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"With "a voice as clear, sincere, and wry as any I've read in current American fiction" (Joshua Cohen), Martin Riker's poignant and startlingly original novel asks how to foster a brave mind in anxious times, following a newly jobless academic rehearsing a speech on John Maynard Keynes for a surprising audience. In a hotel room in the middle of the night, Abby, a young feminist economist, lies awake next to her sleeping husband and daughter. Anxious...
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The Alienist meets The Light of Luna Park in a fascinating historical novel based on the little-known story of America's first nursing school, as a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital's training school for nurses... In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her...
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Lieutenant Magdalena Cruz is home, but her return hasn't gone the way she envisioned. Grappling with her painful past, she only wants to be left alone, but infuriatingly handsome Dr. Jake Dalton--of the enemy Daltons--won't cooperate. And she needs him to, because the walls around her heart are dangerously close to crumbling every time he comes near. Jake has spent most of his life trying to get closer to Maggie, with little to show for it. But she's...
64) Hidden Truths
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His new bride, Kellen, hovers between life and death.
A convicted serial killer threatens their child.
Max Di Luca goes on the hunt...
What would you do to protect your family?
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"At a crossroads both personally and professionally, a newly single, thirty-something marketing exec takes a chance on a too-good-to-true winter job at an exclusive artists' retreat in the wilds of Canada - only to find out she's way in over her head - in this sharply written, relatable, and hilarious debut novel. Fans of Lizzy Dent, Sarah Haywood, Sophie Cousens, Linda Holmes, and Jenny Bayliss will love the blend of deep soul searching, propitious...
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When Quinn Southerland returns home to see his dying foster mom and finds her hospice nurse is Tess Claybourne, he's surprised - and not in a good way! He still hasn't forgiven the former high school queen bee for how she treated him back in the day. But recently widowed Tess has done a lot of growing up since then. Living through the devastating loss has taught her valuable lessons about life - and herself. And as the two reconnect, Quinn starts...
67) The Still Point
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Dance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood's addictive new novel set in the hyper cutthroat world of ballet girls and their mothers as they compete for a prestigious prize…
"The Still Point is a must-read full of love, hope, desire and jealousy – a vivid, compelling and deeply nuanced look at a place where lives are forever shaped and changed." –Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Just...
68) The latecomers
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Forced to give up her baby for adoption after the death of her husband in 1908, an Irish teen takes a maid's job at a sprawling New England estate before a mysterious death reveals a five-generation secret.
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In the town of Haven Point, love can be just a wish-and one magical kiss-away…Computer-tech millionaire Bowie Callahan is about the last person that schoolteacher Katrina Bailey wants to work for. As far as she can see, he's arrogant, entitled and not up to the task of caring for his young half brother, Milo. But Kat is, especially if it brings her closer to her goal of adopting an orphaned little girl. And as her kindness and patience work wonders...
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Cari Porter's made it to Italy. But she hasn't escaped. Dark Sky is still coming for her. Hidden in a safe house, Porter continues her search for answers about her past. Unfortunately for her, her past catches up with her. Just like everywhere else she's been, people connected to her are killed, and she goes on the run again. This time, though, she'll come face to face with someone who seemingly knows who she is. Will he give Porter the answers that...
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Cari Porter's in France. She's hoping that her former apartment holds some answers in helping her to remember who she used to be. And maybe she's found something. There's a name, a passport, and a bank account. But is it actually hers? Or is it something that Dark Sky has planted in her apartment, hoping to draw her into a trap?
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Porter, with the help of some new friends, escapes from the grasp of the police, and immediately seeks to find Evan again. And she won't stop until she frees him from the clutches of Dark Sky. Before she's able to do that, and disappear again, she's going to have to contend with Dark Sky agents, as well as several traps that are set for her to step into.
Will Porter be able to rescue Evan before one of those traps ensnares her? And will she ever...
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From USA Today Bestselling Author Mike Ryan, get the first 3 books in the Cari Porter series in one collection!The Porter ComplicationCari Porter has just woken up in a motel room. She doesn't remember anything about her past, how she got there, where she's going, or even who she is. But she does have a list of names that she has a burning desire to kill. But those aren't her only problems. There are also people after her. She doesn't know them, either....
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Porter has made her way to the UK. She finds the hotel that she and Chesney supposedly stayed at, hoping that the room would somehow bring back a few of her memories.
But Dark Sky is still in pursuit of her, and this time, after leaving a few dead bodies in their wake, they finally catch up to her. Will Dark Sky finish Porter off for good? Or will they try to bring her in to help her regain her memory, and put her back into the program?
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Books 4-6 in the Cari Porter series...The Porter DilemmaPorter has made her way to the UK. She finds the hotel that she and Chesney supposedly stayed at, hoping that the room would somehow bring back a few of her memories.But Dark Sky is still in pursuit of her, and this time, after leaving a few dead bodies in their wake, they finally catch up to her. Will Dark Sky finish Porter off for good? Or will they try to bring her in to help her regain her...
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Elinor Abbott was only 14 years old when she and her father left England for America. Six years later, with war at their doorstep, Elinor Abbott is forced to return to her land of birth and a life amongst the aristocracy she abhors. A return to England also means facing the man who brutally attacked her as an adolescent.
Viscount Easton came to the United States at the behest of His Majesty's Army, for his last assignment. He was sent home early...
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Rhys Godfrey, Lord Vernon and Lady Beatrice Chalcroft, daughter to the Duke of Loring, had been betrothed since childhood in an arrangement made by their fathers. Unlike most arranged marriages, Vernon had loved Beatrice since the first time he saw her. The season they should have been married found the relationship severed by jealousy and pride.
Beatrice was sent away from home to reform her spiteful behavior, and Vernon was hurt and determined...
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Cari Porter has just woken up in a motel room. She doesn't remember anything about her past, how she got there, where she's going, or even who she is. But she does have a list of names that she has a burning desire to kill.But those aren't her only problems. There are also people after her. She doesn't know them, either. But they're coming… and they plan to kill her.
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From USA Today Bestselling Author Mike Ryan...Cari Porter has just woken up in a motel room. She doesn't remember anything about her past, how she got there, where she's going, or even who she is. But she does have a list of names that she has a burning desire to kill. But those aren't her only problems. There are also people after her. She doesn't know them, either. But they're coming… and they plan to kill her.Follow Cari's journey as she discovers...
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Anna Wilks went straight from her parents' house to her husband's. After thirteen years of trying to give him a son, she's told she's sterile. Her marriage crumbles and her husband leaves her for a younger woman who's pregnant with his child. Anna finds her deceased aunt's journal and discovers her secret. When Anna was little, she wanted to be just like her aunt, but then she grew up and forgot what it was like to be adventurous and fearless. Having...