition.

    This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine—the only system of folk medicine, other than Native American, that developed in the United States. One of the system’s last active practitioners, Phyllis D. Light has studied and worked with herbs, foods, and other healing techniques for more than thirty years. In everyday language, she explains how Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine was passed down orally through the generations by herbalists and healers who cared for people in their communities with the natural tools on hand.

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