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• Great Big Beautiful Life

  Henry, Emily,

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  Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Onyx Storm

  Yarros, Rebecca,

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  After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Broken Country

  Hall, Clare Leslie,

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  Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beautiful Ugly

  Feeney, Alice,

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  Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Atmosphere

  a Love Story

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins,

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  Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Days in June

  Tyler, Anne,

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  Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Say You'll Remember Me

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strangers in Time

  Baldacci, David,

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  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci's newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Friends

  a Novel

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We All Live Here

  Moyes, Jojo, 1969-

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  Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her…Read moreRead more of this annotation