Author Jacek Dukaj, and translator Ursula
Phillips, bring a startling saga to fans of The Cautious
Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands. Based on the
Tunguska Event in 1908 bringing the seeds of ice- beings to
Siberia, or awakening them, Lód – translate...
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The only thing Lt. Eve Dallas knows about art and galleries is what she has learned from her billionaire husband, Roarke, but she does know what she likes, and finding a dead body by a gallery owner's home propped up like an old master’s painting isn’t anything sh...
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Rosie Kinsella has a great job, showing clients around swanky houses in London. She also posts on her successful Instagram account. Somewhere along the way, she gains the unwanted attention of a person who says he follows YOUR EVERY MOVE.
 
The rest of her o...
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This is the fifth book in Grande Dame Mary Balogh’s Ravenswood series. This is the series centering around the family of the previous Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, who had been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs by his own son, Devlin. REMEMBER THE DAY...
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Harley Street in posh London is known as the
residence of doctors, and this excellent Regency series
follows the careers of some. At this time, doctors had to be
male. If you are used to thinking of discrimination as
historically against women, think a...
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With IN YOUR DREAMS, Sarah Adams finishes off her four- book When in Rome series set in small town Rome, Kentucky. Focused on the Walker siblings, the series hit most of the usual tropes. When In Rome paired a grumpy pie- making brother with a sunshine in...
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Detective Konrad, a retired police officer, faces another sticky cold case. Every witness is either deceased or lying when he starts to investigate. He should have started sooner. THE QUIET MOTHER is a lady named Valborg, who read in the papers that Konrad solved ...
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Twice a year, J.D. Robb (really Nora Roberts writing under a pen name) releases a new book in her In Death series. FRAMED IN DEATH is the 61st book featuring Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her gazillionaire husband, Roarke. Each book begins with a murder and f...
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Here’s an unusual shapeshifter story,
set in an alternate but recognisable England, where magic
happens and so does romance. A TALE OF SEA AND SIRENS
includes all modern tech and a tail, sorry, a tale, as old
as legend.
 
Merwoman Shirena Murphy ...
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Madison feels like a failure in every aspect of her life. She thought going to culinary school in New York City would be the answer. Instead, it made everything worse. She hated the city, the chefs gave her panic attacks, and she was lonely. She almost didn’t grad...
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Anne Loveday, a surgeon apothecary’s
daughter, is unhappy with her life at home, and travels to
Painswick Court, a place where she spent happy times in her
childhood. She soon takes on the task of assisting Lady
Celia, who is extremely ill. What Anne d...
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Silver Pines Ranch, Kentucky, is the principal setting for a tale of a country music lady, Cassie Spencer, and the rugged wrangler she falls for head over heels. FREEING THE WILD does not at first make Cassie out to be sympathetic or interested in anyone but herse...
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Tess Covington has always believed she was an ordinary human with no connection to the shifter world. That belief shatters after a trip to a Denver emergency room reveals her “illness” isn’t an illness at all—it’s the late awakening of her omega wolf nature. Alrea...
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Four young women live their post-grad years together in an old Victorian row house in Georgetown. As they start their careers and navigate relationships, their bond becomes stronger, but when an ex-boyfriend goes missing on a snowy night in January, did one of the...
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A small tour bus slides off the road on a
snowy day, and with an oncoming blizzard, the town deputy
decides to put up the bird-watching group in the high
school. KILLER FLOCK is another one of those suspenseful
snowed-in thrillers, this time set in the...
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Darcy Finnegan is a food writer currently making the most of a Christmas break in scenic Vienna, Austria. For once, nobody is viewing the dancing white horses. This mystery features an equally famous, but seasonal, market. MURDER AT CHRISTKINDLMARKT is well down t...
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Belgian author Barbara Abel’s new domestic thriller, AFTER THE END, is a standalone sequel to her debut book Mother's Instinct. As Nora settles into her new home with her two children, she becomes friendly with the neighbors next door and enters into a dangerous g...
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If you’re homesick for Harry Potter and especially the magical plants – Devil’s Snare and Gillyweed – the new adventure from first-time author Samantha Birch will suit you nicely. CAT DRAGON is meant for young adults or young at heart who enjoy lighter fantasy, th...
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Tourists are descending on Cabot Cove, Maine, for leaf-peeping season, including a young group of women who imbibe a few too many cocktails during a night out at a local restaurant. Concerned, Jessica and her friend Maureen aid Wendy Lu Shaffer in the ladies’ loun...
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Madeline Brimley, after a moderately successful acting career, has left the stage and now manages a bookshop in the town of Enigma, Georgia. In the second of the series, she finds a cold case closer to home than anyone would like. ALL MY BONES looks at small- town...
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Andi Zeigler, assistant to the Prime Minister of Canada’s wife by day, author writing under a pen name by night, never thought her steamy, self-published romance novel involving the Prime Minister would ever become a best seller, let alone be the other woman i...
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This thriller set on the beautiful Serengeti plains of Tanzania certainly livened up my day. BLOOD OATH is the third story featuring Special Agent Alexandra Martel. Anyone who has been following her career may know the cast already. My advice, as always in the...
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