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  Living Next Door to Alex

  Catherine George

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  At close quarters…When Alexander Mackenzie III arrived to decide the fate of the manor house where Sarah was housekeeper, she prepared herself for the worst. However, Alex was instantly enchanted by the property—and, it seemed, by Sarah—and quickly moved into the neighboring cottage to hers.Sarah knew that most women would have given anything to have such a handsome, wealthy man arrive on their doorstep, but she also knew of Alex's string of past affairs. She'd live side by side with Alex, but she was determined that he wouldn't become her lover-next-door!"Catherine George…keeps readers thoroughly entranced."—Romantic Times

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  Devil's Bargain

  Rachel Caine

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  First in a supernatural series from the acclaimed bestselling author: "Filled with murder, mystery, bad ass chicks and a good ole kick in the head twist." —Under the Covers Book Blog 
   
   
    
  A disgraced former detective walks into a bar and . . . gets funding for a private investigation agency? If it didn't happen to Jazz Callender, she wouldn't believe it either. All she has to do is partner up with a national security risk known as Lucia Garza, accept one-hundred thousand dollars, and take on assignments that seem to have no purpose. Easy-peasy. 
   
    
    
  But when Jazz gets shot and one of their surveillance subjects winds up dead, the women aren't so thrilled. They need answers—fast. And what they uncover about their mysterious new employer will rock their worlds. For Jazz and Lucia have become pawns in a psychic game of chance with much more than their own futures on the line . . . 
   
     
    
  "Rachel Caine gives us a major savvy, swift and smart heroine in a tense, fast-paced story that demands to be read in one sitting! I'm addicted for life and can't wait for her next book!" —P. N. Elrod, author of Drawing Dead and Other Stories 
   
   
    
  "A fast paced, action packed thriller with a paranormal twist." —Book'd Out

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  Sunday’s Child: The spellbinding...

  Dilly Court

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  Don’t miss the fourth book in the heartwarming six-part series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court! 
  Left on the steps of an orphanage when she was just days old, Nancy Sunday was brought up in hardship – until the kindly Rosalind Carey took her in. Now eighteen years old, Nancy is an adopted member of the Carey family. But she can’t help wondering who her parents really were… 
  When Nancy is sent away to finishing school, she finds herself in the midst of London society. There she meets Freddie Ashton – kind and warm-hearted, he might just be the man of Nancy’s dreams. But she knows his wealthy parents would never let him marry a penniless foundling. 
  And she has also caught the eye of another man – the charming and dangerous Gervase North, who has reasons of his own for discovering Nancy’s parentage. 
  Will Nancy ever find where she truly belongs? 
  Immerse yourself in this historical fiction, a top bestseller, that takes you on a Victorian romance journey filled with friendship and sagas. Experience the coming of age of Nancy, a foundling in the midst of London society, as she navigates her way through love, identity, and belonging. 
  For fans of Anna Jacobs (The Secrets of Eastby End), Annemarie Brear (The Waterfront Lass), Rosie Clarke (Family Matters at Blackberry Farm), Lizzie Lane (Tough Times on Coronation Close), and Catherine Cookson (Daughter of Scandal). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  The Girl Before You

  Nicola Rayner

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  ‘The new GIRL ON THE TRAIN’ Observer 
  What did he do to … The Girl Before You  
  ASK HIM NO QUESTIONS, 
  HE'LL TELL YOU NO LIES… 
  Alice has always been haunted by the women from her husband’s past. As a politician and now a TV personality, George Bell’s reputation as a ladies’ man precedes him. But when Alice falls pregnant, her unease becomes an obsession. 
  And there’s one ex in particular she can’t get out of her head, a beautiful student who went missing before they finished university: Ruth. 
  When Alice thinks she see Ruth on a train, she can’t shake the feeling there’s more to the disappearance than George has told her. 
  But does she really want to know what her husband has been up to behind her back all these years? 
  Because the truth might be worse than she could ever have imagined…Praise for The Girl Before You:  
  ‘A tantalising and suspenseful mystery. Absolutely brilliant! I didn’t want it to end’ Lauren North, bestselling author of The Perfect Betrayal 
  ‘I adored this wonderfully assured debut. An engrossing and emotionally honest thriller’ Emma Curtis, bestselling author of The Night You Left 
  ‘A haunting mystery with beautifully written characters I’m still left thinking about’ Jenny Quintana, bestselling author of The Missing Girl 
  ‘A great page-turner for holiday reading’That’s Life 
  ‘A beautifully observed and superbly written psychological drama … A writer to watch with the greatest of excitement’The Chap 
  ‘Wonderfully twisty … Nicola Rayner is one to watch’ Short Book & Scribes 
  ‘A stellar debut from a fantastic new voice in domestic thrillers’ Bookish Jottings 
  The Girl Before You by Nicola Rayner is a top-notch international fiction novel that seamlessly blends elements of crime and family. Alice's detective-like determination to uncover the truth about her husband's past is a captivating journey that showcases the author's skill in crafting a compelling narrative. 
  For fans of Lisa Jewell (Don’t Let Him In), Gillian Mcallister (Just Another Missing Person), S. E. Lynes (The Ex), B. A. Paris (The Prisoner), and Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10).

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  The Open Boat

  Stephen Crane

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  The Open Boat by Stephen Crane is a timeless literary masterpiece that blends realism, existential reflection, and human endurance. Based on Crane’s own near-death experience in a shipwreck off the Florida coast, this short story follows four men—an injured captain, an oiler, a correspondent, and a cook—as they battle the vast, indifferent sea aboard a small dinghy. 
  As waves crash and exhaustion sets in, the men confront nature’s apathy and their own fragile place in the universe. Crane’s vivid, journalistic style and introspective tone make The Open Boat not just a survival tale, but a profound meditation on fate, brotherhood, and the limits of human control. 
  This full audiobook brings Crane’s prose to life with compelling narration and immersive pacing. Listeners will be swept into the roar of the ocean, the rhythm of the oars, and the quiet thoughts of men grappling with meaning in the face of mortality. 
  If you appreciate realistic fiction, naturalist literature, or deeply human stories told with sharp insight and philosophical weight, The Open Boat is a must-listen.

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  House of Bones - A Novel

  Dale Bailey

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  A chilling twist on the haunted-house story as five strangers resolve to spend two weeks in an abandoned, high-rise urban housing project that even gang lords and crack dealers avoid . . . Chicago’s Dreamland Housing Project was created to give people with nothing a second chance. Like so many ill-conceived dreams of its time, eventually the project fell into disrepair and disrepute, just another slum ruled by the gangs and the drug dealers. But there was one building in the complex that contained an evil far fouler than the kind running the streets. Here eerie sounds emanated nightly from the elevator shafts and the shadows at the far end of the hallways, and inexplicable, fatal “accidents” were the norm. Here human blood regularly soaked the walls and cheap carpeting as rapists and murderers ran rampant, though none could remember their dark deeds afterward. Now, decades later, Dreamland is empty of its residents and mostly demolished. But one building still stands, thanks to billionaire Ramsey Lomax, who won’t let the city raze the last and most notorious tower until he is done with it. Along with four willing strangers—a writer, an ex-cop, a doctor, and a psychic, each with a reason for participating—Lomax intends to spend two weeks living in the abandoned tower to see if the legends are real. But nothing can prepare these five for the terror they encounter once the front door slams behind them, trapping them all inside. Because in Dreamland, every nightmare comes true.

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