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Mother Daughter Sister Stranger - a tense thriller about family secrets and lies.
Eleven years ago, Eliza and Bea Ramsey's parents perished in a plane crash, and miraculously, the two sisters survived. Each year, on the anniversary of the crash, they commemorate with a Remembrance Day. This year, Bea's daughter Piper is spending the week leading up to this day with her Aunt Eliza. But when Bea does not show up, Eliza knows something is very wrong. Not only is the day an important one for all of them, but Bea would never abandon her daughter. Or would she?

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3 hours ago


Fury In Death - a killer seeks revenge on an evil biotech corporation.
In a flashback to 2048, Steve Redman watches in horror as his New York City apartment building is blown up, killing 200 people, including his pregnant wife and young son. This occurs just as the Banner-Wyst biotech employee was about to expose his company's malicious activities. The story advances thirteen years to the present (2061), where Banner-Wyst employee Lawrence Chu is found brutally murdered. Lt. Eve Dallas and her team spring into action. When a Banner-Wyst consulta

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3 hours ago


The Shadow Friends - the third book in the highly enjoyable spy thriller series The Martini Club.
A group of retired CIA members have settled in Purity, Maine to enjoy life. But every now and then, they get pulled back into situations requiring their skills and expertise. At a local conference on Global Catastrophes, held at a nearby resort, the opening speaker is a Russian defector who warns about the dangers of biological warfare. Ingrid Slocum, one of the retirees, had volunteered to serve as the event's travel coordinator. Soon after his speech, Dr. Mikhail Maslov is

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3 hours ago


Let's Kiss and Tell - a delightful, sexy romance.
Lucy Reid, a writer for an online magazine, has skeptical views on long-term relationships, which has led her sex columns to focus more on empowerment than commitment. But her editor points out that her readers are increasingly entering relationships, and her writing needs to better resonate with her audience to increase her sagging readership. Lucy, who has never gone on more than three consecutive dates, needs a boyfriend - or at least a pretend one. She meets Marshall (Mar

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3 hours ago


An Infinite Love Story - set during the 1960s Space Race, an astronaut's wife has to face her worst fears.
This emotional story begins in 1968 in Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral), Florida. Vivian Mitchell's astronaut husband, Joe, is on a spacecraft bound for the Moon. Shortly after launch, Mission Control loses contact with the shuttle turning her worst fears into reality. Vivian, who had plans for a career in broadcast news, looks back on the day she met Joe in Washington, D.C., and the deep love that developed between them. As she anxiously awaits positive news, Vivian finds

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3 hours ago


The Three Graces of Pearl Street - a touching story about three generations of women coming together.
Italian immigrant Graziella is 96 years old and is living alone in her home in the New York suburb of Mamaroneck. She volunteers in the local parish's food kitchen, supporting those in need within her working-class neighborhood. Her daughter Grace, a psychology professor, had lived in a large home in a more affluent section but is renovating it, preparing for its sale due to her impending divorce. Her daughter Ella is a very intelligent young woman, still searching to find he

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6 days ago


The Treasure House - a woman seeking a fresh start relocates with her daughter to a small town in Maine.
Life has not been easy for Zoe Copeland. Her mother's battle with addiction forced her into the foster system. An unexpected pregnancy caused Zoe to leave college, but her daughter Florence, “Flo,” now eleven, is the light of her life. To secure an affordable place for them, Zoe purchases a "treasure house." Located in the seaside town of Oxeye, Maine, which has few residents in the off-season, the cottage was previously owned by a hoarder and sold "as is," with rooms filled

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Aug 31


Big Little Truths: the long-awaited sequel to Big Little Lies delivers.
The fictional Pirriwee Peninsula, located in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia, is a community filled with deep secrets. When the book Big Little Lies ended, Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie's children were five years old. In Big Little Truths, a decade has passed, and the kids are now in high school with everyone facing a whole new set of challenges. When the school principal receives a severed finger in the mail, it puts everyone on edge. To make mat

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Aug 28


Heart of Glass - a layered mystery filled with twists and suspense.
It's been twenty-five years since Lorelei Glass was murdered in Seaside, Washington after going to the Wonderland amusement park with her friends. The true-crime documentary series Criminal Confessions is focusing its next season on Sam Figg, who is serving five consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder, having confessed to killing five young women, including the teenage Lorelei. But during the interview, he wants to set the record straight. Figg, dubbed the Carnival

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Aug 26


Not a Word - a shocking crime scene uncovers dark family secrets in this twisty thriller.
Journalist Reece Chartwell, recently unemployed, stops by to see his parents at their home near Toronto and is shocked by what he finds. His father Brent is in his bed with a gun in his hand, lying next to a bloodied woman he assumes is his mother. While it looks like a murder-suicide, Detective Janice McCabe is not convinced. Especially when it is discovered that the woman in the bed was not Brent's wife, Catherine, who is very much alive and had been at a luncheon. Reece an

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Aug 24


Promise Me Never - an aspiring writer marries a bestselling author with a suspicious past.
Savannah Brooks is a literary assistant while she works on her writing skills and her manuscript. Her boss is the agent for Bennett Bryson, a bestselling horror author whom she idolizes, and she has the opportunity to meet him at an event. The recently widowed author is drawn to Savannah and a romance quickly develops. Throwing caution to the wind, Savannah soon finds herself married to the man whose wife, Poppy, died suspiciously in a boating accident, and the two are living

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Aug 21


The Secrets We Hide - the second installment in Karin Slaughter's North Falls series is as dark, gritty and engaging as the first.
Detective Allison Vickery is planning her escape from town with her teenage daughter Mandy. But she never gets the chance. Allison is brutally murdered, and her daughter is left clinging to life. Emmy Lou Clifton, acting sheriff of North Falls, Georgia, must figure out what happened. Emmy has just buried her mother, Myrna, after a long illness, and her father, Sheriff Gerald Clifton, was killed only six weeks ago. Her long-estranged sister, retired FBI criminal psychologist J

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Aug 19


Rules for Aging and Larceny - four septuagenarian former thieves decide to reunite for one final heist.
Frances Deluca, recently widowed and feeling restless, has been expelled from her pickleball league due to her aggressive, competitive nature. It's been forty years since she and her three friends nearly got caught during their last heist. Despite one of them betraying the group, the idea of one more criminal escapade seems thrilling. After visiting each friend, they all agree to the plan. Their target is a Las Vegas hotel owner who swindled the granddaughter of one of the wo

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Aug 19


You'll Be Sorry - a couple purchases an old home filled with a tragic history.
In the small town of Shereford, New Hampshire, Raquel and Theo Collins have purchased and are restoring the former Dixon estate as they cope with a recent tragedy. While Raquel hides her own dark secrets, the house was the scene of a decades-old mystery when a family of six disappeared. Police Chief Mandy Grady, following in her father's footsteps, is intrigued by the new owners. Perhaps Mandy might get the chance to finally solve the mystery, which eluded her father for so m

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Aug 17


You'll Love It Here - a heartwarming and humorous tale of found family and community.
At 31, Mona Bucket is striving to succeed at her marketing firm. She's never come to terms with the loss of her father, has a strained relationship with her mother, and has channeled all her energy into her job. But after a difficult and important client enraged her in a meeting, Mona was unable to hold her tongue. As a result, she was placed on mandatory leave, sending her home to her small apartment at Valleyview Apartments in Calgary, a deteriorating place she always viewe

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Aug 17


The Unknown - an eerie, tense thriller.
Marin Keane's acting career is struggling. Her most significant role was playing a bridesmaid in an eczema commercial. However, when she lands a part in a film directed by the famous Ronan Peters, things are looking bright. The movie centers on the real-life mystery of a group of women who vanished in 1926 from New Avelon, a small, remote island in Vermont. After each disappearance, the woman's dress was discovered hanging from a large tree. The cast is headed by the acclaime

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Aug 14


Forty Love - a heartwarming story about rediscovering joy.
Jules Lawrence, in her late forties, has been a widow for five years. She works as a buyer for a lifestyle retailer specializing in fashion and housewares and is the mother of Frankie, who is about to head off to college. Although she is casually seeing a nice man, Jules finds it difficult to truly move on, often reflecting on her happy memories. Her home in Manchester, England, is next to Roebury Tennis Club. That's where she runs into her school crush Sam Delaney, now divor

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Aug 12


Majestic Hills - a thought-provoking social commentary.
Josephine Taylor Blaque and Dr. Langdon Blaque are a happily married Black couple residing in a high-rise condo in Chicago. Langdon, an ER doctor, feels overwhelmed by the violence he encounters at work and wants to relocate to the suburbs. Josephine, an attorney, is reluctant but agrees to try living in the upscale community of Majestic Hills for a one-year trial. They are hopeful that the move to the predominantly white neighborhood will be a positive one. Initially, they r

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Aug 12


The Amateur - a moving story of how a young woman's life changes in an instant.
In the summer of 1978, Mira Winston is at her country club in Westchester County, NY, driving golf balls into the practice net. The skilled eighteen-year-old, aspiring to play professionally, hits a shot that tears through the net, tragically striking and instantly killing Kenny Foster, a seventeen-year-old caddy. This incident triggers a series of events for Mira, who feels she is being punished for her affair with Theo, a married club member as old as her father. Following

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Aug 10


Sunlight Finds You - a tale of love, heartbreak, and forgiveness during the Cold War era.
In the early period of the Cold War, we meet Nora Chesnow. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with her family. The smart, bookish high school student's world changes when she meets and falls for Leonard Lifton, a member of the swim team. Their youthful passion raises concerns for Leonard's disapproving father, who does not want Sara, from a lower-class background, involved in his son's life. With many local boys being deployed to Japan and a conflict in Korea imminent, Sara

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Aug 7
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