November 29th, 2023
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November's best books are here, with something for everyone: suspense, romance, mystery, and more.

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Coffee and murder
were never so much fun.
An "edge of your seat" read!


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Estranged friends reunite only to realize they�re something more


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A house party goes awry when a guest is poisoned by berries from the host's poison garden, and Lady Georgie Rannoch must race to find the culprit before her bundle of joy arrives.


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Lola's back in town, and she's in danger. Webster's sworn to protect her, but can he trust her?


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Will the determined bachelors find love, or will their captivating matches prove their undoing?


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Haunted by his last case, Detective Levi Griggs reteams with his first love to solve a copycat crime.


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A single mom and a down-on-his-luck sports anchor find a holiday miracle in each other.


Central Places by Delia Cai

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Also by Delia Cai:

Central Places, November 2023
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Central Places, February 2023
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Central Places
Delia Cai

Ballantine Books
November 2023
On Sale: November 7, 2023
304 pages
ISBN: 0593497937
EAN: 9780593497937
Kindle: B09XM5FLSK
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Hardcover (February 2023)

Women's Fiction | Women's Fiction Friendship | Literature and Fiction

A young woman’s past and present collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents in this vibrant debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.

Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny central Illinois town where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She moved to New York City and became the person she always wanted to be, complete with a high-paying, high-pressure job and a seemingly faultless fiancé. But if she and Manhattan-bred Ben are to build a life together, in the dream home his parents will surely pay for, Audrey can no longer hide him, or the person she’s become, from those she left behind.

But returning to Hickory Grove is . . . complicated. Audrey’s relationship with her parents has been soured by years of her mother’s astronomical expectations and slights. The friends she’s shirked for bigger dreams have stayed behind and started families. And then there’s Kyle, the easygoing stoner and her unrequited crush from high school that she finds herself drawn to again. Ben might be a perfect fit for New Audrey, but Kyle was always the only one who truly understood her growing up, and being around him again after all these years has Old Audrey bubbling up to the surface.

Over the course of one disastrous week, Audrey’s proximity to her family and to Kyle forces her to confront the past and reexamine her fraught connection to her roots before she undoes everything she's worked toward and everything she's imagined for herself. But is that life really the one she wants?

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