May 9th, 2025
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THE GREEK HOUSE
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The books of May are here—fresh, fierce, and full of feels.

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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Sometimes the path forward begins with a step back.


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One island. Three generations. A summer that changes everything.


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A snapshot made them legends. What it didn�t show could tear them apart.


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This life coach will give you a lift!


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A twisty, "addictive," mystery about jealousy and bad intentions


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Trapped by magic, haunted by muses�she must master the cards before they�re lost to darkness.


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Writing the Breakout Novel
Donald Maass

Writing Advice from a top agent and his best-selling client

Writers Digest Books
August 2002
On Sale: August 15, 2002
256 pages
ISBN: 158297182X
EAN: 9781582971827
Paperback
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A breakout novel is one that rises out if its category - such as literary fiction, mystery, romance, or thriller - and hits the bestseller charts.

Maass explains the elements that all breakout novels share and shows readers how to use these elements to write a novel that has a good chance of succeeding in a crowded marketplace.

They'll learn to:

- Create a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place

- Develop larger-than-life characters

- Sustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finish

- Weave sub-plots into the main action

- Explore universal themes that will interest a large audience.

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