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The Last Bookshop in London - the power of reading keeps hope alive during wartime.

It’s 1939 and Grace Bennett and her best friend Viv move to London to live with Mrs. Weatherford, a close family friend. Viv gets a job...

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A Summer to Remember – a heartwarming story of family secrets, lies and forgiveness.

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3 days ago

A Summer to Remember – a heartwarming story of family secrets, lies and forgiveness.

Frankie Simon is thirty years old and is grieving the loss of her mother, who had never revealed who her father was. She continues to run...

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Mary Jane - a memorable coming-of-age story set in 1970s Baltimore.

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4 days ago

Mary Jane - a memorable coming-of-age story set in 1970s Baltimore.

It is 1975. Fourteen-year-old Mary Jane Dillard is a bit of an outsider. She comes from a strict home with a mother who prides herself on...

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People We Meet on Vacation - a clever, refreshing romantic comedy.

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6 days ago

People We Meet on Vacation - a clever, refreshing romantic comedy.

Extroverted Poppy and the introverted Alex become unlikely best friends. They are both from a small town in Ohio and met while at the...

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The Plot - a failing writer steals the plot of a book in this well done thriller.

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7 days ago

The Plot - a failing writer steals the plot of a book in this well done thriller.

Writer Jacob Finch Bonner knows the feeling of being a promising author. His first book was cited in the New York Times Book Review’s...

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Surviving Savannah - a steamship disaster inspired this engrossing book about the will to survive.

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May 5

Surviving Savannah - a steamship disaster inspired this engrossing book about the will to survive.

Everly Winthrop had grown up hearing about the tragedy of the Pulaski, a steamship that sunk off the coast of North Carolina in 1838...

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The Siren - escape into this satisfying thriller about revenge on a remote movie set.

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May 3

The Siren - escape into this satisfying thriller about revenge on a remote movie set.

After I read Katherine St. John’s debut novel The Lion’s Den, which came out last year, I knew she was an author to watch. Her second...

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The Woman with the Blue Star – a haunting WWII-era story of friendship and the will to survive.

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May 1

The Woman with the Blue Star – a haunting WWII-era story of friendship and the will to survive.

Pam Jenoff’s latest WWII-era novel is set in Poland. In this moving book’s prologue, a woman in her 70s has traveled to Kraków and has...

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The Newcomer - an entertaining beach read with mystery and a little romance.

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Apr 29

The Newcomer - an entertaining beach read with mystery and a little romance.

Letty, who is living in New York City, finds her sister Tanya murdered. Tanya had told her that if anything ever happened to her, she was...

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Relentless (Gray Man #10): non-stop action.

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Apr 26

Relentless (Gray Man #10): non-stop action.

Court Gentry is the Gray Man – a legendary hired assassin, rogue operative and the CIA’s secret weapon. In this impressive tenth book in...

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The Last Night in London - a captivating wartime story. Love, secrets, betrayal, regret, heroism.

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Apr 22

The Last Night in London - a captivating wartime story. Love, secrets, betrayal, regret, heroism.

In 2019, Maddie Warner, who had spent a year studying at Oxford, travels back to London from the United States to write a freelance...

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The Paris Apartment - a hidden place filled with art reveals the secrets of a socialite during WWII.

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Apr 20

The Paris Apartment - a hidden place filled with art reveals the secrets of a socialite during WWII.

In 2017, Aurelia (Lia) Leclaire inherits her grandmother’s Paris apartment – a place she was unaware existed. What she discovers in this...

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The Social Graces - a journey back to the Gilded Age and the world of the Astors and Vanderbilts.

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Apr 19

The Social Graces - a journey back to the Gilded Age and the world of the Astors and Vanderbilts.

Thirty years after the Civil War, there became a stark divide between the incredibly wealthy and the nation’s poor. And no place showed...

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The Perfect Daughter - did one of Penny's alternate personalities commit murder or is she a victim?

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Apr 17

The Perfect Daughter - did one of Penny's alternate personalities commit murder or is she a victim?

All the evidence points to teenager Penny Falcone as the killer of her birth mother Rachel Boyd. But did she do it? Was it one of her...

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The Last Thing to Burn - heartbreaking story of survival and resilience.

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Apr 16

The Last Thing to Burn - heartbreaking story of survival and resilience.

Thanh “Jane” Dao and her younger sister Kim-Ly come to England from Vietnam through illegal passage in a container. The sisters are...

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Little Pieces of Me - a woman's emotional journey to find her true identity.

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Apr 13

Little Pieces of Me - a woman's emotional journey to find her true identity.

Paige Meyer is 43 years old and is planning her wedding. She has a difficult relationship with her mother Elizabeth. She is still...

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Lost in Paris - an apartment untouched for decades reveals family secrets.

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Apr 12

Lost in Paris - an apartment untouched for decades reveals family secrets.

Hannah Bond moved from Orlando, Florida to England after her grandmother, the woman who raised her, passes away. Her mother Marla is a...

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The Good Sister - two sisters bound by a dark secret.

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Apr 11

The Good Sister - two sisters bound by a dark secret.

Rose and Fern are fraternal twin sisters and they couldn’t be more different. Rose is an interior designer, married and yearns for a...

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Turn a Blind Eye - Book #3 is another excellent installment in the Detective William Warwick series.

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Apr 10

Turn a Blind Eye - Book #3 is another excellent installment in the Detective William Warwick series.

If you are the type of reader who looks for a well-written, absorbing series to get hooked on, you're probably familiar with Jeffrey...

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Astrid Sees All - a descent into the gritty downtown NYC club scene of the '80s.

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Apr 8

Astrid Sees All - a descent into the gritty downtown NYC club scene of the '80s.

It’s the early 1980s and Phoebe is seeking a “golden” life. She had a taste of it while in college at Brown University and believes...

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