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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

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Also by Helen Oyeyemi:

A New New Me, September 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Parasol Against the Axe, March 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Peaces, April 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Gingerbread, March 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Gingerbread, March 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Boy, Snow, Bird, March 2014
Hardcover
Mr. Fox, October 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
The Icarus Girl, June 2005
Hardcover

Mr. Fox
Helen Oyeyemi

Penguin
October 2011
On Sale: September 29, 2011
Featuring: Mr. Fox; Mary
141 pages
ISBN: 159448807X
EAN: 9781594488078
Kindle: B0054TVO7U
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery

Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne.

It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. Mary challenges Mr. Fox to join her in stories of their own devising; and in different times and places, the two of them seek each other, find each other, thwart each other, and try to stay together, even when the roles they inhabit seem to forbid it. Their adventures twist the fairy tale into nine variations, exploding and teasing conventions of genre and romance, and each iteration explores the fears that come with accepting a lifelong bond.

Meanwhile, Daphne becomes convinced that her husband is having an affair, and finds her way into Mary and Mr. Fox's game. And so Mr. Fox is offered a choice: Will it be a life with the girl of his dreams, or a life with an all-too-real woman who delights him more than he cares to admit? The extraordinarily gifted Helen Oyeyemi has written a love story like no other. Mr. Fox is a magical book, endlessly inventive, as witty and charming as it is profound in its truths about how we learn to be with one another.

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