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  The Magic of Shoes

  Ofelia Gränd

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  Clay Tibor loves a wicked French heel, but not when the shoe is attached to a dead body sprawled on the floor of the shoe shop where he's working. Two weeks ago, the owner of the shop passed away, and Clay now works for his son, Nathan. Nathan might be hot, but he knows nothing about shoes. Clay wished it was his biggest problem, but shoe ignorance is a mere inconvenience compared to being accused of murder.
  
  
  Nathan's brother, who is technically co-owner of the shoe shop, is a cop who is convinced Clay did it. To increase his chances of having a proper alibi should something else happen, Clay would do best to stay glued to Nathan's side twenty-four-seven. Right?

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  Your Body of Water

  Siouxzi Connor

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  Sex, death, nature, and the "feminine": an autofiction romance in four acts. 
   
   
   
  Your Body of Water is an interweaving of autofiction with hydro-feminist mythologies, exploring via the emotional landscapes of four rivers and four "tragic feminine characters" (Ophelia, Leda, the Lady of Shalott, and Sappho) the author's own real life journey, with a dose of tongue-in-cheek humor—through coming out in Australia, an abusive relationship in Berlin, and navigating queer love in the context of a world literally burning around us—and finding hope for the future in the stories of her ancestors before her.

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  Run Wild Run Free

  Fiona Glass

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  Growing up in a 1950s mining village in the English midlands is hard for someone like Joey, who's known he was different since he was a kid. All he wants to do is run wild on the hills, watching nature and indulging his love of art. All his parents want is for him to settle down: marriage, a home of his own, a steady job down the mine, and not so much as a whiff of art college. But none of that appeals to him.
  Everything changes the summer he turns eighteen, when the travellers come to town. They're here for the local farmer's beet harvest, but the villagers resent them and Joe's mam won't even let him speak to them. Dirty, lazy, good-for-nothing layabouts, she calls them. But when Joe meets Billy on the hill behind the village, the man isn't dirty at all, just good-looking, good-humoured and surprisingly kind. Best of all, Billy shares his love of the natural world. 
  Unbeknown to his family the two become friends, and then more than friends. But when the farmer's barn burns down and Joe's brother Rob puts the blame on Billy, Joe must decide whether to stay loyal to his family, or grow up fast and risk everything he's familiar with to help the man he's come to love.

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  The Wanting Life - A Novel

  Mark Rader

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  Father Paul, a gay priest, reflects on his life while his sister and niece grapple with the life choices they’ve made. 
  Set in Rome, Cape Cod, and Wisconsin over the course of the summer of 2009 and in Rome during the spring of 1970, The Wanting Life tells the intertwined story of three members of the Novak family: Father Paul, a closeted gay Catholic priest who’s dying of cancer and has secrets he desperately wants to share; Britta, his self-destructive sister and caretaker, who’s struggling to find meaning in a world without her beloved husband; and Maura, Britta’s daughter—a thirty-nine-year-old artist who’s facing a choice between her husband and two children or the man she believes is her one, true love. 
  Featuring one of most unconventional love stories you’ll read this year, The Wanting Life is both a compulsively readable family drama about the toll that secrets and loyalty can take on us and a gorgeous meditation on the comforts (and limits) of faith and intimacy that calls to mind novels like Marilynne Robinson’s Home, Alice McDermott’s Charming Billy, and Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending.

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  Heart

  Timothy Warren

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  Chef George Patras, is embracing life again. It's been two years since David's death and to honor him, he's opening a restaurant in his name. 
   
   
   
  Michelangelo Napolitano is a sweet bear of a guy known in Dupont Circle as the singing mailman. He's cute, funny, bold, impulsive, and light on his feet—one of which is often in his mouth. 
   
   
   
  George's restaurant is on Mikey's route. They see each other daily, yet date the wrong people. Will they ever see they're perfect for each other? 
   
   
   
  There's more Circle magic in this romantic comedy of blind dates, new love, and a whole lot of heart. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Not Quite Broken

  Chase Carlyle

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  Asher Thornwood is having a really bad year. He had his whole life planned, then bam! His fiancé Victor was killed in a car crash. A couple months later, the loss is still fresh in Asher's mind. But if Asher wants his life back, he has to find a way to pull himself out of the funk he's in. Whether he's ready to start living his life, including being open to the possibility of falling in love again, is another question.
  Brody Spencer got a second chance at life when he received a heart transplant and he's determined to make the most of his fresh start. The only issue is he's never been lucky in love before. He's looking to change his bad dating luck, though. Mr. Right is out there -- he just needs to find the right guy. 
  When Asher's and Brody's lives collide, the attraction is immediate and they start dating. What neither knows, at least at first, is that Brody has the heart of Asher's dead fiancé. If Asher wants a real shot at happiness with Brody, then he's going to have to learn to let go of the life he thought he would have. Otherwise, life will pass him by.

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