THE BAKER’S DAUGHTER by Sarah McCoy

When Reba Adams begins writing an article about the owner of Elsie's German Bakery, she finds herself fascinated by Elsie’s story.  As the women become friends, both are forced to confront the truths of their pasts and seek the courage to move forward.

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BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter

A “beautifully” written story spread over time and related through narrative but also via a novel within a novel, a play, a movie, and letters.  A story about secrets, love, families and movie stars.

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THE BEDLAM DETECTIVE by Stephen Gallagher

Sebastian Becker’s job is determining if men of property are sane enough to handle their own affairs. While investigating Sir Owain Lancaster, a wealthy self-made industrialist, he uncovers old cases of local murdered children. Is Sir Owain an insane murderer or is something else happening?

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THE CHAPERONE by Laura Moriarty

During the summer of 1922, 36-year-old Cora chaperones pre-movie-star Louise Brooks while Louise studies dance in New York City. Even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place, she embarks on a mission of her own -- to discover herself.


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DON’T EVER GET OLD by Daniel Friedman

Death-camp survivor Buck is 87, abrasive, and has trouble remembering.  But his cop’s watchfulness is intact, and he keeps his .357 magnum handy…just in case.  When he learns that the sadistic guard who brutalized him is likely alive and in possession of stolen Nazi gold, Buck and his chatterbox grandson go on a quest. Buck proves you’re never too old!

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FIRELIGHT by Kristen Callihan

After the family fortune is decimated by an innocent mistake, Miranda is forced to wed London's most nefarious nobleman, Lord Archer.  When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, Miranda enters a world of dark magic and intrigue to save her mysterious husband.

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THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY by Margot Livesey

Orphaned at age ten, and sent to a boarding school where she is both student and servant, Gemma seems destined for a life of loneliness and hardship. But when she accepts a position as an au pair in the remote Orkney Islands, her life changes.

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THE GAMES by Ted Kosmatka

This intense page turner is set in a future where genetic manipulation is used to create “Gladiators” – creatures that compete in the violent gladiator Olympic Games.  There is only one rule: no human DNA. When a super computer is used to generate the code for this year’s gladiator, things don’t turn out quite as expected.

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THE HEALING by Jonathan Odell

In antebellum Mississippi, Granada is born on the same day that her mistress’s daughter, Becky, dies. The mistress adopts her and gives her a special place in the family. But when a slave named Polly Shine comes to the plantation, Granada’s life changes drastically.

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HELIUS LEGACY by S. Alexander O’Keefe

A sensational cat-and-mouse thriller involving the last potential heir to one of the richest oil fields in the world—and the ruthless conglomerate that wants to take him out.

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HITCHERS by Will McIntosh

Along with many others, Finn Darby has been partially possessed by someone deceased, his abusive grandfather. When his grandfather starts controlling his body for longer periods of time, Finn has to find a way to send his grandfather back to “Deadland,” if he wants to keep from going there himself.

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HOW TO DANCE WITH A DUKE by Manda Collins

To clear her father’s name, Cecily Hurston needs to gain admission into the Egyptian Club, but must marry to do so. Lucas Dalton, Duke of Winterson is determined to help Cecily—for his own reasons. Working together, the allies find themselves entangled in more than just the mysteries they are pursuing.

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HOW TO EAT A CUPCAKE by Meg Donohue

Annie and Julia grew up in the same household, one the housekeeper’s daughter, the other the daughter of the house.  Best friends until a high school betrayal destroyed their relationship, they come together years later to form a tentative partnership and open a cupcakery.  When someone tries to sabotage their endeavors, they must finally face the truth of their pasts.

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ICON THIEF by Alec Nevala-Lee

Maddy Blume, an ambitious young art buyer, is tracking down a priceless painting by the most influential artist of the twentieth century. The discovery of a woman's decapitated body thrusts criminal investigator Alan Powell into a search for the same painting. Add a Russian thief and assassin and the search becomes complicated.

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THE JOURNAL OF BEST PRACTICES by David Finch

Read the true story of one man’s journey to overcome his own Asperger’s caused quirks, tics, and obsessions and find a way to become a better husband, father, and human being.

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THE LAST POLICEMAN by Ben Winters

As a massive meteor hurtles towards earth, society is breaking down. People are giving up, quitting jobs, doing drugs, running away or killing themselves, and law enforcement seems pointless. However, rookie policeman Hank Palace, is determined to stay on top of his caseload and to investigate an apparent suicide; one which looks suspiciously like murder.

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THE LIFEBOAT by Charlotte Rogan

Following a shipwreck, Grace Winter and her fellow passengers are adrift on a lifeboat for several weeks in life threatening circumstances. While the plot is straightforward, this multifaceted book addresses underlying issues such as motive, morality, integrity and self-deception.

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LITTLE CENTURY by Anna Keesey

Orphaned at eighteen, Esther Chambers heads west in search of a distant cousin and begins her new life as a homesteader in Century, Oregon. Land and water are at a premium, and conflict ensues over both. Esther finds her sympathies divided between family, the land, and a sheepherder.

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THE MERYL STREEP MOVIE CLUB by Mia March

Summoned to their aunt's coastal Maine home, a separated woman with a secret, her single-mom sister, and their recently engaged cousin rekindle ties and question their beliefs over movies starring their aunt's favorite actress.

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MONDAY MORNINGS by Sanjay Gupta

What happens after the unthinkable occurs? When a life-saving surgery fails? Join the surgeons of Chelsea General as they learn from their failures in the secret Monday morning meetings known only as Morbidity and Mortality.

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A PLACE OF SECRETS by Rachel Hore

Auction house appraiser Jude is excited when she receives an assignment to price journals and scientific instruments that belonged to an 18th-century astronomer in her grandmother’s hometown. She discovers a mystery whose tendrils weave through the centuries and has ties to her own family and the townsfolk she’s befriended.

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THE ROOK by Daniel O’Malley

On a cold wet day Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by a ring of dead bodies. Her memory is gone and the only clue to her identity is a letter in her pocket from her former self. Myfanwy is a Rook, an operative for the mysterious Chequy organization.

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ROYAL STREET by Suzanne Johnson

After Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans and Drusilla Jaco’s boss, turns up missing, sentinel DJ becomes responsible for protecting the city from the supernatural bad guys. Not only have the levees failed, but the borders between the modern day city of New Orleans and the Otherworld have crumbled. To make matters worse, DJ’s partner is a grenade-toting assassin.

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SHINE SHINE SHINE by Lydia Netzer

A stunning, quirky character novel about love, motherhood, and what it means to be normal.

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THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL by Rachel Simon

Lynnie and Homan escape from the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded and find refuge with Martha, a retired schoolteacher. When the authorities catch up with them, Homan escapes but Lynnie is forced back to the school. However, Lynnie leaves her newborn baby with Martha and asks her to hide the child.

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SUGARHOUSE: A MEMOIR by Matthew C. Batt

When a season of loss tests the mettle of their marriage, Matthew Batt and his wife decide not to call it quits. Instead they purchase a dilapidated house in the Sugar House section of Salt Lake City. With no homesteading experience, they decide to seek salvation through renovation.

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WIFE 22 by Melanie Gideon

Just when Alice Buckle feels her identity is being lost in everyday life as a wife, mother, part time drama teacher, Facebook chatter and Googler, she finds a life line: an anonymous marriage survey. But then she finds herself falling for the anonymous researcher . . .

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THE YARD by Alex Grecian

Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives—known as “The Murder Squad”—to investigate countless murders every month. The Murder Squad suffers rampant public contempt after failing to catch Jack the Ripper. But no one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own . . . one of the twelve . . .

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