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  • Red Winter Journey

    by Paul Rushworth-Brown
    England, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the King and Parliament, families and communities are driven by different allegiances. Red Winter Journey is a sweeping tale of adventure and loss, sacrifice and love, with a unique and unforgettable story of a mother’s love for her son at its heart. A historic journey of twists, turns and a dash of spirited passion.

  • One Friday in Napa

    by Jennifer Hamm
    Vene feels like she and her mother have always been at odds—since she was a child, the first word she used to describe Olivia was “cold.” When news of her mother’s imminent death comes, Vene returns to her family’s home in Napa to see if their strained relationship can be mended, only to find Olivia as harsh as ever and their reconciliation seemingly unreachable. But when Vene stumbles upon Olivia’s old cookbook, she discovers a passion within her mother she didn’t know existed. The clipped t... more

  • Tiepolo's Greyhound

    by E. Merwin

    "Call me Piccolo." So begins the tale of a young Italian greyhound who leaves his native Venice to seek his lost father in the City of York they call New. Eager to make art, Piccolo is soon thrown off the scent of his father's trail when a great American sculptor offers him space in his Brooklyn-based studio. Duped by his own desire, Piccolo labors for neither fame nor fortune--until his baptism by the fire of a hot chili pepper ignites his career. But it is only after his retur... more

  • The Stockwell Letters

    by Jacqueline Friedland
    From USA Today best-selling and multi-award-winning author Jacqueline Friedland comes a gripping work of fiction based on the true story of female abolitionist Ann Phillips and her connection to Anthony Burns, a young man who briefly escaped American slavery and rocked the nation with his astoundingly heroic story. A passionate advocate of abolition from her earliest years, Ann’s activism was derailed just before her twenty-fourth birthday, when she fell sick with a mysterious illness. In o... more

  • The Brill Pill

    by Akemi Brodsky
    In the not-so-distant future, organs can be re-grown from a handful of stem cells. For patients who can afford the treatment and hang on to life support for long enough, the prognosis is good. Even the most complex organ of all can be reproduced in the lab with nearly perfect accuracy. Nearly. Patients of brain regeneration face a wide range of problems, from loss of motor functions or intelligence to sociopathy. Spurred by personal tragedy, research scientist William Dalal works feveris... more
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    The Miracle at Assisi Hill

    by Pat Camalliere
    Emotionally scarred after\t battling cancer, amateur historian Cora Tozzi is troubled by religious doubts. She immerses herself in the life of a convent in her home town, Lemont, Illinois, agreeing to coauthor a book about the history of the religious order. Soon she discovers her problems are only beginning. She befriends a harmonica-playing young nun who is guarding a secret, and when Cora’s husband, Cisco, becomes seriously ill, she prays for help to a mysterious visitor from heaven. Soon Cor... more

  • The Present Perfect

    by Cynthia Wishengrad
    A 28-year-old half French/half American linguist and her father, a cardiothoracic surgeon, attempt to redefine their lives after a transformational family tragedy, ultimately making very different choices. What begins as a story of grief and regret evolves into an examination of personal choice: how to live life. The diverse cast of characters in this novel grapple with a diverse set of issues including friendship, gay identity, same-sex adoption, deafness, sibling rivalry, the wisdom of ancient... more

  • Beyond a Thousand Words

    by Michael Rose
    As 1954 Vietnam roils from its conflict with the French interlopers, American photographer Coty Fine leaves Hanoi in a rush on the flatbed of a truck. Also on the truck is a French priest, Laurent Sabatier — a man who will forever change the course of Coty’s life. Decades later, Coty struggles to repair the frayed bond between Jette, her often-absent, widowed daughter, and Evelyn, her only grandchild. Evelyn, at the behest of her grandmother, travels to Vietnam to locate a nun, Sister La... more

  • Beside the Still Waters

    by Jacqueline T. Lynch

    Four towns…dismantled as an entire valley is prepared to be flooded. Based on actual events that displaced four entire towns in central Massachusetts in the 1920s and 1930s for the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, three generations weave a tapestry of isolation and stubborn independence, battling the forces of nature, the Commonwealth, and each other in this family saga. Families are torn apart, divided between those who protest the construction, those who give up and leave while... more

  • Rekindled Love

    by Lars Bjerregaard Jessen
    One evening on the beach, Anders is sitting with binoculars, watching his son, Thor, who is diving and spearing fish in the sea with his two friends. Meanwhile, Anders’ thoughts are taken back to his childhood sweetheart Cecilie, whom he can’t get out of his head, and his inner journey begins. But at the same time, a potential danger is lurking out on the water … Thoughts of Cecilie take him far and wide in the many spaces of his mind, including on a train trip around the world. As Anders rem... more

  • Something Sacred I Lost

    by emmy vine
    When horse trainer Damian Bradley agrees to work for wealthy Richard Watts, he doesn’t realize that the protective mask he wears is about to be destroyed. Since leaving home at seventeen, doing his best to forget the horrific trauma he endured, he prefers the company of horses to that of people. Horses accept him for who he is, and they never bring up the painful memories that he has so carefully tucked away beneath his prickly exterior. Lila Watts, Richard’s cherished daughter, is immedia... more
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    Figureheads

    by Georgios Mastrogiannis

  • Figureheads

    by Georgios Mastrogiannis

  • Kerəktərs

    by T.C. Kennaley
    Kerəktərs, T.C. Kennaley’s debut collection, contains eight short stories: “The Movement” (a journalist in a dystopian future reports on a “brazenly individualistic” hippie-type movement); “Of Deplorable Nature” (a wealthy hedonist from the 1920s has to decide whether to adhere to society’s norms or stay true to his shameful nature); “Plenitudes of Fish” (a man discovers that his wife - who refuses to move away from the ocean - is a mermaid who is having an affair with a huge tuna); “First Love”... more

  • Crumbled

    by Amirah Suggs
    Dawn's past haunts her daily. From her childhood to finding herself as an adult, she has struggled while dealing with her secrets. It's not until she decides it's time for a change that Dawn meets powerful, strong, and beautiful Miranda. Miranda is married to one of the most successful men in Florida, but this seemingly perfect couple has their own skeletons hidden in the closet. What starts off as a new opportunity for Dawn, takes an unexpected turn when she enters into Miranda's world. Secrets... more

  • Those People Behind Us

    by Mary Camarillo
    “Those People Behind Us” is set in the summer of 2017 in Wellington Beach, California, a suburban coastal town increasingly divided by politics, protests, and escalating housing prices—divisions that change the lives of five neighbors as they search for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs.
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