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The California Dreamers - a family chooses an unconventional life of surfing.
In 1983, on a California beach, we are introduced to fifteen-year-old Ronan Merrick, the only daughter in her family. With her three...
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2 days ago

The Mademoiselle Alliance - a fictionalized story of the only woman to ever lead a resistance network in France during World War II.
The story begins in 1928, Morocco. Marie-Madeleine Méric, a spirited eighteen-year-old, is married to a man eight years older than her,...
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3 days ago

The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits - a family drama of two sisters torn apart after finding early success in the music business.
It's the early 2000s. Zoe and Cassie Grossberg are close sisters, only a year apart, but are very different. Zoe, a young beauty, wants...
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5 days ago

I See You've Called in Dead - an aimless man searches for meaning in his life.
Meet Bud Stanley, a middle-aged obituary writer from Brooklyn who is recently divorced. In a drunken moment, he writes and accidentally...
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7 days ago

Deep Cuts - a tale of music, love, and ambition.
The story begins at a college bar in the fall of 2000. Berkeley students Percy Marks and Joe Morrow meet and discuss music. Joe is an...
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Mar 29

One Good Thing - a heartbreaking story of love and courage set in Italy during World War II.
The story begins in 1940 in the small Italian town of Ferrara. Lili is assisting her closest friend Esti, who is about to give birth to...
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Mar 29

Broken Country - a woman is torn between her husband and her first love, who has returned to town.
Living in the Dorset English countryside, Beth Johnson enjoys a happy marriage with Frank, a local farmer. It's 1968, and Beth has left...
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Mar 28

Witness 8: an ex-con-artist turned defense attorney has to unravel a murder case while people are out to murder him.
The setting is Manhattan's Upper West Side. West 74th Street is lined with luxury townhouses. Maid and nanny, Ruby Johnson knows the...
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Mar 26

Nobody's Fool - a woman believed to have been murdered reappears, creating havoc for a former detective.
Sami Kierce, once a police detective, now works for a law firm after being forced to leave the profession he loved. He also teaches a...
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Mar 24

This Book Will Bury Me - a group of online sleuths get too involved in a campus murder mystery.
Twenty-four-year-old Jane Sharp is distraught after the death of her father. The world of true crime becomes a perfect diversion when she...
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Mar 22

The Summer Guests (The Martini Club, #2) - retired CIA agents join the investigation of a missing teenager in their small town in Maine.
Maggie Bird is a retired CIA agent living incognito in Purity, Maine, along with three other former spies. They call themselves The...
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Mar 20

A Map to Paradise - lies and secrets impact the lives of three women in the 1950s.
In 1956 in Malibu, California, three women forge unexpected friendships. Actress Melanie Cole was on the brink of stardom, receiving...
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Mar 18

The Jackal's Mistress - an engaging tale of bravery and compassion set during the Civil War.
It is 1864 in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Twenty-four-year-old Libby Steadman's husband, Peter, is a Confederate soldier who was...
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Mar 17

More or Less Maddy - a powerful story of a young woman's mental illness diagnosis.
Life for Maddy Banks had been a relatively typical one. Raised in Connecticut, she had a back-and-forth relationship with a boyfriend and...
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Mar 15

The Story She Left Behind - a tale of family, love, loss, and forgiveness.
Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham wrote her book The Middle Place  when she was eight. Filled with a magical setting and secret language, the...
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Mar 14

You Deserve to Know - a clever, entertaining domestic thriller.
In suburban East Bethesda, Maryland, neighbors Aimee Stern, Gwen Khoury, and Lisa Greco-King are all friends. Lisa highly values her...
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Mar 12

The Launch Date - an enjoyable enemies-to-lovers romance.
The Catch Group owns two thriving dating apps, Fate and Ignite. Grace Hastings and Eric Bancroft serve as the marketing managers for...
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Mar 12

The Crash - a pregnant young woman finds herself in a terrifying predicament.
Tegan is 24 years old and eight months pregnant. The baby's father does not want to be a part of the child's life but has offered Tegan...
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Mar 12

The Women on Platform Two - a novel inspired by real-life trailblazers of women's rights in Ireland.
In 2023, Saoirse lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her fiancé, who is eager to have children. As a nurse working with ill children, Saoirse...
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Mar 10

The Umbrella Maker's Son - a moving WWII story about love and resilience.
It's 1939 in Kraków, Poland. Seventeen-year-old Reuven Berkovitz assists his father Lev in his shop, where they craft personalized,...
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Mar 9
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